Anne Simonsen

32.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
128 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Anne Simonsen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anne Simonsen has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Epidemiology, 69 papers in Molecular Biology and 63 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Anne Simonsen's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (92 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (38 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (23 papers). Anne Simonsen is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (92 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (38 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (23 papers). Anne Simonsen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Germany. Anne Simonsen's co-authors include Harald Stenmark, Andreas Brech, Kim D. Finley, Pauline Isakson, Alf Håkon Lystad, Sharon A. Tooze, Sven R. Carlsson, Ai Yamamoto, Judy M. Callaghan and Jean‐Michel Gaullier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Anne Simonsen

126 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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 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.

EEA1 links PI(3)K function to Rab5 regulation of endosome fusion

1998 925 citations Anne Simonsen, Andreas Brech et al. profile →
Autophagy in healthy aging and disease

2021 798 citations Anne Simonsen, Terje Johansen et al. profile →
Promoting basal levels of autophagy in the nervous system enhances longevity and oxidant resistance in adult Drosophila

2008 556 citations Anne Simonsen, Andreas Brech et al. Autophagy profile →
Functional multivesicular bodies are required for autophagic clearance of protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative disease

2007 506 citations Camilla Raiborg, Ai Yamamoto et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Quality control of the mitochondrion

2021 291 citations Anne Simonsen et al. Developmental Cell profile →
Autophagosome biogenesis: From membrane growth to closure

2020 217 citations Thomas J. Melia, Alf Håkon Lystad et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Regulation of PRKN-independent mitophagy

2021 168 citations Ana Lapão, Patricia Boya et al. Autophagy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anne Simonsen Norway	53	5.7k	5.5k	4.1k	1.6k	1.2k	128	11.1k
Geir Bjørkøy Norway	31	5.8k 1.0×	7.7k 1.4×	2.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	55	11.5k
Viktor I. Korolchuk United Kingdom	42	4.7k 0.8×	4.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	905 0.7×	84	9.8k
Matthew Seaman United Kingdom	44	6.7k 1.2×	3.6k 0.7×	6.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	73	11.2k
Taichi Hara Japan	26	4.9k 0.8×	6.4k 1.1×	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	935 0.8×	51	9.8k
Joungmok Kim South Korea	27	8.7k 1.5×	6.7k 1.2×	4.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	50	15.2k
Eeva‐Liisa Eskelinen Finland	56	7.0k 1.2×	9.4k 1.7×	4.4k 1.1×	2.4k 1.6×	2.0k 1.6×	113	15.7k
Tohru Natsume Japan	58	11.3k 2.0×	5.1k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	894 0.7×	198	16.3k
Naotada Ishihara Japan	37	8.2k 1.4×	4.8k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	574 0.5×	68	11.6k
Sharon A. Tooze United Kingdom	67	8.2k 1.4×	9.9k 1.8×	7.1k 1.8×	1.9k 1.2×	2.3k 1.9×	175	17.2k
Gian María Fimia Italy	55	6.5k 1.1×	5.6k 1.0×	2.7k 0.7×	945 0.6×	850 0.7×	156	14.7k

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Trachsel-Moncho, Laura, Benan John Mathai, Ana Lapão, et al.. (2025). SNX10 functions as a modulator of piecemeal mitophagy and mitochondrial bioenergetics. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(5). 2 indexed citations

Simonsen, Anne, et al.. (2025). Clinical Presentation of a Family Diagnosed With Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis 1 Caused by a Novel Variant in HRURF . Pediatric Dermatology. 42(6). 1265–1269.

