Andreas Sagner

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Andreas Sagner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Sagner has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Andreas Sagner's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (4 papers). Andreas Sagner is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (9 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (4 papers). Andreas Sagner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Andreas Sagner's co-authors include James Briscoe, Suzanne Eaton, Frank Jülicher, Benoît Aigouy, Jens-Christian Röper, Douglas B. Staple, Reza Farhadifar, Manuela Melchionda, Jennifer H. Kong and Julien Delile and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Neuroscience and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Sagner

25 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cell Flow Reorients the Axis of Planar Polarity in the Wi... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Cell Flow Reorients the Axis of Planar Polarity in the Wing Epithelium of Drosophila
    2010 542 citations Benoît Aigouy, Reza Farhadifar et al. Cell profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andreas Sagner Germany 18 1.3k 826 269 208 171 25 2.1k
Christian A. Smith Canada 32 1.5k 1.1× 752 0.9× 204 0.8× 167 0.8× 55 0.3× 82 3.1k
Richard M. White United States 31 2.6k 1.9× 1.8k 2.2× 194 0.7× 327 1.6× 70 0.4× 82 4.5k
Carlos Carmona‐Fontaine United States 23 1.5k 1.1× 823 1.0× 237 0.9× 203 1.0× 74 0.4× 26 2.6k
Matthew W. Kelley United States 37 2.3k 1.7× 353 0.4× 249 0.9× 373 1.8× 110 0.6× 70 4.6k
Thomas J. Carney Singapore 26 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 252 0.9× 510 2.5× 334 2.0× 58 2.9k
Edward M. Levine United States 33 2.8k 2.1× 659 0.8× 940 3.5× 395 1.9× 420 2.5× 91 3.7k
Steffen Rulands Germany 21 1.1k 0.8× 277 0.3× 67 0.2× 196 0.9× 88 0.5× 36 1.7k
Paul M. Kulesa United States 34 2.7k 2.1× 922 1.1× 591 2.2× 516 2.5× 266 1.6× 99 3.9k
Matthew C. Gibson United States 26 1.5k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 306 1.1× 219 1.1× 20 0.1× 51 2.5k
Tama Hasson United States 35 3.1k 2.4× 1.5k 1.8× 350 1.3× 389 1.9× 38 0.2× 48 4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andreas Sagner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andreas Sagner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andreas Sagner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andreas Sagner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andreas Sagner. Andreas Sagner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Boezio, Giulia L. M., Jake Cornwall-Scoones, Thomas J.R. Frith, et al.. (2025). The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube. Developmental Cell. 60(22). 3034–3049.e9. 1 indexed citations
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Sagner, Andreas. (2024). Temporal patterning of the vertebrate developing neural tube. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 86. 102179–102179. 2 indexed citations
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Unichenko, Petr, Nicholas Chalmers, Marie‐Theres Wittmann, et al.. (2022). Dentate gyrus astrocytes exhibit layer-specific molecular, morphological and physiological features. Nature Neuroscience. 25(12). 1626–1638. 40 indexed citations
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Exelby, Katherine, Rubén Perez‐Carrasco, Andreas Sagner, et al.. (2021). Precision of tissue patterning is controlled by dynamical properties of gene regulatory networks. Development. 148(4). 40 indexed citations
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Sagner, Andreas, et al.. (2021). A shared transcriptional code orchestrates temporal patterning of the central nervous system. PLoS Biology. 19(11). e3001450–e3001450. 52 indexed citations
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Delile, Julien, Teresa Rayón, Manuela Melchionda, et al.. (2019). Single cell transcriptomics reveals spatial and temporal dynamics of gene expression in the developing mouse spinal cord. Development. 146(12). 219 indexed citations
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Sagner, Andreas & James Briscoe. (2019). Establishing neuronal diversity in the spinal cord: a time and a place. Development. 146(22). 190 indexed citations
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Sagner, Andreas, Zachary B. Gaber, Julien Delile, et al.. (2018). Olig2 and Hes regulatory dynamics during motor neuron differentiation revealed by single cell transcriptomics. PLoS Biology. 16(2). e2003127–e2003127. 61 indexed citations
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Pusapati, Ganesh V., Jennifer H. Kong, Bhaven B. Patel, et al.. (2018). G protein–coupled receptors control the sensitivity of cells to the morphogen Sonic Hedgehog. Science Signaling. 11(516). 49 indexed citations
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Pusapati, Ganesh V., Jennifer H. Kong, Bhaven B. Patel, et al.. (2017). CRISPR Screens Uncover Genes that Regulate Target Cell Sensitivity to the Morphogen Sonic Hedgehog. Developmental Cell. 44(1). 113–129.e8. 95 indexed citations
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Aigouy, Benoît, Claudio Collinet, Matthias Merkel, & Andreas Sagner. (2017). Quantitative methods to study epithelial morphogenesis and polarity. Methods in cell biology. 139. 121–152. 3 indexed citations
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Sagner, Andreas, et al.. (2015). Clustering and Negative Feedback by Endocytosis in Planar Cell Polarity Signaling Is Modulated by Ubiquitinylation of Prickle. PLoS Genetics. 11(5). e1005259–e1005259. 44 indexed citations
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Dunst, Sebastian, Tom Kazimiers, Helena Jambor, et al.. (2015). Endogenously Tagged Rab Proteins: A Resource to Study Membrane Trafficking in Drosophila. Developmental Cell. 33(3). 351–365. 114 indexed citations
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Merkel, Matthias, Andreas Sagner, Franz Gruber, et al.. (2014). The Balance of Prickle/Spiny-Legs Isoforms Controls the Amount of Coupling between Core and Fat PCP Systems. Current Biology. 24(18). 2111–2123. 49 indexed citations
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Sagner, Andreas, Matthias Merkel, Benoît Aigouy, et al.. (2012). Establishment of Global Patterns of Planar Polarity during Growth of the Drosophila Wing Epithelium. Current Biology. 22(14). 1296–1301. 85 indexed citations
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Aigouy, Benoît, Reza Farhadifar, Douglas B. Staple, et al.. (2010). Cell Flow Reorients the Axis of Planar Polarity in the Wing Epithelium of Drosophila. Cell. 142(5). 773–786. 542 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sagner, Andreas. (2001). ‘THE ABANDONED MOTHER’: AGEING, OLD AGE AND MISSIONARIES IN EARLY AND MID NINETEENTH-CENTURY SOUTH-EAST AFRICA. The Journal of African History. 42(2). 173–198. 3 indexed citations
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Sagner, Andreas. (2000). Ageing and Social Policy in South Africa: Historical Perspectives with Particular Reference to the Eastern Cape. Journal of Southern African Studies. 26(3). 523–553. 64 indexed citations
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Sagner, Andreas. (1997). Urbanization, ageing and migration: some evidence from African settlements in Cape Town. 6(2). 13–19. 5 indexed citations

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