Anna Sommer

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 873 citations indexed

About

Anna Sommer is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Dermatology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Sommer has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 873 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 6 papers in Dermatology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Anna Sommer's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (3 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (3 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (3 papers). Anna Sommer is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (3 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (3 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (3 papers). Anna Sommer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Spain. Anna Sommer's co-authors include Peter Altmeyer, Thilo Gambichler, Alexander Kreuter, Julia Hyun, A. Corina Vlot, Marion Wenig, Alessandro Brambilla, Miriam Lenk, Markus Stücker and Yuanyuan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, New Phytologist and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Anna Sommer

21 papers receiving 842 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.

Systemic propagation of immunity in plants

2020 280 citations A. Corina Vlot, Jennifer Sales et al. New Phytologist profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna Sommer Germany	13	284	277	251	131	88	23	873
Shigeo Nonaka Japan	18	48 0.2×	151 0.5×	75 0.3×	226 1.7×	78 0.9×	127	1.2k
Carlo Pini Italy	15	49 0.2×	217 0.8×	53 0.2×	176 1.3×	131 1.5×	31	900
James H. Crowley United States	11	130 0.5×	55 0.2×	24 0.1×	361 2.8×	187 2.1×	13	930
Irene Mittermann Austria	23	75 0.3×	524 1.9×	19 0.1×	203 1.5×	172 2.0×	45	1.3k
Jeong‐A Kim South Korea	15	62 0.2×	77 0.3×	144 0.6×	196 1.5×	72 0.8×	60	615
G Riva Italy	17	395 1.4×	164 0.6×	30 0.1×	559 4.3×	86 1.0×	66	1.1k
Catherine Li United States	14	28 0.1×	92 0.3×	189 0.8×	266 2.0×	31 0.4×	28	1.1k
Leon Gilead Israel	16	23 0.1×	173 0.6×	33 0.1×	161 1.2×	85 1.0×	35	822
Wankee Kim South Korea	18	79 0.3×	73 0.3×	24 0.1×	561 4.3×	92 1.0×	28	883
Stanley M. Dunston United States	19	13 0.0×	560 2.0×	279 1.1×	97 0.7×	122 1.4×	44	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Sommer

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sommer, Anna, et al.. (2025). A review of APC somatic mosaicism and specific APC variants - I1307K and promotor variants. Familial Cancer. 24(2). 39–39.

Apfelbeck, Beate, et al.. (2025). Bird community responses to urbanization and vegetation parameters across the city of Salzburg, Austria. Urban Ecosystems. 28(4). 131–131.

Sommer, Anna, Marion Wenig, Claudia Knappe, et al.. (2024). A salicylic acid‐associated plant‐microbe interaction attracts beneficial Flavobacterium sp. to the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(4). e14483–e14483. 6 indexed citations

Stabouli, Stella, Anna Sommer, Stefanie Kraft, et al.. (2024). Addressing the psychosocial aspects of transition to adult care in patients with cystinosis. Pediatric Nephrology. 39(10). 2861–2874. 1 indexed citations

Garcia‐Pelaez, José, Marta Ferreira, Óscar Arrieta, et al.. (2023). Combined loss of CDH1 and downstream regulatory sequences drive early-onset diffuse gastric cancer and increase penetrance of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. Gastric Cancer. 26(5). 653–666. 3 indexed citations

Brambilla, Alessandro, Anna Sommer, Andrea Ghirardo, et al.. (2021). Immunity-associated volatile emissions of β-ionone and nonanal propagate defence responses in neighbouring barley plants. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(2). 615–630. 30 indexed citations

Perne, Claudia, Sophia Peters, Maria Cartolano, et al.. (2021). Variant profiling of colorectal adenomas from three patients of two families with MSH3-related adenomatous polyposis. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0259185–e0259185. 8 indexed citations

Weber, Robert E., Stephan Fuchs, Franziska Layer, et al.. (2021). Genome-Wide Association Studies for the Detection of Genetic Variants Associated With Daptomycin and Ceftaroline Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 639660–639660. 15 indexed citations

Vlot, A. Corina, Jennifer Sales, Miriam Lenk, et al.. (2020). Systemic propagation of immunity in plants. New Phytologist. 229(3). 1234–1250. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

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Loi, Vu Van, Tobias Busche, Anna Sommer, et al.. (2019). The MarR-Type Repressor MhqR Confers Quinone and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 31(16). 1235–1252. 29 indexed citations

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Roos, Kees-Peter de, et al.. (2012). Ulcer recurrence after in-hospital treatment for recalcitrant venous leg ulceration. British Journal of Dermatology. 168(5). 999–1002. 12 indexed citations

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Kreuter, Alexander, Anna Sommer, Markus Stücker, & Peter Altmeyer. (2008). Painful unusual ulcers of the ankle. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 33(3). 377–379. 3 indexed citations

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Gambichler, Thilo, Marina Skrygan, J Kaczmarczyk, et al.. (2007). Increased expression of TGF-beta/Smad proteins in basal cell carcinoma.. PubMed. 12(10). 509–14. 21 indexed citations

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Jastrzebski, T, et al.. (2006). Possibilities of improving the parameters of hyperthermia in regional isolated limb perfusion using epidural bupivacaine and accurate temperature measurement of the three layers of limb tissue. Melanoma Research. 16(3). 249–257. 1 indexed citations

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Gambichler, Thilo, Nordwig S. Tomi, Georg Moussa, et al.. (2006). A Comparative Pilot Study on Ultraviolet‐induced Skin Changes Assessed by Noninvasive Imaging Techniques in Vivo. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 82(4). 1103–1107. 40 indexed citations

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Sommer, Anna, et al.. (2006). Clinical and serological characteristics of progressive facial hemiatrophy: A case series of 12 patients. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 54(2). 227–233. 110 indexed citations

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Gambichler, Thilo, et al.. (2006). A randomised controlled trial on photo(chemo)therapy of subacute purigo. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 31(3). 348–353. 18 indexed citations

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Kreuter, Alexander, Anna Sommer, Julia Hyun, et al.. (2006). 1% Pimecrolimus, 0.005% Calcipotriol, and 0.1% Betamethasone in the Treatment of Intertriginous Psoriasis. Archives of Dermatology. 142(9). 1138–43. 58 indexed citations

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Kreuter, Alexander, Julia Hyun, Markus Stücker, et al.. (2006). A randomized controlled study of low-dose UVA1, medium-dose UVA1, and narrowband UVB phototherapy in the treatment of localized scleroderma. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 54(3). 440–447. 165 indexed citations

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Sommer, Anna, et al.. (2005). Großflächige, schmerzhafte Erosion der Vulva. Der Hautarzt. 57(4). 340–344. 1 indexed citations

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