2026 Roland Wiesendanger: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	101	1577	1498	137	131	732	44522

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

101

1577

1498

137

131

732

44522

Roland Wiesendanger publication distribution in Physics in 2026

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

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 732 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Roland Wiesendanger D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
2013 - Polish Academy of Science
2000 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physics

Overview

Roland Wiesendanger is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research covers a variety of topics including:

Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Magnetic properties of thin films
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Iron-based superconductors research
Surface and Thin Film Phenomena

Wiesendanger has published extensively in notable scientific venues. Their most frequent publication outlets include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review B
Nature Communications
Physical Review Letters
Nano Letters

Recent papers authored by Wiesendanger or including their contributions are:

Precursors of Majorana modes and their length-dependent energy oscillations probed at both ends of atomic Shiba chains, 2022, Nature Nanotechnology
Large Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction induced by chemisorbed oxygen on a ferromagnet surface, 2020, Science Advances
Spin-Polarized Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States in an Iron-Based Superconductor, 2021, Physical Review Letters
Discovery of Magnetic Single- and Triple-q States in Mn/Re(0001), 2020, Physical Review Letters
Plumbene on a Magnetic Substrate: A Combined Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Density Functional Theory Study, 2020, Physical Review Letters

Frequent collaborators of Wiesendanger include:

Jens Wiebe
Kirsten von Bergmann
Lucas Schneider
André Kubetzka
Dirk K. Morr

Throughout their career, Wiesendanger has received several distinctions including membership in scientific academies such as the European Academy of Sciences in 2016, the Polish Academy of Science in 2013, and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, awarded in 2000 in the field of Physics.

Best Publications

Scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy : methods and applications

Roland Wiesendanger

2403
Citations
Spontaneous atomic-scale magnetic skyrmion lattice in two dimensions

Stefan Heinze;Kirsten von Bergmann;Matthias Menzel;Jens Brede

2041
Citations
Writing and deleting single magnetic skyrmions.

Niklas Romming;Christian Hanneken;Matthias Menzel;Jessica E. Bickel

1631
Citations
Chiral magnetic order at surfaces driven by inversion asymmetry

M. Bode;M. Bode;M. Heide;K. von Bergmann;P. Ferriani

1154
Citations
Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy

Roland Wiesendanger

1110
Citations
Direct Observation of Internal Spin Structure of Magnetic Vortex Cores

A. Wachowiak;J. Wiebe;M. Bode;O. Pietzsch

1096
Citations
Spin mapping at the nanoscale and atomic scale

Roland Wiesendanger

861
Citations
Observation of vacuum tunneling of spin-polarized electrons with the scanning tunneling microscope

R. Wiesendanger;H.-J. Güntherodt;G. Güntherodt;R. J. Gambino

773
Citations
Nanoscale magnetic skyrmions in metallic films and multilayers: a new twist for spintronics

Roland Wiesendanger

637
Citations
Field-dependent size and shape of single magnetic Skyrmions.

Niklas Romming;André Kubetzka;Christian Hanneken;Kirsten von Bergmann

562
Citations
Real-space imaging of two-dimensional antiferromagnetism on the atomic scale

S. Heinze;S. Heinze;M. Bode;A. Kubetzka;O. Pietzsch

474
Citations
Observation of magnetic forces by the atomic force microscope

J. J. Sáenz;N. García;P. Grütter;E. Meyer

458
Citations
Revealing magnetic interactions from single-atom magnetization curves.

Focko Meier;Lihui Zhou;Jens Wiebe;Roland Wiesendanger

429
Citations
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy II

Roland Wiesendanger;Hans-Joachim Güntherodt

400
Citations
Electric-field-driven switching of individual magnetic skyrmions

Pin-Jui Hsu;André Kubetzka;Aurore Finco;Niklas Romming

386
Citations
Design of the local spin polarization at the organic-ferromagnetic interface.

Nicolae Atodiresei;Jens Brede;Predrag Lazić;Predrag Lazić;Vasile Caciuc

373
Citations
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy III

Roland Wiesendanger;Hans-Joachim Güntherodt

356
Citations
Quantitative analysis of the frictional properties of solid materials at low loads. I. Carbon compounds

Udo D. Schwarz;Oliver Zwörner;Peter Köster;Roland Wiesendanger

341
Citations
Atomic-scale spin spiral with a unique rotational sense: Mn monolayer on W(001).

P. Ferriani;K. von Bergmann;E. Y. Vedmedenko;S. Heinze

341
Citations
Spin- and energy-dependent tunneling through a single molecule with intramolecular spatial resolution.

Jens Brede;Nicolae Atodiresei;Nicolae Atodiresei;Stefan Kuck;Predrag Lazić

340
Citations