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Researcher · Van Andel Institute · United States

Karsten Melcher

Karsten Melcher publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-9125-4027 OpenAlex
World rank
#42,905
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#16,506
of 1,627,098
Works
209
Citations
17k
Citations per work
82.3
h-index
62
i10-index 108Top 1.8% in Molecular Biology
Karsten Melcher

What does Karsten Melcher research?

Karsten Melcher's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (40%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Neuroscience (12%).

Life Sciences: 133 works · 63.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 83 works · 39.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 83 works · 39.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 works · 12.0% of their workPlant Science: 25 works · 12.0% of their workNeuroscience: 24 works · 11.7% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 works · 11.7% of their workEverything else: 59 works · 28.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 18 works · 8.4% of their workMedicine: 18 works · 8.4% of their workSurgery: 6 works · 3.1% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 works · 2.8% of their workPhysiology: 5 works · 2.5% of their workTHEIR WORKKarsten Melcher209works
Life Sciences64%Health Sciences8%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8339.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2512.0%
    3. Neuroscience2411.7%
  2. Everything else5928.0%
    1. Medicine188.4%
  1. 1Molecular Biology40% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science12% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience12% of their works
  4. 4Surgery3% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism3% of their works
  6. 6Physiology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karsten Melcher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Signal Transduction, Crystal Structure, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors, Gene Expression, Oxidative Stress, Neuropeptides, Receptors and Antioxidants.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Signal Transduction552 topics
  2. Crystal Structure431 topic
  3. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors431 topic
  4. Gene Expression242 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress232 topics
  6. Neuropeptides191 topic
  7. Receptors191 topic
  8. Antioxidants121 topic
  9. Development121 topic
  10. Plant121 topic
  11. Reactive Oxygen Species121 topic
  12. Neurotransmission111 topic
  13. Pancreatic Islets111 topic
  14. Synaptic Plasticity111 topic
  15. ß-Cell Dysfunction111 topic
  16. AMP-Activated Protein Kinase101 topic
  17. Metformin101 topic
  18. Nitrogen101 topic
  19. Phosphorus101 topic

Where does Karsten Melcher work?

Karsten Melcher's main affiliation in the publication record is Van Andel Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Karsten Melcher have?

OpenAlex counts 209 works and 17,211 citations for Karsten Melcher, an h-index of 62, ranking #42,905 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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