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Researcher · University of Konstanz · Germany

Helmut Cölfen

Helmut Cölfen publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

ORCID 0000-0002-1148-0308 OpenAlex
World rank
#194,060
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#9,865
of 364,343
Works
584
Citations
40k
Citations per work
68.6
h-index
92
i10-index 363Top 0.2% in Biomaterials
Helmut Cölfen

What does Helmut Cölfen research?

Helmut Cölfen's work is mostly in Materials Science (36%), Engineering (10%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%).

Physical Sciences: 317 works · 54.3% of their workMaterials Science: 208 works · 35.7% of their workBiomaterials: 119 works · 20.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 90 works · 15.4% of their workEngineering: 60 works · 10.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 60 works · 10.3% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25 works · 4.3% of their workPaleontology: 25 works · 4.3% of their workChemistry: 23 works · 4.0% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 23 works · 4.0% of their workEverything else: 244 works · 41.7% of their workLife Sciences: 23 works · 4.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 works · 4.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 23 works · 4.0% of their workTHEIR WORKHelmut Cölfen584works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences54%

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. Materials Science20835.7%
    2. Engineering6010.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences254.3%
    4. Chemistry234.0%
  2. Everything else24441.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology234.0%
  1. 1Biomaterials20% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry15% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  4. 4Paleontology4% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology4% of their works
  6. 6Organic Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Helmut Cölfen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Crystallization, Nanocomposites, Bioinspired Materials, Biomineralization, Crystal Growth, Biomaterials, Scaffolds and Nanoparticles.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Crystallization2842 topics
  2. Nanocomposites2482 topics
  3. Bioinspired Materials2181 topic
  4. Biomineralization2181 topic
  5. Crystal Growth1162 topics
  6. Biomaterials941 topic
  7. Scaffolds941 topic
  8. Nanoparticles822 topics
  9. Nucleation661 topic
  10. Paleoproductivity661 topic
  11. Paleoredox661 topic
  12. Solubility661 topic
  13. Ice Nucleation501 topic
  14. Melting501 topic
  15. Nanobubbles341 topic
  16. Water Treatment341 topic
  17. Thermodiffusion321 topic
  18. Thermophoresis321 topic
  19. Biodegradable Polymers301 topic
  20. Polylactic Acid301 topic

Where does Helmut Cölfen work?

Helmut Cölfen's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Konstanz, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Helmut Cölfen have?

OpenAlex counts 584 works and 40,045 citations for Helmut Cölfen, an h-index of 92, ranking #194,060 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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