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D-Index
48
Citations
9079
World Ranking
15169
National Ranking
1107

Ralf Steudel publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ralf Steudel sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 432 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Ralf Steudel D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ralf Steudel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ralf Steudel was affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their research spanned several areas within materials science and earth and planetary sciences, focusing on mineralogy, glass properties, and crystal structures.

Their work contributed to the following main fields of study:

  • Materials Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, they specialized in key subfields, including:

  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

The principal topics characterizing their research involved:

  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
  • Glass properties and applications
  • Crystal Structures and Properties

Their publication record includes work in specific scientific venues, notably:

  • Minerals

One of the recent publications associated with them is titled "Spectroscopic and Crystal-Chemical Features of Sodalite-Group Minerals from Gem Lazurite Deposits", published in Minerals in 2020. This work has been cited 43 times.

Steudel's research collaborations involved frequent contributions alongside several coauthors, including:

  • Н. В. Чуканов
  • Anatoly N. Sapozhnikov
  • Roman Shendrik
  • М. Ф. Вигасина

Best Publications

  • Mechanism for the formation of elemental sulfur from aqueous sulfide in chemical and microbiological desulfurization processes

    Ralf Steudel

  • Properties of Sulfur‐Sulfur Bonds

    Ralf Steudel

  • The role of polysulfide dianions and radical anions in the chemical, physical and biological sciences, including sulfur-based batteries

    Ralf Steudel;Tristram Chivers

  • The Chemistry of Organic Polysulfanes R−S<i><sub>n</sub></i>−R (<i>n</i> &gt; 2)

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  • Chromatographic Separation of Higher Polythionates SnO 62⊖ (n = 3…22) and Their Detection in Cultures of Thiobacillus ferroxidans; Molecular Composition of Bacterial Sulfur Secretions

    Ralf Steudel;Gabriele Holdt;Thomas Göbel;Willem Hazeu

  • Molecular Spectra of Sulfur Molecules and Solid Sulfur Allotropes

    Bodo Eckert;Ralf Steudel

  • Inorganic Polysulfides S n 2− and Radical Anions S n ·−

    Ralf Steudel

  • The Molecular Composition of Hydrophilic Sulfur Sols Prepared by Acid Decomposition of Thiosulfate [1]

    Ralf Steudel;Thomas Göbel;Gabriele Holdt

  • In situ analysis of sulfur in the sulfur globules of phototrophic sulfur bacteria by X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy.

    Alexander Prange;Isolde Arzberger;Claudia Engemann;Hartwig Modrow

  • Growth of Wolinella succinogenes with polysulphide as terminal acceptor of phosphorylative electron transport

    Oliver Klimmek;Achim Kröger;Ralf Steudel;Gabriele Holdt

  • How Unstable are Thiosulfoxides? An ab Initio MO Study of Various Disulfanes RSSR (R = H, Me, Pr, All), Their Branched Isomers R2SS, and the Related Transition States1,2

    Ralf Steudel;Yana Drozdova;Karol Miaskiewicz;and Roland H. Hertwig

  • Quantitative HPLC Analysis and Thermodynamics of Sulfur Melts

    Ralf Steudel;Reinhard Strauss;Lothar Koch

  • Ion-pair chromatographic separation of inorganic sulphur anions including polysulphide☆

    Ralf Steudel;Gabriele Holdt;Thomas Göbel

  • Search for polythionates in cultures of Chromatium vinosum after sulfide incubation

    R Steudel;G Holdt;Pt Visscher;H Vangemerden

  • Thiosulfate and tetrathionate degradation as well as biofilm generation by Thiobacillus intermedius and Thiobacillus versutus studied by microcalorimetry, HPLC, and ion-pair chromatography

    Susanne Wentzien;Wolfgang Sand;Angela Albertsen;Ralf Steudel

  • New Finding in the Chemistry of the Lower Oxides of Sulfur

    P. W. Schenk;R. Steudel

  • Sulfuric Acid from Sulfur Trioxide and Water—A Surprisingly Complex Reaction

    Ralf Steudel

  • Cyclic selenium sulfides

    Ralf Steudel;Risto Laitinen

  • Thermal Polymerization and Depolymerization Reactions of 10 Sulfur Allotropes Studied by HPLC and DSC [1]

    Ralf Steudel;Sabine Passlack-Stephan;Gabriele Holdt

  • Vibrational spectra, force constants and thermodynamic functions of cycloheptasulfur, S7

    Ralf Steudel;Fritz Schuster

  • Redetermination of the Crystal and Molecular Structure of Cyclohexasulfur, S6 [1]

    Jürgen Steidel;Joachim Pickardt;Ralf Steudel

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Luger
Peter Luger Freie Universität Berlin
Ming Wah Wong
Ming Wah Wong National University of Singapore
Richard Reinhardt
Richard Reinhardt Max Planck Society
Wolfram Koch
Wolfram Koch German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
Hans Bock
Hans Bock Goethe University Frankfurt
Christiane Dahl
Christiane Dahl University of Bonn
Tapani A. Pakkanen
Tapani A. Pakkanen University of Eastern Finland
Achim Kröger
Achim Kröger Goethe University Frankfurt
Pavel Rosmus
Pavel Rosmus Gustave Eiffel University
Rolf Gleiter
Rolf Gleiter Heidelberg University

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