Fritz Jähnig

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Fritz Jähnig is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fritz Jähnig has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fritz Jähnig's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (41 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (16 papers). Fritz Jähnig is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (41 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (16 papers). Fritz Jähnig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Fritz Jähnig's co-authors include Oliver Berger, Olle Edholm, Horst Vogel, Thomas Surrey, Peter Nollert, H. Kiefer, ‪Siewert J. Marrink, F. Brochard, Klaus Dornmair and J. Keith Wright 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

Fritz Jähnig

72 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular dynamics simulations of a fluid bilayer of dipa... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 500 1000 1.5k
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  1. Molecular dynamics simulations of a fluid bilayer of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine at full hydration, constant pressure, and constant temperature
    1997 1.6k citations Oliver Berger, Olle Edholm et al. Biophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fritz Jähnig Germany 33 4.7k 1.3k 606 599 563 72 6.1k
D. Papahadjopoulos United States 37 6.3k 1.3× 597 0.5× 744 1.2× 444 0.7× 475 0.8× 48 8.1k
John R. Silvius Canada 50 6.8k 1.4× 692 0.5× 516 0.9× 405 0.7× 376 0.7× 114 7.9k
Ronald N. McElhaney Canada 58 7.8k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 476 0.8× 281 0.5× 425 0.8× 168 9.5k
W. Curtis Johnson United States 40 6.3k 1.3× 650 0.5× 274 0.5× 466 0.8× 453 0.8× 123 8.5k
Yves Engelborghs Belgium 51 5.0k 1.1× 538 0.4× 507 0.8× 558 0.9× 550 1.0× 202 8.3k
Göran Lindblom Sweden 41 4.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 551 0.9× 162 0.3× 249 0.4× 134 6.0k
J. Alfredo Freites United States 24 4.4k 0.9× 832 0.7× 528 0.9× 332 0.6× 800 1.4× 67 5.3k
Xavier Périole Netherlands 33 6.1k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 715 1.2× 279 0.5× 773 1.4× 48 7.6k
Vidyashankara Iyer United States 10 4.4k 0.9× 476 0.4× 481 0.8× 352 0.6× 647 1.1× 12 6.3k
Stewart R. Durell United States 44 5.8k 1.2× 503 0.4× 249 0.4× 365 0.6× 723 1.3× 96 7.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fritz Jähnig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fritz Jähnig

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Surrey, Thomas, et al.. (1999). Effects of ligand binding on the internal dynamics of maltose‐binding protein. European Journal of Biochemistry. 266(2). 477–483. 20 indexed citations
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Marrink, ‪Siewert J., et al.. (1998). Adhesion Forces of Lipids in a Phospholipid Membrane Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Biophysical Journal. 74(2). 931–943. 169 indexed citations
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Berger, Oliver, Olle Edholm, & Fritz Jähnig. (1997). Molecular dynamics simulations of a fluid bilayer of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine at full hydration, constant pressure, and constant temperature. Biophysical Journal. 72(5). 2002–2013. 1628 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beck, Werner, et al.. (1997). The use of a long-lifetime component of tryptophan to detect slow orientational fluctuations of proteins. Biophysical Journal. 72(1). 326–334. 11 indexed citations
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Jähnig, Fritz. (1996). What is the surface tension of a lipid bilayer membrane?. Biophysical Journal. 71(3). 1348–1349. 162 indexed citations
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Jähnig, Fritz, et al.. (1996). Modeling of halorhodopsin and rhodopsin based on bacteriorhodopsin. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 26(2). 146–156. 8 indexed citations
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Marrink, ‪Siewert J., Fritz Jähnig, & Herman J. C. Berendsen. (1996). Proton transport across transient single-file water pores in a lipid membrane studied by molecular dynamics simulations. Biophysical Journal. 71(2). 632–647. 110 indexed citations
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Edholm, Olle, Oliver Berger, & Fritz Jähnig. (1995). Structure and Fluctuations of Bacteriorhodopsin in the Purple Membrane: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Journal of Molecular Biology. 250(1). 94–111. 92 indexed citations
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Surrey, Thomas & Fritz Jähnig. (1995). Kinetics of Folding and Membrane Insertion of a β-Barrel Membrane Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(47). 28199–28203. 100 indexed citations
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Beck, Werner, et al.. (1994). On the use of tryptophan to detect slow orientational motions. Journal of Fluorescence. 4(4). 337–338. 1 indexed citations
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John, Edgar & Fritz Jähnig. (1992). A synthetic analogue of melittin aggregates in large oligomers. Biophysical Journal. 63(6). 1536–1543. 17 indexed citations
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Jähnig, Fritz & Olle Edholm. (1992). Modeling of the structure of bacteriorhodopsin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 226(3). 837–850. 34 indexed citations
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Bhat, Kolari S., Carol P. Gibbs, O Barrera, et al.. (1991). The opacity proteins of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain MS11 are encoded by a family of 11 complete genes. Molecular Microbiology. 5(8). 1889–1901. 105 indexed citations
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Kiefer, H., et al.. (1991). Biosensors based on membrane transport proteins. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 6(3). 233–237. 25 indexed citations
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John, Edgar & Fritz Jähnig. (1991). Aggregation state of melittin in lipid vesicle membranes. Biophysical Journal. 60(2). 319–328. 41 indexed citations
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Jähnig, Fritz, et al.. (1991). Collective vibrations of an alpha-helix. A molecular dynamics study. Biophysical Journal. 59(4). 795–804. 16 indexed citations
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John, Edgar & Fritz Jähnig. (1988). Dynamics of melittin in water and membranes as determined by fluorescence anisotropy decay. Biophysical Journal. 54(5). 817–827. 28 indexed citations
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Jähnig, Fritz & Robert Etges. (1988). Secondary structure of the promastigote surface protease of Leishmania. FEBS Letters. 241(1-2). 79–82. 7 indexed citations
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Jähnig, Fritz, Roland Bülow, Théo Baltz, & Peter Overath. (1987). Secondary structure of the variant surface glycoproteins of trypanosomes. FEBS Letters. 221(1). 37–42. 14 indexed citations
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Meyer, Thomas F., Rainer Haas, Anne Stern, et al.. (1986). Surface proteins of pathogenic "Neisseria": antigenic variation and conserved epitopes.. PubMed. 3(1-2). 407–14. 5 indexed citations

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