Achim Kramer

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Achim Kramer is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Plant Science and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Achim Kramer has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 45 papers in Plant Science and 43 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Achim Kramer's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (99 papers), Light effects on plants (42 papers) and Dietary Effects on Health (21 papers). Achim Kramer is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (99 papers), Light effects on plants (42 papers) and Dietary Effects on Health (21 papers). Achim Kramer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Achim Kramer's co-authors include Hanspeter Herzel, Bert Maier, Jens Schneider‐Mergener, Silke Reischl, Pål O. Westermark, Jens T. Vanselow, Ute Abraham, Katja Vanselow, Didier Gonze and Samuel Bernard and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Achim Kramer

145 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

A circadian clock in macr... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A circadian clock in macrophages controls inflammatory immune responses
    2009 630 citations Ute Abraham, Achim Kramer et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Achim Kramer 5.2k 2.2k 2.0k 1.9k 1.4k 148 8.2k
David M. Virshup 3.8k 0.7× 8.5k 3.9× 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 179 14.2k
Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst 6.4k 1.2× 6.9k 3.2× 3.5k 1.8× 3.1k 1.6× 2.2k 1.5× 167 15.0k
Shun Yamaguchi 3.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 1.8k 1.3× 74 5.8k
Kazuhiko Kume 3.0k 0.6× 3.3k 1.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 2.2k 1.6× 149 9.5k
Gregor Eichele 4.0k 0.8× 11.4k 5.2× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 2.7k 1.9× 154 18.1k
Shin Yamazaki 9.6k 1.8× 1.2k 0.6× 4.5k 2.3× 2.0k 1.1× 3.0k 2.1× 149 11.8k
Christopher Vollmers 2.5k 0.5× 1.9k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 824 0.4× 383 0.3× 51 5.3k
Akhilesh B. Reddy 5.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 60 7.2k
Carl Hirschie Johnson 5.3k 1.0× 6.1k 2.8× 1.5k 0.8× 4.6k 2.4× 2.9k 2.0× 179 12.1k
Hitoshi Okamura 11.5k 2.2× 5.3k 2.4× 4.9k 2.5× 3.0k 1.6× 5.3k 3.7× 525 23.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Achim Kramer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Achim Kramer

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All Works

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Koppold, Daniela A., Daniela Weber, Nico Steckhan, et al.. (2025). Intended isocaloric time-restricted eating shifts circadian clocks but does not improve cardiometabolic health in women with overweight. Science Translational Medicine. 17(822). eadv6787–eadv6787.
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Landtsheer, Sébastien De, Christoph Schmal, Ulrich Keilholz, et al.. (2025). Circadian clock features define novel subtypes among breast cancer cells and shape drug sensitivity. Molecular Systems Biology. 21(4). 315–340. 1 indexed citations
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Zehtabian, Amin, et al.. (2024). Circadian period is compensated for repressor protein turnover rates in single cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(34). e2404738121–e2404738121. 4 indexed citations
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Schmal, Christoph, Sébastien De Landtsheer, Anna‐Marie Finger, et al.. (2024). Time-of-day effects of cancer drugs revealed by high-throughput deep phenotyping. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7205–7205. 10 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Marieluise, et al.. (2024). Proteomic insights into circadian transcription regulation: novel E-box interactors revealed by proximity labeling. Genes & Development. 38(21-24). 1020–1032.
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Cederberg, Katie L.J., Arturo Arrona‐Palacios, Enmanuelle Pardilla‐Delgado, et al.. (2023). Circadian protein expression patterns in healthy young adults. Sleep Health. 10(1). S41–S51. 8 indexed citations
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Katsioudi, Georgia, René Dreos, Sevasti Gaspari, et al.. (2023). A conditional Smg6 mutant mouse model reveals circadian clock regulation through the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway. Science Advances. 9(2). eade2828–eade2828. 9 indexed citations
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Ouk, Koliane, et al.. (2023). Dysfunction of circadian and sleep rhythms in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Acta Physiologica. 238(2). e13970–e13970. 25 indexed citations
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Letsiou, Eleftheria, Jasmin Lienau, Holger Müller-Redetzky, et al.. (2022). Ventilator-induced Lung Injury Is Modulated by the Circadian Clock. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 207(11). 1464–1474. 17 indexed citations
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Herzel, Hanspeter, et al.. (2021). Venn diagram analysis overestimates the extent of circadian rhythm reprogramming. FEBS Journal. 289(21). 6605–6621. 36 indexed citations
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Lang, Veronika, et al.. (2021). Susceptibility rhythm to bacterial endotoxin in myeloid clock-knockout mice. eLife. 10. 20 indexed citations
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Finger, Anna‐Marie, Charna Dibner, & Achim Kramer. (2020). Coupled network of the circadian clocks: a driving force of rhythmic physiology. FEBS Letters. 594(17). 2734–2769. 74 indexed citations
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Abraham, Ute, et al.. (2018). Quantitative analysis of circadian single cell oscillations in response to temperature. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0190004–e0190004. 10 indexed citations
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Pett, J. Patrick, et al.. (2018). Co-existing feedback loops generate tissue-specific circadian rhythms. Life Science Alliance. 1(3). e201800078–e201800078. 44 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Georg, et al.. (2017). Reibungsreduktion dynamischer Elastomerdichtungen durch Lasermikrostrukturierung und plasmapolymere Beschichtung. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations
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Howald, Cédric, Konstantin Popadin, Bert Maier, et al.. (2017). The genomic landscape of human cellular circadian variation points to a novel role for the signalosome. eLife. 6. 16 indexed citations
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Brown, Steven A., Dieter Kunz, Pål O. Westermark, et al.. (2008). Molecular insights into human daily behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(5). 1602–1607. 204 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wen‐Ning, Nikolay Malinin, Fu‐Chia Yang, et al.. (2007). CIPC is a mammalian circadian clock protein without invertebrate homologues. Nature Cell Biology. 9(3). 268–275. 68 indexed citations
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Kramer, Achim, Fu‐Chia Yang, Pamela Snodgrass, et al.. (2003). Regulation of Daily Locomotor Activity and Sleep by Hypothalamic EGF Receptor Signalling. Novartis Foundation symposium. 253. 250–266. 17 indexed citations

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