Peter Fratzl

57.7k total citations · 13 hit papers
642 papers, 45.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Fratzl is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Fratzl has authored 642 papers receiving a total of 45.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 204 papers in Biomaterials, 199 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 134 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Recurrent topics in Peter Fratzl's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (142 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (125 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (113 papers). Peter Fratzl is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (142 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (125 papers) and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (113 papers). Peter Fratzl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Peter Fratzl's co-authors include Richard Weinkamer, Paul Roschger, K. Klaushofer, Himadri S. Gupta, Ingo Burgert, John Dunlop, Ingomar Jäger, Eleftherios P. Paschalis, Oskar Paris and Wolfgang Wagermaier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Peter Fratzl

630 papers receiving 44.1k citations

Hit Papers

Nature’s hierarchical materials 1998 2026 2007 2016 2007 2003 2004 2005 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Nature’s hierarchical materials
    2007 2.1k citations Peter Fratzl, Richard Weinkamer Progress in Materials Science profile →
  2. Materials become insensitive to flaws at nanoscale: Lessons from nature
    2003 1.5k citations Peter Fratzl et al. profile →
  3. Structure and mechanical quality of the collagen–mineral nano-composite in bone
    2004 940 citations Peter Fratzl, Himadri S. Gupta et al. profile →
  4. Skeleton of Euplectella sp.: Structural Hierarchy from the Nanoscale to the Macroscale
    2005 916 citations Peter Fratzl et al. Science profile →
  5. Iron-Clad Fibers: A Metal-Based Biological Strategy for Hard Flexible Coatings
    2010 835 citations Peter Fratzl et al. Science profile →
  6. Collagen
    2008 634 citations Peter Fratzl profile →
  7. Mineralized Collagen Fibrils: A Mechanical Model with a Staggered Arrangement of Mineral Particles
    2000 622 citations Peter Fratzl et al. profile →
  8. Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation
    2009 599 citations Peter Fratzl et al. profile →
  9. Nucleation and growth of magnetite from solution
    2013 568 citations Jens Baumgartner, Peter Fratzl et al. profile →
  10. The Role of Wheat Awns in the Seed Dispersal Unit
    2007 509 citations Peter Fratzl et al. Science profile →
  11. Fibrillar Structure and Mechanical Properties of Collagen
    1998 504 citations Peter Fratzl, Ivo Žižak et al. Journal of Structural Biology profile →
  12. Reversible Switching of Hydrogel-Actuated Nanostructures into Complex Micropatterns
    2007 488 citations Peter Fratzl et al. Science profile →
  13. Biological composites—complex structures for functional diversity
    2018 334 citations Michaela Eder, Shahrouz Amini et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Fratzl Germany 106 16.7k 15.0k 7.3k 7.2k 7.0k 642 45.0k
Markus J. Buehler United States 102 11.9k 0.7× 14.1k 0.9× 5.9k 0.8× 1.8k 0.2× 11.7k 1.7× 584 39.6k
Robert O. Ritchie United States 127 13.7k 0.8× 9.1k 0.6× 40.3k 5.6× 4.1k 0.6× 23.9k 3.4× 753 75.2k
Rui L. Reis Portugal 128 36.6k 2.2× 33.4k 2.2× 2.3k 0.3× 2.2k 0.3× 4.8k 0.7× 1.6k 78.0k
Kevin W. Eliceiri United States 67 15.9k 1.0× 4.7k 0.3× 4.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.2× 7.2k 1.0× 313 120.9k
David Mooney United States 152 51.4k 3.1× 34.9k 2.3× 4.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.2× 4.2k 0.6× 656 102.1k
David L. Kaplan United States 170 49.9k 3.0× 78.7k 5.3× 5.1k 0.7× 2.6k 0.4× 5.9k 0.8× 1.6k 129.8k
Takashi Nakamura Japan 98 20.3k 1.2× 4.5k 0.3× 2.3k 0.3× 1.2k 0.2× 7.4k 1.1× 810 35.9k
João F. Mano Portugal 101 19.9k 1.2× 18.8k 1.3× 1.7k 0.2× 444 0.1× 4.1k 0.6× 898 42.6k
John A. Jansen Netherlands 99 24.8k 1.5× 9.8k 0.7× 832 0.1× 1.1k 0.2× 3.0k 0.4× 766 38.5k
Larry L. Hench United States 99 37.2k 2.2× 8.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.2× 1.0k 0.1× 11.5k 1.7× 432 50.4k

