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Researcher · KU Leuven · Belgium

Bernd Nilius

Bernd Nilius publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Ion Channels and Receptors, Ion channel regulation and function and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

ORCID 0000-0002-7749-5916 OpenAlex
World rank
#118,564
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#802
of 67,186
Works
632
Citations
47k
Citations per work
74.0
h-index
115
i10-index 361Top 0.1% in Molecular Biology
Bernd Nilius

What does Bernd Nilius research?

Bernd Nilius's work is mostly in Neuroscience (29%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (25%), Medicine (15%).

Life Sciences: 339 works · 53.7% of their workNeuroscience: 181 works · 28.6% of their workSensory Systems: 110 works · 17.4% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 71 works · 11.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 159 works · 25.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 159 works · 25.1% of their workEverything else: 165 works · 26.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 128 works · 20.2% of their workMedicine: 94 works · 14.8% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 68 works · 10.7% of their workPhysiology: 26 works · 4.1% of their workNursing: 34 works · 5.4% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 34 works · 5.4% of their workTHEIR WORKBernd Nilius632works
Life Sciences54%Health Sciences20%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience18128.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15925.1%
  2. Everything else16526.1%
    1. Medicine9414.8%
    2. Nursing345.4%
  1. 1Molecular Biology25% of their works
  2. 2Sensory Systems17% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience11% of their works
  4. 4Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine11% of their works
  5. 5Nutrition and Dietetics5% of their works
  6. 6Physiology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Bernd Nilius's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ion Channels, Calcium Signaling, Sensory Neurons, TRP Channels, Calcium Channels, Voltage-Gated Channels, Arrhythmias and Long-QT Syndrome.

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. Ion Channels5843 topics
  2. Calcium Signaling3582 topics
  3. Sensory Neurons2321 topic
  4. TRP Channels2321 topic
  5. Calcium Channels2261 topic
  6. Voltage-Gated Channels2261 topic
  7. Arrhythmias1261 topic
  8. Long-QT Syndrome1261 topic
  9. Neuronal Circuits1102 topics
  10. Neurotransmission611 topic
  11. Synaptic Plasticity611 topic
  12. Sweet Taste531 topic
  13. Taste Receptors531 topic
  14. Drosophila491 topic
  15. Neuroscience491 topic
  16. Electrode Arrays411 topic
  17. Neural Stimulation411 topic
  18. Aquaporins391 topic
  19. Water Channels391 topic

Where does Bernd Nilius work?

Bernd Nilius's main affiliation in the publication record is KU Leuven, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Bernd Nilius have?

OpenAlex counts 632 works and 46,793 citations for Bernd Nilius, an h-index of 115, ranking #118,564 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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