Volker Westphal
Impact in
- Structural Biology top 0.05%
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Biophysics top 0.02%
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
Papers in
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- Near-Field Optical Microscopy 20
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications 16
- Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging 9
- Biophysics 31
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques 31
- Co-authors
- Stefan W. Hell (36 shared papers)Silvio O. Rizzoli (6 shared papers)W. Kleemann (2 shared papers)M. D. Glinchuk (1 shared paper)Reinhard Jahn (2 shared papers)Marcel A. Lauterbach (11 shared papers)Katrin I. Willig (4 shared papers)Dirk Kamin (4 shared papers)
- Journals
- Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (6 papers)Optics Express (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Biophysical Journal (3 papers)Scientific Reports (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesPoland
In The Last Decade
Volker Westphal
60 papers receiving 6.3k citations
Volker Westphal's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 124
- Structural Biology 1.3k
- Biophysics 3.1k
- Biomedical Engineering 2.5k
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics 45
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 631
Countries citing papers authored by Volker Westphal
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 63 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STED microscopy reveals that synaptotagmin remains clustered after synaptic vesicle exocytosis Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 894 |
| 2 | Diffuse phase transitions and random-field-induced domain states of the ‘‘relaxor’’ ferroelectric Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 882 |
| 3 | Nanometer resolution imaging and tracking of fluorescent molecules with minimal photon fluxes Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 828 |
| 4 | Video-Rate Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Dissects Synaptic Vesicle Movement Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 596 |
| 5 | Nanoscale Resolution in the Focal Plane of an Optical Microscope Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 343 |
| 6 | Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 334 |
| 7 | Sharper low-power STED nanoscopy by time gating Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 319 |
| 8 | Resolution scaling in STED microscopy Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 305 |
| 9 | 2005 | 171 | |
| 10 | 2002 | 151 | |
| 11 | 2012 | 144 | |
| 12 | 2010 | 119 | |
| 13 | 2010 | 99 | |
| 14 | 2003 | 93 | |
| 15 | 2010 | 90 | |
| 16 | 2001 | 84 | |
| 17 | 2017 | 79 | |
| 18 | 2002 | 67 | |
| 19 | 2006 | 65 | |
| 20 | 2003 | 62 |
About Volker Westphal
Volker Westphal is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Structural Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Molecular Biology, having authored 63 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (31 papers), Near-Field Optical Microscopy (20 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (19 papers), Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (16 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (9 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (5 papers), Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (4 papers) and Corneal surgery and disorders (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (1.3k citations), Biophysics (3.1k citations), Biomedical Engineering (2.5k citations), Acoustics and Ultrasonics (45 citations) and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (631 citations). Volker Westphal has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Poland. Frequent co-authors include Stefan W. Hell, Silvio O. Rizzoli, W. Kleemann, M. D. Glinchuk, Reinhard Jahn, Marcel A. Lauterbach, Katrin I. Willig, Dirk Kamin, Joseph A. Izatt and Francisco Balzarotti. Their work appears in journals such as Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Optics Express, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biophysical Journal and Scientific Reports.
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