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Researcher · University of Zurich · Switzerland

Fritjof Helmchen

Fritjof Helmchen publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biophysics, on topics such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0002-8867-9569 OpenAlex
World rank
#26,774
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#567
of 80,918
Works
310
Citations
31k
Citations per work
100.4
h-index
76
i10-index 158Top 1.1% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Fritjof Helmchen

What does Fritjof Helmchen research?

Fritjof Helmchen's work is mostly in Neuroscience (56%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Engineering (4%).

Life Sciences: 237 works · 76.3% of their workNeuroscience: 174 works · 56.2% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 87 works · 28.2% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 74 works · 23.9% of their workNeurology: 13 works · 4.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 62 works · 20.1% of their workBiophysics: 35 works · 11.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 28 works · 8.9% of their workEverything else: 60 works · 19.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 13 works · 4.2% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 4.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 13 works · 4.2% of their workTHEIR WORKFritjof Helmchen310works
Life Sciences76%Physical Sciences4%

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. Neuroscience17456.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6220.1%
  2. Everything else6019.5%
    1. Engineering134.2%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience28% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience24% of their works
  3. 3Biophysics11% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology9% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Neurology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Fritjof Helmchen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cortical Networks, Neuronal Oscillations, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Fluorescent Proteins, Super-Resolution Imaging, Electrode Arrays and Neural Stimulation.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Cortical Networks1161 topic
  2. Neuronal Oscillations1161 topic
  3. Neurotransmission1001 topic
  4. Synaptic Plasticity1001 topic
  5. Fluorescent Proteins591 topic
  6. Super-Resolution Imaging591 topic
  7. Electrode Arrays541 topic
  8. Neural Stimulation541 topic
  9. Channelrhodopsin461 topic
  10. Optogenetics461 topic
  11. Bioimage Analysis281 topic
  12. High-Content Screening281 topic
  13. Hippocampus271 topic
  14. Memory271 topic
  15. Crystal Structure211 topic
  16. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors211 topic

Where does Fritjof Helmchen work?

Fritjof Helmchen's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Zurich, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Fritjof Helmchen have?

OpenAlex counts 310 works and 31,121 citations for Fritjof Helmchen, an h-index of 76, ranking #26,774 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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