Theo Odijk

6.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
94 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Theo Odijk is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Theo Odijk has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Theo Odijk's work include Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (28 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (23 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (23 papers). Theo Odijk is often cited by papers focused on Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (28 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (23 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (23 papers). Theo Odijk collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Colombia. Theo Odijk's co-authors include H. N. W. Lekkerkerker, Job Ubbink, A. Stroobants, Conrad L. Woldringh, Sónia M. P. R. M. Cunha, G. J. Vroege, Kyubong Jo, Juan Pablo, David C. Schwartz and Paul van der Schoot and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Theo Odijk

92 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Polyelectrolytes near the rod limit

1977 601 citations Theo Odijk profile →
The statistics and dynamics of confined or entangled stiff polymers

1983 488 citations Theo Odijk Macromolecules profile →
Possible Scaling Relations for Semidilute Polyelectrolyte Solutions

1979 296 citations Theo Odijk Macromolecules profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Theo Odijk Netherlands	36	1.8k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	1.2k	94	5.6k
Arun Yethiraj United States	54	2.9k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	3.9k 2.3×	1.2k 1.1×	227	7.7k
Shô Asakura Japan	31	1.8k 1.0×	594 0.3×	1.9k 1.1×	3.1k 1.8×	1.1k 0.9×	49	6.8k
Erik Luijten United States	41	1.8k 1.0×	749 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	3.8k 2.3×	1.5k 1.3×	122	7.5k
Seth Fraden United States	44	1.8k 1.0×	512 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.4×	870 0.7×	110	6.1k
Mathias Lösche Germany	42	1.1k 0.6×	427 0.2×	3.1k 1.8×	1.0k 0.6×	620 0.5×	105	5.8k
Markus Deserno United States	40	1.5k 0.8×	781 0.4×	3.9k 2.3×	1.0k 0.6×	603 0.5×	108	5.7k
Kevin D. Dorfman United States	40	2.8k 1.5×	638 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	830 0.7×	206	5.4k
Jaan Noolandi Canada	48	2.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	586 0.3×	3.1k 1.9×	1.7k 1.4×	179	7.6k
Yu‐qiang Ma China	38	1.9k 1.1×	343 0.2×	2.7k 1.6×	2.0k 1.2×	932 0.8×	282	6.8k
Prabal K. Maiti India	42	1.5k 0.8×	334 0.2×	3.1k 1.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	209	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Theo Odijk

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Theo Odijk's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Theo Odijk with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Theo Odijk more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Theo Odijk

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Theo Odijk. 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 Theo Odijk. The network helps show where Theo Odijk may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Theo Odijk

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

1.

Lavergne, Marine Devezeaux de, et al.. (2023). A quantitative information measure applied to texture perception attributes during mastication. Journal of Texture Studies. 55(1). 2 indexed citations

2.

Zeng, Shuangshuang, Mauro Chinappi, Fabio Cecconi, Theo Odijk, & Zhen Zhang. (2022). DNA compaction and dynamic observation in a nanopore gated sub-attoliter silicon nanocavity. Nanoscale. 14(33). 12038–12047. 5 indexed citations

3.

Hernández-Ortíz, Juan P., Konstantinos Potamousis, Michael Place, et al.. (2017). Electrostatic confinement and manipulation of DNA molecules for genome analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(51). 13400–13405. 23 indexed citations

4.

Odijk, Theo. (2014). A tree swaying in a turbulent wind: a scaling analysis. Journal of Biological Physics. 41(1). 1–7. 2 indexed citations

5.

Odijk, Theo. (2008). Scaling theory of DNA confined in nanochannels and nanoslits. Physical Review E. 77(6). 60901–60901. 180 indexed citations

6.

Malek, Kourosh, Theo Odijk, & Marc‐Olivier Coppens. (2005). Diffusion of water and sodium counter-ions in nanopores of a β-lactoglobulin crystal: a molecular dynamics study. Nanotechnology. 16(7). S522–S530. 16 indexed citations

7.

Malek, Kourosh, Theo Odijk, & Marc‐Olivier Coppens. (2004). Diffusion in Protein Crystals—A Computer Simulation. ChemPhysChem. 5(10). 1596–1599. 22 indexed citations

8.

Cunha, Sónia M. P. R. M., et al.. (2001). Isolation of the Escherichia coli nucleoid. Biochimie. 83(2). 149–154. 39 indexed citations

9.

Cunha, Sónia M. P. R. M., Conrad L. Woldringh, & Theo Odijk. (2001). Polymer-Mediated Compaction and Internal Dynamics of Isolated Escherichia coli Nucleoids. Journal of Structural Biology. 136(1). 53–66. 109 indexed citations

10.

Odijk, Theo. (2000). Depletion Theory of Protein Transport in Semi-Dilute Polymer Solutions. Biophysical Journal. 79(5). 2314–2321. 45 indexed citations

11.

Ubbink, Job & Theo Odijk. (1999). Electrostatic-Undulatory Theory of Plectonemically Supercoiled DNA. Biophysical Journal. 76(5). 2502–2519. 65 indexed citations

12.

Odijk, Theo. (1998). Hexagonally Packed DNA within Bacteriophage T7 Stabilized by Curvature Stress. Biophysical Journal. 75(3). 1223–1227. 92 indexed citations

13.

Odijk, Theo. (1997). Depletion around a Protein Sphere Interacting with a Semidilute Polymer Solution. Langmuir. 13(13). 3579–3581. 20 indexed citations

14.

Ubbink, Job & Theo Odijk. (1995). Polymer- and salt-induced toroids of hexagonal DNA. Biophysical Journal. 68(1). 54–61. 90 indexed citations

15.

Odijk, Theo. (1994). Long-Range Attraction in Polyelectrolyte Solutions. Macromolecules. 27(18). 4998–5003. 26 indexed citations

16.

Odijk, Theo. (1991). Growth of linear charged micelles. Biophysical Chemistry. 41(1). 23–29. 19 indexed citations

17.

Odijk, Theo. (1991). Impact of nonuniform counterion condensation on the growth of linear charged micelles. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 176(2). 201–205. 17 indexed citations

18.

Odijk, Theo. (1988). Disentanglement of rods in semidilute and liquid-crystalline solutions in elongational flow. Macromolecules. 21(12). 3511–3515. 5 indexed citations

19.

Odijk, Theo. (1986). Osmotic pressure of a nematic solution of polydisperse rod-like macromolecules. Liquid Crystals. 1(1). 97–100. 12 indexed citations

20.

Odijk, Theo. (1985). Scaling theory of the isotropic-liquid crystalline phase transition in a solution of wormlike polymers. 26(7). 197–198. 12 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact