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16021
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5358
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389

Richard Buchner 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 Richard Buchner sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 246 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Buchner 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 Richard Buchner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard Buchner is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany. Their research primarily concentrates on chemical engineering, with a detailed focus on filtration and separation, catalysis, fluid flow and transfer processes, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and spectroscopy. Buchner's work spans a range of topics including chemical and physical properties in aqueous solutions, ionic liquids properties and applications, thermodynamic properties of mixtures, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, crystallization and solubility studies, electrochemical analysis and applications, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the academic community, publishing multiple papers in several leading journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
  • Pure and Applied Chemistry

Key recent publications by Buchner consist of:

  • Is ethaline a deep eutectic solvent? (2022) published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Variation of Density, Viscosity, and Electrical Conductivity of the Deep Eutectic Solvent Reline, Composed of Choline Chloride and Urea at a Molar Ratio of 1:2, Mixed with Dimethylsulfoxide as a Cosolvent (2020) published in Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
  • A Comprehensive Study of Density, Viscosity, and Electrical Conductivity of (Choline Chloride + Glycerol) Deep Eutectic Solvent and Its Mixtures with Dimethyl Sulfoxide (2020) published in Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
  • Dielectric relaxation of deep eutectic solvent + water mixtures: structural implications and application to microwave heating (2020) published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Hydration and dynamics of l-glutamate ion in aqueous solution (2020) published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Buchner frequently collaborates with several researchers, with notable coauthors including Vira Agieienko, Sergej Friesen, Marina V. Fedotova, Sergey E. Kruchinin, and Glenn Hefter. Among these, Vira Agieienko has coauthored 11 publications with Buchner, followed by Sergej Friesen with 7 collaborations.

Best Publications

  • The dielectric relaxation of water between 0°C and 35°C

    Richard Buchner;Josef Barthel;J. Stauber

  • Dielectric spectra of some common solvents in the microwave region. Water and lower alcohols

    Josef Barthel;K. Bachhuber;Richard Buchner;H. Hetzenauer

  • Dielectric relaxation of aqueous NaCl solutions

    Richard Buchner;Glenn T. Hefter;Peter M. May

  • Complexity in "simple" electrolyte solutions: Ion pairing in MgSO4(aq)

    Richard Buchner;Ting Chen;Glenn Hefter

  • Relation between dielectric and low-frequency Raman spectra of hydrogen-bond liquids.

    Toshiko Fukasawa;Takaaki Sato;Junji Watanabe;Yoshimasa Hama

  • Interactions and dynamics in electrolyte solutions by dielectric spectroscopy

    Richard Buchner;Glenn Hefter

  • Conductivities of Binary Mixtures of Ionic Liquids with Polar Solvents

    Alexander Stoppa;Johannes Hunger;Richard Buchner

  • High frequency permittivity and its use in the investigation of solution properties

    J. M. G. Barthel;Richard Buchner

  • Dynamics of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids from a Combined Dielectric Relaxation and Optical Kerr Effect Study: Evidence for Mesoscopic Aggregation

    David A. Turton;Johannes Hunger;Alexander Stoppa;Glenn Hefter

  • Dielectric Relaxation Processes in Ethanol/Water Mixtures

    Takaaki Sato;Richard Buchner

  • The Conductivity of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids from (248 to 468) K. B. Variation of the Anion†

    Oliver Zech;Alexander Stoppa;Richard Buchner;Werner Kunz

  • Temperature dependence of the dielectric properties and dynamics of ionic liquids.

    Johannes Hunger;Alexander Stoppa;Simon Schrödle;Glenn Hefter

  • The Conductivity of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids from (−35 to 195) °C. A. Variation of Cation’s Alkyl Chain†

    Alexander Stoppa;Oliver Zech;Werner Kunz;Richard Buchner

  • Is there an anionic Hofmeister effect on water dynamics? Dielectric spectroscopy of aqueous solutions of NaBr, NaI, NaNO3, NaClO4, and NaSCN

    Wolfgang Wachter;Werner Kunz;Richard Buchner;Glenn Hefter

  • ION-PAIR AND SOLVENT RELAXATION PROCESSES IN AQUEOUS NA2SO4 SOLUTIONS

    Richard Buchner;Stephen G. Capewell;Glenn Hefter;Peter M. May

  • Density, viscosity, and conductivity of choline chloride + ethylene glycol as a deep eutectic solvent and its binary mixtures with dimethyl sulfoxide

    Ali Reza Harifi-Mood;Richard Buchner

  • Dielectric spectra of some common solvents in the microwave region. Dipolar aprotic solvents and amides

    Josef Barthel;K. Bachhuber;Richard Buchner;J.B. Gill

  • Densities, Viscosities, and Conductivities of the Imidazolium Ionic Liquids [Emim][Ac], [Emim][FAP], [Bmim][BETI], [Bmim][FSI], [Hmim][TFSI], and [Omim][TFSI]

    Andreas Nazet;Sophia Sokolov;Thomas Sonnleitner;Takashi Makino

  • Dielectric spectroscopy of aqueous solutions of KCl and CsCl

    Ting Chen;Glenn Hefter;Richard Buchner

  • Dielectric spectroscopy of ion-pairing and hydration in aqueous tetra-n-alkylammonium halide solutions

    Richard Buchner;Christian Hölzl;Jochen Stauber;Josef Barthel

  • The cellulose solvent system N,N-dimethylacetamide/lithium chloride revisited: the effect of water on physicochemical properties and chemical stability

    Antje Potthast;Thomas Rosenau;Richard Buchner;Thomas Röder

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn Hefter
Glenn Hefter Murdoch University
Johannes Hunger
Johannes Hunger Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Werner Kunz
Werner Kunz University of Regensburg
Markus Walther
Markus Walther Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Peter M. May
Peter M. May Trinity College Dublin
Mischa Bonn
Mischa Bonn Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Dominik Horinek
Dominik Horinek University of Regensburg
Huib J. Bakker
Huib J. Bakker Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
Maria Forsyth
Maria Forsyth Deakin University
Yasuhiro Umebayashi
Yasuhiro Umebayashi Niigata University

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