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Researcher · Freie Universität Berlin · Germany

W. Helfrich

W. Helfrich publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, on topics such as Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Liquid Crystal Research Advancements and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems.

OpenAlex
World rank
#43,377
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#2,500
of 364,343
Works
159
Citations
21k
Citations per work
133.7
h-index
57
i10-index 111Top 2.4% in Molecular Biology
W. Helfrich

What does W. Helfrich research?

W. Helfrich's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Materials Science (16%), Physics and Astronomy (14%).

Physical Sciences: 66 works · 41.5% of their workMaterials Science: 25 works · 15.6% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 works · 10.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 8 works · 5.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 works · 13.7% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 works · 13.7% of their workChemistry: 11 works · 6.8% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 11 works · 6.8% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 5.4% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 works · 5.4% of their workEverything else: 60 works · 37.5% of their workLife Sciences: 33 works · 21.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 33 works · 21.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 33 works · 21.0% of their workTHEIR WORKW. Helfrich159works
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences42%

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 Science2515.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2213.7%
    3. Chemistry116.8%
    4. Engineering95.4%
  2. Everything else6037.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3321.0%
  1. 1Molecular Biology21% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics14% of their works
  3. 3Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials10% of their works
  4. 4Organic Chemistry7% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. Helfrich's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Lipid Rafts, Membrane Lipids, Liquid Crystals, Self-Organization, Atomic Force Microscopy, Force Spectroscopy, Micelles and Surfactants.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Lipid Rafts671 topic
  2. Membrane Lipids671 topic
  3. Liquid Crystals421 topic
  4. Self-Organization421 topic
  5. Atomic Force Microscopy261 topic
  6. Force Spectroscopy261 topic
  7. Micelles261 topic
  8. Surfactants261 topic
  9. Photosynthesis171 topic
  10. Quantum Coherence171 topic
  11. Chimera States141 topic
  12. Synchronization141 topic
  13. Electrostatics111 topic
  14. Polyelectrolytes111 topic
  15. Biomimetic101 topic
  16. Polymer Films101 topic

Where does W. Helfrich work?

W. Helfrich's main affiliation in the publication record is Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

How many publications and citations does W. Helfrich have?

OpenAlex counts 159 works and 21,261 citations for W. Helfrich, an h-index of 57, ranking #43,377 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.

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