Stefan W. Hell

72.6k total citations · 41 hit papers
480 papers, 51.8k citations indexed

About

Stefan W. Hell is a scholar working on Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan W. Hell has authored 480 papers receiving a total of 51.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 351 papers in Biophysics, 206 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 148 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Stefan W. Hell's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (345 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (129 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (109 papers). Stefan W. Hell is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (345 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (129 papers) and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (109 papers). Stefan W. Hell collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Stefan W. Hell's co-authors include Stefan Jakobs, Christian Eggeling, Katrin I. Willig, Volker Westphal, Alexander Egner, Vladimir N. Belov, Thomas A. Klar, Andreas Schönle, Rebecca Medda and Marcus Dyba and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stefan W. Hell

471 papers receiving 50.4k citations

Hit Papers

Breaking the diffraction resolution limit by stimulated e... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1994 2007 2000 2008 2006 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan W. Hell Germany 117 29.7k 18.0k 17.5k 10.0k 9.0k 480 51.8k
Xiaowei Zhuang United States 95 15.5k 0.5× 8.8k 0.5× 21.2k 1.2× 5.3k 0.5× 4.7k 0.5× 196 41.2k
Watt W. Webb United States 77 14.8k 0.5× 16.1k 0.9× 14.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.1× 5.2k 0.6× 176 40.5k
Eric Betzig United States 67 11.9k 0.4× 11.9k 0.7× 7.9k 0.5× 3.4k 0.3× 6.6k 0.7× 132 26.8k
Michael W. Davidson United States 65 12.0k 0.4× 6.3k 0.3× 11.7k 0.7× 3.4k 0.3× 2.9k 0.3× 204 26.3k
W. E. Moerner United States 86 9.7k 0.3× 9.5k 0.5× 8.3k 0.5× 3.1k 0.3× 10.9k 1.2× 388 30.1k
Christian Eggeling Germany 73 9.9k 0.3× 5.2k 0.3× 10.2k 0.6× 2.7k 0.3× 3.0k 0.3× 246 20.6k
Markus Sauer Germany 80 9.6k 0.3× 4.9k 0.3× 11.2k 0.6× 3.3k 0.3× 2.0k 0.2× 402 23.1k
Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz United States 118 12.3k 0.4× 5.6k 0.3× 30.2k 1.7× 3.6k 0.4× 2.4k 0.3× 289 51.8k
Winfried Denk Germany 68 10.3k 0.3× 9.4k 0.5× 7.5k 0.4× 1.7k 0.2× 3.0k 0.3× 126 29.5k
Roger Y. Tsien United States 151 20.0k 0.7× 8.1k 0.5× 70.9k 4.1× 1.6k 0.2× 1.8k 0.2× 321 111.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan W. Hell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan W. Hell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan W. Hell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan W. Hell 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 Stefan W. Hell. Stefan W. Hell 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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Weber, Michael, et al.. (2024). MINSTED tracking of single biomolecules. Nature Methods. 21(4). 569–573. 7 indexed citations
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Weber, Michael, et al.. (2024). Bleaching protection and axial sectioning in fluorescence nanoscopy through two-photon activation at 515 nm. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7472–7472. 4 indexed citations
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Sahl, Steffen J., Jessica Matthias, Michael Weber, et al.. (2024). Direct optical measurement of intramolecular distances with angstrom precision. Science. 386(6718). 180–187. 29 indexed citations
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Engelhardt, Johann, et al.. (2024). 4Pi MINFLUX arrangement maximizes spatio-temporal localization precision of fluorescence emitter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(11). e2318870121–e2318870121. 8 indexed citations
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Ferdman, Boris, Onit Alalouf, S.K. Pal, et al.. (2023). Near index matching enables solid diffractive optical element fabrication via additive manufacturing. Light Science & Applications. 12(1). 222–222. 14 indexed citations
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Jans, Daniel C., et al.. (2022). DNA-PAINT MINFLUX nanoscopy. Nature Methods. 19(9). 1072–1075. 73 indexed citations
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Matthias, Jessica, Johann Engelhardt, Martin Schäfer, et al.. (2021). Cytoplasmic Localization of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Inhibitors May Confer Advantages for Targeted Cancer Therapies. Cancer Research. 81(8). 2234–2245. 21 indexed citations
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Gregor, Carola, et al.. (2019). Autonomous bioluminescence imaging of single mammalian cells with the bacterial bioluminescence system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(52). 26491–26496. 42 indexed citations
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Vlijm, Rifka, Xue Li, Diana Rüthnick, et al.. (2018). STED Nanoscopy of the Centrosome Linker Reveals a CEP68-Organized, Periodic Rootletin Network Anchored to a C-Nap1 Ring at Centrioles. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 535a–535a. 1 indexed citations
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Butkevich, Alexey N., Gyuzel Yu. Mitronova, Sven C. Sidenstein, et al.. (2016). Fluoreszierende Rhodamine und fluorogene Carbopyronine für die STED‐Mikroskopie lebender Zellen. Angewandte Chemie. 128(10). 3350–3355. 34 indexed citations
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Wong, Aaron B., Mark A. Rutherford, Tina Pangršič, et al.. (2014). Developmental refinement of hair cell synapses tightens the coupling of Ca 2 + influx to exocytosis. The EMBO Journal. 33(3). n/a–n/a. 112 indexed citations
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Chmyrov, Andriy, Jan Keller‐Findeisen, Tim Grotjohann, et al.. (2013). Nanoscopy with more than 100,000 'doughnuts'. Nature Methods. 10(8). 737–740. 187 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chojnacki, Jakub, Thorsten Staudt, Bärbel Glass, et al.. (2012). Maturation-Dependent HIV-1 Surface Protein Redistribution Revealed by Fluorescence Nanoscopy. Science. 338(6106). 524–528. 218 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brakemann, T., André C. Stiel, Gert Weber, et al.. (2012). Dreiklang - the one, two, three in photoswitching.. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1 indexed citations
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Sahl, Steffen J., Marcel Leutenegger, Michael Hilbert, Stefan W. Hell, & Christian Eggeling. (2010). Fast molecular tracking maps nanoscale dynamics of plasma membrane lipids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(15). 6829–6834. 146 indexed citations
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Westphal, Volker, Silvio O. Rizzoli, Marcel A. Lauterbach, et al.. (2008). Video-Rate Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Dissects Synaptic Vesicle Movement. Science. 320(5873). 246–249. 596 indexed citations breakdown →
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Donnert, Gerald, Jan Keller‐Findeisen, Rebecca Medda, et al.. (2006). Macromolecular-scale resolution in biological fluorescence microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(31). 11440–11445. 389 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fitzner, Dirk, Anja Schneider, Wiebke Möbius, et al.. (2006). Myelin basic protein‐dependent plasma membrane reorganization in the formation of myelin. The EMBO Journal. 25(21). 5037–5048. 96 indexed citations
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Hofmann, M., Christian Eggeling, Stefan Jakobs, & Stefan W. Hell. (2005). Breaking the diffraction barrier in fluorescence microscopy at low light intensities by using reversibly photoswitchable proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(49). 17565–17569. 630 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westphal, Volker & Stefan W. Hell. (2005). Nanoscale Resolution in the Focal Plane of an Optical Microscope. Physical Review Letters. 94(14). 143903–143903. 341 indexed citations breakdown →

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