Sascha W. Epp

9.8k citations

81 papers · 7.8k · 2 hit papers · h-index 39

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Structural Biology top 0.02%
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Radiation top 0.05%
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Papers in

Radiation 51
- Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques 40
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis 26
Structural Biology 29
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications 29

Co-authors: José R. Crespo López-Urrutia (15 shared papers)J. Ullrich (17 shared papers)Paul H. Mokler (7 shared papers)V. Mäckel (6 shared papers)R. J. Dwayne Miller (5 shared papers)Thomas M. Baumann (7 shared papers)W. Würth (2 shared papers)Christian Beilmann (6 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review Letters (9 papers)Optics Express (7 papers)Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (6 papers)Nature (4 papers)Physical Review A (4 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Sweden

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Sascha W. Epp

80 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Sascha W. Epp's Hit Papers

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Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography 2011 · 1.7k citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2011 Nature
2011 Nature

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1	Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography Nature ·Henry N. Chapman, Petra Fromme, Anton Barty, Thomas A. White, Richard A. Kirian, Andrew Aquila, Mark S. Hunter, Joachim Schulz Hit paper breakdown →	2011	1713
2	Single mimivirus particles intercepted and imaged with an X-ray laser Nature ·Marvin M. Seibert, Tomas Ekeberg, Filipe R. N. C. Maia, Martin Svenda, Jakob Andreasson, H. Olof Jönsson, Duško Odić, Bianca Iwan Hit paper breakdown →	2011	718
3	Self-terminating diffraction gates femtosecond X-ray nanocrystallography measurements Nature Photonics ·Anton Barty, Carl Caleman, Andrew Aquila, Nicuşor Tı̂mneanu, Lukas Lomb, Thomas A. White, Jakob Andreasson, David Arnlund	2011	286
4	Nanoscale spin reversal by non-local angular momentum transfer following ultrafast laser excitation in ferrimagnetic GdFeCo Nature Materials ·Catherine E. Graves, A. H. Reid, Tianyu Wang, Baoliin (Zaitian) Wu, S. de Jong, K. Vahaplar, Iuliana P. Radu, David P. Bernstein	2013	278
5	Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Giant Mimivirus Particle with an X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Physical Review Letters ·Tomas Ekeberg, Martin Svenda, Chantal Abergel, Filipe R. N. C. Maia, Virginie Seltzer, Jean‐Michel Claverie, Max F. Hantke, H. Olof Jönsson	2015	263
6	Large-format, high-speed, X-ray pnCCDs combined with electron and ion imaging spectrometers in a multipurpose chamber for experiments at 4th generation light sources Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·Lothar Strüder, Sascha W. Epp, Daniel Rolles, Robert Hartmann, P. Holl, G. Lutz, Heike Soltau, Rouven Eckart	2010	243
7	Ultra-efficient ionization of heavy atoms by intense X-ray free-electron laser pulses Nature Photonics ·Benedikt Rudek, Sang-Kil Son, L. Foucar, Sascha W. Epp, Benjamin Erk, Robert Hartmann, M. Adolph, Robert Andritschke	2012	216
8	X-Ray Diffraction from Isolated and Strongly Aligned Gas-Phase Molecules with a Free-Electron Laser Physical Review Letters ·Jochen Küpper, Stephan Stern, Lotte Holmegaard, Frank Filsinger, Arnaud Rouzée, Artem A. Rudenko, P. Johnsson, Andrew V. Martin	2014	215
9	Nanoplasma Dynamics of Single Large Xenon Clusters Irradiated with Superintense X-Ray Pulses from the Linac Coherent Light Source Free-Electron Laser Physical Review Letters ·T. Gorkhover, M. Adolph, Daniela Rupp, Sebastian Schorb, Sascha W. Epp, Benjamin Erk, L. Foucar, Robert Hartmann	2012	204
