F. Parak

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
177 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

F. Parak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Parak has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Molecular Biology, 84 papers in Cell Biology and 49 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in F. Parak's work include Hemoglobin structure and function (83 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (58 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (36 papers). F. Parak is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobin structure and function (83 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (58 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (36 papers). F. Parak collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United States. F. Parak's co-authors include Hans Frauenfelder, Robert Young, Christoph Alexiou, Christian Bergemann, E. W. Knapp, G. Ulrich Nienhaus, Benjamin H. McMahon, Paul W. Fenimore, W. Arnold and W. Erhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

F. Parak

175 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Conformational Substates in Proteins 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 2000 2002 250 500 750
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. Conformational Substates in Proteins
    1988 857 citations F. Parak et al. profile →
  2. Locoregional cancer treatment with magnetic drug targeting.
    2000 679 citations F. Parak et al. profile →
  3. Slaving: Solvent fluctuations dominate protein dynamics and functions
    2002 550 citations F. Parak 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
F. Parak Germany 42 4.3k 2.3k 2.1k 2.1k 1.2k 177 7.6k
James Hofrichter United States 64 8.5k 2.0× 3.5k 1.5× 3.6k 1.7× 2.1k 1.0× 388 0.3× 92 13.0k
Phillip L. Geissler United States 43 3.1k 0.7× 2.7k 1.1× 662 0.3× 4.6k 2.2× 1.5k 1.3× 119 10.3k
Robert Young United States 32 3.3k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 502 0.4× 59 5.8k
Greg L. Hura United States 40 4.7k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 370 0.2× 1.8k 0.8× 881 0.7× 91 8.4k
Shin‐ichi Adachi Japan 45 2.0k 0.5× 2.0k 0.8× 921 0.4× 699 0.3× 188 0.2× 208 6.3k
Bertil Halle Sweden 54 4.4k 1.0× 2.2k 0.9× 462 0.2× 3.2k 1.5× 753 0.6× 160 9.1k
Denis L. Rousseau United States 57 4.9k 1.1× 2.7k 1.2× 3.6k 1.7× 1.7k 0.8× 699 0.6× 225 10.6k
William A. Eaton United States 79 13.8k 3.2× 5.8k 2.5× 5.0k 2.3× 3.9k 1.9× 897 0.8× 167 19.6k
Giuseppe Zaccaı̈ France 48 6.7k 1.6× 2.9k 1.3× 728 0.3× 2.0k 1.0× 468 0.4× 183 9.3k
Hyotcherl Ihee South Korea 47 1.9k 0.4× 4.1k 1.7× 345 0.2× 2.1k 1.0× 812 0.7× 195 8.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. Parak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. Parak

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmidt, Marius, et al.. (2009). Protein dynamics of a β-sheet protein. European Biophysics Journal. 38(5). 687–700. 14 indexed citations
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Weber, Birgit, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and Characterization of a Dinuclear Iron(II) Spin Crossover Complex with Wide Hysteresis. Inorganic Chemistry. 47(22). 10779–10787. 63 indexed citations
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Renner, Christian, Stella Fiori, Ferdinando Fiorino, et al.. (2004). Micellar environments induce structuring of the N‐terminal tail of the prion protein. Biopolymers. 73(4). 421–433. 18 indexed citations
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Parak, F.. (2003). Proteins in action: the physics of structural fluctuations and conformational changes. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 13(5). 552–557. 101 indexed citations
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Achterhold, Klaus, Bernt Krebs, E. W. Knapp, et al.. (2001). The X-ray absorption spectroscopy Debye-Waller factors of an iron compound and of met-myoglobin as a function of temperature. European Biophysics Journal. 30(6). 393–403. 11 indexed citations
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Achterhold, Klaus, Andreas Ostermann, U. van Bürck, et al.. (2000). Nuclear forward scattering of synchrotron radiation by deoxymyoglobin. European Biophysics Journal. 29(2). 146–152. 10 indexed citations
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Parak, F. & Klaus Achterhold. (1999). Protein dynamics studied on myoglobin. Hyperfine Interactions. 123-124(1-4). 825–840. 13 indexed citations
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Knapp, E. W., et al.. (1996). Structural fluctuations of myoglobin from normal-modes, Mössbauer, Raman, and absorption spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal. 70(5). 2092–2099. 71 indexed citations
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Achterhold, Klaus, U. van Bürck, W. Potzel, et al.. (1996). Temperature dependent inelastic X-ray scattering of synchrotron radiation on myoglobin analyzed by the Mössbauer effect. European Biophysics Journal. 25(1). 43–46. 17 indexed citations
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Parak, F., et al.. (1994). Relaxation of non-equilibrium states of myoglobin studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy. Hyperfine Interactions. 91(1). 885–890. 10 indexed citations
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Friedrich, J., et al.. (1993). Hole burning and pressure phenomena in chromoproteins. Journal of Luminescence. 56(1-6). 157–164. 2 indexed citations
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Winkler, H., et al.. (1992). Molecular tunneling and pumping effects in low temperature MBCO recombination. Hyperfine Interactions. 71(1-4). 1291–1294. 1 indexed citations
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Frolov, E. N., et al.. (1991). Hemoglobin dynamics in rat erythrocytes investigated by M�ssbauer spectroscopy. European Biophysics Journal. 19(5). 253–6. 7 indexed citations
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Cichutek, Klaus, Herbert Witzel, & F. Parak. (1988). The different iron binding sites of bovine spleen purple acid phosphatase. Hyperfine Interactions. 42(1-4). 885–888. 10 indexed citations
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Nienhaus, G. Ulrich, et al.. (1987). A multiwire proportional counter with spherical drift chamber for protein crystallography with X-rays and gamma-rays. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 256(3). 581–586. 6 indexed citations
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Parak, F.. (1985). Schwerpunkt Biophysik: Strukturfluktuationen in Proteinen. Physikalische Blätter. 41(12). 396–400. 3 indexed citations
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Knapp, E. W., Sighart F. Fischer, & F. Parak. (1982). Protein dynamics from Moessbauer spectra. The temperature dependence. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 86(26). 5042–5047. 92 indexed citations
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Mayo, Kevin H., F. Parak, & R. L. Mößbauer. (1981). Observations of elastic and quasi-elastic nuclear gamma resonance absorption in hemoglobin crystals. Physics Letters A. 82(9). 468–470. 27 indexed citations
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Krupyanskiǐ, Yu. F., et al.. (1980). Determination of the mean square displacement of the atomic vibrations in myoglobin molecules by measuring Rayleigh scattering of the Mössbauer radiation. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics. 52. 31. 1 indexed citations
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Parak, F., et al.. (1973). A position-sensitive surface-barrier Si(Li) detector for low energy γ rays. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 112(3). 455–461. 6 indexed citations

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