Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Researcher · Max Delbrück Center · Germany

Helmut Kettenmann

Helmut Kettenmann publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms.

ORCID 0000-0001-8208-0291 OpenAlex
World rank
#35,691
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#2,090
of 364,343
Works
500
Citations
56k
Citations per work
111.8
h-index
116
i10-index 352Top 0.1% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Helmut Kettenmann

What does Helmut Kettenmann research?

Helmut Kettenmann's work is mostly in Neuroscience (47%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%).

Life Sciences: 358 works · 71.5% of their workNeuroscience: 236 works · 47.3% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 107 works · 21.4% of their workNeurology: 92 works · 18.3% of their workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 38 works · 7.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 82 works · 16.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 82 works · 16.5% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 38 works · 7.7% of their workImmunology: 38 works · 7.7% of their workEverything else: 127 works · 25.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 16 works · 3.1% of their workMedicine: 16 works · 3.1% of their workGenetics: 16 works · 3.1% of their workTHEIR WORKHelmut Kettenmann500works
Life Sciences72%Health Sciences3%

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. Neuroscience23647.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8216.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology387.7%
  2. Everything else12725.4%
    1. Medicine163.1%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience21% of their works
  2. 2Neurology18% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology16% of their works
  4. 4Immunology8% of their works
  5. 5Developmental Neuroscience8% of their works
  6. 6Genetics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Helmut Kettenmann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Brain Development, Microglia, Neuroinflammation, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Inflammation, Adult Stem Cells and Neurogenesis.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Brain Development3212 topics
  2. Microglia2201 topic
  3. Neuroinflammation2201 topic
  4. Neurotransmission2011 topic
  5. Synaptic Plasticity2011 topic
  6. Inflammation1223 topics
  7. Adult Stem Cells1011 topic
  8. Neurogenesis1011 topic
  9. Ion Channels851 topic
  10. Voltage-Gated Channels851 topic
  11. Activation491 topic
  12. Macrophage491 topic
  13. Adenosine Receptors381 topic
  14. Purinergic Signalling381 topic
  15. Electrode Arrays351 topic
  16. Neural Stimulation351 topic
  17. Pattern Recognition Receptors351 topic
  18. Toll-like Receptors351 topic

Where does Helmut Kettenmann work?

Helmut Kettenmann's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Delbrück Center, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Helmut Kettenmann have?

OpenAlex counts 500 works and 55,906 citations for Helmut Kettenmann, an h-index of 116, ranking #35,691 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics have tabs of their own, above. Is this your page? Claim it with your ORCID iD, or request a correction or removal.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Helmut Kettenmann. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.