| 1 | Y , denotes key publications of the award, Y denotes that the article is in the reference list of Scientific Background on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014, provided by the Nobel Committee for Chemistry④; Citing the SB, Y denotes that the documents cite the SB, N that it does not cite the SB but does cite Hell’s other relevant papers; Text in bold indicates that the person, either as the first author or the corresponding author in the cited references, is the representative figure in the “scientific history” section. | | 1,210 | 1,210 | Hell (1994). Opt Lett V19. P780 | | | | |
| 2 | Y | N | 1,642 | 594 | Rust (2006). Nat Methods, V3, P793 (Zhuang) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 3 | Y , denotes key publications of the award, Y denotes that the article is in the reference list of Scientific Background on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014, provided by the Nobel Committee for Chemistry④; Citing the SB, Y denotes that the documents cite the SB, N that it does not cite the SB but does cite Hell’s other relevant papers; Text in bold indicates that the person, either as the first author or the corresponding author in the cited references, is the representative figure in the “scientific history” section. | N | 2,006 | 590 | Betzig(2006). Science, V313. P1642 | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 4 | Y | N | 1.013 | 361 | Hess(2006). BiophysJ, V91. P4258 | √ | √ | √ | |
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| 7 | Y , denotes key publications of the award, Y denotes that the article is in the reference list of Scientific Background on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014, provided by the Nobel Committee for Chemistry④; Citing the SB, Y denotes that the documents cite the SB, N that it does not cite the SB but does cite Hell’s other relevant papers; Text in bold indicates that the person, either as the first author or the corresponding author in the cited references, is the representative figure in the “scientific history” section. | Y | 571 | 265 | Klar (2000). P Natl Acad Sei USA, V97. P8206 (Hell) | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 8 | Y | Y | 597 | 258 | Gustafsson(2000),J Microsc-Oxford, VI98, P82 | √ | √ | √ | |
| 9 | Y | / | 742 | 204 | Abbe(1873), Arch Mikrosk Anat, V9, P413 | | √ | √ | |
| 10 | | N | 661 | 187 | Huang (2008), Science, V319, P810 (Zhuang) | | √ | √ | |
| 11 | | N | 4.985 | 179 | Denk (1990). Science, V248. P73 | | √ | √ | |
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| 13 | | Y | 314 | 157 | Westphal (2008). Science, V320. P246 (Hell) | | √ | √ | |
| 14 | | Y | 395 | 155 | Heilemann (2008),Angew Chem IntEdit, V47, P6172 | | √ | √ | |
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| 17 | | Y | 281 | 145 | Hofmann (2005), P Natl Acad Sei USA, V102, P17565 (Hell) | √ | √ | √ | |
| 18 | Y , denotes key publications of the award, Y denotes that the article is in the reference list of Scientific Background on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014, provided by the Nobel Committee for Chemistry④; Citing the SB, Y denotes that the documents cite the SB, N that it does not cite the SB but does cite Hell’s other relevant papers; Text in bold indicates that the person, either as the first author or the corresponding author in the cited references, is the representative figure in the “scientific history” section. | Y | 176 | 139 | Hell (1995), Appl Phys B-Lasers O, V60, P495 | | √ | √ | |
| 19 | | Y | 405 | 138 | Willig (2006), Nature, V440, P935 (Hell) | √ | √ | √ | |
| 20 | | Y | 382 | 134 | Hell (2009), Nat Methods, V6, P24 | | √ | √ | |
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