Gert Rapp

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Gert Rapp is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gert Rapp has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Organic Chemistry and 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Gert Rapp's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (48 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (27 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (21 papers). Gert Rapp is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (48 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (27 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (21 papers). Gert Rapp collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Gert Rapp's co-authors include Roland Winter, Peter Fratzl, K. Misof, Sigrid Bernstorff, Heinz Amenitsch, Rumiana Koynova, Ivo Žižak, Roger S. Goody, Michael Rappolt and Sérgio S. Funari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Gert Rapp

94 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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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.

Fibrillar Structure and Mechanical Properties of Collagen

1998 504 citations Peter Fratzl, K. Misof et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gert Rapp Germany	32	2.6k	753	698	591	472	94	4.0k
Daniel Lévy France	39	3.4k 1.3×	585 0.8×	485 0.7×	778 1.3×	425 0.9×	92	4.5k
Holger A. Scheidt Germany	35	2.0k 0.8×	348 0.5×	617 0.9×	636 1.1×	613 1.3×	139	4.4k
Mu‐Ping Nieh United States	37	3.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	813 1.2×	780 1.3×	933 2.0×	145	5.0k
Oscar Ces United Kingdom	42	3.4k 1.3×	863 1.1×	779 1.1×	469 0.8×	2.2k 4.7×	149	5.9k
Kenichi Morigaki Japan	31	1.5k 0.6×	539 0.7×	451 0.6×	308 0.5×	596 1.3×	102	3.4k
Bruce Cornell Australia	33	3.1k 1.2×	320 0.4×	329 0.5×	788 1.3×	795 1.7×	134	4.2k
Daniel Huster Germany	47	5.4k 2.0×	783 1.0×	594 0.9×	528 0.9×	614 1.3×	256	7.7k
Rumiana Koynova Bulgaria	36	3.5k 1.3×	994 1.3×	195 0.3×	524 0.9×	367 0.8×	100	4.3k
Paula J. Booth United Kingdom	45	5.0k 1.9×	386 0.5×	444 0.6×	609 1.0×	533 1.1×	118	6.2k
Elliot Elson United States	16	2.6k 1.0×	242 0.3×	261 0.4×	632 1.1×	703 1.5×	27	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Gert Rapp

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gert Rapp

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Mazzolini, Monica, Giuseppe Facchetti, Laura Andolfi, et al.. (2015). The phototransduction machinery in the rod outer segment has a strong efficacy gradient. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(20). E2715–24. 25 indexed citations

Uhrı́ková, Daniela, Gert Rapp, & Pavol Balgavý. (2002). Condensation of DNA and Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers Induced by Mg(Ii) Ions - a Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Tenchov, Boris, Rumiana Koynova, & Gert Rapp. (2001). New Ordered Metastable Phases between the Gel and Subgel Phases in Hydrated Phospholipids. Biophysical Journal. 80(4). 1873–1890. 71 indexed citations

Tenchov, Boris, Rumiana Koynova, Michael Rappolt, & Gert Rapp. (1999). An ordered metastable phase in hydrated phosphatidylethanolamine: the Y-transition. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1417(1). 183–190. 16 indexed citations

Ashley, Christopher, Maria Angela Bagni, Giovanni Cecchi, Peter Griffiths, & Gert Rapp. (1999). Submillisecond changes in myosin lattice spacing resulting from rapid length changes 1 1Edited by M. F. Moody. Journal of Molecular Biology. 285(1). 431–440. 3 indexed citations

Griffiths, Peter, et al.. (1998). Lattice spacing changes in response to rapid stretch in skinned sartorius muscle fibres of Rana temporaria. 511. 156. 1 indexed citations

Winter, Roland, et al.. (1998). Structural characterization of the pressure-denatured state and unfolding/refolding kinetics of staphylococcal nuclease by synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy 1 1Edited by P. E. Wright. Journal of Molecular Biology. 275(2). 389–402. 226 indexed citations

Rapp, Gert. (1998). [11] Flash lamp-based irradiation of caged compounds. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 291. 202–222. 19 indexed citations

Tenchov, Boris, Rumiana Koynova, & Gert Rapp. (1998). Accelerated Formation of Cubic Phases in Phosphatidylethanolamine Dispersions. Biophysical Journal. 75(2). 853–866. 69 indexed citations

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Xu, Sihua, S. Malinchik, Jianxin Gu, et al.. (1998). X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Cross-Bridge Intermediate States. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 453. 271–279. 1 indexed citations

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Sass, Hans Jürgen, M. H. J. Koch, Dieter Oesterhelt, et al.. (1998). Evidence for Charge-Controlled Conformational Changes in the Photocycle of Bacteriorhodopsin. Biophysical Journal. 75(1). 399–405. 30 indexed citations

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Koynova, Rumiana, B. Tenchov, & Gert Rapp. (1997). Low amounts of PEG-lipid induce cubic phase in phosphatidylethanolamine dispersions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1326(2). 167–170. 29 indexed citations

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Misof, K., Gert Rapp, & Peter Fratzl. (1997). A new molecular model for collagen elasticity based on synchrotron X-ray scattering evidence. Biophysical Journal. 72(3). 1376–1381. 115 indexed citations

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Köberl, Mathias, H.‐J. Hinz, & Gert Rapp. (1997). Enthalpy is a proper criterion for comparability of monolayer and bilayer studies: isobaric temperature scanning measurements on glycolipid monolayers. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 85(1). 23–43. 8 indexed citations

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Tenchov, B., Michael Rappolt, Rumiana Koynova, & Gert Rapp. (1996). New phases induced by sucrose in saturated phosphatidylethanolamines: an expanded lamellar gel phase and a cubic phase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1285(1). 109–122. 26 indexed citations

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Bagni, Maria Angela, et al.. (1994). Lattice spacing changes accompanying isometric tension development in intact single muscle fibers. Biophysical Journal. 67(5). 1965–1975. 30 indexed citations

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Rapp, Gert, K. Gūth, Yuichiro Maéda, K. J. V. Poole, & Roger S. Goody. (1991). Time-resolved X-ray diffraction studies on stretch-activated insect flight muscle. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 12(2). 208–215. 7 indexed citations

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Hofmann, W., et al.. (1991). Time-resolved cryo-electron microscopic study of the dissociation of actomyosin induced by photolysis of photolabile nucleotides. Journal of Molecular Biology. 219(2). 139–144. 45 indexed citations

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Schlichting, Ilme, Steven C. Almo, Gert Rapp, et al.. (1990). Time-resolved X-ray crystallographic study of the conformational change in Ha-Ras p21 protein on GTP hydrolysis. Nature. 345(6273). 309–315. 402 indexed citations

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Rapp, Gert, et al.. (1988). A low cost high intensity flash device for photolysis experiments. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 411(2). 200–203. 82 indexed citations

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