Wolfhard Almers

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Wolfhard Almers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfhard Almers has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wolfhard Almers's work include Cellular transport and secretion (27 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (25 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (8 papers). Wolfhard Almers is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (27 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (25 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (8 papers). Wolfhard Almers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Wolfhard Almers's co-authors include Christien J. Merrifield, Lei Wan, Morris E. Feldman, Justin W. Taraska, Manfred Lindau, David Perrais, I. Wunderlich, Thierry Soldati, Edwin W. McCleskey and David Zenisek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wolfhard Almers

40 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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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.

Imaging actin and dynamin recruitment during invagination of single clathrin-coated pits

2002 558 citations Christien J. Merrifield, Morris E. Feldman et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfhard Almers United States	30	3.7k	2.6k	1.7k	575	370	40	5.0k
Kiyoko Fukami Japan	47	4.2k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	813 0.5×	787 1.4×	533 1.4×	121	7.2k
Britta Qualmann Germany	40	3.7k 1.0×	3.9k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	672 1.2×	226 0.6×	89	6.3k
Michael M. Kessels Germany	39	3.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	537 0.9×	269 0.7×	87	5.4k
William J. Betz United States	43	4.8k 1.3×	3.1k 1.2×	4.3k 2.5×	532 0.9×	263 0.7×	78	6.9k
W. Almers United States	46	6.7k 1.8×	3.0k 1.2×	4.0k 2.3×	734 1.3×	418 1.1×	70	8.2k
Xinran Liu United States	48	5.5k 1.5×	3.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.5×	715 1.2×	110 0.3×	108	8.1k
Masaki Fukata Japan	57	6.6k 1.8×	4.3k 1.7×	2.5k 1.4×	784 1.4×	153 0.4×	104	10.2k
Bo Chang United States	52	7.3k 2.0×	973 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	303 0.5×	162 0.4×	162	9.0k
Wolfgang Baehr United States	63	10.6k 2.9×	1.7k 0.7×	5.0k 2.9×	532 0.9×	213 0.6×	196	12.5k
Steven S. Vogel United States	32	3.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	402 0.7×	821 2.2×	68	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfhard Almers

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Zhao, Ying, et al.. (2013). Rapid structural change in synaptosomal-associated protein 25 (SNAP25) precedes the fusion of single vesicles with the plasma membrane in live chromaffin cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(35). 14249–14254. 36 indexed citations

Zhao, Ying, et al.. (2012). Sub-Frame Time Resolution in Fluorescence Imaging Reveals Delay Between SNAP25 Conformational change and Secretory Events in Chromaffin Cells. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 317a–318a. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Xi, Sebastian Barg, & Wolfhard Almers. (2008). Release of the Styryl Dyes from Single Synaptic Vesicles in Hippocampal Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(8). 1894–1903. 39 indexed citations

Grabner, Chad P., et al.. (2007). Stimulated exocytosis of endosomes in goldfish retinal bipolar neurons. The Journal of Physiology. 584(3). 853–865. 27 indexed citations

An, Seong Jin & Wolfhard Almers. (2004). Tracking SNARE Complex Formation in Live Endocrine Cells. Science. 306(5698). 1042–1046. 109 indexed citations

Taraska, Justin W. & Wolfhard Almers. (2004). Bilayers merge even when exocytosis is transient. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(23). 8780–8785. 104 indexed citations

Perrais, David, Ingo Kleppe, Justin W. Taraska, & Wolfhard Almers. (2004). Recapture after exocytosis causes differential retention of protein in granules of bovine chromaffin cells. The Journal of Physiology. 560(2). 413–428. 142 indexed citations

Merrifield, Christien J., Britta Qualmann, Michael M. Kessels, & Wolfhard Almers. (2004). Neural Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome Protein (N-WASP) and the Arp2/3 complex are recruited to sites of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in cultured fibroblasts. European Journal of Cell Biology. 83(1). 13–18. 176 indexed citations

Zenisek, David, et al.. (2002). A Membrane Marker Leaves Synaptic Vesicles in Milliseconds after Exocytosis in Retinal Bipolar Cells. Neuron. 35(6). 1085–1097. 153 indexed citations

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Merrifield, Christien J., Morris E. Feldman, Lei Wan, & Wolfhard Almers. (2002). Imaging actin and dynamin recruitment during invagination of single clathrin-coated pits. Nature Cell Biology. 4(9). 691–698. 558 indexed citations breakdown →

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Neuhaus, Eva M., Wolfhard Almers, & Thierry Soldati. (2002). Morphology and Dynamics of the Endocytic Pathway inDictyostelium discoideum. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13(4). 1390–1407. 60 indexed citations

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Merrifield, Christien J., Ursula Rescher, Wolfhard Almers, et al.. (2001). Annexin 2 has an essential role in actin-based macropinocytic rocketing. Current Biology. 11(14). 1136–1141. 91 indexed citations

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Lang, Thorsten, Irene Wacker, Christoph Kaether, et al.. (1997). Ca2+-Triggered Peptide Secretion in Single Cells Imaged with Green Fluorescent Protein and Evanescent-Wave Microscopy. Neuron. 18(6). 857–863. 189 indexed citations

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Henkel, Andreas & Wolfhard Almers. (1996). Fast steps in exocytosis and endocytosis studied by capacitance measurements in endocrine cells. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 6(3). 350–357. 143 indexed citations

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Lindau, Manfred & Wolfhard Almers. (1995). Structure and function of fusion pores in exocytosis and ectoplasmic membrane fusion. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 7(4). 509–517. 209 indexed citations

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Parsons, Thomas D., David Lenzi, Wolfhard Almers, & William M. Roberts. (1994). Calcium-triggered exocytosis and endocytosis in an isolated presynaptic cell: Capacitance measurements in saccular hair cells. Neuron. 13(4). 875–883. 207 indexed citations

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Roberts, William M. & Wolfhard Almers. (1992). [9] Patch voltage clamping with low-resistance seals: Loose patch clamp. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 207. 155–176. 25 indexed citations

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Thomas, Paul & Wolfhard Almers. (1992). Exocytosis and its control at the synapse. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2(3). 308–311. 15 indexed citations

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Pfaffinger, Paul J., Mark D. Leibowitz, E M Subers, et al.. (1988). Agonists that suppress M-current elicit phosphoinositide turnover and Ca2+ transients, but these events do not explain M-current suppression. Neuron. 1(6). 477–484. 122 indexed citations

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Palade, Philip & Wolfhard Almers. (1981). The Ca++ channel in frog muscle cell membrane. A pharmacological profile. Biophysical Journal. 33. 1 indexed citations

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