Frank Schmitz

142 total papers · 10.7k total citations
107 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Frank Schmitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Schmitz has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 37 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Frank Schmitz’s work include Retinal Development and Disorders (39 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (34 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (27 papers). Frank Schmitz is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (39 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (34 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (27 papers). Frank Schmitz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frank Schmitz's co-authors include Alfons Schnitzler, Thomas C. Südhof, Hans‐Joachim Freund, Alfred Wittinghofer, Alfred Lautwein, Klaus Scheffzek, Mohammad Reza Ahmadian, Wolfgang Kabsch, Lisa Wiesmüller and Yun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Schmitz

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

Frank Schmitz

104 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Schmitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Schmitz

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