Ralf Blossey

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ralf Blossey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Blossey has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 25 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ralf Blossey's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (19 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (17 papers). Ralf Blossey is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (19 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (19 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (17 papers). Ralf Blossey collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Belgium. Ralf Blossey's co-authors include Marc F. Lensink, Karin Jacobs, Guillaume Brysbaert, Ralf Seemann, Helmut Schießel, Jérôme de Ruyck, Richard Bausch, Andreas Bosio, A. Lorke and Hubert Mantz and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Blossey

128 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ralf Blossey	2.0k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	135	4.9k
Heng‐Kwong Tsao	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	1.0k 0.9×	293	5.8k
Jacques Meunier	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.7×	855 0.8×	92	5.8k
L. Léger	1.3k 0.7×	923 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	708 0.7×	73	4.6k
Ramón G. Rubio	1.6k 0.8×	583 0.4×	1.9k 1.4×	2.3k 2.0×	801 0.7×	268	8.1k
F. Rondelez	1.5k 0.8×	827 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.8×	2.2k 2.0×	131	7.3k
Andrey Milchev	1.3k 0.7×	481 0.3×	2.1k 1.6×	3.0k 2.5×	698 0.6×	232	6.1k
M. E. Cates	1.2k 0.6×	705 0.5×	921 0.7×	2.7k 2.3×	233 0.2×	87	6.6k
H. Hervet	633 0.3×	622 0.4×	931 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	359 0.3×	71	4.2k
Joseph O. Indekeu	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	727 0.7×	126	4.8k
Patrick B. Warren	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	2.7k 2.1×	5.9k 5.1×	604 0.6×	102	10.6k

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Blossey, Ralf, et al.. (2025). Surface polarization strongly influences electrostatics in a nonlocal medium. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162(6).

Giordano, Stefano, Fabrizio Cleri, & Ralf Blossey. (2025). Explicit noise and dissipation operators for quantum stochastic thermodynamics. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2025(8). 83102–83102.

Schießel, Helmut, et al.. (2024). Chromatin remodelers: a concise introduction for biophysicists. Biophysical Reviews. 16(3). 357–363.

Vanpoucke, Danny E. P., Eva‐Maria Krammer, Julie Bouckaert, et al.. (2023). Hydration sphere structure of architectural molecules: Polyethylene glycol and polyoxymethylene oligomers. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 384. 122172–122172. 7 indexed citations

Blossey, Ralf. (2023). The Poisson-Boltzmann Equation. 6 indexed citations

Giordano, Stefano, Fabrizio Cleri, & Ralf Blossey. (2023). Infinite ergodicity in generalized geometric Brownian motions with nonlinear drift. Physical review. E. 107(4). 44111–44111. 8 indexed citations

Schwarzendahl, Fabian Jan, et al.. (2022). A one-dimensional three-state run-and-tumble model with a ‘cell cycle’. The European Physical Journal E. 45(10). 83–83. 10 indexed citations

Löwen, Hartmut, et al.. (2021). Active noise-driven particles under space-dependent friction in one dimension. Physical review. E. 103(5). 52602–52602. 8 indexed citations

Blossey, Ralf & Helmut Schießel. (2018). The Latest Twists in Chromatin Remodeling. Biophysical Journal. 114(10). 2255–2261. 13 indexed citations

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Blossey, Ralf. (2017). Nucleation of twisted and tubular states in chiral ribbons. Physical review. E. 96(3). 32405–32405. 1 indexed citations

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Brysbaert, Guillaume, et al.. (2016). Molecular docking as a popular tool in drug design, an in silico travel. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Brysbaert, Guillaume, et al.. (2015). Kinetic proofreading of chromatin remodeling: from gene activation to gene repression and back. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 398–411. 3 indexed citations

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Blossey, Ralf, et al.. (2013). Fokker-Planck description of single nucleosome repositioning by dimeric chromatin remodelers. Physical Review E. 88(1). 12728–12728. 4 indexed citations

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Leray, Aymeric, Corentin Spriet, Dave Trinel, et al.. (2010). Quantitative comparison of polar approach versus fitting method in time domain FLIM image analysis. Cytometry Part A. 79A(2). 149–158. 22 indexed citations

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Blossey, Ralf. (2008). Thin film rupture and polymer flow. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 10(34). 5177–5177. 10 indexed citations

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Carlon, Enrico, et al.. (2007). Stability domains of actin genes and genomic evolution. Physical Review E. 76(5). 51916–51916. 4 indexed citations

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Blossey, Ralf. (2006). Computational Biology (Chapman & Hall/Crc Mathematical and Computational Biology Series). 20 indexed citations

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Rauscher, Markus, Andreas Münch, Barbara Wagner, & Ralf Blossey. (2005). A thin-film equation for viscoelastic liquids of Jeffreys type. The European Physical Journal E. 17(3). 373–379. 35 indexed citations

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Becker, Jürgen C., Günther Grün, Ralf Seemann, et al.. (2002). Complex dewetting scenarios captured by thin-film models. Nature Materials. 2(1). 59–63. 309 indexed citations

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Dobbs, Harvey & Ralf Blossey. (2000). Capillary-wave effects at critical wetting in type-I superconductors. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 61(6). R6049–R6051. 1 indexed citations

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