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Researcher · Max Planck Society · Germany

Alfred Gierer

Alfred Gierer publishes mostly in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Philosophy, on topics such as Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation and Marine and environmental studies.

World rank
#97,343
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#6,248
of 86,443
Works
30
Citations
232
Citations per work
7.7

What does Alfred Gierer research?

Cell Biology: 11.1%Molecular Biology: 8.3%Philosophy: 8.3%Plant Science: 8.3%other fields: 64.0%11%top field
Cell Biology11.1%Molecular Biology8.3%Philosophy8.3%Plant Science8.3%other fields64.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Cell Biology11% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology8% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy8% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science8% of their works
  5. 5Paleontology6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alfred Gierer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Stem Cells, Genome Analysis, Bioelectric Signals, Black Sea, Cell Mechanics, Cnidarian Evolution, Extracellular Matrix and Holocene.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Stem Cells63 topics
  2. Genome Analysis32 topics
  3. Bioelectric Signals21 topic
  4. Black Sea21 topic
  5. Cell Mechanics21 topic
  6. Cnidarian Evolution21 topic
  7. Extracellular Matrix21 topic
  8. Holocene21 topic
  9. Jellyfish Blooms21 topic
  10. Planarian Regeneration21 topic
  11. Quantitative Trait Loci22 topics
  12. Biological Soil Crusts11 topic
  13. Cyanobacteria11 topic
  14. Oxalic Acid11 topic
  15. Plant Immunity11 topic
  16. Plasmodiophora brassicae11 topic
  17. Rhizoctonia solani11 topic
  18. Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum11 topic
  19. Viral RNA Silencing11 topic

Where does Alfred Gierer work?

Alfred Gierer's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Society, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Alfred Gierer have?

Science Explorer counts 30 works and 232 citations for Alfred Gierer, ranking #97,343 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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