Helmut Schmitz

1.9k total citations
60 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Helmut Schmitz is a scholar working on Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Schmitz has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Genetics, 35 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 25 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Helmut Schmitz's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (37 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (35 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (12 papers). Helmut Schmitz is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (37 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (35 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (12 papers). Helmut Schmitz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Helmut Schmitz's co-authors include Horst Bleckmann, Anke Schmitz, Manfred Mürtz, Herbert Bousack, Erik S. Schneider, Andreas Schmitz, Hans E. Hummel, Bernhard Weißbecker, Stefan Schütz and Gerhard von der Emde and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Acta Biomaterialia.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Schmitz

57 papers receiving 1.2k 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 Schmitz Germany 20 561 517 359 334 246 60 1.3k
Takahiko Hariyama Japan 18 280 0.5× 419 0.8× 172 0.5× 434 1.3× 164 0.7× 84 1.3k
Oliver Betz Germany 22 564 1.0× 123 0.2× 339 0.9× 748 2.2× 321 1.3× 81 1.8k
Isamu Shimizu Japan 33 391 0.7× 553 1.1× 351 1.0× 349 1.0× 149 0.6× 243 3.7k
Bronwen W. Cribb Australia 29 609 1.1× 232 0.4× 801 2.2× 657 2.0× 535 2.2× 113 2.9k
Catherine L. Craig United States 29 1.5k 2.7× 415 0.8× 467 1.3× 1.1k 3.3× 113 0.5× 41 2.5k
Hamed Rajabi Germany 25 341 0.6× 257 0.5× 120 0.3× 280 0.8× 159 0.6× 86 1.5k
A. C. Neville United Kingdom 28 761 1.4× 670 1.3× 322 0.9× 704 2.1× 374 1.5× 43 2.7k
C. P. Ellington United Kingdom 21 602 1.1× 477 0.9× 228 0.6× 937 2.8× 667 2.7× 30 3.4k
Werner Gnatzy Germany 24 918 1.6× 1.0k 2.0× 340 0.9× 827 2.5× 283 1.2× 51 1.7k
Ernst‐August Seyfarth Germany 22 507 0.9× 641 1.2× 85 0.2× 470 1.4× 146 0.6× 44 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helmut Schmitz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Schmitz

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All Works

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Klein, Adrian, et al.. (2018). The impact of infrared radiation in flight control in the Australian “firebeetle” Merimna atrata. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192865–e0192865. 8 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Anke, Nele Ondreka, Dominik Fischer, et al.. (2018). The peregrine falcon’s rapid dive: on the adaptedness of the arm skeleton and shoulder girdle. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 204(8). 747–759. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zupeng, Yubing Gong, Daoguo Yang, Anke Schmitz, & Helmut Schmitz. (2016). Function modeling of the infrared organ of “Little Ash Beetle” Acanthocnemus nigricans (Coleoptera, Acanthocnemidae). Journal of Bionic Engineering. 13(4). 650–658. 6 indexed citations
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Schneider, Erik S., Anke Schmitz, & Helmut Schmitz. (2015). Concept of an Active Amplification Mechanism in the Infrared Organ of Pyrophilous Melanophila Beetles. Frontiers in Physiology. 6. 391–391. 7 indexed citations
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Bousack, Herbert, et al.. (2014). Infrared receptors of pyrophilous jewel beetles as model for new infrared sensors. Sensor Review. 34(1). 123–134. 16 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Helmut, et al.. (2012). Material properties of photomechanical infrared receptors in pyrophilous Melanophila beetles and Aradus bugs. Acta Biomaterialia. 8(9). 3392–3399. 12 indexed citations
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Schneider, Erik S. & Helmut Schmitz. (2012). Bimodal innervation of the infrared organ of Merimna atrata (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) by thermo- and mechanosensory units. Arthropod Structure & Development. 42(2). 135–142. 9 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Anke, et al.. (2011). Infrared receptors in pyrophilous (“fire loving”) insects as model for new un-cooled infrared sensors. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 2. 186–197. 38 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Anke, et al.. (2009). Distribution and functional morphology of photomechanic infrared sensilla in flat bugs of the genus Aradus (Heteroptera, Aradidae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 39(1). 17–25. 17 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Helmut, et al.. (2009). The infrared sensilla in the beetle Melanophila acuminata as model for new infrared sensors. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3 indexed citations
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Bleckmann, Horst, Helmut Schmitz, & Gerhard von der Emde. (2004). Nature as a model for technical sensors. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 190(12). 971–981. 38 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Helmut, et al.. (2002). A new type of insect infrared organ of low thermal mass. Die Naturwissenschaften. 89(5). 226–229. 28 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Helmut, Anke Schmitz, & Horst Bleckmann. (2001). Morphology of a thermosensitive multipolar neuron in the infrared organ of Merimna atrata (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 30(2). 99–111. 25 indexed citations
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Hammer, Daniel X., Helmut Schmitz, Anke Schmitz, H. Grady Rylander, & Ashley J. Welch. (2001). Sensitivity threshold and response characteristics of infrared detection in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 128(4). 805–819. 27 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Helmut, Andreas Schmitz, & Horst Bleckmann. (2000). A new type of infrared organ in the Australian "fire-beetle" Merimna atrata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Die Naturwissenschaften. 87(12). 542–545. 47 indexed citations
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Schmitz, Helmut, Manfred Mürtz, & Horst Bleckmann. (2000). Responses of the infrared sensilla of Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) to monochromatic infrared stimulation. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 186(6). 543–549. 21 indexed citations
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Gronenberg, Wulfila & Helmut Schmitz. (1999). Afferent projections of infrared-sensitive sensilla in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Cell and Tissue Research. 297(2). 311–318. 17 indexed citations
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