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Max Planck Institute for Biology

Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Biology

Werner Schäfer, Peter Overath and Jan Klein rank highest among 16 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute for Biology.

The ranking

  1. 1 Werner SchäferGermany · #54,945 worldwide277 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Peter OverathGermany · #98,070 worldwide389 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Jan KleinGermany · #206,336 worldwide273 citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Fritz JähnigGermany · #233,956 worldwide149 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 U. HenningGermany · #352,949 worldwide166 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 York‐Dieter StierhofGermany · #365,447 worldwide149 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Wolfhard WeidelGermany · #376,573 worldwide87 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Ursula PetersGermany · #378,263 worldwide9 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 J KleinGermany · #406,738 worldwide110 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Werner E. MayerGermany · #422,543 worldwide100 citations · 17 works
  11. 11 Lothar SchneiderGermany · #537,854 worldwide53 citations · 23 works
  12. 12 Gerhard SchrammGermany · #624,784 worldwide128 citations · 42 works
  13. 13 W. FrankGermany · #641,625 worldwide58 citations · 18 works
  14. 14 Felipe FigueroaGermany · #663,801 worldwide59 citations · 22 works
  15. 15 H TichyGermany · #1,146,571 worldwide68 citations · 39 works
  16. 16 Colm Ó’hUigínGermany · #1,307,387 worldwide57 citations · 16 works

Output against citations per work

A long record and a heavily-cited one are not the same career, and a list ordered by either buries the other. The upper left is a small body of work that travelled a long way.

051015mean 4.64859works (log) →citations per work →Werner Schäfer: 58, 4.8Peter Overath: 28, 13.9Jan Klein: 87, 3.1Fritz Jähnig: 21, 7.1U. Henning: 30, 5.5York‐Dieter Stierhof: 20, 7.5Wolfhard Weidel: 19, 4.6Ursula Peters: 39, 0.2J Klein: 21, 5.2Werner E. Mayer: 17, 5.9Lothar Schneider: 23, 2.3Gerhard Schramm: 42, 3.0W. Frank: 18, 3.2Felipe Figueroa: 22, 2.7H Tichy: 39, 1.7Colm Ó’hUigín: 16, 3.6Peter OverathFritz JähnigWerner SchäferJan Klein
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Ranked on the composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.