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Researcher · Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · Germany

Erwin Neher

Erwin Neher publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology, on topics such as Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Ion channel regulation and function and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-9758-7922 OpenAlex
World rank
#19,757
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#1,665
of 86,443
Works
48
Citations
869
Citations per work
18.1

What does Erwin Neher research?

Molecular Biology: 40.3%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24.2%Cell Biology: 6.5%Electrochemistry: 3.2%other fields: 25.8%40%top field
Molecular Biology40.3%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience24.2%Cell Biology6.5%Electrochemistry3.2%other fields25.8%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology40% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience24% of their works
  3. 3Cell Biology6% of their works
  4. 4Electrochemistry3% of their works
  5. 5Immunology3% of their works
  6. 6Pathology and Forensic Medicine3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Erwin Neher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Membrane Proteins, Lipid Rafts, Membrane Lipids, Ion Channels, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Voltage-Gated Channels and Channelrhodopsin.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Membrane Proteins142 topics
  2. Lipid Rafts81 topic
  3. Membrane Lipids81 topic
  4. Ion Channels61 topic
  5. Neurotransmission61 topic
  6. Synaptic Plasticity61 topic
  7. Voltage-Gated Channels61 topic
  8. Channelrhodopsin41 topic
  9. Electrode Arrays41 topic
  10. Neural Stimulation41 topic
  11. Optogenetics41 topic
  12. Endocytosis31 topic
  13. Membrane Fusion31 topic
  14. Light Harvesting21 topic
  15. Photosystem II21 topic
  16. RNA Interference21 topic
  17. siRNA Delivery21 topic

Where does Erwin Neher work?

Erwin Neher's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Erwin Neher have?

Science Explorer counts 48 works and 869 citations for Erwin Neher, ranking #19,757 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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