Helmut Schießel

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Helmut Schießel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Schießel has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 18 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Helmut Schießel's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (53 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (37 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (34 papers). Helmut Schießel is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (53 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (37 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (34 papers). Helmut Schießel collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and France. Helmut Schießel's co-authors include A. Blumen, Igor M. Kulić, Ralf Metzler, T. F. Nonnenmacher, P. Pincus, Ralf Blossey, Marco Tompitak, M. N. Tamashiro, Tetsuya Yamamoto and Behrouz Eslami-Mossallam and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nucleic Acids Research and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Schießel

104 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Generalized viscoelastic ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300 400
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. Generalized viscoelastic models: their fractional equations with solutions
    1995 479 citations Helmut Schießel et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Helmut Schießel 1.5k 559 463 416 367 109 3.1k
Andrew J. Spakowitz 2.4k 1.6× 757 1.4× 118 0.3× 769 1.8× 224 0.6× 100 4.3k
M. L. Gardel 383 0.3× 668 1.2× 75 0.2× 375 0.9× 112 0.3× 7 2.4k
Angelo Rosa 842 0.6× 302 0.5× 55 0.1× 391 0.9× 31 0.1× 58 1.8k
Kevin D. Dorfman 1.3k 0.8× 2.8k 5.0× 638 1.4× 1.6k 3.8× 21 0.1× 206 5.4k
Sergey Panyukov 330 0.2× 841 1.5× 250 0.5× 1.2k 2.8× 17 0.0× 99 3.6k
Mikko Haataja 1.8k 1.2× 527 0.9× 244 0.5× 2.1k 5.1× 13 0.0× 96 5.0k
Ou-Yang Zhong-can 1.3k 0.8× 518 0.9× 121 0.3× 954 2.3× 10 0.0× 147 3.0k
Oded Farago 594 0.4× 274 0.5× 104 0.2× 288 0.7× 19 0.1× 62 1.2k
Debabrata Panja 285 0.2× 553 1.0× 136 0.3× 243 0.6× 57 0.2× 66 1.2k
Sonia Melle 226 0.1× 1.1k 1.9× 44 0.1× 1.0k 2.4× 70 0.2× 75 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helmut Schießel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Schießel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Helmut Schießel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Helmut Schießel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Helmut Schießel. Helmut Schießel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Merlitz, Holger, et al.. (2026). A Self‐Organized Liquid Reaction Container for Cellular Memory. Advanced Science. e12500–e12500.
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Schießel, Helmut, et al.. (2025). Statistical mechanics of multiplectoneme phases in DNA. Physical review. E. 111(4). 44408–44408.
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Schießel, Helmut, et al.. (2025). Systematic coarse-graining of sequence-dependent structure and elasticity of double-stranded DNA. Physical Review Research. 7(1). 4 indexed citations
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Pritzl, Stefanie D., et al.. (2025). The effects of DMSO on DNA conformations and mechanics. Biophysical Journal. 124(16). 2639–2654.
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Schießel, Helmut, et al.. (2024). Chromatin remodelers: a concise introduction for biophysicists. Biophysical Reviews. 16(3). 357–363.
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Schießel, Helmut, et al.. (2022). Multiplexing mechanical and translational cues on genes. Biophysical Journal. 121(22). 4311–4324. 1 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Tetsuya, Takahiro Sakaue, & Helmut Schießel. (2021). Slow chromatin dynamics enhances promoter accessibility to transcriptional condensates. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(9). 5017–5027. 12 indexed citations
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Schießel, Helmut & Ralf Blossey. (2020). Pioneer transcription factors in chromatin remodeling: The kinetic proofreading view. Physical review. E. 101(4). 40401–40401. 12 indexed citations
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Schießel, Helmut, et al.. (2019). Ensembles of Breathing Nucleosomes: A Computational Study. Biophysical Journal. 118(9). 2297–2308. 13 indexed citations
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Blossey, Ralf & Helmut Schießel. (2018). The Latest Twists in Chromatin Remodeling. Biophysical Journal. 114(10). 2255–2261. 13 indexed citations
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Sazer, Shelley & Helmut Schießel. (2017). The biology and polymer physics underlying large‐scale chromosome organization. Traffic. 19(2). 87–104. 32 indexed citations
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Tompitak, Marco, Cédric Vaillant, & Helmut Schießel. (2017). Genomes of Multicellular Organisms Have Evolved to Attract Nucleosomes to Promoter Regions. Biophysical Journal. 112(3). 505–511. 29 indexed citations
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Tompitak, Marco, et al.. (2016). Can Markov Chain Models Predict Nucleosome Positioning?. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 404a–404a. 1 indexed citations
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Prinsen, Peter, et al.. (2015). The influence of DNA shape fluctuations on fluorescence resonance energy transfer efficiency measurements in nucleosomes. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 27(6). 64104–64104. 3 indexed citations
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Dame, Remus T., Mariliis Tark‐Dame, & Helmut Schießel. (2011). A physical approach to segregation and folding of the Caulobacter crescentus genome. Molecular Microbiology. 82(6). 1311–1315. 6 indexed citations
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Depken, Martin & Helmut Schießel. (2009). Nucleosome Shape Dictates Chromatin Fiber Structure. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 777–784. 50 indexed citations
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Kulić, Igor M., Hervé Mohrbach, Rochish Thaokar, & Helmut Schießel. (2007). Equation of state of looped DNA. Physical Review E. 75(1). 11913–11913. 36 indexed citations
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Kulić, Igor M., Hervé Mohrbach, Vladimir Lobaskin, Rochish Thaokar, & Helmut Schießel. (2005). Apparent persistence length renormalization of bent DNA. Physical Review E. 72(4). 41905–41905. 43 indexed citations
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Kulić, Igor M. & Helmut Schießel. (2004). DNA Spools under Tension. Physical Review Letters. 92(22). 228101–228101. 92 indexed citations
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Schießel, Helmut, Jonathan Widom, Robijn Bruinsma, & William M. Gelbart. (2001). Polymer Reptation and Nucleosome Repositioning. Physical Review Letters. 86(19). 4414–4417. 98 indexed citations

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