Heidelberg University

156.3k papers and 5.5M indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Heidelberg University have published 156.3k papers, which have received a total of 5.5M indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 31.5k papers in Molecular Biology, 16.3k papers in Surgery and 15.7k papers in Oncology on the topics of Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (2.5k papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (2.2k papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (2.1k papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology (1.5M citations), Oncology (584.0k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (466.1k citations). Authors at Heidelberg University collaborate with scholars in Germany, United States and United Kingdom and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Cell. Some of Heidelberg University's most productive authors include Hermann Brenner, A. Stephen K. Hashmi, Michaël Wink, Werner W. Franke, Peter H. Krammer, Bernd Löwe, Jost B. Jonas, Lorenz S. Cederbaum, Kurt Kroenke and Bernd Bukau.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Heidelberg University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Heidelberg University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with Heidelberg University at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Heidelberg University

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at Heidelberg University. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers produced at Heidelberg University with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Heidelberg University more than expected).

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