Pankiv, Serhiy, et al.. (2024). BEACH domain proteins function as cargo-sorting adaptors in secretory and endocytic pathways. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(12). 5 indexed citations

Goplen, Dorota, Mohummad Aminur Rahman, Petter Brandal, et al.. (2023). BORTEM-17: A phase IB/II single arm, multicentre study investigating the efficacy of sequential bortezomib and temozolomide in recurrent GBM with unmethylated MGMT promoter—The results of an interim analysis.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(16_suppl). 2019–2019. 1 indexed citations

Pastor‐Maldonado, Carmen J., Catherine J. Hunter, Zsuzsanna Takács, et al.. (2023). The ABL-MYC axis controls WIPI1-enhanced autophagy in lifespan extension. Communications Biology. 6(1). 872–872. 5 indexed citations

Ballina, Laura Rodríguez de la, Maria Lyngaas Torgersen, Maja Radulovic, et al.. (2023). TECPR1 is activated by damage‐induced sphingomyelin exposure to mediate noncanonical autophagy. The EMBO Journal. 42(17). e113105–e113105. 34 indexed citations

Simonsen, Anne & Thomas Wollert. (2022). Don't forget to be picky – selective autophagy of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 75. 102064–102064. 13 indexed citations

Rahman, Mohummad Aminur, Agnete S. T. Engelsen, Shahin Sarowar, et al.. (2022). Bortezomib abrogates temozolomide-induced autophagic flux through an ATG5 dependent pathway. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 10 indexed citations

Maestro, Inés, Laura Rodríguez de la Ballina, Silvia Corrochano, et al.. (2022). Discovery of Mitophagy Inhibitors with Therapeutic Potential in Different Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mutations. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(20). 12676–12676. 9 indexed citations

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Lapão, Ana, et al.. (2021). Regulation of PRKN-independent mitophagy. Autophagy. 18(1). 24–39. 168 indexed citations breakdown →

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Corkery, Dale, Aftab Nadeem, Kyaw Min Aung, et al.. (2020). Vibrio cholerae cytotoxin MakA induces noncanonical autophagy resulting in the spatial inhibition of canonical autophagy. Journal of Cell Science. 134(5). 10 indexed citations

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Lystad, Alf Håkon, Sven R. Carlsson, Laura Rodríguez de la Ballina, et al.. (2019). Distinct functions of ATG16L1 isoforms in membrane binding and LC3B lipidation in autophagy-related processes. Nature Cell Biology. 21(3). 372–383. 144 indexed citations

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Lystad, Alf Håkon, Sven R. Carlsson, & Anne Simonsen. (2019). Toward the function of mammalian ATG12–ATG5-ATG16L1 complex in autophagy and related processes. Autophagy. 15(8). 1485–1486. 72 indexed citations

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Abudu, Yakubu Princely, Serhiy Pankiv, Benan John Mathai, et al.. (2019). NIPSNAP1 and NIPSNAP2 act as “eat me” signals to allow sustained recruitment of autophagy receptors during mitophagy. Autophagy. 15(10). 1845–1847. 32 indexed citations

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Yan, Zhen, Michael J. Munson, Andreas Brech, et al.. (2019). ESCRT-mediated phagophore sealing during mitophagy. Autophagy. 16(5). 826–841. 136 indexed citations

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Kraft, Claudine, Patricia Boya, Patrice Codogno, et al.. (2018). Driving next-generation autophagy researchers towards translation (DRIVE), an international PhD training program on autophagy. Autophagy. 15(2). 347–351. 4 indexed citations

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Schläfli, Anna M., Pauline Isakson, Enrico Garattini, Anne Simonsen, & Mario P. Tschan. (2017). The autophagy scaffold protein ALFY is critical for the granulocytic differentiation of AML cells. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12980–12980. 17 indexed citations

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Dragich, Joanna M., Takaaki Kuwajima, Evelien Eenjes, et al.. (2016). Autophagy linked FYVE (Alfy/WDFY3) is required for establishing neuronal connectivity in the mammalian brain. eLife. 5. 82 indexed citations

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Mandell, Michael A., Ashish Jain, John Arko‐Mensah, et al.. (2014). TRIM Proteins Regulate Autophagy and Can Target Autophagic Substrates by Direct Recognition. Developmental Cell. 30(4). 394–409. 268 indexed citations

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Gillooly, David J., Anne Simonsen, & Harald Stenmark. (2001). Cellular functions of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and FYVE domain proteins. Biochemical Journal. 355(2). 249–249. 169 indexed citations

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