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Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
Short name
MPIBP
Country, city
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Publications
2 769
Citations
136 805
h-index
154
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich (40 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (29 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (27 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1950

Total publications
2769
Total citations
136805
Citations per publication
49.41
Average publications per year
36.43
Average authors per publication
7.28
h-index
154
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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Biochemistry, 731, 26.4%
Biochemistry
731 publications, 26.4%
Cell Biology, 579, 20.91%
Cell Biology
579 publications, 20.91%
Biophysics, 577, 20.84%
Biophysics
577 publications, 20.84%
Molecular Biology, 446, 16.11%
Molecular Biology
446 publications, 16.11%
Physiology, 334, 12.06%
Physiology
334 publications, 12.06%
Multidisciplinary, 262, 9.46%
Multidisciplinary
262 publications, 9.46%
Clinical Biochemistry, 238, 8.6%
Clinical Biochemistry
238 publications, 8.6%
General Medicine, 217, 7.84%
General Medicine
217 publications, 7.84%
Physiology (medical), 217, 7.84%
Physiology (medical)
217 publications, 7.84%
Structural Biology, 207, 7.48%
Structural Biology
207 publications, 7.48%
General Chemistry, 202, 7.3%
General Chemistry
202 publications, 7.3%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 186, 6.72%
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
186 publications, 6.72%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 158, 5.71%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
158 publications, 5.71%
General Physics and Astronomy, 131, 4.73%
General Physics and Astronomy
131 publications, 4.73%
Genetics, 105, 3.79%
Genetics
105 publications, 3.79%
General Neuroscience, 99, 3.58%
General Neuroscience
99 publications, 3.58%
General Materials Science, 63, 2.28%
General Materials Science
63 publications, 2.28%
General Immunology and Microbiology, 54, 1.95%
General Immunology and Microbiology
54 publications, 1.95%
Catalysis, 50, 1.81%
Catalysis
50 publications, 1.81%
Materials Chemistry, 47, 1.7%
Materials Chemistry
47 publications, 1.7%
Radiation, 46, 1.66%
Radiation
46 publications, 1.66%
General Environmental Science, 46, 1.66%
General Environmental Science
46 publications, 1.66%
Molecular Medicine, 44, 1.59%
Molecular Medicine
44 publications, 1.59%
Microbiology, 44, 1.59%
Microbiology
44 publications, 1.59%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 43, 1.55%
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
43 publications, 1.55%
General Chemical Engineering, 42, 1.52%
General Chemical Engineering
42 publications, 1.52%
Biotechnology, 42, 1.52%
Biotechnology
42 publications, 1.52%
Condensed Matter Physics, 40, 1.44%
Condensed Matter Physics
40 publications, 1.44%
Computer Science Applications, 37, 1.34%
Computer Science Applications
37 publications, 1.34%
Organic Chemistry, 35, 1.26%
Organic Chemistry
35 publications, 1.26%
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Journals

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Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology
211 publications, 7.62%
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes
114 publications, 4.12%
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
111 publications, 4.01%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
106 publications, 3.83%
Biophysical Journal
105 publications, 3.79%
Nature Communications
79 publications, 2.85%
Biochemistry
77 publications, 2.78%
Journal of Membrane Biology
72 publications, 2.6%
FEBS Journal
57 publications, 2.06%
Nature
54 publications, 1.95%
Journal of Biological Chemistry
54 publications, 1.95%
Journal of Molecular Biology
50 publications, 1.81%
FEBS Letters
46 publications, 1.66%
Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
45 publications, 1.63%
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section B Journal of Chemical Sciences
38 publications, 1.37%
eLife
37 publications, 1.34%
Science
33 publications, 1.19%
Journal of Chemical Physics
27 publications, 0.98%
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
26 publications, 0.94%
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
25 publications, 0.9%
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
25 publications, 0.9%
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
25 publications, 0.9%
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
24 publications, 0.87%
European Biophysics Journal
23 publications, 0.83%
Angewandte Chemie
23 publications, 0.83%
Scientific Reports
22 publications, 0.79%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
21 publications, 0.76%
Science advances
21 publications, 0.76%
Die Naturwissenschaften
20 publications, 0.72%
Methods in Molecular Biology
19 publications, 0.69%
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Publishers

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Springer Nature
795 publications, 28.71%
Elsevier
752 publications, 27.16%
Wiley
306 publications, 11.05%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
206 publications, 7.44%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
106 publications, 3.83%
Walter de Gruyter
64 publications, 2.31%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
54 publications, 1.95%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
52 publications, 1.88%
Portland Press
41 publications, 1.48%
eLife Sciences Publications
37 publications, 1.34%
AIP Publishing
36 publications, 1.3%
Oxford University Press
35 publications, 1.26%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
25 publications, 0.9%
European Molecular Biology Organization
25 publications, 0.9%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
23 publications, 0.83%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
20 publications, 0.72%
Rockefeller University Press
19 publications, 0.69%
Taylor & Francis
18 publications, 0.65%
Frontiers Media S.A.
18 publications, 0.65%
American Society for Microbiology
16 publications, 0.58%
MDPI
14 publications, 0.51%
American Physiological Society
12 publications, 0.43%
SAGE
8 publications, 0.29%
American Physical Society (APS)
8 publications, 0.29%
Annual Reviews
8 publications, 0.29%
S. Karger AG
7 publications, 0.25%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
6 publications, 0.22%
Cambridge University Press
5 publications, 0.18%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
4 publications, 0.14%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
4 publications, 0.14%
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With other organizations

