Thorsten Ritz

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Thorsten Ritz is a scholar working on Biophysics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorsten Ritz has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Biophysics, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thorsten Ritz's work include Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (29 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (20 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (17 papers). Thorsten Ritz is often cited by papers focused on Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects (29 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (20 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (17 papers). Thorsten Ritz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Thorsten Ritz's co-authors include Klaus Schulten, A. Damjanović, Roswitha Wiltschko, Wolfgang Wiltschko, Xiche Hu, Peter Thalau, Margaret Ahmad, John B. Phillips, Henrik Mouritsen and Katrin Stapput and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Ritz

60 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Model for Photoreceptor-Based Magnetoreception in Birds

2000 849 citations Thorsten Ritz, Klaus Schulten et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
The Cryptochromes: Blue Light Photoreceptors in Plants and Animals

2011 645 citations Thorsten Ritz, Klaus Brettel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thorsten Ritz United States	35	2.2k	1.9k	1.8k	1.5k	1.1k	61	5.7k
P. J. Hore United Kingdom	55	4.9k 2.3×	2.8k 1.5×	2.6k 1.4×	2.5k 1.7×	955 0.9×	228	11.5k
Christiane R. Timmel United Kingdom	42	3.4k 1.6×	912 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	957 0.7×	468 0.4×	112	5.9k
Ilia A. Solov’yov Germany	28	988 0.5×	782 0.4×	865 0.5×	728 0.5×	383 0.4×	150	3.3k
Margaret Ahmad France	48	1.2k 0.6×	3.7k 1.9×	2.2k 1.2×	183 0.1×	6.3k 5.8×	92	8.4k
Silvio O. Rizzoli Germany	45	2.3k 1.1×	4.7k 2.5×	2.7k 1.5×	645 0.4×	175 0.2×	157	8.7k
Erik Schleicher Germany	32	808 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	202 0.1×	1.7k 1.5×	67	4.2k
Christopher T. Rodgers United Kingdom	34	1.1k 0.5×	420 0.2×	512 0.3×	617 0.4×	188 0.2×	110	3.9k
Ehud Y. Isacoff United States	75	1.4k 0.6×	11.1k 5.8×	10.3k 5.6×	333 0.2×	651 0.6×	192	18.6k
U. Benjamin Kaupp Germany	64	275 0.1×	7.5k 3.9×	6.5k 3.5×	378 0.3×	511 0.5×	166	13.3k
Sean McKinney United States	27	2.0k 0.9×	4.4k 2.3×	1.2k 0.7×	666 0.5×	420 0.4×	58	7.2k

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Doležel, David, et al.. (2021). Cryptochrome-dependent magnetoreception in a heteropteran insect continues even after 24 h in darkness. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(19). 19 indexed citations

Hong, Gongyi, Ruth Pachter, Lars‐Oliver Essen, & Thorsten Ritz. (2020). Electron transfer and spin dynamics of the radical-pair in the cryptochrome from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by computational analysis. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 152(6). 65101–65101. 8 indexed citations

Ritz, Thorsten, et al.. (2020). The reference-probe model for a robust and optimal radical-pair-based magnetic compass sensor. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 152(6). 65104–65104. 11 indexed citations

Ritz, Thorsten, et al.. (2020). Arabidopsis cryptochrome is responsive to Radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 11260–11260. 22 indexed citations

Doležel, David, et al.. (2019). Weak radiofrequency fields affect the insect circadian clock. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 16(158). 20190285–20190285. 23 indexed citations

Jourdan, Nathalie, Mohamed A. El‐Esawi, Alain d’Harlingue, et al.. (2017). Blue-light induced accumulation of reactive oxygen species is a consequence of the Drosophila cryptochrome photocycle. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0171836–e0171836. 42 indexed citations

Usselman, Robert J., Pablo R. Castello, Thorsten Ritz, et al.. (2016). The Quantum Biology of Reactive Oxygen Species Partitioning Impacts Cellular Bioenergetics. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 38543–38543. 86 indexed citations

Ritz, Thorsten, et al.. (2016). Inhomogeneous ensembles of radical pairs in chemical compasses. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35443–35443. 8 indexed citations

Ritz, Thorsten, et al.. (2014). Radical-pair based avian magnetoreception. APS. 2014.

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Müller, Pavel, Jean‐Pierre Bouly, Kenichi Hitomi, et al.. (2014). ATP Binding Turns Plant Cryptochrome Into an Efficient Natural Photoswitch. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 5175–5175. 81 indexed citations

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Cruz-Chú, Eduardo R., Thorsten Ritz, Zuzanna S. Siwy, & Klaus Schulten. (2009). Molecular control of ionic conduction in polymer nanopores. Faraday Discussions. 143. 47–47. 41 indexed citations

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Ritz, Thorsten, Roswitha Wiltschko, P. J. Hore, et al.. (2009). Magnetic Compass of Birds Is Based on a Molecule with Optimal Directional Sensitivity. Biophysical Journal. 96(8). 3451–3457. 245 indexed citations

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Roland, Jason, et al.. (2008). Using steered molecular dynamics simulations and single-molecule force spectroscopy to guide the rational design of biomimetic modular polymeric materials. Polymer. 49(18). 3892–3901. 23 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Margaret, Paul Galland, Thorsten Ritz, Roswitha Wiltschko, & Wolfgang Wiltschko. (2006). Magnetic intensity affects cryptochrome-dependent responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta. 225(3). 615–624. 156 indexed citations

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Ritz, Thorsten, et al.. (2006). On the use of magnets to disrupt the physiological compass of birds. Physical Biology. 3(3). 220–231. 25 indexed citations

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Ritz, Thorsten. (2005). Resonance effects indicate radical pair mechanism for avian magnetic compass. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

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Mouritsen, Henrik & Thorsten Ritz. (2005). Magnetoreception and its use in bird navigation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 15(4). 406–414. 151 indexed citations

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Wiltschko, Roswitha, Thorsten Ritz, Katrin Stapput, Peter Thalau, & Wolfgang Wiltschko. (2005). Two Different Types of Light-Dependent Responses to Magnetic Fields in Birds. Current Biology. 15(16). 1518–1523. 56 indexed citations

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Ritz, Thorsten, Peter Thalau, John B. Phillips, Roswitha Wiltschko, & Wolfgang Wiltschko. (2004). Resonance effects indicate a radical-pair mechanism for avian magnetic compass. Nature. 429(6988). 177–180. 429 indexed citations

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Ritz, Thorsten & Klaus Schulten. (2001). Physik der Photosynthese: Wie Bakterien die Quantenphysik ausnutzen, um effizient Photosynthese zu betreiben. Physikalische Blätter. 57(2). 49–53. 2 indexed citations

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