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Wolfgang Jäger

Wolfgang Jäger

University of Alberta
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
6420
World Ranking
17532
National Ranking
472

Wolfgang Jäger 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 Wolfgang Jäger sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 292 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Jäger 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 Wolfgang Jäger sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Wolfgang Jäger is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of chemistry and physics, particularly through research in molecular spectroscopy and structure.

This scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Chemistry
  • Physics and Astronomy

Subfields of investigation include:

  • Spectroscopy
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Museology
  • Surgery

Key research topics covered in their publications involve:

  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Libraries and Information Services
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Museums and Cultural Heritage

Wolfgang Jäger has coauthored numerous papers with frequent collaborators including Yunjie Xu, Arsh S. Hazrah, Nathan A. Seifert, Mohamad Al-Jabiri, and Fan Xie.

Regular publication venues reflect their focus and include:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Among recent research outputs are the following papers:

  • Discovering the Elusive Global Minimum in a Ternary Chiral Cluster: Rotational Spectra of Propylene Oxide Trimer (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Conformational Panorama and Chirality Controlled Structure-Energy Relationship in a Chiral Carboxylic Acid Dimer (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Global change of surgical and oncological clinical practice in urology during early COVID-19 pandemic (2020) published in World Journal of Urology
  • Femtosecond Rotational Dynamics of D₂ Molecules in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets (2022) published in Physical Review Letters
  • Wetting vs Droplet Aggregation: A Broadband Rotational Spectroscopic Study of 3-Methylcatechol⋅⋅⋅Water Clusters (2023) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Wolfgang Jäger has contributed to book publications as well, with two books released by Transcript Verlag titled "Soziale Bürgerrechte im Museum" in 2020.

The scientist received recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2008 within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Quantum Solvation of Carbonyl Sulfide with Helium Atoms

    Jian Tang;Yunjie Xu;A. R. W. McKellar;Wolfgang Jäger

  • Evidence for heavy atom large amplitude motions in RG-cyclopropane van der Waals complexes (RG=Ne, Ar, Kr) from rotation-tunneling spectroscopy

    Yunjie Xu;Wolfgang Jäger

  • Pulsed quantum cascade laser-based cavity ring-down spectroscopy for ammonia detection in breath

    Jagadeeshwari Manne;Oleksandr Sukhorukov;Wolfgang Jäger;John Tulip

  • Spectroscopic studies of quantum solvation in 4HeN-N2O clusters.

    Yunjie Xu;Wolfgang Jäger;Jian Tang;A. R. W. McKellar

  • Spectroscopic exploration of atomic scale superfluidity in doped helium nanoclusters.

    A. R. W. McKellar;Yunjie Xu;Wolfgang Jäger

  • MICROWAVE SPECTRA OF METAL CHLORIDES PRODUCED USING LASER ABLATION

    Kristine D. Hensel;Christian Styger;Wolfgang Jäger;A. J. Merer

  • Pure rotational spectra of the mixed rare gas van der Waals complexes Ne–Xe, Ar–Xe, and Kr–Xe

    Wolfgang Jäger;Yunjie Xu;M. C. L. Gerry

  • Soot aggregate restructuring due to coatings of secondary organic aerosol derived from aromatic precursors.

    Elijah G. Schnitzler;Ashneil Dutt;André M. Charbonneau;Jason S. Olfert

  • Rotational spectroscopic investigation of carbonyl sulfide solvated with helium atoms

    Yunjie Xu;Wolfgang Jäger

  • The rotational spectrum of the isotopically substituted van der Waals complex ArOCS, obtained using a pulsed beam microwave Fourier transform spectrometer

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  • The microwave rotational spectrum of the Ar-CO dimer

    T. Ogata;W. Jäger;I. Ozier;M. C. L. Gerry

  • Targeting HER2 with T-DM1, an Antibody Cytotoxic Drug Conjugate, is Effective in HER2 Over Expressing Bladder Cancer

    Tetsutaro Hayashi;Tetsutaro Hayashi;Roland Seiler;Roland Seiler;Htoo Zarni Oo;Htoo Zarni Oo;Wolfgang Jäger;Wolfgang Jäger

  • A Corynebacterium glutamicum gene encoding a two-domain protein similar to biotin carboxylases and biotin-carboxyl-carrier proteins.

    Wolfgang Jäger;Petra G. Peters-Wendisch;J. Kalinowski;Alfred Pühler

  • Rotational spectrum, structure, and chlorine nuclear quadrupole coupling constants of the van der Waals complex Ar–Cl2

    Yunjie Xu;Wolfgang Jäger;Irving Ozier;M. C. L. Gerry

  • Microwave spectroscopy of ternary and quaternary van der Waals clusters

    Yunjie Xu;Jennifer Van Wijngaarden;Wolfgang Jäger

  • Recurrences in rotational dynamics and experimental measurement of superfluidity in doped helium clusters

    Yunjie Xu;Nicholas Blinov;Wolfgang Jäger;Pierre-Nicholas Roy

  • Rotational study of carbon monoxide solvated with helium atoms.

    L. A. Surin;A. V. Potapov;B. S. Dumesh;S. Schlemmer

  • Sensitive detection of ammonia and ethylene with a pulsed quantum cascade laser using intra and interpulse spectroscopic techniques

    J. Manne;W. Jäger;J. Tulip

  • Spectroscopic studies of OCS-doped 4He clusters with 9-72 helium atoms: observation of broad oscillations in the rotational moment of inertia.

    A. R. W. Mckellar;Yunjie Xu;Wolfgang Jäger

  • Microwave-millimeter-wave double resonance experiments on Ar-CO

    Wolfgang Jäger;Michael C. L. Gerry

  • Pure rotational spectra of the van der Waals complexes Ne–CO, Kr–CO, and Xe–CO

    Kaley A. Walker;Teruhiko Ogata;Wolfgang Jäger;M. C. L. Gerry

  • Pure rotational spectrum of, and potential-energy surface for, the Ar?N2 Van der Waals complex

    Wolfgang Jäger;Michael C. L. Gerry;Carey Bissonnette;Frederick R. W. McCourt

  • Rotational spectra of the mixed rare gas dimers Ne–Kr and Ar–Kr

    Yunjie Xu;Wolfgang Jäger;Joyce Djauhari;Michael C. L. Gerry

  • Rotational spectrum of cyanoacetylene solvated with helium atoms.

    W. Topic;W. Jäger;N. Blinov;P.-N. Roy

Frequent Co-Authors

A. R. W. McKellar
A. R. W. McKellar National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Stephan Schlemmer
Stephan Schlemmer University of Cologne
Hans D. Osthoff
Hans D. Osthoff University of Calgary
Peter Walter
Peter Walter University of California, San Francisco
Gavin R. McMeeking
Gavin R. McMeeking Colorado State University
Christoph Bostedt
Christoph Bostedt Paul Scherrer Institute
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Patrick Thaddeus
Patrick Thaddeus Harvard University
Michael C. McCarthy
Michael C. McCarthy Harvard University
William Klemperer
William Klemperer Harvard University

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