W. Doster

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

W. Doster is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Doster has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cell Biology and 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in W. Doster's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (35 papers), Hemoglobin structure and function (27 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (17 papers). W. Doster is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (35 papers), Hemoglobin structure and function (27 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (17 papers). W. Doster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. W. Doster's co-authors include W. Petry, S. Cusack, Marcus Settles, Ronald Gebhardt, Alfons Schulte, Markus Diehl, Hans Frauenfelder, Marie‐Sousai Appavou, S. Longeville and Sebastian Büsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

W. Doster

66 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamical transition of m... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 250 500 750
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. Dynamical transition of myoglobin revealed by inelastic neutron scattering
    1989 931 citations W. Doster, S. Cusack et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
W. Doster 2.9k 2.0k 2.0k 1.1k 712 66 4.8k
Annette Tardieu 5.0k 1.8× 1.6k 0.8× 980 0.5× 430 0.4× 538 0.8× 82 6.9k
Emanuele Paci 4.0k 1.4× 1.7k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 669 0.6× 432 0.6× 129 5.3k
Javier Sancho 3.9k 1.4× 3.4k 1.7× 2.2k 1.1× 452 0.4× 351 0.5× 190 7.9k
Antonio Cupane 1.7k 0.6× 967 0.5× 893 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 341 0.5× 127 3.0k
Kazuyuki Akasaka 3.0k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 477 0.2× 468 0.4× 1.1k 1.5× 146 4.1k
Giuseppe Zaccaı̈ 6.7k 2.4× 2.9k 1.5× 2.0k 1.0× 728 0.7× 1.4k 2.0× 183 9.3k
Lorna J. Smith 4.8k 1.7× 2.9k 1.5× 534 0.3× 542 0.5× 1.3k 1.9× 101 6.8k
Gary J. Pielak 7.7k 2.7× 3.1k 1.6× 859 0.4× 1.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.6× 209 9.9k
Benjamin H. McMahon 2.6k 0.9× 862 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 960 0.9× 461 0.6× 84 3.9k
T. Gulik‐Krzywicki 2.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 621 0.3× 302 0.3× 484 0.7× 94 5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by W. Doster

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of W. Doster'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 W. Doster with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W. Doster more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by W. Doster

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Doster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Doster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Doster 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 W. Doster. W. Doster 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
1.
Nakagawa, Hiroshi, Marie‐Sousai Appavou, Joachim Wuttke, et al.. (2021). Nanosecond structural dynamics of intrinsically disordered β-casein micelles by neutron spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal. 120(23). 5408–5420. 1 indexed citations
2.
3.
Appavou, Marie‐Sousai, Sebastian Büsch, W. Doster, Ana Maria Minarelli Gaspar, & Tobias Unruh. (2011). The influence of 2 kbar pressure on the global and internal dynamics of human hemoglobin observed by quasielastic neutron scattering. European Biophysics Journal. 40(6). 705–714. 13 indexed citations
4.
Doster, W., Sebastian Büsch, Ana Maria Minarelli Gaspar, et al.. (2010). Dynamical Transition of Protein-Hydration Water. Physical Review Letters. 104(9). 98101–98101. 159 indexed citations
5.
Doster, W.. (2009). The protein-solvent glass transition. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1804(1). 3–14. 153 indexed citations
6.
Doster, W. & Thomas Gutberlet. (2009). The Protein-Water Energy Seascape. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1804(1). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
7.
Doster, W.. (2008). The dynamical transition of proteins, concepts and misconceptions. European Biophysics Journal. 37(5). 591–602. 147 indexed citations
8.
Gaspar, Ana Maria Minarelli, Marie‐Sousai Appavou, Sebastian Büsch, Tobias Unruh, & W. Doster. (2008). Dynamics of well-folded and natively disordered proteins in solution: a time-of-flight neutron scattering study. European Biophysics Journal. 37(5). 573–582. 62 indexed citations
9.
Müller‐Buschbaum, Peter, Ronald Gebhardt, Stephan V. Roth, Ezzeldin Metwalli, & W. Doster. (2007). Effect of Calcium Concentration on the Structure of Casein Micelles in Thin Films. Biophysical Journal. 93(3). 960–968. 87 indexed citations
10.
Doster, W. & S. Longeville. (2007). Microscopic Diffusion and Hydrodynamic Interactions of Hemoglobin in Red Blood Cells. Biophysical Journal. 93(4). 1360–1368. 72 indexed citations
11.
Doster, W., et al.. (2006). Protection by sucrose against heat-induced lethal and sublethal injury of Lactococcus lactis: An FT-IR study. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1764(7). 1188–1197. 36 indexed citations
12.
Gebhardt, Ronald, W. Doster, J. Friedrich, & Ulrich Kulozik. (2006). Size distribution of pressure-decomposed casein micelles studied by dynamic light scattering and AFM. European Biophysics Journal. 35(6). 503–509. 78 indexed citations
13.
Diehl, Martin, et al.. (2001). Effect of Pressure Denaturation on Molecular Motions of Myoglobin. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
14.
Demmel, F., W. Doster, W. Petry, & Alfons Schulte. (1997). Vibrational frequency shifts as a probe of hydrogen bonds: thermal expansion and glass transition of myoglobin in mixed solvents. European Biophysics Journal. 26(4). 327–335. 81 indexed citations
15.
Agmon, Noam, et al.. (1994). The transition from inhomogeneous to homogeneous kinetics in CO binding to myoglobin. Biophysical Journal. 66(5). 1612–1622. 38 indexed citations
16.
Doster, W., et al.. (1993). Structural relaxation and nonexponential kinetics of CO-binding to horse myoglobin. Multiple flash photolysis experiments. Biophysical Journal. 64(6). 1833–1842. 60 indexed citations
17.
Settles, Marcus, et al.. (1992). Solvent damping of internal processes in myoglobin studied by specific heat spectroscopy and flash photolysis. Biophysical Chemistry. 43(2). 107–116. 16 indexed citations
18.
19.
Doster, W., Walter Schirmacher, & Marcus Settles. (1990). Percolation model of ionic channel dynamics. Biophysical Journal. 57(3). 681–684. 9 indexed citations
20.
Doster, W., S. Cusack, & W. Petry. (1989). Dynamical transition of myoglobin revealed by inelastic neutron scattering. Nature. 337(6209). 754–756. 931 indexed citations breakdown →

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

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Annette Tardieu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Emanuele Paci Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Javier Sancho Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Antonio Cupane Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kazuyuki Akasaka Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Giuseppe Zaccaı̈ Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lorna J. Smith Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Gary J. Pielak Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Benjamin H. McMahon Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by T. Gulik‐Krzywicki
Rankless by CCL
2026