Standout Papers

Melatonin 2005 2026 2012 2019 2006 2010 2005 2011 2018 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Melatonin
    2006 691 citations Seithikurippu R. Pandi‐Perumal, V. Srinivasan et al. FEBS Journal profile →
  2. Melatonin—A pleiotropic, orchestrating regulator molecule
    2010 646 citations Rüdiger Hardeland, Daniel P. Cardinali et al. Progress in Neurobiology profile →
  3. Antioxidative Protection by Melatonin: Multiplicity of Mechanisms from Radical Detoxification to Radical Avoidance
    2005 557 citations Rüdiger Hardeland Endocrine profile →
  4. Functional roles of melatonin in plants, and perspectives in nutritional and agricultural science
    2011 495 citations Dun Xian Tan, Rüdiger Hardeland et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →
  5. Melatonin and inflammation—Story of a double‐edged blade
    2018 338 citations Rüdiger Hardeland Journal of Pineal Research profile →

Immediate Impact

24 by Nobel laureates 29 from Science/Nature 68 hit
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Citing Papers

Photo-neuro-immuno-endocrinology: How the ultraviolet radiation regulates the body, brain, and immune system
2024 Hit
The long-term genetic stability and individual specificity of the human gut microbiome
2021 Hit
15 intermediate papers

Works of Rüdiger Hardeland being referenced

Anti-inflammatory actions of melatonin and its metabolites, N1-acetyl-N2-formyl-5-methoxykynuramine (AFMK) and N1-acetyl-5-methoxykynuramine (AMK), in macrophages
2005
Antioxidative Protection by Melatonin: Multiplicity of Mechanisms from Radical Detoxification to Radical Avoidance
2005 Hit
and 18 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rüdiger Hardeland 9.9k 3.3k 3.0k 2.3k 1.9k 246 15.7k
Lucien C. Manchester 11.3k 1.1× 3.8k 1.2× 3.5k 1.2× 3.2k 1.4× 1.5k 0.8× 108 18.6k
Dun‐Xian Tan 10.2k 1.0× 3.8k 1.2× 3.4k 1.2× 3.2k 1.4× 1.3k 0.7× 106 17.9k
Darío Acuña‐Castroviejo 9.2k 0.9× 4.9k 1.5× 4.2k 1.4× 766 0.3× 1.9k 1.0× 259 17.0k
Dun‐Xian Tan 10.1k 1.0× 4.3k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 4.6k 2.0× 1.2k 0.6× 124 18.5k
Burkhard Pöeggeler 6.8k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 2.7k 0.9× 849 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 117 11.3k
Rosa M. Sáinz 7.2k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 2.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 119 13.2k
Juan C. Mayo 6.8k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 934 0.5× 99 12.2k
Christopher A. Bradfield 5.0k 0.5× 6.3k 1.9× 4.3k 1.5× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 129 20.2k
Juan M. Guerrero 7.3k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 2.9k 1.0× 450 0.2× 1.9k 1.0× 281 13.2k
Germaine Escames 6.2k 0.6× 3.8k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 415 0.2× 1.2k 0.6× 193 12.0k

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