2026 Peter Friedl: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	85	3065	2821	80	75	235	43455

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Biology and Biochemistry

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43455

Biology and Biochemistry

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43455

World Ranking

3065

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Overview

Peter Friedl is affiliated with Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on topics within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. The main subfields of study include Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Oncology, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.

Friedl's research covers several specific topics, among which are:

Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Cell Image Analysis Techniques
CAR-T cell therapy research
Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, with a concentration in several key venues including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 9 publications
Science Advances with 3 publications
Nature Cell Biology with 2 publications
Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy with 2 publications
The Journal of Cell Biology with 2 publications

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Friedl are:

"Cell-cell adhesion and 3D matrix confinement determine jamming transitions in breast cancer invasion," 2020, Nature Cell Biology
"Towards targeting of shared mechanisms of cancer metastasis and therapy resistance," 2022, Nature Reviews. Cancer
"Cytotoxic T cells are able to efficiently eliminate cancer cells by additive cytotoxicity," 2021, Nature Communications
"p120-catenin-dependent collective brain infiltration by glioma cell networks," 2020, Nature Cell Biology
"Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy for in vivo imaging," 2024, Cell

Frequent co-authors of Friedl include:

Bettina Weigelin
Gert-Jan Bakker
Esther Wagena
Maria Parlani
Katarina Wolf

Best Publications

Tumour-cell invasion and migration: diversity and escape mechanisms

Peter Friedl;Katarina Wolf

3997
Citations
Collective cell migration in morphogenesis, regeneration and cancer

Peter Friedl;Darren Gilmour

2945
Citations
Cancer Invasion and the Microenvironment: Plasticity and Reciprocity

Peter Friedl;Peter Friedl;Peter Friedl;Stephanie Alexander;Stephanie Alexander

2192
Citations
Compensation mechanism in tumor cell migration: mesenchymal–amoeboid transition after blocking of pericellular proteolysis

Katarina Wolf;Irina Mazo;Harry Leung;Katharina Engelke

1809
Citations
Plasticity of cell migration: a multiscale tuning model

Peter Friedl;Peter Friedl;Katarina Wolf

1677
Citations
Physical limits of cell migration: Control by ECM space and nuclear deformation and tuning by proteolysis and traction force

Katarina Wolf;Mariska te Lindert;Marina Krause;Stephanie Alexander

1506
Citations
Multi-step pericellular proteolysis controls the transition from individual to collective cancer cell invasion

Katarina Wolf;Yi I. Wu;Yi I. Wu;Yueying Liu;Jörg Geiger

1198
Citations
Nuclear envelope rupture and repair during cancer cell migration

Celine M. Denais;Rachel M. Gilbert;Philipp Isermann;Alexandra L. McGregor

1185
Citations
Classifying collective cancer cell invasion

Peter Friedl;Joseph Locker;Erik Sahai;Jeffrey E. Segall

1113
Citations
The biology of cell locomotion within three-dimensional extracellular matrix.

Peter Friedl;E. B. Bröcker

872
Citations
Prespecification and plasticity: shifting mechanisms of cell migration.

Peter Friedl

868
Citations
Readily Accessible Bicyclononynes for Bioorthogonal Labeling and Three‐Dimensional Imaging of Living Cells

Jan Dommerholt;Samuel Schmidt;Rinske Temming;Linda J. A. Hendriks

833
Citations
Collagen-based cell migration models in vitro and in vivo

Katarina Wolf;Stephanie Alexander;Vivien Schacht;Lisa M. Coussens

812
Citations
Interstitial leukocyte migration and immune function.

Peter Friedl;Bettina Weigelin

651
Citations
Collective Cell Migration in Morphogenesis and Cancer

Peter Friedl;Yael Hegerfeldt;Miriam Tusch

573
Citations
Nuclear mechanics during cell migration

Peter Friedl;Katarina Wolf;Jan Lammerding

559
Citations
Antigen Presentation in Extracellular Matrix: Interactions of T Cells with Dendritic Cells Are Dynamic, Short Lived, and Sequential

Matthias Gunzer;Matthias Gunzer;Angelika Schäfer;Stefan Borgmann;Stephan Grabbe

541
Citations
Mechanoreciprocity in cell migration.

Sjoerd van Helvert;Cornelis Storm;Peter Friedl

518
Citations
Amoeboid shape change and contact guidance: T-lymphocyte crawling through fibrillar collagen is independent of matrix remodeling by MMPs and other proteases.

Katarina Wolf;Katarina Wolf;Regina Müller;Regina Müller;Stefan Borgmann;Stefan Borgmann;Eva.-B. Bröcker;Eva.-B. Bröcker

501
Citations
Collective cell migration: guidance principles and hierarchies

Anna Haeger;Katarina Wolf;Mirjam M. Zegers;Peter Friedl

499
Citations