2026 Fritz Vollrath: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	81	2600	2511	115	108	229	22793

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Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Fritz Vollrath is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions across several subfields including Ecology, Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

Silk-based biomaterials and applications
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Fritz Vollrath has co-authored with several researchers frequently, including Lorenz Semmler, Aida Naghilou, Flavia Millesi, Anda Mann, and Tamara Weiss.

They have published research in various scientific venues, with recurrent publications in the Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Scientific Reports, Insects, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Some of Vollrath's recent papers are:

"Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites" (2022) published in Nature Materials
"Human footprint and protected areas shape elephant range across Africa" (2021) published in Current Biology
"The Elephant Evolved p53 Isoforms that Escape MDM2-Mediated Repression and Cancer" (2022) published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
"Hard X-ray nano-holotomography with a Fresnel zone plate" (2020) published in Optics Express
"Elephants and algorithms: a review of the current and future role of AI in elephant monitoring" (2023) published in Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Best Publications

Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk.

Fritz Vollrath;David P. Knight

2013
Citations
Surprising strength of silkworm silk

Zhengzhong Shao;Fritz Vollrath

1130
Citations
The molecular structure of spider dragline silk: Folding and orientation of the protein backbone

J. D. van Beek;S. Hess;F. Vollrath;B. H. Meier

639
Citations
Strength and structure of spiders' silks.

Fritz Vollrath

470
Citations
Spider and mulberry silkworm silks as compatible biomaterials

Osnat Hakimi;David P. Knight;Fritz Vollrath;Pankaj Vadgama

368
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The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider's dragline silk

Fritz Vollrath;Bo Madsen;Zhengzhong Shao

358
Citations
Modulation of the mechanical properties of spider silk by coating with water

Fritz Vollrath;Donald T. Edmonds

353
Citations
Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk.

Yi Liu;Zhengzhong Shao;Fritz Vollrath

348
Citations
Local Structure in Spider Dragline Silk Investigated by Two-Dimensional Spin-Diffusion Nuclear Magnetic Resonance†

J. Kümmerlen;J.D. van Beek;F. Vollrath;B.H. Meier

328
Citations
Silk as a Biomimetic Ideal for Structural Polymers

David Porter;Fritz Vollrath

322
Citations
Spider silk as archetypal protein elastomer

Fritz Vollrath;David Porter

317
Citations
Conformation transition kinetics of Bombyx mori silk protein.

Xin Chen;Zhengzhong Shao;David P. Knight;Fritz Vollrath

279
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Biology of spider silk.

Fritz Vollrath

276
Citations
Proline and Processing of Spider Silks

Yi Liu;Alexander Sponner;David Porter;Fritz Vollrath

275
Citations
pH induced changes in the rheology of silk fibroin solution from the middle division of Bombyx mori silkworm.

Ann E. Terry;David P. Knight;David Porter;Fritz Vollrath

274
Citations
Amyloidogenic nature of spider silk

John M. Kenney;David Knight;Michael J. Wise;Fritz Vollrath;Fritz Vollrath

268
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LIQUID CRYSTALS AND FLOW ELONGATION IN A SPIDER'S SILK PRODUCTION LINE

D. P. Knight;F. Vollrath

264
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Regenerated Bombyx silk solutions studied with rheometry and FTIR

Xin Chen;Xin Chen;David P Knight;Zhengzhong Shao;Fritz Vollrath;Fritz Vollrath

263
Citations
Compounds in the droplets of the orb spider's viscid spiral

Fritz Vollrath;Wayne J. Fairbrother;Robert J. P. Williams;Edward K. Tillinghast

253
Citations
Characterization of the protein components of Nephila clavipes dragline silk.

Alexander Sponner;Bernhard Schlott;Fritz Vollrath;Eberhard Unger

236
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