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Goethe University Frankfurt
539 publications, 19.47%
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
77 publications, 2.78%
Philipps University of Marburg
70 publications, 2.53%
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
58 publications, 2.09%
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
57 publications, 2.06%
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
50 publications, 1.81%
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
49 publications, 1.77%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
46 publications, 1.66%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
43 publications, 1.55%
ETH Zurich
40 publications, 1.44%
Heidelberg University
33 publications, 1.19%
Free University of Berlin
32 publications, 1.16%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
32 publications, 1.16%
Saarland University
31 publications, 1.12%
University of Cologne
30 publications, 1.08%
University of Regensburg
30 publications, 1.08%
Harvard University
29 publications, 1.05%
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Hamburg)
29 publications, 1.05%
Technical University of Munich
28 publications, 1.01%
Forschungszentrum Jülich
28 publications, 1.01%
University of Oxford
27 publications, 0.98%
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
27 publications, 0.98%
Osnabrück University
26 publications, 0.94%
University of Vienna
25 publications, 0.9%
Grenoble Alpes University
24 publications, 0.87%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
23 publications, 0.83%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
23 publications, 0.83%
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
22 publications, 0.79%
University of Helsinki
22 publications, 0.79%
University of California, Berkeley
22 publications, 0.79%
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With foreign organizations

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ETH Zurich
40 publications, 1.44%
Harvard University
29 publications, 1.05%
University of Oxford
27 publications, 0.98%
University of Vienna
25 publications, 0.9%
Grenoble Alpes University
24 publications, 0.87%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
23 publications, 0.83%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
23 publications, 0.83%
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
22 publications, 0.79%
University of Helsinki
22 publications, 0.79%
University of California, Berkeley
22 publications, 0.79%
Universidad de Antioquia
22 publications, 0.79%
University of Zurich
21 publications, 0.76%
Japan Science and Technology Agency
21 publications, 0.76%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
20 publications, 0.72%
University of Basel
20 publications, 0.72%
Imperial College London
19 publications, 0.69%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
19 publications, 0.69%
Yale University
18 publications, 0.65%
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
18 publications, 0.65%
University of Strasbourg
17 publications, 0.61%
University of Cambridge
17 publications, 0.61%
University of Crete
17 publications, 0.61%
University of Otago
14 publications, 0.51%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
14 publications, 0.51%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
13 publications, 0.47%
Aarhus University
13 publications, 0.47%
Johns Hopkins University
13 publications, 0.47%
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
12 publications, 0.43%
Ghent University
12 publications, 0.43%
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
12 publications, 0.43%
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USA, 320, 11.56%
USA
320 publications, 11.56%
United Kingdom, 145, 5.24%
United Kingdom
145 publications, 5.24%
Russia, 143, 5.16%
Russia
143 publications, 5.16%
Switzerland, 130, 4.69%
Switzerland
130 publications, 4.69%
France, 124, 4.48%
France
124 publications, 4.48%
Netherlands, 74, 2.67%
Netherlands
74 publications, 2.67%
Japan, 66, 2.38%
Japan
66 publications, 2.38%
Austria, 52, 1.88%
Austria
52 publications, 1.88%
Italy, 52, 1.88%
Italy
52 publications, 1.88%
China, 49, 1.77%
China
49 publications, 1.77%
Israel, 30, 1.08%
Israel
30 publications, 1.08%
Spain, 30, 1.08%
Spain
30 publications, 1.08%
Australia, 28, 1.01%
Australia
28 publications, 1.01%
Denmark, 27, 0.98%
Denmark
27 publications, 0.98%
Canada, 25, 0.9%
Canada
25 publications, 0.9%
Belgium, 24, 0.87%
Belgium
24 publications, 0.87%
Colombia, 24, 0.87%
Colombia
24 publications, 0.87%
Poland, 23, 0.83%
Poland
23 publications, 0.83%
Finland, 23, 0.83%
Finland
23 publications, 0.83%
Sweden, 23, 0.83%
Sweden
23 publications, 0.83%
Greece, 20, 0.72%
Greece
20 publications, 0.72%
New Zealand, 14, 0.51%
New Zealand
14 publications, 0.51%
Iceland, 12, 0.43%
Iceland
12 publications, 0.43%
Czech Republic, 12, 0.43%
Czech Republic
12 publications, 0.43%
India, 11, 0.4%
India
11 publications, 0.4%
Republic of Korea, 11, 0.4%
Republic of Korea
11 publications, 0.4%
Hungary, 10, 0.36%
Hungary
10 publications, 0.36%
Ireland, 10, 0.36%
Ireland
10 publications, 0.36%
Portugal, 9, 0.33%
Portugal
9 publications, 0.33%
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  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1950 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
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