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Researcher · Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · Germany

Manfred Eigen

Manfred Eigen publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Genetics and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Origins and Evolution of Life and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#64,781
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#4,373
of 86,443
Works
51
Citations
363
Citations per work
7.1

What does Manfred Eigen research?

Molecular Biology: 29.0%Genetics: 9.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 8.1%Organic Chemistry: 4.8%other fields: 48.4%29%top field
Molecular Biology29.0%Genetics9.7%Astronomy and Astrophysics8.1%Organic Chemistry4.8%other fields48.4%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology29% of their works
  2. 2Genetics10% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics8% of their works
  4. 4Organic Chemistry5% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics3% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Manfred Eigen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nucleic Acids, Prebiotic Chemistry, Ribosome, RNA World, Translation, Adaptation, Bacterial Physiology and DNA Structure.

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. Nucleic Acids82 topics
  2. Prebiotic Chemistry51 topic
  3. RNA World51 topic
  4. Ribosome51 topic
  5. Translation51 topic
  6. Adaptation31 topic
  7. Bacterial Physiology31 topic
  8. DNA Structure31 topic
  9. Evolution31 topic
  10. G-Quadruplexes31 topic
  11. Gene Regulation31 topic
  12. Distance Measurements21 topic
  13. Electrical Signals21 topic
  14. Electron Spin Resonance21 topic
  15. Genome-Scale Models21 topic
  16. Glutamate Receptor-Like Genes21 topic
  17. Metabolic Engineering21 topic

Where does Manfred Eigen work?

Manfred Eigen's main affiliation in the publication record is Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Manfred Eigen have?

Science Explorer counts 51 works and 363 citations for Manfred Eigen, ranking #64,781 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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