Warren R. Zipfel

19.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
132 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Warren R. Zipfel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Warren R. Zipfel has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Biophysics and 43 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Warren R. Zipfel's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (42 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (19 papers) and Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications (8 papers). Warren R. Zipfel is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (42 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (19 papers) and Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications (8 papers). Warren R. Zipfel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Warren R. Zipfel's co-authors include Watt W. Webb, Rebecca M. Williams, Chris Xu, Daniel R. Larson, W. W. Webb, Frank W. Wise, Stephen W. Clark, Marcel P. Bruchez, Bradley T. Hyman and Jason B. Shear and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Warren R. Zipfel

131 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Nonlinear magic: multiphoton microscopy in the biosciences

2003 3.0k citations Warren R. Zipfel, Rebecca M. Williams et al. profile →
Water-Soluble Quantum Dots for Multiphoton Fluorescence Imaging in Vivo

2003 1.9k citations Warren R. Zipfel, Rebecca M. Williams et al. profile →
Live tissue intrinsic emission microscopy using multiphoton-excited native fluorescence and second harmonic generation

2003 1.3k citations Warren R. Zipfel, Rebecca M. Williams et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Multiphoton fluorescence excitation: new spectral windows for biological nonlinear microscopy.

1996 929 citations Chris Xu, Warren R. Zipfel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Interpreting Second-Harmonic Generation Images of Collagen I Fibrils

2004 680 citations Rebecca M. Williams, Warren R. Zipfel et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
Neural Activity Triggers Neuronal Oxidative Metabolism Followed by Astrocytic Glycolysis

2004 592 citations Warren R. Zipfel, Watt W. Webb et al. profile →

Peers

Warren R. Zipfel

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Alberto Diaspro Italy

Rebecca M. Williams United States

Markus Sauer Germany

Stefan Jakobs Germany

George H. Patterson United States

Rachid Sougrat Saudi Arabia

Bo Huang United States

G. Ulrich Nienhaus Germany

Thomas M. Jovin Germany

Kai Johnsson Switzerland

Alberto Diaspro Italy

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Countries citing papers authored by Warren R. Zipfel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Warren R. Zipfel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Warren R. Zipfel

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

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Suri, Mokshin, Bing Fu, Peng Chen, et al.. (2025). Spatially resolved charge-transfer kinetics at the quantum dot–microbe interface using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(12). e2407987122–e2407987122. 2 indexed citations

Park, Sangwoo, Marshall J. Colville, Carolyn R. Shurer, et al.. (2024). Immunoengineering can overcome the glycocalyx armour of cancer cells. Nature Materials. 23(3). 429–438. 20 indexed citations

Grodner, Benjamin, Hao Shi, Albert C. Vill, et al.. (2024). Spatial mapping of mobile genetic elements and their bacterial hosts in complex microbiomes. Nature Microbiology. 9(9). 2262–2277. 26 indexed citations

Zipfel, Warren R., et al.. (2024). Fluorescent protein tags affect the condensation properties of a phase-separating viral protein. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 35(7). ar100–ar100. 10 indexed citations

Graham, Thomas G.W., et al.. (2024). Live-cell imaging of RNA Pol II and elongation factors distinguishes competing mechanisms of transcription regulation. Molecular Cell. 84(15). 2856–2869.e9. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Han‐Yuan, Annett Richter, Srinivasan Krishnan, et al.. (2024). Plant Membrane-On-A-Chip: A Platform for Studying Plant Membrane Proteins and Lipids. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(16). 20092–20104. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Rebecca M., et al.. (2023). Endothelial cells metabolically regulate breast cancer invasion toward a microvessel. APL Bioengineering. 7(4). 46116–46116. 4 indexed citations

Park, Sangwoo, Marshall J. Colville, Carolyn R. Shurer, et al.. (2023). Mucins form a nanoscale physical barrier against immune cell attack. Biophysical Journal. 122(3). 435a–435a. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Weizhen, C. Y. Chang, Jeff Melkonian, et al.. (2021). A minimally disruptive method for measuring water potential in planta using hydrogel nanoreporters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(23). 38 indexed citations

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Keresztes, Ivan, Samantha N. MacMillan, Yang Yang, et al.. (2020). Oxyaapa: A Picolinate-Based Ligand with Five Oxygen Donors that Strongly Chelates Lanthanides. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(7). 5116–5132. 18 indexed citations

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Singh, Avtar, et al.. (2020). Stoichiometric analysis of protein complexes by cell fusion and single molecule imaging. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14866–14866. 5 indexed citations

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Michaudel, Quentin, Veronika Kottisch, Michael J. Supej, et al.. (2017). Mechanistic Insight into the Photocontrolled Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(43). 15530–15538. 121 indexed citations

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Wang, Juan, et al.. (2014). Fast Binding Kinetics of RNA Aptamers Measured using a Novel Microfluidic Mixer. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 796a–796a. 1 indexed citations

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Tewari, Ashutosh, Maria M. Shevchuk, Joshua Sterling, et al.. (2011). Multiphoton microscopy for structure identification in human prostate and periprostatic tissue: implications in prostate cancer surgery. British Journal of Urology. 108(9). 1421–1429. 49 indexed citations

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Singh, Avtar, et al.. (2010). A Comparison of Objective Lenses for Multiphoton Microscopy: Improved Epifluorescence Collection from Turbid Samples. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 178a–178a. 1 indexed citations

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Zobeck, Katie L., et al.. (2010). Recruitment Timing and Dynamics of Transcription Factors at the Hsp70 Loci in Living Cells. Molecular Cell. 40(6). 965–975. 106 indexed citations

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Kim, Sally A., Hugo Sanabria, Michelle A. Digman, et al.. (2010). Quantifying Translational Mobility in Neurons: Comparison between Current Optical Techniques. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(49). 16409–16416. 17 indexed citations

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Zipfel, Warren R., et al.. (2009). A Scheme for Increasing the Collection Efficiency of Multiphoton Microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 639a–639a. 2 indexed citations

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Leite, M. Fátima, et al.. (2003). Regulation of calcium signals in the nucleus by a nucleoplasmic reticulum. Nature Cell Biology. 5(5). 440–446. 314 indexed citations

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Williams, Rebecca M., et al.. (1999). Mucosal Mast Cell Secretion Processes Imaged Using Three-Photon Microscopy of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Autofluorescence. Biophysical Journal. 76(4). 1835–1846. 57 indexed citations

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