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Stefan Lochbrunner

Stefan Lochbrunner

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 48 15200 13696 1113 981 207 8707

Stefan Lochbrunner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stefan Lochbrunner between 1995 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stefan Lochbrunner published across 32 years, from 1995 to 2026, averaging 8.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2014. 12 of the 273 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2014. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 8 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 6 publications 2026: 6 publications
1995 2026

273 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stefan Lochbrunner: publications per year, 1995 to 2026
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 3
1997 3
1998 5
1999 1
2000 8
2001 4
2002 4
2003 7
2004 11
2005 6
2006 8
2007 10
2008 7
2009 6
2010 5
2011 8
2012 9
2013 13
2014 18
2015 13
2016 11
2017 17
2018 7
2019 11
2020 13
2021 11
2022 15
2023 17
2024 9
2025 6
2026 6
Total 273
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Stefan Lochbrunner 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 Stefan Lochbrunner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 201–220 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 207 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281 207
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Stefan Lochbrunner 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 Stefan Lochbrunner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48–49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 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.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835 48
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Stefan Lochbrunner is affiliated with the University of Rostock in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a strong focus on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry as subfields. Additional areas of study include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist has contributed notably to several key research topics: crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, radical photochemical reactions, magnetism in coordination complexes, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, and porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry.

Frequent publication venues for their work include The Cambridge Structural Database, with 28 publications, followed by Inorganic Chemistry with 7, Chemical Communications with 4, the Journal of the American Chemical Society with 3, and Chemistry - A European Journal with 3 publications.

Stefan Lochbrunner's research output includes a range of recent papers such as:

  • A Vanadium(III) Complex with Blue and NIR-II Spin-Flip Luminescence in Solution, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A Photoreactive Iron(II) Complex Luminophore, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Janus-type emission from a cyclometalated iron(iii) complex, 2023, Nature Chemistry
  • Ultrafast and long-time excited state kinetics of an NIR-emissive vanadium(iii) complex I: synthesis, spectroscopy and static quantum chemistry, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Ground- and Excited-State Properties of Iron(II) Complexes Linked to Organic Chromophores, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Among their most frequent coauthors are Matthias Bauer, Miguel A. Argüello Cordero, Roland Schoch, Katja Heinze, and Ayla Päpcke.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism and dynamics of azobenzene photoisomerization.

    Thomas Schultz;Jason Quenneville;Benjamin Levine;Alessandro Toniolo

  • Exciton Trapping in π-Conjugated Materials: A Quantum-Chemistry-Based Protocol Applied to Perylene Bisimide Dye Aggregates

    Reinhold F. Fink;Joachim Seibt;Volker Engel;Manuel Renz

  • Boosting Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with an Integrated Nickel Phosphide–Carbon Nitride System

    Arindam Indra;Amitava Acharjya;Prashanth W. Menezes;Christoph Merschjann

  • Photocatalytic Water Reduction with Copper‐Based Photosensitizers: A Noble‐Metal‐Free System

    Shu-Ping Luo;Shu-Ping Luo;Esteban Mejía;Aleksej Friedrich;Alexandra Pazidis

  • Microscopic Mechanism of Ultrafast Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer: A 30-fs Study of 2-(2‘-Hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole†

    Stefan Lochbrunner;and Alexander J. Wurzer;Eberhard Riedle

  • Ultrafast excited-state proton transfer and subsequent coherent skeletal motion of 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole

    Stefan Lochbrunner;A. J. Wurzer;Eberhard Riedle

  • Ultrafast internal conversion pathway and mechanism in 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole: a case study for excited-state intramolecular proton transfer systems.

    Mario Barbatti;Adélia J. A. Aquino;Hans Lischka;Christian Schriever

  • Complementing Graphenes: 1D Interplanar Charge Transport in Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitrides.

    Christoph Merschjann;Christoph Merschjann;Stefanie Tschierlei;Stefanie Tschierlei;Tobias Tyborski;Kamalakannan Kailasam

  • One-dimensional exciton diffusion in perylene bisimide aggregates.

    Henning Marciniak;Xue-Qing Li;Frank Würthner;Stefan Lochbrunner

  • Dynamics of excited-state proton transfer systems via time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy

    S. Lochbrunner;T. Schultz;M. Schmitt;J. P. Shaffer

  • A noble-metal-free system for photocatalytic hydrogen production from water.

    Esteban Mejía;Shu-Ping Luo;Michael Karnahl;Aleksej Friedrich

  • Pathway approach to ultrafast photochemistry: potential surfaces, conical intersections and isomerizations of small polyenes

    W Fuß;S Lochbrunner;A.M Müller;T Schikarski

  • Ultrafast exciton relaxation in microcrystalline pentacene films.

    H. Marciniak;M. Fiebig;M. Huth;S. Schiefer

  • Ultrafast Exciton Self-Trapping upon Geometry Deformation in Perylene-Based Molecular Aggregates.

    Alexander Schubert;Volker Settels;Wenlan Liu;Frank Würthner

  • Biphasic Self-Assembly Pathways and Size-Dependent Photophysical Properties of Perylene Bisimide Dye Aggregates

    Franziska Fennel;Steffen Wolter;Zengqi Xie;Per-Arno Plötz

  • Ultrafast singlet and triplet dynamics in microcrystalline pentacene films

    Henning Marciniak;Igor Pugliesi;Bert Nickel;Stefan Lochbrunner

  • Photoswitching of Enzyme Activity by Laser-Induced pH-Jump

    Stefanie Kohse;Antje Neubauer;Alexandra Pazidis;Stefan Lochbrunner

  • The interplay of skeletal deformations and ultrafast excited-state intramolecular proton transfer: Experimental and theoretical investigation of 10-hydroxybenzo[ h]quinoline

    Christian Schriever;Mario Barbatti;Kai Stock;Adélia J.A. Aquino

  • Hydrogen bonding in ionic liquids probed by linear and nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy

    C Roth;S Chatzipapadopoulos;D Kerlé;F Friedriszik

  • Structure–Activity Relationships in Bulk Polymeric and Sol–Gel-Derived Carbon Nitrides during Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

    Dirk Hollmann;Michael Karnahl;Stefanie Tschierlei;Kamalakannan Kailasam

  • Low-Temperature Photochemistry of Previtamin D: A Hula-Twist Isomerization of a Triene.

    Astrid M. Müller;Stefan Lochbrunner;Wolfram E. Schmid;Werner Fuß

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Junge
Henrik Junge Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Frank Würthner
Frank Würthner University of Würzburg
Alexander Villinger
Alexander Villinger University of Rostock
Katja Heinze
Katja Heinze Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ralf Ludwig
Ralf Ludwig University of Rostock
Michael Schmitt
Michael Schmitt Northwestern University
Anke Spannenberg
Anke Spannenberg Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Bert Nickel
Bert Nickel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Albert Stolow
Albert Stolow University of Ottawa
Axel Schulz
Axel Schulz University of Rostock

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