Peter Hegemann

29.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
259 papers, 20.8k citations indexed

About

Peter Hegemann is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Hegemann has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 20.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 139 papers in Molecular Biology and 73 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Hegemann's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (226 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (66 papers) and Light effects on plants (62 papers). Peter Hegemann is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (226 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (66 papers) and Light effects on plants (62 papers). Peter Hegemann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Peter Hegemann's co-authors include Karl Deisseroth, Suneel Kateriya, Georg Nagel, Markus Fuhrmann, Ofer Yizhar, Ernst Bamberg, A. Berndt, Doris Ollig, А. Penzkofer and Franziska Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Peter Hegemann

256 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Channelrhodopsin-2, a directly light-gated cation-selective membrane channel

2003 1.9k citations Georg Nagel, Suneel Kateriya et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction

2011 1.8k citations Matthias Prigge, Peter Hegemann et al. profile →
Microbial and Animal Rhodopsins: Structures, Functions, and Molecular Mechanisms

2013 870 citations Peter Hegemann et al. profile →
Channelrhodopsin-1: A Light-Gated Proton Channel in Green Algae

2002 814 citations Georg Nagel, Doris Ollig et al. Science profile →
Ultrafast optogenetic control

2010 555 citations Peter Hegemann et al. profile →
Optogenetics for light control of biological systems

2022 241 citations Valentina Emiliani, Peter Hegemann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Hegemann Germany	70	15.9k	9.6k	4.4k	4.2k	2.7k	259	20.8k
Ernst Bamberg Germany	63	11.9k 0.7×	6.4k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.3×	2.6k 1.0×	172	16.1k
John L. Spudich United States	54	9.6k 0.6×	7.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	1.1k 0.3×	1.7k 0.6×	196	12.3k
Georg Nagel Germany	49	9.3k 0.6×	5.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	1.6k 0.6×	174	13.4k
Tomoyuki Takahashi Japan	73	12.4k 0.8×	12.0k 1.2×	3.3k 0.7×	566 0.1×	777 0.3×	451	21.4k
Cornelia I. Bargmann United States	98	11.2k 0.7×	11.4k 1.2×	1.9k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	181	34.4k
Eric R. Schreiter United States	31	5.9k 0.4×	4.4k 0.5×	2.7k 0.6×	328 0.1×	795 0.3×	50	12.0k
R. Mark Wightman United States	109	18.5k 1.2×	11.2k 1.2×	5.5k 1.3×	121 0.0×	2.9k 1.1×	380	37.4k
Loren L. Looger United States	62	10.8k 0.7×	8.9k 0.9×	5.3k 1.2×	858 0.2×	1.4k 0.5×	141	21.0k
Angus C. Nairn United States	111	14.2k 0.9×	26.5k 2.8×	2.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	304 0.1×	478	39.4k
Fred J. Sigworth United States	46	13.5k 0.8×	20.0k 2.1×	1.3k 0.3×	711 0.2×	1.6k 0.6×	113	25.0k

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Busse, W. F., et al.. (2025). Super-resolution imaging of native fluorescent photoreceptors in chytrid fungal eyes. The EMBO Journal. 44(14). 4088–4103. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Jia, Dieter Engel, Benjamin P. Fingerhut, et al.. (2024). Ultrafast terahertz Stark spectroscopy reveals the excited-state dipole moments of retinal in bacteriorhodopsin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(26). e2319676121–e2319676121. 2 indexed citations

Oppermann, Johannes, et al.. (2024). Robust optogenetic inhibition with red-light-sensitive anion-conducting channelrhodopsins. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Kaziannis, Spyridon, Matthias Broser, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, et al.. (2024). Multiple retinal isomerizations during the early phase of the bestrhodopsin photoreaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(12). e2318996121–e2318996121. 9 indexed citations

Hontani, Yusaku, Tatiana Domratcheva, Sebastian Beck, et al.. (2023). Spectroscopic and Computational Observation of Glutamine Tautomerization in the Blue Light Sensing Using Flavin Domain Photoreaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(2). 1040–1052. 18 indexed citations

Сизова, И. А., et al.. (2023). Multifactorial in vivo regulation of the photoreceptor channelrhodopsin‐1 abundance. Plant Cell & Environment. 46(9). 2778–2793. 2 indexed citations

Vierock, Johannes, Johannes Oppermann, Dietmar Schmitz, et al.. (2022). Calcium-permeable channelrhodopsins for the photocontrol of calcium signalling. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7844–7844. 21 indexed citations

Kelterborn, Simon, et al.. (2022). Light-regulated adsorption and desorption of Chlamydomonas cells at surfaces. Soft Matter. 19(2). 306–314. 4 indexed citations

Oppermann, Johannes, et al.. (2022). Gating and ion selectivity of Channelrhodopsins are critical for photo-activated orientation of Chlamydomonas as shown by in vivo point mutation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7253–7253. 13 indexed citations

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Hontani, Yusaku, Francisco Vélazquez Escobar, Martijn Tros, et al.. (2022). QuasAr Odyssey: the origin of fluorescence and its voltage sensitivity in microbial rhodopsins. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5501–5501. 17 indexed citations

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Fischer, P., et al.. (2021). The inner mechanics of rhodopsin guanylyl cyclase during cGMP-formation revealed by real-time FTIR spectroscopy. eLife. 10. 7 indexed citations

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Vierock, Johannes, Silvia Rodriguez-Rozada, Alexander Dieter, et al.. (2021). BiPOLES is an optogenetic tool developed for bidirectional dual-color control of neurons. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4527–4527. 79 indexed citations

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Xu, Nannan, Longsheng Zhao, Simon Kelterborn, et al.. (2020). Altered N-glycan composition impacts flagella-mediated adhesion in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. eLife. 9. 7 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Naoya, Thomas G. Oertner, Peter Hegemann, & Matthew E. Larkum. (2016). Active cortical dendrites modulate perception. Science. 354(6319). 1587–1590. 256 indexed citations

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Luck, Meike, et al.. (2015). Photochemical chromophore isomerization in histidine kinase rhodopsin HKR1. FEBS Letters. 589(10). 1067–1071. 16 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Luis, Melanie Balbach, Timo Strünker, et al.. (2015). Controlling fertilization and cAMP signaling in sperm by optogenetics. eLife. 4. 87 indexed citations

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Yeh, Chen-Min, et al.. (2014). Engineering of a red-light–activated human cAMP/cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(24). 8803–8808. 133 indexed citations

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Stierl, Manuela, et al.. (2014). Biochemical characterization of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase from Naegleria gruberi. University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg). 3 indexed citations

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Nagel, Georg, Doris Ollig, Markus Fuhrmann, et al.. (2002). Channelrhodopsin-1: A Light-Gated Proton Channel in Green Algae. Science. 296(5577). 2395–2398. 814 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hegemann, Peter, et al.. (1990). THE ROLE OF CALCIUM IN Chlamydomonas PHOTOMOVEMENT RESPONSES AS ANALYSED BY CALCIUM CHANNEL INHIBITORS. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 52(3). 575–583. 23 indexed citations

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