Helmut Kirchhoff

4.4k total citations
67 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Helmut Kirchhoff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Kirchhoff has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Helmut Kirchhoff's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (59 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (18 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (16 papers). Helmut Kirchhoff is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (59 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (18 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (16 papers). Helmut Kirchhoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Helmut Kirchhoff's co-authors include Engelbert Weis, Sujith Puthiyaveetil, Miroslava Herbstová, Hans‐Joachim Galla, Winfried Haase, Mark Aurel Schöttler, Conrad W. Mullineaux, Sebastian Horstmann, Meng Li and Ziv Reich and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Kirchhoff

66 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helmut Kirchhoff United States 35 2.8k 1.3k 748 701 692 67 3.4k
Roman Kouřil Netherlands 27 2.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 814 1.1× 543 0.8× 401 0.6× 56 3.0k
Masakazu Iwai United States 22 2.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 627 0.8× 637 0.9× 395 0.6× 52 2.6k
Jon Nield United Kingdom 38 3.1k 1.1× 791 0.6× 923 1.2× 844 1.2× 377 0.5× 53 3.5k
Marjaana Suorsa Finland 38 4.1k 1.5× 2.6k 2.0× 1.0k 1.4× 708 1.0× 272 0.4× 60 4.6k
Mitsue Miyao Japan 37 3.9k 1.4× 2.4k 1.8× 885 1.2× 634 0.9× 422 0.6× 72 4.7k
Győző Garab Hungary 39 3.6k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 709 1.0× 1.3k 1.8× 146 4.6k
Stefano Caffarri France 29 3.4k 1.2× 1.9k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 788 1.1× 510 0.7× 48 3.8k
Heiko Lokstein Germany 27 1.7k 0.6× 561 0.4× 468 0.6× 445 0.6× 495 0.7× 78 2.1k
Mikko Tikkanen Finland 36 3.7k 1.3× 2.9k 2.2× 1.1k 1.4× 473 0.7× 295 0.4× 58 4.4k
Terry Bricker United States 33 3.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 760 1.0× 701 1.0× 333 0.5× 94 3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Kirchhoff

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kirchhoff, Helmut, et al.. (2025). What are grana in chloroplasts of vascular plants good for?. Annals of Botany. 137(3). 571–590.
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Bussi, Yuval, Smadar Levin‐Zaidman, Eyal Shimoni, et al.. (2024). Thylakoid membrane stacking controls electron transport mode during the dark-to-light transition by adjusting the distances between PSI and PSII. Nature Plants. 10(3). 512–524. 12 indexed citations
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Kang, Byung‐Ho, Charles T. Anderson, Shin‐ichi Arimura, et al.. (2021). A glossary of plant cell structures: Current insights and future questions. The Plant Cell. 34(1). 10–52. 34 indexed citations
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Hwang, Seon‐Kap, Magnus Wood, Salvinder Singh, et al.. (2020). The Rice Plastidial Phosphorylase Participates Directly in Both Sink and Source Processes. Plant and Cell Physiology. 62(1). 125–142. 5 indexed citations
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Tietz, Stefanie, et al.. (2020). A proteoliposome-based system reveals how lipids control photosynthetic light harvesting. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(7). 1857–1866. 32 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut. (2019). Chloroplast ultrastructure in plants. New Phytologist. 223(2). 565–574. 151 indexed citations
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Höhner, Ricarda, Joaquim V. Marques, Yoshiaki Amakura, et al.. (2018). Reduced Arogenate Dehydratase Expression: Ramifications for Photosynthesis and Metabolism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 177(1). 115–131. 12 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of Lipids for the Study of Photosynthetic Membranes. Methods in molecular biology. 1770. 305–316. 4 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut, Meng Li, & Sujith Puthiyaveetil. (2017). Sublocalization of Cytochrome b6f Complexes in Photosynthetic Membranes. Trends in Plant Science. 22(7). 574–582. 30 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut. (2017). Structure-function relationships in photosynthetic membranes: Challenges and emerging fields. Plant Science. 266. 76–82. 28 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut. (2013). Architectural switches in plant thylakoid membranes. Photosynthesis Research. 116(2-3). 481–487. 70 indexed citations
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Puthiyaveetil, Sujith & Helmut Kirchhoff. (2013). A phosphorylation map of the photosystem II supercomplex C2S2M2. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4. 459–459. 15 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut, Magnus Wood, Miroslava Herbstová, et al.. (2011). Dynamic control of protein diffusion within the granal thylakoid lumen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(50). 20248–20253. 190 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut. (2008). Molecular crowding and order in photosynthetic membranes. Trends in Plant Science. 13(5). 201–207. 98 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut, et al.. (2007). Structural and functional self-organization of Photosystem II in grana thylakoids. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1767(9). 1180–1188. 35 indexed citations
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Schneider, Dirk, et al.. (2006). Ssr2998 of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Is Involved in Regulation of Cyanobacterial Electron Transport and Associated with the Cytochrome b6f Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(6). 3730–3737. 22 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut, Hans‐Jürgen Hinz, & Jörg Rösgen. (2003). Aggregation and fluorescence quenching of chlorophyll a of the light-harvesting complex II from spinach in vitro. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1606(1-3). 105–116. 68 indexed citations
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Schöttler, Mark Aurel, Helmut Kirchhoff, Engelbert Weis, & Katharina Siebke. (2002). Metabolic control of photosynthetic electron transport in crassulacean acid metabolism-induced Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 29(6). 697–705. 10 indexed citations
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Schöttler, Mark Aurel, Helmut Kirchhoff, Katharina Siebke, & Engelbert Weis. (2001). The photosynthetic electron transport in thylakoids of the facultative CAM plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (L.). Science Access. 3(1). 1 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Helmut, Sebastian Horstmann, & Engelbert Weis. (2000). Control of the photosynthetic electron transport by PQ diffusion microdomains in thylakoids of higher plants. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1459(1). 148–168. 144 indexed citations

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