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D-Index
70
Citations
14452
World Ranking
6003
National Ranking
437

Wolfgang Zinth 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 Zinth sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 298 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Zinth 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 Zinth sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wolfgang Zinth is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several specific subfields including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, notably:

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Zinth has contributed to multiple publications, many of which appeared in recurring venues such as ChemBioChem and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other venues include The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Scientific Reports, and ACS Central Science.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Zinth include:

  • "UV-Induced Charge-Transfer States in Short Guanosine-Containing DNA Oligonucleotides" (2020) in ChemBioChem
  • "Electronic and Geometric Characterization of TICT Formation in Hemithioindigo Photoswitches by Picosecond Infrared Spectroscopy" (2021) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Sequence dependent UV damage of complete pools of oligonucleotides" (2023) in Scientific Reports
  • "Folding and Unfolding of the Short Light-Triggered β-Hairpin Peptide AzoChignolin Occurs within 100 ns" (2020) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Selection of Early Life Codons by Ultraviolet Light" (2025) in ACS Central Science

Frequent collaborators in Zinth's research include Corinna L. Kufner, Dominik B. Bucher, Marlis Fischaleck, Julia Philippou-Massier, and Helmut Blum.

Best Publications

  • Thymine Dimerization in DNA is an Ultrafast Photoreaction

    Wolfgang J. Schreier;Tobias E. Schrader;Florian O. Koller;Peter Gilch

  • Femtosecond photoisomerization of cis-azobenzene

    T. Nägele;R. Hoche;W. Zinth;J. Wachtveitl

  • Anle138b: a novel oligomer modulator for disease-modifying therapy of neurodegenerative diseases such as prion and Parkinson’s disease

    Jens Wagner;Sergey Ryazanov;Sergey Ryazanov;Andrei Leonov;Andrei Leonov;Johannes Levin

  • Vibrational cooling after ultrafast photoisomerization of azobenzene measured by femtosecond infrared spectroscopy

    P. Hamm;S. M. Ohline;W. Zinth

  • Femtosecond stimulated Raman microscopy

    E. Ploetz;S. Laimgruber;S. Berner;W. Zinth

  • Excited-state reaction dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin studied by femtosecond spectroscopy

    J. Dobler;Wolfgang Zinth;Wolfgang Kaiser;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • Observation of a bacteriochlorophyll anion radical during the primary charge separation in a reaction center

    Wolfgang Holzapfel;Ulrich Finkele;Wolfgang Kaiser;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • Initial electron-transfer in the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    Wolfgang Holzapfel;Ulrich Finkele;Wolfgang Kaiser;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • The accessory bacteriochlorophyll: A real electron carrier in primary photosynthesis

    T Arlt;S Schmidt;W Kaiser;C Lauterwasser

  • Ultrafast spectroscopy reveals subnanosecond peptide conformational dynamics and validates molecular dynamics simulation

    Sebastian Spörlein;Heiko Carstens;Helmut Satzger;Christian Renner

  • Early events of DNA photodamage.

    Wolfgang J Schreier;Peter Gilch;Wolfgang Zinth

  • Early Picosecond Events in the Photocycle of Bacteriorhodopsin

    H.-J. Polland;M.A. Franz;W. Zinth;W. Kaiser

  • The first picoseconds in bacterial photosynthesis--ultrafast electron transfer for the efficient conversion of light energy.

    Wolfgang Zinth;Josef Wachtveitl

  • Terahertz quantum beats in molecular liquids

    R. Leonhardt;Wolfgang Holzapfel;Wolfgang Zinth;Wolfgang Kaiser

  • Picosecond conformational transition and equilibration of a cyclic peptide

    Jens Bredenbeck;Jan Helbing;Arne Sieg;Tobias Schrader

  • Energetics of the primary electron transfer reaction revealed by ultrafast spectroscopy on modified bacterial reaction centers

    Stefan Schmidt;Thomas Arlt;P. Hamm;H. Huber

  • Fluorescence spectra of trans- and cis-azobenzene – emission from the Franck–Condon state

    H Satzger;S Spörlein;C Root;J Wachtveitl

  • A femtosecond stimulated raman spectrograph for the near ultraviolet

    S. Laimgruber;H. Schachenmayr;B. Schmidt;W. Zinth

  • Analysis of optical spectra from single crystals of Rhodopseudomonas viridis reaction centers

    Ernst Walter Knapp;Sighart Fischer;Wolfgang Zinth;M. Sander

  • Femtosecond spectroscopy of the first events of the photochemical cycle in bacteriorhodopsin

    M.C. Nuss;W. Zinth;W. Kaiser;E. Kölling

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Wachtveitl
Josef Wachtveitl Goethe University Frankfurt
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society
Luis Moroder
Luis Moroder Max Planck Society
Peter Hamm
Peter Hamm University of Zurich
Hugo Scheer
Hugo Scheer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas Carell
Thomas Carell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Hartmut Michel
Hartmut Michel Max Planck Society
Martin Engelhard
Martin Engelhard Max Planck Society
Markus Zweckstetter
Markus Zweckstetter German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Thomas Elsaesser
Thomas Elsaesser Max Planck Society

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