Kai Simons

413 papers and 81.6k indexed citations
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About

Kai Simons is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Simons has authored 413 papers receiving a total of 81.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 253 papers in Molecular Biology, 167 papers in Cell Biology and 80 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Kai Simons’s work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (124 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (117 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (47 papers). Kai Simons is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (124 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (117 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (47 papers). Kai Simons collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Finland. Kai Simons's co-authors include Elina Ikonen, Derek Toomre, Daniel Lingwood, Robert G. Parton, Ari Helenius, Patrick Keller, Gerrit van Meer, Andrej Shevchenko, Robert Ehehalt and Gareth Griffiths and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Simons

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Simons

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Simons

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