Roman Schmidt

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Roman Schmidt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roman Schmidt has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Biophysics and 12 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Roman Schmidt's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (14 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (6 papers). Roman Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (14 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (12 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (6 papers). Roman Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Poland. Roman Schmidt's co-authors include Stefan W. Hell, Alexander Egner, Christian A. Wurm, Stefan Jakobs, Klaus Unsicker, M. Sensenbrenner, G. Labourdette, Brigitte Pettmann, Johann Engelhardt and John E. Boynton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Roman Schmidt

36 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

  1. Spherical nanosized focal spot unravels the interior of cells
    2008 317 citations Roman Schmidt, Christian A. Wurm et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roman Schmidt Germany 23 951 826 517 493 369 37 2.3k
Ronak Patel United States 16 1.9k 2.0× 1.2k 1.4× 625 1.2× 1.4k 2.8× 220 0.6× 21 4.4k
Alioscka A. Sousa United States 26 956 1.0× 111 0.1× 894 1.7× 395 0.8× 385 1.0× 70 3.1k
Martin Oheim France 31 1.3k 1.4× 953 1.2× 789 1.5× 798 1.6× 72 0.2× 77 3.1k
Yajie Liang United States 29 840 0.9× 906 1.1× 640 1.2× 766 1.6× 73 0.2× 74 3.4k
Guisheng Zhong China 25 1.4k 1.4× 734 0.9× 425 0.8× 810 1.6× 299 0.8× 52 3.4k
Irene Wacker Germany 23 684 0.7× 185 0.2× 316 0.6× 211 0.4× 124 0.3× 61 1.9k
Kazuki Tainaka Japan 25 1.7k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 604 1.2× 345 0.7× 54 0.1× 61 3.4k
Tomoki Matsuda Japan 37 2.6k 2.7× 593 0.7× 678 1.3× 1.3k 2.6× 46 0.1× 170 4.9k
Pierre Mahou France 22 510 0.5× 549 0.7× 383 0.7× 179 0.4× 48 0.1× 47 1.7k
Aaron R. Halpern United States 18 793 0.8× 522 0.6× 513 1.0× 64 0.1× 190 0.5× 26 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Roman Schmidt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roman Schmidt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Roman Schmidt. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Roman Schmidt. The network helps show where Roman Schmidt may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roman Schmidt

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmidt, Roman, et al.. (2021). MINFLUX nanometer-scale 3D imaging and microsecond-range tracking on a common fluorescence microscope. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1478–1478. 172 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Roman, et al.. (2019). A Comparative Study of Force Measurements in Solution Using Micron and Nano Size Probe. 9(1). 1–14. 4 indexed citations
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Hell, Stefan W., et al.. (2016). 4Pi-RESOLFT nanoscopy. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10504–10504. 42 indexed citations
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Herr, Simon J., Tobias Lutz, Roman Schmidt, et al.. (2015). isoSTED nanoscopy with intrinsic beam alignment. Optics Express. 23(24). 30891–30891. 38 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Roman, Johann Engelhardt, & Marion Lang. (2012). 4Pi Microscopy. Methods in molecular biology. 950. 27–41. 2 indexed citations
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Okamura, Yosuke, et al.. (2011). A Few Immobilized Thrombins Are Sufficient for Platelet Spreading. Biophysical Journal. 100(8). 1855–1863. 19 indexed citations
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Hua, Yunfeng, Raunak Sinha, Cora S. Thiel, et al.. (2011). A readily retrievable pool of synaptic vesicles. Nature Neuroscience. 14(7). 833–839. 129 indexed citations
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Vicidomini, Giuseppe, Roman Schmidt, Alexander Egner, Stefan W. Hell, & Andreas Schönle. (2010). Automatic deconvolution in 4Pi-microscopy with variable phase. Optics Express. 18(10). 10154–10154. 22 indexed citations
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Wurm, Christian A., Daniel Neumann, Roman Schmidt, Alexander Egner, & Stefan Jakobs. (2009). Sample Preparation for STED Microscopy. Methods in molecular biology. 591. 185–199. 52 indexed citations
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Hell, Stefan W., Roman Schmidt, & Alexander Egner. (2009). Diffraction-unlimited three-dimensional optical nanoscopy with opposing lenses. Nature Photonics. 3(7). 381–387. 106 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Roman, et al.. (2009). Mitochondrial Cristae Revealed with Focused Light. Nano Letters. 9(6). 2508–2510. 124 indexed citations
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Ullal, Chaitanya K., Roman Schmidt, Stefan W. Hell, & Alexander Egner. (2009). Block Copolymer Nanostructures Mapped by Far-Field Optics. Nano Letters. 9(6). 2497–2500. 43 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Roman, Christian A. Wurm, Stefan Jakobs, et al.. (2008). Spherical nanosized focal spot unravels the interior of cells. Nature Methods. 5(6). 539–544. 317 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bewersdorf, Joerg, Roman Schmidt, & Stefan W. Hell. (2006). Comparison of I5M and 4Pi‐microscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 222(2). 105–117. 76 indexed citations
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Venero, César, Thomas Tilling, Irm Hermans‐Borgmeyer, et al.. (2002). Chronic stress induces opposite changes in the mRNA expression of the cell adhesion molecules NCAM and L1. Neuroscience. 115(4). 1211–1219. 94 indexed citations
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Malik, M. A., G. Horányi, Paweł J. Kulesza, et al.. (1998). Microgravimetric monitoring of transport of cations during redox reactions of indium(III) hexacyanoferrate(III,II). Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 452(1). 57–62. 43 indexed citations
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Jennemann, Richard, B. L. Bauer, Roman Schmidt, Hans‐Peter Elsässer, & Herbert Wiegandt. (1996). Effects of Monophosphoryllipid-A on the Immunization of Mice with Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin- and Muramyldipeptide-Ganglioside Gfpt1 Conjugates. The Journal of Biochemistry. 119(2). 378–384. 6 indexed citations
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Röther, Susanne, W. Brysch, K.-H. Schlingensiepen, & Roman Schmidt. (1990). Synthesis and ultrastructural distribution of ependymins in goldfish brain analyzed by insitu hybridezation and immonugold labeling. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 371(11). 1031–1031. 1 indexed citations
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Unsicker, Klaus, et al.. (1987). Astroglial and fibroblast growth factors have neurotrophic functions for cultured peripheral and central nervous system neurons.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(15). 5459–5463. 440 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Roman, Alan M. Myers, N W Gillham, & John E. Boynton. (1984). Immunological similarities between specific chloroplast ribosomal proteins from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and ribosomal proteins from Escherichia coli.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 1(4). 317–34. 68 indexed citations

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