Alexander Lang

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alexander Lang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Lang has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 6 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Lang's work include Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (7 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (6 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (5 papers). Alexander Lang is often cited by papers focused on Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (7 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (6 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (5 papers). Alexander Lang collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Alexander Lang's co-authors include Benoı̂t Kornmann, Arun T. John Peter, Katja Kolar, Agnès H. Michel, Gil Kanfer, Peter Walter, Heinrich Römer, Dina K. N. Dechmann, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko and John M. Burt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Lang

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Lang Germany	14	727	599	398	359	285	37	1.9k
Pavel Němec Czechia	28	726 1.0×	588 1.0×	164 0.4×	141 0.4×	434 1.5×	145	2.8k
James F. Hare Canada	28	533 0.7×	1.2k 2.0×	137 0.3×	595 1.7×	906 3.2×	102	2.4k
F.M. Clarke Australia	33	842 1.2×	383 0.6×	465 1.2×	47 0.1×	367 1.3×	62	2.6k
Richard C. Feldhoff United States	25	691 1.0×	541 0.9×	257 0.6×	45 0.1×	119 0.4×	73	1.9k
Duncan H. L. Robertson United Kingdom	28	1.2k 1.6×	410 0.7×	176 0.4×	31 0.1×	182 0.6×	39	3.1k
Frank M. Clarke Australia	18	748 1.0×	241 0.4×	142 0.4×	111 0.3×	228 0.8×	32	1.7k
Markus Sällman Almén Sweden	25	2.0k 2.8×	304 0.5×	147 0.4×	17 0.0×	268 0.9×	40	3.7k
Geert R. Verheyen Belgium	27	356 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	31 0.1×	206 0.6×	765 2.7×	91	2.8k
Michael J. Harvey United Kingdom	24	591 0.8×	153 0.3×	55 0.1×	21 0.1×	220 0.8×	94	1.8k
Roger Acher France	31	1.1k 1.5×	426 0.7×	404 1.0×	24 0.1×	575 2.0×	186	3.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lang, Alexander. (2024). Fascist transnationalism during the occupation of Albania (1939–43). Modern Italy. 29(4). 426–440.

Homann, Christian, Alexander Lang, Lesca M. Holdt, et al.. (2023). Non-Invasive Zinc Protoporphyrin Screening Offers Opportunities for Secondary Prevention of Iron Deficiency in Blood Donors. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy. 50(4). 303–312.

Vogelsang, Heike, et al.. (2020). Incidence of infection in non‐tunnelled thoracic epidural catheters after major abdominal surgery. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 64(9). 1312–1318. 5 indexed citations

Lang, Alexander, et al.. (2019). Rapid spectrophotometric quantification of urinary porphyrins and porphobilinogen as screening tool for attacks of acute porphyria. 13–13. 1 indexed citations

Paal, Michael, et al.. (2018). A second-derivate fitting algorithm for the quantification of free hemoglobin in human plasma. Clinical Biochemistry. 56. 62–69. 6 indexed citations

Zieger, Silvia E., et al.. (2018). Compact and Low-Cost Fluorescence Based Flow-Through Analyzer for Early-Stage Classification of Potentially Toxic Algae and in Situ Semiquantification. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(13). 7399–7408. 18 indexed citations

Lang, Alexander, Arun T. John Peter, & Benoı̂t Kornmann. (2015). ER–mitochondria contact sites in yeast: beyond the myths of ERMES. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 35. 7–12. 105 indexed citations

Bowers, E. Keith, Alexander Lang, Charles F. Thompson, et al.. (2015). Eggshell porosity covaries with egg size among female House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon), but is unrelated to incubation onset and egg-laying order within clutches. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 93(6). 421–425. 6 indexed citations

Lang, Alexander, et al.. (2015). Rapid screening test for porphyria diagnosis using fluorescence spectroscopy. 120. 953706–953706. 2 indexed citations

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Lang, Alexander, et al.. (2015). Rapid screening test for porphyria diagnosis using fluorescence spectroscopy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9537. 953706–953706. 1 indexed citations

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Kanfer, Gil, et al.. (2013). Organization and function of membrane contact sites. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1833(11). 2526–2541. 359 indexed citations

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Lang, Alexander, et al.. (2011). Changing the Regioselectivity of the Tryptophan 7‐Halogenase PrnA by Site‐Directed Mutagenesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(13). 2951–2953. 70 indexed citations

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Schneider, Alexander, Alexander Lang, & Wolfgang Naumann. (2010). Fluorescence Spectroscopic Determination of the Critical Aggregation Concentration of the GnRH Antagonists Cetrorelix, Teverelix and Ozarelix. Journal of Fluorescence. 20(6). 1233–1240. 12 indexed citations

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Römer, Heiner, Alexander Lang, & Manfred Hartbauer. (2010). The Signaller's Dilemma: A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Public and Private Communication. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13325–e13325. 56 indexed citations

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Lang, Alexander & Peter Kuhl. (2010). Protease-catalysed synthesis of Z-l-aminoacyl-l-caprolactam amides from Z-protected amino acid esters and dl-α-amino-ε-caprolactam. Tetrahedron Letters. 51(29). 3779–3781. 2 indexed citations

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Lang, Alexander, et al.. (2008). Protease-catalysed coupling of N-protected amino acids and peptides with 4-aminoantipyrine. Amino Acids. 36(2). 333–340. 24 indexed citations

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Rattei, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Modification of the In Vitro Release Profile of Cetrorelix by Complexation with Biophilic Partners. Current Drug Delivery. 5(4). 319–323. 1 indexed citations

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Lang, Alexander, et al.. (2007). Effects of caffeine on stereoselectivities of high cell density biotransformations of cyclic β-keto esters with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 5(21). 3456–3456. 8 indexed citations

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Lang, Alexander, et al.. (2005). Activity levels of bats and katydids in relation to the lunar cycle. Oecologia. 146(4). 659–666. 164 indexed citations

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Killi, Alexander, et al.. (2004). Period doubling and deterministic chaos in continuously pumped regenerative amplifiers. Optics Express. 12(8). 1759–1759. 67 indexed citations

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