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Researcher · Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology · Germany

Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard

Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics, on topics such as Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications and Congenital heart defects research.

ORCID 0000-0002-7688-1401 OpenAlex
World rank
#3,680
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#136
of 364,343
Works
218
Citations
50k
Citations per work
231.6
h-index
112
i10-index 180Top 0.1% in Molecular Biology
Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard

What does Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard research?

Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (71%), Neuroscience (4%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%).

Life Sciences: 177 works · 81.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 155 works · 71.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 101 works · 46.5% of their workCell Biology: 37 works · 16.8% of their workGenetics: 17 works · 7.8% of their workNeuroscience: 9 works · 4.1% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 works · 4.1% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 works · 3.4% of their workImmunology: 7 works · 3.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 works · 2.4% of their workPlant Science: 5 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 41 works · 19.0% of their workTHEIR WORKChristianeNüsslein‐Volhard218works
Life Sciences81%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15571.1%
    2. Neuroscience94.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology73.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.4%
  2. Everything else4119.0%
  1. 1Molecular Biology46% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology17% of their works
  3. 3Genetics8% of their works
  4. 4Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience4% of their works
  5. 5Immunology3% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Zebrafish, Gene Regulation, Development, Notch Signaling, Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Model Organism and Cardiomyocyte Renewal.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Zebrafish1792 topics
  2. Gene Regulation1412 topics
  3. Development1141 topic
  4. Notch Signaling1141 topic
  5. Neuroscience782 topics
  6. Developmental Biology651 topic
  7. Model Organism651 topic
  8. Cardiomyocyte Renewal331 topic
  9. Heart Regeneration331 topic
  10. Chromatin271 topic
  11. Transcription271 topic
  12. Alternative Splicing201 topic
  13. Genetic Modification201 topic
  14. RNA-Binding Proteins201 topic
  15. Transgenic Animals201 topic
  16. Sex Determination161 topic
  17. X Chromosome Inactivation161 topic
  18. Drosophila131 topic
  19. Genetics131 topic

Where does Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard work?

Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard have?

OpenAlex counts 218 works and 50,488 citations for Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard, an h-index of 112, ranking #3,680 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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