Olaf Breidbach

1.6k total citations
102 papers, 864 citations indexed

About

Olaf Breidbach is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, History and Philosophy of Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf Breidbach has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 864 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 24 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Olaf Breidbach's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (28 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (15 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (13 papers). Olaf Breidbach is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (28 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (15 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (13 papers). Olaf Breidbach collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Olaf Breidbach's co-authors include Rainer Wegerhoff, Heinrich Dircksen, W. Kutsch, Michael T. Ghiselin, Rolf Urbach, Jürgen Jost, Ernst Haeckel, Gerhard M. Technau, Lennart Olsson and Uwe Hoßfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Journal of Theoretical Biology and Clinical Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Olaf Breidbach

85 papers receiving 787 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olaf Breidbach Germany 18 447 207 173 146 129 102 864
J. W. S. Pringle United Kingdom 12 216 0.5× 221 1.1× 246 1.4× 47 0.3× 31 0.2× 21 902
Gregory K. Davis United States 15 192 0.4× 367 1.8× 209 1.2× 177 1.2× 45 0.3× 20 1.2k
Raphael Falk Israel 16 178 0.4× 322 1.6× 81 0.5× 125 0.9× 158 1.2× 63 1.0k
Sally G. Hoskins United States 16 406 0.9× 99 0.5× 68 0.4× 120 0.8× 54 0.4× 28 1.2k
Shamik Dasgupta United States 19 642 1.4× 325 1.6× 214 1.2× 146 1.0× 328 2.5× 23 1.6k
Jorge Mpodozis Chile 20 405 0.9× 53 0.3× 286 1.7× 25 0.2× 30 0.2× 58 1.3k
Roberto A. Keller Portugal 13 98 0.2× 438 2.1× 457 2.6× 83 0.6× 31 0.2× 19 729
Adrian Horridge Australia 15 245 0.5× 207 1.0× 286 1.7× 40 0.3× 12 0.1× 31 430
J. E. Smith United Kingdom 3 485 1.1× 114 0.6× 314 1.8× 46 0.3× 6 0.0× 7 933
Georges Thinès Belgium 13 194 0.4× 106 0.5× 156 0.9× 23 0.2× 11 0.1× 52 844

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olaf Breidbach

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Breidbach, Olaf & Irenäus Eibl‐Eibesfeldt. (2012). Ernst Haeckel : Kunstformen der Natur, Kunstformen aus dem Meer. 1 indexed citations
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Hoßfeld, Uwe, et al.. (2012). ‘Further Development’ of Mendel’s legacy? Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg in the context of Mendelian–biometry controversy, 1901–1906. Theory in Biosciences. 131(4). 243–252. 3 indexed citations
3.
Breidbach, Olaf. (2011). Radikale Historisierung : kulturelle Selbstversicherung im Postdarwinismus. Suhrkamp eBooks. 5 indexed citations
4.
Breidbach, Olaf, et al.. (2010). Physis : zur Geschichte des leiblichen Lebens. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. 1 indexed citations
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Breidbach, Olaf, et al.. (2006). Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology 10/2005. GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). 29 indexed citations
6.
Breidbach, Olaf. (2006). The conceptual framework of evolutionary morphology in the studies of Ernst Haeckel and Fritz Müller. Theory in Biosciences. 124(3-4). 265–280. 6 indexed citations
7.
Breidbach, Olaf, et al.. (2005). Bilder des Wissens. 5 indexed citations
8.
Haeckel, Ernst & Olaf Breidbach. (2005). Art forms from the ocean : the radiolarian atlas of 1862. 15 indexed citations
9.
Bach, Thomas J. & Olaf Breidbach. (2005). Naturphilosophie nach Schelling. Frommann-Holzboog eBooks. 9 indexed citations
10.
Breidbach, Olaf. (2005). Schattenbilder: Zur elektronenmikroskopischen Photographie in den Biowissenschaften. Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 28(2). 160–171. 2 indexed citations
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Breidbach, Olaf. (2000). Das Anschauliche oder über die Anschauung von Welt : ein Beitrag zur neuronalen Ästhetik. Springer eBooks. 2 indexed citations
12.
Pinkau, K., et al.. (1998). Deutsche Naturphilosophie und Technikverständnis. 1 indexed citations
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Breidbach, Olaf. (1997). Die Materialisierung des Ichs : zur Geschichte der Hirnforschung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Suhrkamp eBooks. 26 indexed citations
14.
Florey, Ernst, Olaf Breidbach, & Tom Dedeurwaerdere. (1996). Das Gehirn/Organ der Seele?: Zur Ideengeschichte der Neurobiologie. History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 18(3). 5 indexed citations
15.
Rusch, Gebhard, Siegfried J. Schmidt, & Olaf Breidbach. (1996). Interne Repräsentationen : neue Konzepte der Hirnforschung. Suhrkamp eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Breidbach, Olaf. (1990). Renovieren mit alten „Steinen”— Die Metamorphose des Käfernervengewebes. Biologie in unserer Zeit. 20(3). 157–164.
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Breidbach, Olaf. (1990). Über die Geburtswehen einer quantifizierenden Ökologie — der Streit um die Kieler Planktonexpedition von 1889. Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 13(2). 101–114. 2 indexed citations
19.
Schleiden, M. J. & Olaf Breidbach. (1988). Schelling's und Hegel's Verhältnis zur Naturwissenschaft : zum Verhältnis der physikalistischen Naturwissenschaft zur spekulativen Naturphilosophie. 2 indexed citations
20.
Breidbach, Olaf. (1982). Das Organische in Hegels Denken : Studie zur Naturphilosophie und Biologie um 1800. Königshausen & Neumann eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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