The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefan W. Hell sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 515 publications — 58th percentile
58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefan W. Hell sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 152 D-Index — 93rd percentile
93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.
Stefan W. Hell is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has a significant body of research focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including biophysics, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, and structural biology.
The researcher's main topics of study emphasize advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, cell image analysis techniques, click chemistry and applications, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, and advanced biosensing techniques and applications.
Stefan W. Hell has published in several frequent venues, contributing notable work to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and Nature Methods.
Frequently collaborating with other scientists, common co-authors include Mariano L. Bossi, Vladimir N. Belov, Steffen J. Sahl, Stefan Jakobs, and Michael Weber.
The following recent papers illustrate the scope and impact of their work:
Awards received by Stefan W. Hell include the Nobel Prize in 2014 for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. Other recognitions include Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018, OSA Fellow in 2017 for contributions to fluorescence microscopy beyond the diffraction limit, Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016, Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2015 for pioneering superresolved far-field optical microscopy, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina membership in 2013, and the Paul Karrer Gold Medal from the University of Zurich in 2013.
Stefan W. Hell;Jan Wichmann
Stefan W. Hell
Thomas A. Klar;Stefan Jakobs;Marcus Dyba;Alexander Egner
Christian Eggeling;Christian Ringemann;Rebecca Medda;Günter Schwarzmann
Katrin I. Willig;Silvio O. Rizzoli;Volker Westphal;Reinhard Jahn
Stefan W Hell
Stefan W Hell
Thomas A. Klar;Stefan W. Hell
Francisco Balzarotti;Yvan Eilers;Klaus C. Gwosch;Arvid H. Gynnå
Eva Rittweger;Kyu Young Han;Scott E. Irvine;Christian Eggeling
Michael Hofmann;Christian Eggeling;Stefan Jakobs;Stefan W. Hell
Volker Westphal;Silvio O. Rizzoli;Marcel A. Lauterbach;Dirk Kamin
Gražvydas Lukinavičius;Luc Reymond;Elisa D'Este;Anastasiya Masharina
Robert J. Kittel;Carolin Wichmann;Tobias M. Rasse;Wernher Fouquet
Steffen J. Sahl;Stefan W. Hell;Stefan Jakobs;Stefan Jakobs
Jonas Fölling;Mariano Luis Bossi;Hannes Bock;Rebecca Medda
S. Hell;G. Reiner;C. Cremer;E. H. K. Stelzer
S. W. Hell;M. Kroug
Stefan Hell;Ernst H. K. Stelzer
Volker Westphal;Stefan W. Hell
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