Rafal Kowalewski

471 total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 236 citations indexed

About

Rafal Kowalewski is a scholar working on Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafal Kowalewski has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 236 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Biophysics, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Rafal Kowalewski's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (5 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (3 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (1 paper). Rafal Kowalewski is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (5 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (3 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (1 paper). Rafal Kowalewski collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Rafal Kowalewski's co-authors include Eduard M. Unterauer, Luciano A. Masullo, Sebastian Strauss, Ralf Jungmann, Maximilian T. Strauss, Christian Klein, Thomas Schlichthaerle, Alexandra S. Eklund, S. Reinhardt and Mahipal Ganji and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rafal Kowalewski

5 papers receiving 228 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ångström-resolution fluorescence microscopy

2023 156 citations S. Reinhardt, Luciano A. Masullo et al. Nature profile →
Spatial proteomics in neurons at single-protein resolution

2024 62 citations Eduard M. Unterauer, Luciano A. Masullo et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafal Kowalewski Germany	4	133	98	59	51	22	6	236
Eduard M. Unterauer Germany	6	147 1.1×	145 1.5×	67 1.1×	59 1.2×	27 1.2×	9	306
Sven Proppert Germany	5	148 1.1×	71 0.7×	84 1.4×	36 0.7×	11 0.5×	5	210
Alexander Kuhlemann Germany	7	86 0.6×	192 2.0×	31 0.5×	35 0.7×	9 0.4×	7	287
Mikołaj Sokołowski Germany	6	84 0.6×	201 2.1×	49 0.8×	22 0.4×	9 0.4×	7	304
Daniel Heid Germany	5	184 1.4×	145 1.5×	105 1.8×	49 1.0×	9 0.4×	9	288
Jessica Matthias Germany	7	120 0.9×	108 1.1×	35 0.6×	48 0.9×	10 0.5×	13	261
Anish R. Roy United States	10	124 0.9×	145 1.5×	69 1.2×	57 1.1×	14 0.6×	16	329
Ruby Peters United Kingdom	11	143 1.1×	111 1.1×	54 0.9×	91 1.8×	12 0.5×	18	343
Katharina Reglinski Germany	9	83 0.6×	157 1.6×	32 0.5×	47 0.9×	12 0.5×	18	275
Isabelle Jansen Germany	6	159 1.2×	174 1.8×	65 1.1×	38 0.7×	8 0.4×	10	320

Countries citing papers authored by Rafal Kowalewski

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafal Kowalewski

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafal Kowalewski

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafal Kowalewski. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafal Kowalewski 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 Rafal Kowalewski. Rafal Kowalewski is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Masullo, Luciano A., Rafal Kowalewski, Heinrich Grabmayr, et al.. (2025). Spatial and stoichiometric in situ analysis of biomolecular oligomerization at single-protein resolution. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4202–4202. 3 indexed citations

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Unterauer, Eduard M., Sebastian Strauss, Rafal Kowalewski, et al.. (2025). Left-handed DNA for efficient highly multiplexed imaging at single-protein resolution. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8773–8773.

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Strauss, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Quantification of absolute labeling efficiency at the single-protein level. Nature Methods. 21(9). 1702–1707. 13 indexed citations

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Unterauer, Eduard M., Luciano A. Masullo, Mahipal Ganji, et al.. (2024). Spatial proteomics in neurons at single-protein resolution. Cell. 187(7). 1785–1800.e16. 62 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reinhardt, S., Luciano A. Masullo, Rafal Kowalewski, et al.. (2023). Ångström-resolution fluorescence microscopy. Nature. 617(7962). 711–716. 156 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kowalewski, Rafal, Hans‐Peter Wieser, J. Bortfeldt, et al.. (2021). Optimization of the backing material of a low frequency PVDF detector for ion beam monitoring during small animal proton irradiation. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1–4. 2 indexed citations

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