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Kai Simons

Kai Simons publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology, on topics such as Cellular transport and secretion, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior and Viral Infections and Vectors.

World rank
#27,661
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#2,169
of 86,443
Works
87
Citations
931
Citations per work
10.7

What does Kai Simons research?

Molecular Biology: 24.2%Cell Biology: 14.1%Epidemiology: 6.3%Infectious Diseases: 5.5%other fields: 49.9%24%top field
Molecular Biology24.2%Cell Biology14.1%Epidemiology6.3%Infectious Diseases5.5%other fields49.9%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology24% of their works
  2. 2Cell Biology14% of their works
  3. 3Epidemiology6% of their works
  4. 4Infectious Diseases6% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4% of their works
  6. 6Immunology and Allergy3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kai Simons's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Endocytosis, Membrane Fusion, Epidemiology, Lipid Rafts, Membrane Lipids, Arboviral Diseases, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Zika Virus.

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. Endocytosis121 topic
  2. Membrane Fusion121 topic
  3. Epidemiology102 topics
  4. Lipid Rafts91 topic
  5. Membrane Lipids91 topic
  6. Arboviral Diseases51 topic
  7. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers51 topic
  8. Zika Virus51 topic
  9. Zoonotic Infections51 topic
  10. Cell Division41 topic
  11. Microtubules41 topic
  12. Aquaporins31 topic
  13. Glycans31 topic
  14. Glycosylation31 topic
  15. Lipid Droplets31 topic
  16. Triacylglycerol Synthesis31 topic
  17. Water Channels31 topic

Where does Kai Simons work?

Kai Simons's main affiliation in the publication record is European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Kai Simons have?

Science Explorer counts 87 works and 931 citations for Kai Simons, ranking #27,661 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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