Peter Schuster

21.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
280 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Schuster is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Schuster has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Molecular Biology, 69 papers in Genetics and 55 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Peter Schuster's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (62 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (55 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (37 papers). Peter Schuster is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (62 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (55 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (37 papers). Peter Schuster collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Peter Schuster's co-authors include Manfred Eigen, Walter Fontana, Peter F. Stadler, Ivo L. Hofacker, Karl Sigmund, C. Sándorfy, Georg Zuńdel, Manfred Tacker, Jörg Swetina and John S. McCaskill and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Peter Schuster

269 papers receiving 13.4k citations

Hit Papers

Fast folding and comparison of RNA secondary structures 1976 2026 1992 2009 1994 1979 1977 1976 1979 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Schuster Austria 49 7.2k 4.4k 2.6k 2.4k 1.3k 280 14.3k
Manfred Eigen Germany 57 8.6k 1.2× 4.0k 0.9× 3.5k 1.4× 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 1.5× 172 17.8k
Francis Crick United Kingdom 54 19.6k 2.7× 3.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 377 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 109 29.8k
Daniel T. Gillespie United States 34 11.3k 1.6× 3.5k 0.8× 392 0.2× 505 0.2× 1.3k 1.0× 78 19.0k
Stanislas Leibler United States 63 16.2k 2.3× 5.3k 1.2× 264 0.1× 803 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 118 23.9k
George Oster United States 72 7.1k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 277 0.1× 723 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 187 17.3k
Jacques Monod France 40 14.8k 2.1× 3.2k 0.7× 508 0.2× 310 0.1× 548 0.4× 89 20.9k
Jack W. Szostak United States 99 39.9k 5.6× 4.8k 1.1× 7.3k 2.8× 265 0.1× 415 0.3× 364 45.2k
James Dewey Watson United States 10 6.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 381 0.1× 174 0.1× 674 0.5× 18 9.9k
Leslie E. Orgel United States 78 12.3k 1.7× 2.4k 0.5× 8.5k 3.3× 230 0.1× 1.1k 0.8× 323 22.8k
Stuart Kauffman United States 59 10.4k 1.4× 3.6k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 2.1k 0.9× 240 0.2× 249 18.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Schuster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Schuster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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John, St., et al.. (2023). Mathematics for Physicists and Engineers.
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Schuster, Peter. (2016). Some mechanistic requirements for major transitions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1701). 20150439–20150439. 4 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter. (2016). Stochasticity in Processes. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 18 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter. (2012). How universal is Darwinʼs principle?. Physics of Life Reviews. 9(4). 460–461. 2 indexed citations
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Brünner, Horst, et al.. (2007). Das Bistum Bamberg in der Welt des Mittelalters. 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Stefan C., Josef Hofbauer, Lukas Endler, et al.. (2006). A generalized model of the repressilator. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 53(6). 905–937. 68 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter. (2004). The disaster of central control: Simply Complex - An impressive example from nature. Complexity. 9(4). 13–14. 2 indexed citations
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Crutchfield, James P. & Peter Schuster. (2003). Evolutionary dynamics : exploring the interplay of selection, accident, neutrality, and function. Oxford University Press eBooks. 83 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter, et al.. (2003). Freundschaft und Verwandtschaft als Gegenstand interdisziplinärer Forschung. Einleitung zum Themenschwerpunkt. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 2 indexed citations
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Edelstein, Wolfgang, Fritz Oser, & Peter Schuster. (2001). Moralische Erziehung in der Schule: Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Praxis. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 2 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter. (2000). Eine Stadt vor Gericht : Recht und Alltag im spätmittelalterlichen Konstanz. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 4 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter. (1999). Die Krise des Spätmittelalters : Zur Evidenz eines sozial- und wirtschaftsgeschichtlichen Paradigmas in der Geschichtsschreibung des 20. Jahrhunderts. Historische Zeitschrift. 269(1). 2 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter. (1996). How does complexity arise in evolution. Complexity. 2(1). 22–30. 31 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter. (1995). Der gelobte Frieden : Täter, Opfer und Herrschaft im spätmittelalterlichen Konstanz. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 1 indexed citations
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Fontana, Walter, Danielle Konings, Peter F. Stadler, & Peter Schuster. (1993). Statistics of RNA secondary structures. Biopolymers. 33(9). 1389–1404. 223 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter, et al.. (1980). Mass action kinetics of selfreplication in flow reactors. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 78(1). 88–112. 27 indexed citations
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Eigen, Manfred & Peter Schuster. (1977). A principle of natural self-organization. Die Naturwissenschaften. 64(11). 541–565. 1172 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schuster, Peter, et al.. (1975). Structure of liquids. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations
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Jakubetz, Werner & Peter Schuster. (1971). Berechnung von Zwischenstufen und Übergangszustand der elektrophilen aromatischen Substitution. Angewandte Chemie. 83(13). 499–500. 10 indexed citations
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Schuster, Peter & H. Preuß. (1971). Ab initio calculations on the hydration of monatomic cations. (LCAO MO studies on molecular structure VII). Chemical Physics Letters. 11(1). 35–37. 34 indexed citations

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