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All Works

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Bock, Nathalie, Martina Delbianco, Michaela Eder, et al.. (2024). A materials science approach to extracellular matrices. Progress in Materials Science. 149. 101391–101391. 3 indexed citations
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Scoppola, Ernesto, et al.. (2023). Induced Mineralization of Hydroxyapatite in Escherichia coli Biofilms and the Potential Role of Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase. Chemistry of Materials. 35(7). 2762–2772. 19 indexed citations
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Raimann, Adalbert, Barbara M. Misof, Peter Fratzl, & Nadja Fratzl‐Zelman. (2023). Bone Material Properties in Bone Diseases Affecting Children. Current Osteoporosis Reports. 21(6). 787–805. 4 indexed citations
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Amini, Shahrouz, Tingting Zhu, Kyoohyun Kim, et al.. (2023). Calcitic Prisms of The Giant Seashell Pinna Nobilis Form Light Guide Arrays. Advanced Materials. 35(39). e2304166–e2304166. 3 indexed citations
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Gamsjaeger, Sonja, Peter Fratzl, & Eleftherios P. Paschalis. (2021). Interplay between mineral crystallinity and mineral accumulation in health and postmenopausal osteoporosis. Acta Biomaterialia. 124. 374–381. 15 indexed citations
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Weinkamer, Richard, Paul Roschger, Peter Brügger, et al.. (2021). 3D Interrelationship between Osteocyte Network and Forming Mineral during Human Bone Remodeling. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 10(12). e2100113–e2100113. 41 indexed citations
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Serra, Diego O., et al.. (2021). Adaptation of Escherichia coli Biofilm Growth, Morphology, and Mechanical Properties to Substrate Water Content. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 7(11). 5315–5325. 25 indexed citations
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Estrin, Yuri, Yan Beygelzimer, Roman Kulagin, et al.. (2021). Architecturing materials at mesoscale: some current trends. Materials Research Letters. 9(10). 399–421. 60 indexed citations
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Wang, Qiong, Tengteng Tang, David M. L. Cooper, et al.. (2020). Globular structure of the hypermineralized tissue in human femoral neck. Journal of Structural Biology. 212(2). 107606–107606. 8 indexed citations
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Iwayama, Tomoaki, Tomoko Okada, Masahide Takedachi, et al.. (2019). Osteoblastic lysosome plays a central role in mineralization. Science Advances. 5(7). eaax0672–eaax0672. 94 indexed citations
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Zou, Zhaoyong, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken, Galina Matveeva, et al.. (2019). A hydrated crystalline calcium carbonate phase: Calcium carbonate hemihydrate. Science. 363(6425). 396–400. 189 indexed citations
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Kollmannsberger, Philip, Cécile M. Bidan, John Dunlop, Peter Fratzl, & Viola Vogel. (2018). Tensile forces drive a reversible fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition during tissue growth in engineered clefts. Science Advances. 4(1). eaao4881–eaao4881. 113 indexed citations
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Kunitake, Jennie A. M. R., Siyoung Choi, Kayla X. Nguyen, et al.. (2017). Correlative imaging reveals physiochemical heterogeneity of microcalcifications in human breast carcinomas. Journal of Structural Biology. 202(1). 25–34. 41 indexed citations
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Mašić, Admir, Roman Schuetz, Luca Bertinetti, et al.. (2016). Multiscale Analysis of Mineralized Collagen Combining X-ray Scattering and Fluorescence with Raman Spectroscopy under Controlled Mechanical, Thermal, and Humidity Environments. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 3(11). 2853–2859. 5 indexed citations
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Kühnisch, Jirko, Jong Seto, Claudia Lange, et al.. (2014). Neurofibromin inactivation impairs osteocyte development in Nf1Prx1 and Nf1Col1 mouse models. Bone. 66. 155–162. 8 indexed citations
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Winklhofer, Michael, et al.. (2014). Magnetite Crystal Orientation in Magnetosome Chains. Advanced Functional Materials. 24(25). 3926–3932. 49 indexed citations
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Eidelman, Naomi, et al.. (2002). Position resolved structural and mechanical properties of human dental calculus.. Journal of Dental Research. 81. 1 indexed citations
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Weinkamer, Richard, Himadri S. Gupta, Joel L. Lebowitz, & Peter Fratzl. (2001). Precipitate size distribution in alloys with and without lattice misfit. Max Planck Digital Library. 92(1). 9–13. 6 indexed citations
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Grabner, BM, et al.. (2000). Effect of alendronate on bone mineralization density in the osteogenesis imperfecta murine model and wild type controls. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 15. 1 indexed citations

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