Manfred Eigen

196 papers receiving 19.2k citations

Manfred Eigen's Hit Papers

Sorting single molecules: application to diagnostics and evolutionary biotechnology. 1994 · 829 citations
8290+22+45Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k2.5k

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Manfred Eigen
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  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 4.4k
  • Biophysics 1.1k
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1.6k
  • Genetics 4.6k
  • Filtration and Separation 311
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Manfred Eigen, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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Selforganization of matter and the evolution of biological macromolecules
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19712787
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Proton Transfer, Acid‐Base Catalysis, and Enzymatic Hydrolysis. Part I: ELEMENTARY PROCESSES
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19641636
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The Hypercycle: A principle of natural self-organization
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19791532
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A principle of natural self-organization
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19771355
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Sorting single molecules: application to diagnostics and evolutionary biotechnology.
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1994829
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The Hypercycle
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1979691
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The Hypercycle
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1978571
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Self-dissociation and protonic charge transport in water and
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1958523
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Molecular quasi-species
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1988507
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Fast elementary steps in chemical reaction mechanisms
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1963485
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Protonenübertragung, Säure-Base-Katalyse und enzymatische Hydrolyse. Teil I: Elementarvorgänge
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Co-operative non-enzymatic base recognition III. Kinetics of the helix—coil transition of the oligoribouridylic · oligoriboadenylic acid system and of oligoriboadenylic acid alone at acidic pH
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14 1974303
15 1965302
16 1962288
17 1981277
18 1969264
19 1998259
20 1993253

About Manfred Eigen

Manfred Eigen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Genetics and Organic Chemistry, having authored 216 papers that have together received 21.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Origins and Evolution of Life (38 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (19 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (15 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (13 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (11 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.4k citations), Biophysics (1.1k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (1.6k citations), Genetics (4.6k citations) and Filtration and Separation (311 citations). Manfred Eigen has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Frequent co-authors include Peter Schuster, Rudolf Rigler, Christof Κ. Biebricher, Ruthild Winkler‐Oswatitsch, L. De Maeyer, Dietmar Pörschke, W. C. Gardiner, John S. McCaskill, Kenneth Kustin and Péter Richter. Their work appears in journals such as Die Naturwissenschaften, Complexity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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