H. Michel

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

H. Michel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, H. Michel has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in H. Michel's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (4 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (3 papers). H. Michel is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (4 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (3 papers). H. Michel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Israel and United Kingdom. H. Michel's co-authors include J. Deisenhofer, O. Epp, C. Roy D. Lancaster, K.A. Weyer, H. Gruenberg, F. Lottspeich, Irmtraud Dunger, Ulrich Ermler, M. Bixon and Joshua Jortner and has published in prestigious journals such as The EMBO Journal, Nature Biotechnology and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

H. Michel

13 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Pigment-protein interactions in the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodopseudomonas viridis
    1986 401 citations H. Michel, O. Epp et al. The EMBO 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
H. Michel Germany 12 1.2k 438 360 242 205 13 1.3k
Deborah K. Hanson United States 27 1.9k 1.5× 675 1.5× 480 1.3× 185 0.8× 191 0.9× 74 2.1k
Edward J. Bylina United States 18 1.2k 1.0× 388 0.9× 296 0.8× 308 1.3× 99 0.5× 28 1.3k
Pierre Sebban France 27 1.4k 1.1× 626 1.4× 514 1.4× 234 1.0× 190 0.9× 77 1.6k
M. L. Paddock United States 25 1.7k 1.4× 711 1.6× 633 1.8× 265 1.1× 277 1.4× 33 1.9k
R. Feick Germany 21 1.1k 0.9× 444 1.0× 328 0.9× 309 1.3× 128 0.6× 33 1.2k
James A. Bautista United States 18 1.4k 1.1× 630 1.4× 312 0.9× 261 1.1× 158 0.8× 22 1.7k
Craig C. Schenck United States 21 1.4k 1.2× 905 2.1× 456 1.3× 207 0.9× 232 1.1× 26 1.6k
Ursula Smith United States 12 670 0.5× 227 0.5× 167 0.5× 182 0.8× 156 0.8× 16 773
E. Nabedryk France 25 1.2k 1.0× 780 1.8× 682 1.9× 123 0.5× 142 0.7× 31 1.4k
Yoshitaka Saga Japan 22 1.1k 0.9× 399 0.9× 327 0.9× 285 1.2× 538 2.6× 92 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. Michel

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All Works

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Germeroth, Lothar, Helmut Reiländer, & H. Michel. (1996). Molecular cloning, DNA sequence and transcriptional analysis of the Rhodospirillum molischianum B800/850 light-harvesting genes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1275(3). 145–150. 7 indexed citations
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Kleymann, Gerald, Christian Ostermeier, Bernd Ludwig, Arne Skerra, & H. Michel. (1995). Engineered Fv Fragments as a Tool for the One-Step Purification of Integral Multisubunit Membrane Protein Complexes. Nature Biotechnology. 13(2). 155–160. 67 indexed citations
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Ermler, Ulrich, H. Michel, & M. Schiffer. (1994). Structure and function of the photosynthetic reaction center fromRhodobacter sphaeroides. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 26(1). 5–15. 71 indexed citations
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Buchanan, Susan K., G. Fritzsch, Ulrich Ermler, & H. Michel. (1993). New Crystal Form of the Photosynthetic Reaction Centre from Rhodobacter sphaeroides of Improved Diffraction Quality. Journal of Molecular Biology. 230(4). 1311–1314. 37 indexed citations
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Reiländer, Helmut, et al.. (1993). Nucleotide sequence of a putative succinate dehydrogenase operon in Thermoplasma acidophilum. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1174(1). 103–107. 16 indexed citations
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Buchanan, Susan K., H. Michel, & Klaus Gerwert. (1992). Light-induced charge separation in Rhodopseudomonas viridis reaction centers monitored by Fourier-Transform Infrared difference spectroscopy: the quinone vibrations. Biochemistry. 31(5). 1314–1322. 37 indexed citations
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Schertler, Gebhard F. X., Richard H. Lozier, H. Michel, & Dieter Oesterhelt. (1991). Chromophore motion during the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle: polarized absorption spectroscopy of bacteriorhodopsin and its M-state in bacteriorhodopsin crystals.. The EMBO Journal. 10(9). 2353–2361. 37 indexed citations
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Michel‐Beyerle, M.E., M. Plato, J. Deisenhofer, et al.. (1988). Unidirectionality of charge separation in reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 932. 52–70. 144 indexed citations
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Michel, H., O. Epp, & J. Deisenhofer. (1986). Pigment-protein interactions in the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodopseudomonas viridis. The EMBO Journal. 5(10). 2445–2451. 401 indexed citations breakdown →
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Michel, H., K.A. Weyer, H. Gruenberg, & F. Lottspeich. (1985). The ‘heavy’ subunit of the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodopseudomonas viridis : isolation of the gene, nucleotide and amino acid sequence. The EMBO Journal. 4(7). 1667–1672. 88 indexed citations
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Zinth, Wolfgang, W. Kaiser, & H. Michel. (1983). Efficient photochemical activity and strong dichroism of single crystals of reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas viridis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 723(1). 128–131. 30 indexed citations

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