10	Time-resolved protein nanocrystallography using an X-ray free-electron laser Optics Express ·Andrew Aquila, Mark S. Hunter, R. Bruce Doak, Richard A. Kirian, Petra Fromme, Thomas A. White, Jakob Andreasson, David Arnlund	2012	202
11	Shapes and vorticities of superfluid helium nanodroplets Science ·Luis F. Gomez, Ken Ferguson, James Cryan, Camila Bacellar, Rico Mayro P. Tanyag, Curtis F. Jones, Sebastian Schorb, Denis Anielski	2014	189
12	Imaging charge transfer in iodomethane upon x-ray photoabsorption Science ·Benjamin Erk, Rebecca Boll, Sebastian H. Trippel, Denis Anielski, L. Foucar, Benedikt Rudek, Sascha W. Epp, Ryan Coffee	2014	179
13	Fractal morphology, imaging and mass spectrometry of single aerosol particles in flight Nature ·N. Duane Loh, Christina Y. Hampton, Andrew V. Martin, Dmitri Starodub, Raymond G. Sierra, Anton Barty, Andrew Aquila, Joachim Schulz	2012	171
14	In vivo protein crystallization opens new routes in structural biology Nature Methods ·Rudolf Koopmann, Karolina Cupelli, Lars Redecke, Karol Nass, Daniel P. DePonte, Thomas A. White, Francesco Stellato, Dirk Rehders	2012	167
15	Ultrafast Charge Rearrangement and Nuclear Dynamics upon Inner-Shell Multiple Ionization of Small Polyatomic Molecules Physical Review Letters ·Benjamin Erk, Daniel Rolles, L. Foucar, Benedikt Rudek, Sascha W. Epp, Max J. Cryle, Christoph Bostedt, Sebastian Schorb	2013	160
16	Radiation damage in protein serial femtosecond crystallography using an x-ray free-electron laser Physical Review B ·Lukas Lomb, Thomas R. M. Barends, Stephan Kassemeyer, Andrew Aquila, Sascha W. Epp, Benjamin Erk, L. Foucar, Robert Hartmann	2011	154
17	Imaging single cells in a beam of live cyanobacteria with an X-ray laser Nature Communications ·Gijs van der Schot, Martin Svenda, Filipe R. N. C. Maia, Max F. Hantke, Daniel P. DePonte, Marvin M. Seibert, Andrew Aquila, Joachim Schulz	2015	148
18	High-throughput imaging of heterogeneous cell organelles with an X-ray laser Nature Photonics ·Max F. Hantke, Dirk Hasse, Filipe R. N. C. Maia, Tomas Ekeberg, Katja John, Martin Svenda, N. Duane Loh, Andrew V. Martin	2014	140
19	An unexpectedly low oscillator strength as the origin of the Fe xvii emission problem Nature ·Sonja Bernitt, Gregory V. Brown, Jan Rudolph, René Steinbrügge, Alexander T. Graf, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Sascha W. Epp, Sebastian Eberle	2012	130
20	Lipidic phase membrane protein serial femtosecond crystallography Nature Methods ·Linda C. Johansson, David Arnlund, Thomas A. White, Gergely Katona, Daniel P. DePonte, Uwe Weierstall, R. Bruce Doak, Robert L. Shoeman	2012	129

About Sascha W. Epp

Sascha W. Epp is a scholar working on Radiation, Structural Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Spectroscopy, having authored 81 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (40 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (29 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (26 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (19 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (14 papers), Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (10 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (9 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (2.8k citations), Radiation (4.1k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (886 citations) and Materials Chemistry (2.4k citations). Sascha W. Epp has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include José R. Crespo López-Urrutia, J. Ullrich, Paul H. Mokler, V. Mäckel, R. J. Dwayne Miller, Thomas M. Baumann, W. Würth, Christian Beilmann, Sonja Bernitt and J. Dilling. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Optics Express, Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, Nature and Physical Review A.

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