2026 Udo Seifert: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	89	2303	2193	205	196	259	31374

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Physics

2303

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196

259

31374

Overview

Udo Seifert is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. Their research spans multiple subfields including Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Molecular Biology.

Their notable research topics cover:

Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Neural dynamics and brain function
Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
Thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses

Seifert has published predominantly in several key scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical review. E
Physical Review Letters
Journal of Statistical Physics
Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors being:

Jann van der Meer
Julius Degünther
Benjamin Ertel
Timur Koyuk
Oliver Niggemann

A selection of recent papers includes:

Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation for Time-Dependent Driving, 2020, Physical Review Letters
Thermodynamic inference in partially accessible Markov networks: a unifying perspective from transition-based waiting time distributions, 2022, OPUS Publication Server of the University of Stuttgart (University of Stuttgart)
Time-Resolved Statistics of Snippets as General Framework for Model-Free Entropy Estimators, 2023, Physical Review Letters
Free diffusion bounds the precision of currents in underdamped dynamics, 2020, Physical review. E
Field-Theoretic Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation, 2020, Journal of Statistical Physics

Seifert has also contributed to academic literature through book publications. One such book is titled Stochastic Thermodynamics, published by Cambridge University Press and scheduled for 2025.

Best Publications

Stochastic thermodynamics, fluctuation theorems and molecular machines

Udo Seifert

3283
Citations
Configurations of fluid membranes and vesicles

Udo Seifert

2035
Citations
Entropy production along a stochastic trajectory and an integral fluctuation theorem.

Udo Seifert

1648
Citations
Shape transformations of vesicles: Phase diagram for spontaneous- curvature and bilayer-coupling models.

Udo Seifert;Karin Berndl;Reinhard Lipowsky

1131
Citations
Thermodynamic uncertainty relation for biomolecular processes.

Andre C. Barato;Udo Seifert

866
Citations
Budding transitions of fluid-bilayer vesicles: the effect of area-difference elasticity

Ling Miao;Udo Seifert;Michael Wortis;Hans-Günther Döbereiner

652
Citations
Adhesion of vesicles

Udo Seifert;Udo Seifert;Reinhard Lipowsky;Reinhard Lipowsky

635
Citations
Efficiency at maximum power: An analytically solvable model for stochastic heat engines

Tim Schmiedl;Udo Seifert

581
Citations
Stochastic thermodynamics: principles and perspectives

Udo Seifert

571
Citations
Thermodynamics of a colloidal particle in a time-dependent nonharmonic potential.

Valentin Blickle;Thomas Speck;Laurent Helden;Udo Seifert

404
Citations
FLUID VESICLES IN SHEAR FLOW

Martin Kraus;Wolfgang Wintz;Udo Seifert;Reinhard Lipowsky

395
Citations
Optimal finite-time processes in stochastic thermodynamics.

Tim Schmiedl;Udo Seifert

394
Citations
Universal Trade-Off between Power, Efficiency, and Constancy in Steady-State Heat Engines.

Patrick Pietzonka;Udo Seifert

387
Citations
Mapping vesicle shapes into the phase diagram: A comparison of experiment and theory

H.-G. Döbereiner;E. Evans;M. Kraus;U. Seifert

331
Citations
Shape Transformations of Giant Vesicles: Extreme Sensitivity to Bilayer Asymmetry

Karin Berndl;Josef Käs;Reinhard Lipowsky;Erich Sackmann

331
Citations
Viscous Modes of Fluid Bilayer Membranes

Udo Seifert;Stephen A. Langer

323
Citations
Rupture of multiple parallel molecular bonds under dynamic loading.

Udo Seifert

290
Citations
Restoring a fluctuation-dissipation theorem in a nonequilibrium steady state

T. Speck;U. Seifert

263
Citations
First and Second Law of Thermodynamics at Strong Coupling.

Udo Seifert

260
Citations
Universal bounds on current fluctuations.

Patrick Pietzonka;Andre C. Barato;Udo Seifert

252
Citations