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Renato Zenobi

Renato Zenobi

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
37900
World Ranking
1525
National Ranking
27

Renato Zenobi 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 Renato Zenobi sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 693 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Renato Zenobi 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 Renato Zenobi sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Renato Zenobi is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several related subfields, including Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of advanced analytical and biosensing techniques. These include Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Renato Zenobi has contributed to various scientific papers, among which some recent notable publications are:

  • Infrared and Raman chemical imaging and spectroscopy at the nanoscale, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective, 2024, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Nanometre-scale spectroscopic visualization of catalytic sites during a hydrogenation reaction on a Pd/Au bimetallic catalyst, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Ultrafine Cellulose Nanofiber-Assisted Physical and Chemical Cross-Linking of MXene Sheets for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding, 2021, Small Methods
  • Immobilization of molecular catalysts on electrode surfaces using host-guest interactions, 2021, Nature Chemistry

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with leading co-authors including Naresh Kumar, Adam Pruška, Julian A. Harrison, Stamatios Giannoukos, and Jiayi Lan.

Renato Zenobi publishes regularly in several scientific venues. The most frequent journals and venues for their publications include:

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Nanoscale chemical analysis by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

    Raoul M. Stöckle;Yung Doug Suh;Volker Deckert;Renato Zenobi

  • Ion formation in MALDI mass spectrometry

    Renato Zenobi;Richard Knochenmuss

  • Identification of polymers as major components of atmospheric organic aerosols.

    Markus Kalberer;Dwane Paulsen;Mirjam Sax;Martin Steinbacher

  • Scanning near-field optical microscopy with aperture probes: Fundamentals and applications

    Bert Hecht;Beate Sick;Urs P. Wild;Volker Deckert

  • Single-Cell Metabolomics: Analytical and Biological Perspectives

    Renato Zenobi

  • MALDI Ionization: The Role of In-Plume Processes

    R Knochenmuss;R Zenobi

  • Quantitative determination of noncovalent binding interactions using soft ionization mass spectrometry

    Jürg M. Daniel;Sebastian D. Friess;Sudha Rajagopalan;Silke Wendt

  • High-quality near-field optical probes by tube etching

    Raoul Stöckle;Christian Fokas;Volker Deckert;Renato Zenobi

  • Single Molecule Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Silver Tips

    Weihua Zhang;Boon Siang Yeo;and Thomas Schmid;Renato Zenobi

  • Chemical cross‐linking with NHS esters: a systematic study on amino acid reactivities

    Stefanie Mädler;Claudia Bich;David Touboul;Renato Zenobi

  • Synthesis of a Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Monolayer through Dynamic Imine Chemistry at the Air/Water Interface

    Wenyang Dai;Feng Shao;Jacek Szczerbiński;Ryan McCaffrey

  • Nanoscale chemical imaging using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a critical review.

    Thomas Schmid;Lothar Opilik;Carolin Blum;Renato Zenobi

  • What can we learn from ambient ionization techniques

    Huanwen Chen;Gerardo Gamez;Renato Zenobi

  • Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic and biogenic precursors

    U. Baltensperger;M. Kalberer;J. Dommen;D. Paulsen

  • Aerobic microbial dolomite at the nanometer scale : Implications for the geologic record

    Mónica Sánchez-Román;Crisógono Vasconcelos;Thomas Schmid;Maria Dittrich

  • Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy - Its status, challenges and future directions

    Boon-Siang Yeo;Johannes Stadler;Thomas Schmid;Renato Zenobi

  • The Matrix Suppression Effect and Ionization Mechanisms in Matrix‐assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization

    Richard Knochenmuss;Frédéric Dubois;Michael J. Dale;Renato Zenobi

  • Infrared and Raman chemical imaging and spectroscopy at the nanoscale

    Dmitry Kurouski;Alexandre Dazzi;Renato Zenobi;Andrea Centrone

  • Graphite/Liquid mixed matrices for laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.

    Michael J. Dale;and Richard Knochenmuss;Renato Zenobi

  • Rapid in vivo fingerprinting of nonvolatile compounds in breath by extractive electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

    Huanwen Chen;Huanwen Chen;Arno Wortmann;Weihua Zhang;Renato Zenobi

  • Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics of single yeast cells

    Alfredo J. Ibáñez;Stephan R. Fagerer;Anna Mareike Schmidt;Pawel L. Urban

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Deckert
Volker Deckert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Markus Kalberer
Markus Kalberer University of Basel
Boon Siang Yeo
Boon Siang Yeo National University of Singapore
Ernö Pretsch
Ernö Pretsch ETH Zurich
Stefan Schmid
Stefan Schmid Technical University of Berlin
Jian-Feng Li
Jian-Feng Li Xiamen University
Xue Li
Xue Li Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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