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W. Helfrich

W. Helfrich publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry, on topics such as Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies.

World rank
#22,716
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#1,875
of 86,443
Works
37
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
37.9

What does W. Helfrich research?

Molecular Biology: 19.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16.7%Organic Chemistry: 8.3%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5.6%other fields: 50.0%19%top field
Molecular Biology19.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics16.7%Organic Chemistry8.3%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials5.6%other fields50.0%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology19% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics17% of their works
  3. 3Organic Chemistry8% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials6% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Computer Networks and Communications3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. Helfrich's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Lipid Rafts, Membrane Lipids, Atomic Force Microscopy, Force Spectroscopy, Micelles, Photosynthesis, Quantum Coherence 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.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Lipid Rafts71 topic
  2. Membrane Lipids71 topic
  3. Atomic Force Microscopy31 topic
  4. Force Spectroscopy31 topic
  5. Micelles31 topic
  6. Photosynthesis31 topic
  7. Quantum Coherence31 topic
  8. Surfactants31 topic
  9. Liquid Crystals21 topic
  10. Self-Organization21 topic
  11. Biomedical Applications11 topic
  12. Chocolate11 topic
  13. Cocoa11 topic
  14. Hydrogels11 topic
  15. Lipid Droplets11 topic
  16. Triacylglycerol Synthesis11 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?

Science Explorer counts 37 works and 1,402 citations for W. Helfrich, ranking #22,716 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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