B. Hess

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

B. Hess is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Hess has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 18 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in B. Hess's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (28 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (14 papers). B. Hess is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (28 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (14 papers). B. Hess collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. B. Hess's co-authors include Arnold Boiteux, Klaus Gerwert, Dieter Oesterhelt, Jörg Soppa, Georg Souvignier, Martin Engelhard, James E. Kruger, Albert Goldbeter, Dietrich Kuschmitz and Stefan C. Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

B. Hess

96 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Oscillatory Phenomena in Biochemistry 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Oscillatory Phenomena in Biochemistry
    1971 355 citations B. Hess et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B. Hess Germany 29 1.8k 1.4k 609 385 360 96 3.1k
Thomas Heimburg Denmark 42 3.8k 2.2× 755 0.6× 136 0.2× 819 2.1× 269 0.7× 98 5.2k
Mitsuyoshi Saito Japan 29 2.8k 1.6× 791 0.6× 97 0.2× 107 0.3× 192 0.5× 76 4.0k
Martin Falcke Germany 36 2.3k 1.3× 902 0.7× 709 1.2× 311 0.8× 52 0.1× 114 3.9k
Annette F. Taylor United Kingdom 24 720 0.4× 507 0.4× 891 1.5× 568 1.5× 87 0.2× 69 2.2k
Kyoung J. Lee South Korea 26 534 0.3× 212 0.2× 985 1.6× 567 1.5× 509 1.4× 73 2.5k
Geneviève Dupont Belgium 38 3.1k 1.8× 1.1k 0.8× 389 0.6× 182 0.5× 24 0.1× 98 4.4k
Arnold Boiteux Germany 14 833 0.5× 208 0.2× 360 0.6× 114 0.3× 53 0.1× 23 1.2k
Aihua Xie United States 22 1.0k 0.6× 727 0.5× 49 0.1× 118 0.3× 147 0.4× 47 1.8k
Morten Ø. Jensen Denmark 31 3.5k 2.0× 781 0.6× 35 0.1× 1.1k 2.8× 429 1.2× 54 4.9k
Miloš Dolnik United States 27 1.1k 0.6× 248 0.2× 1.7k 2.9× 481 1.2× 33 0.1× 74 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. Hess

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Hess

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. Hess. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. Hess based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with B. Hess. B. Hess is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hess, B., et al.. (2024). Facilitating collaborative inquiry into practice around artifacts of mathematics teaching. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. 29(1). 59–82. 2 indexed citations
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Mikhailov, Alexander S. & B. Hess. (2002). Self-Organization in Living Cells: Networks of Protein Machines and Nonequilibrium Soft Matter. Journal of Biological Physics. 28(4). 655–672. 10 indexed citations
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Hess, B.. (2000). Periodic patterns in biology. Die Naturwissenschaften. 87(5). 199–211. 41 indexed citations
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Mikhailov, Alexander S. & B. Hess. (1996). Microscopic Self-Organization of Enzymic Reactions in Small Volumes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(49). 19059–19065. 25 indexed citations
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Chizhov, Igor, et al.. (1992). Temperature and pH sensitivity of the O640 intermediate of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle. Biophysical Journal. 61(4). 1001–1006. 23 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Tomofumi, et al.. (1991). Gel systems for the Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 95(15). 5831–5837. 161 indexed citations
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Tyson, John J., et al.. (1990). Experimental study of spiral waves in the cerium-catalyzed Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 94(24). 8677–8682. 13 indexed citations
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Engelhard, Martin, et al.. (1989). Magic angle sample spinning carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance of isotopically labeled bacteriorhodopsin. Biochemistry. 28(9). 3967–3975. 33 indexed citations
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Recktenwald, Diether, et al.. (1981). The interaction of nucleotides with F1-ATPase inactivated with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 635(2). 284–294. 8 indexed citations
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Recktenwald, Diether & B. Hess. (1980). Classification of nucleotide binding sites on mitochondrial F1-ATPase from yeast. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 592(3). 377–384. 7 indexed citations
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Reed, T. M., B. Hess, & W. Doster. (1978). Photoselection and aggregation in purple membrane of Halobacterium halobium. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 502(2). 188–197. 4 indexed citations
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Chance, B, et al.. (1975). Low temperature kinetics of H+ changes of bacterial rhodopsin. Biophysical Journal. 15(9). 913–917. 18 indexed citations
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Röschlau, Peter, et al.. (1972). [Essential amino acid residues from yeast pyruvate kinase].. PubMed. 353(5). 696–696. 5 indexed citations
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Hess, B., et al.. (1968). �ber Zwei Formen von Trehalase in S. Carlsbergensis. Archives of Microbiology. 61(2). 154–158. 3 indexed citations
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Kruger, James E. & B. Hess. (1968). [Sensitivity of fructose diphosphate binding sites of yeast pyruvate kinase to pyruvate kinase antibodies].. PubMed. 349(1). 104–6. 1 indexed citations
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Hess, B., et al.. (1964). Isolierung eines oszillierenden Systems aus S. Carlsbergensis. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 68(8-9). 768–773. 14 indexed citations
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Hess, B.. (1956). [Inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation by phalloidine at the cytochrome stage].. PubMed. 328(5). 325–7. 6 indexed citations
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Hess, B.. (1956). [Kinetic-enzymatic determination of L(+)-lactic acid in human serum and in other biological fluids].. PubMed. 328(2). 110–6. 6 indexed citations
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Martius, C. & B. Hess. (1955). [Mechanism of action of thyroid hormone].. PubMed. 326(3). 191–203. 23 indexed citations

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