Marin van Heel

12.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
96 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Marin van Heel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Marin van Heel has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Structural Biology and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Marin van Heel's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (28 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers). Marin van Heel is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (28 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers). Marin van Heel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Marin van Heel's co-authors include Michael Schätz, George Harauz, Elena V. Orlova, Joachim Frank, Ralf Schmidt, Holger Stark, Richard Brimacombe, Tillmann Pape, Marina V. Rodnina and Florian Mueller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Marin van Heel

96 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

A New Generation of the IMAGIC Image Processing System 1981 2026 1996 2011 1996 2005 1981 1987 1986 250 500 750 1000
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. A New Generation of the IMAGIC Image Processing System
    1996 1.1k citations Marin van Heel, George Harauz et al. Journal of Structural Biology profile →
  2. Fourier shell correlation threshold criteria
    2005 652 citations Marin van Heel, Michael Schätz Journal of Structural Biology profile →
  3. Use of multivariate statistics in analysing the images of biological macromolecules
    1981 491 citations Marin van Heel et al. profile →
  4. Angular reconstitution: A posteriori assignment of projection directions for 3D reconstruction
    1987 462 citations Marin van Heel profile →
  5. Exact filters for general geometry three dimensional reconstruction
    1986 441 citations George Harauz, Marin van Heel profile →

Peers

Marin van Heel
J.M. Carazo Spain
Pawel A. Penczek United States
Jacques Dubochet Switzerland
Clinton S. Potter United States
Steven J. Ludtke United States
Bridget Carragher United States
Alasdair W. McDowall United States
Shawn Zheng United States
Elena V. Orlova United Kingdom
Wim J. H. Hagen Germany
J.M. Carazo Spain
Marin van Heel
Citations per year, relative to Marin van Heel Marin van Heel (= 1×) peers J.M. Carazo

Countries citing papers authored by Marin van Heel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marin van Heel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marin van Heel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marin van Heel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marin van Heel 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 Marin van Heel. Marin van Heel 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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Oliveira, Úrsula Castro de, Milton Yutaka Nishiyama, Alexandre Cassago, et al.. (2020). Myriapod haemocyanin: the first three-dimensional reconstruction ofScolopendra subspinipesand preliminary structural analysis ofS. viridicornis. Open Biology. 10(4). 190258–190258. 2 indexed citations
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Afanasyev, Pavel, Raimond B. G. Ravelli, Rishi Matadeen, et al.. (2017). Single-particle cryo-EM using alignment by classification (ABC): the structure ofLumbricus terrestrishaemoglobin. IUCrJ. 4(5). 678–694. 21 indexed citations
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Heel, Marin van, Rodrigo V. Portugal, & Michael Schätz. (2016). Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Large Datasets: Single Particle Electron Microscopy. Open Journal of Statistics. 6(4). 701–739. 20 indexed citations
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Serrão, Vitor Hugo Balasco, Luís Maurício T. R. Lima, Jefferson Bettini, et al.. (2013). Assembly stoichiometry of bacterial selenocysteine synthase and SelC (tRNAsec). FEBS Letters. 587(7). 906–911. 9 indexed citations
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Sciara, Giuliano, Cecilia Bebeacua, Patrick Bron, et al.. (2010). Structure of lactococcal phage p2 baseplate and its mechanism of activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(15). 6852–6857. 136 indexed citations
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Bebeacua, Cecilia, Patrick Bron, Christina S. Vegge, et al.. (2010). Structure and Molecular Assignment of Lactococcal Phage TP901-1 Baseplate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(50). 39079–39086. 57 indexed citations
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Costa, Alessandro, Tillmann Pape, Marin van Heel, et al.. (2006). Structural studies of the archaeal MCM complex in different functional states. Journal of Structural Biology. 156(1). 210–219. 44 indexed citations
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Heel, Marin van & Michael Schätz. (2005). Fourier shell correlation threshold criteria. Journal of Structural Biology. 151(3). 250–262. 652 indexed citations breakdown →
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Orlova, Elena V., et al.. (2003). Voltage-gated K+ Channel from Mammalian Brain: 3D Structure at 18Å of the Complete (α)4(β)4 Complex. Journal of Molecular Biology. 326(4). 1005–1012. 34 indexed citations
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Pape, Tillmann, et al.. (2003). Hexameric ring structure of the full-length archaeal MCM protein complex. EMBO Reports. 4(11). 1079–1083. 40 indexed citations
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Ray, Pampa, Bruno P. Klaholz, ROBERT FINN, et al.. (2003). Determination of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase Structure by Single Particle Cryoelectron Microscopy. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 370. 24–42. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaodong, Anthony W. Shaw, Paul A. Bates, et al.. (2000). Structure of the AAA ATPase p97. Molecular Cell. 6(6). 1473–1484. 365 indexed citations
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Orlova, Elena V., Irina I. Serysheva, Marin van Heel, Susan L. Hamilton, & Wah Chiu. (1996). Two structural configurations of the skeletal muscle calcium release channel. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 3(6). 547–552. 134 indexed citations
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Tavares, Paulo, Anja Dröge, Rudi Lurz, et al.. (1995). The SPP1 connection. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 17(1-2). 47–56. 21 indexed citations
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Rothnagel, Rosalba, et al.. (1994). Electron cryomicroscopy and digital image processing of lipoprotein(a). Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 67-68. 81–89. 5 indexed citations
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Heel, Marin van, Holger Winkler, Elena V. Orlova, & Michael Schätz. (1992). Structure Analysis of Ice-Embedded Single Particles. Scanning microscopy. 1992(6). 3. 14 indexed citations
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Harauz, George, Egbert J. Boekema, & Marin van Heel. (1988). [2] Statistical image analysis of electron micrographs of ribosomal subunits. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 164. 35–49. 80 indexed citations
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Harauz, George, et al.. (1988). Packing of the 30 nm chromatin fiber in the human metaphase chromosome. Chromosoma. 97(2). 159–163. 12 indexed citations
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Harauz, George, et al.. (1987). Three-dimensional reconstruction of a human metaphase chromosome from electron micrographs. Chromosoma. 95(5). 366–374. 20 indexed citations

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