Benjamin Schmid

74.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 48.7k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Schmid is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Schmid has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 48.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Biophysics and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Schmid's work include Cell Image Analysis Techniques (10 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (8 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers). Benjamin Schmid is often cited by papers focused on Cell Image Analysis Techniques (10 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (8 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers). Benjamin Schmid collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Benjamin Schmid's co-authors include Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras, Albert Cardona, Mark Longair, Johannes Schindelin, Stephan Saalfeld, Pavel Tomančák, Volker Hartenstein, Stephan Preibisch, Tobias Pietzsch and Kevin W. Eliceiri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Schmid

40 papers receiving 48.3k 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.

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

2012 44.9k citations Johannes Schindelin, Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras et al. Nature Methods profile →
BoneJ: Free and extensible bone image analysis in ImageJ

2010 1.7k citations Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras, Benjamin Schmid et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Schmid Germany	21	18.9k	6.0k	5.4k	5.0k	3.9k	44	48.7k
Stephan Preibisch Germany	25	20.1k 1.1×	6.3k 1.0×	5.1k 1.0×	5.4k 1.1×	4.0k 1.0×	51	49.5k
Stephan Saalfeld United States	20	19.3k 1.0×	6.3k 1.0×	5.0k 0.9×	5.8k 1.2×	4.0k 1.0×	33	49.2k
Verena Kaynig United States	11	18.4k 1.0×	5.9k 1.0×	4.8k 0.9×	4.8k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	15	46.8k
Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras Spain	24	19.5k 1.0×	6.3k 1.0×	5.6k 1.0×	5.4k 1.1×	4.1k 1.0×	77	52.0k
Jean-Yves Tinévez France	24	20.0k 1.1×	7.3k 1.2×	5.5k 1.0×	5.0k 1.0×	4.0k 1.0×	66	49.6k
Tobias Pietzsch Germany	9	18.2k 1.0×	5.9k 1.0×	4.7k 0.9×	4.7k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	16	45.3k
Mark Longair Switzerland	6	18.7k 1.0×	6.1k 1.0×	4.7k 0.9×	5.5k 1.1×	3.9k 1.0×	6	46.9k
Curtis Rueden United States	20	21.7k 1.1×	7.1k 1.2×	6.1k 1.1×	5.2k 1.0×	4.7k 1.2×	43	56.1k
Johannes Schindelin United States	14	21.8k 1.1×	7.1k 1.2×	6.0k 1.1×	5.5k 1.1×	4.8k 1.2×	24	56.2k
Erwin Frise United States	11	19.3k 1.0×	6.0k 1.0×	4.6k 0.9×	4.9k 1.0×	4.4k 1.1×	14	46.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Weiß, Luisa, Philipp Tripal, Benjamin Schmid, et al.. (2025). Integrin β6 expression in colorectal cancer cells promotes liver metastasis through enhanced adhesion to endothelial fibronectin. International Journal of Cancer. 157(7). 1481–1495.

Dittrich, Ralf, et al.. (2024). Survival and hormone production of isolated mouse follicles in three-dimensional artificial scaffolds after stimulation with bpV(HOpic). Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 309(5). 2127–2136.

Strobl, Frederic, Benjamin Schmid, Ralf Palmisano, et al.. (2023). How enhancers regulate wavelike gene expression patterns. eLife. 12. 7 indexed citations

Schmid, Benjamin, Philipp Tripal, Aurélie Edwards, et al.. (2023). Reconfiguration and loss of peritubular capillaries in chronic kidney disease. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 19660–19660. 6 indexed citations

Heichler, Christina, Kristina Scheibe, Benjamin Schmid, et al.. (2022). Targeting STAT3 Signaling in COL1+ Fibroblasts Controls Colitis-Associated Cancer in Mice. Cancers. 14(6). 1472–1472. 7 indexed citations

Wartchow, Krista Minéia, Benjamin Schmid, Philipp Tripal, et al.. (2021). Treatment with Cyclic AMP Activators Reduces Glioblastoma Growth and Invasion as Assessed by Two-Photon Microscopy. Cells. 10(3). 556–556. 5 indexed citations

Rhein, Cosima, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and characterization of a new two photon excitable acid sphingomyelinase FRET probe. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 44. 116303–116303. 8 indexed citations

Schleicher, Ulrike, Soeren Lukassen, Arif B. Ekici, et al.. (2020). Arginase impedes the resolution of colitis by altering the microbiome and metabolome. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(11). 5703–5720. 61 indexed citations

Ruder, Barbara, Nathalie Britzen‐Laurent, Benjamin Schmid, et al.. (2019). Permeability analyses and three dimensional imaging of interferon gamma-induced barrier disintegration in intestinal organoids. Stem Cell Research. 35. 101383–101383. 39 indexed citations

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Broichhagen, Johannes, Daniel Böning, Benjamin Schmid, et al.. (2018). A New Fluorogenic Small-Molecule Labeling Tool for Surface Diffusion Analysis and Advanced Fluorescence Imaging of β-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein-Cleaving Enzyme 1 Based on Silicone Rhodamine: SiR-BACE1. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 61(14). 6121–6139. 33 indexed citations

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Schmid, Benjamin, Wiebke Jahr, Michael Weber, & Jan Huisken. (2016). Software Framework for Controlling Unsupervised Scientific Instruments. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0161671–e0161671. 2 indexed citations

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Jahr, Wiebke, Benjamin Schmid, Christopher Schmied, Florian O. Fahrbach, & Jan Huisken. (2015). Hyperspectral light sheet microscopy. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7990–7990. 94 indexed citations

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Schmid, Benjamin, Nico Scherf, Michael Weber, et al.. (2013). Supplementary Software 1.

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Schmid, Benjamin, Gopi Shah, Nico Scherf, et al.. (2013). High-speed panoramic light-sheet microscopy reveals global endodermal cell dynamics. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2207–2207. 127 indexed citations

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Fahrbach, Florian O., Fabian F. Voigt, Benjamin Schmid, Fritjof Helmchen, & Jan Huisken. (2013). Rapid 3D light-sheet microscopy with a tunable lens. Optics Express. 21(18). 21010–21010. 265 indexed citations

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Schindelin, Johannes, Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras, Erwin Frise, et al.. (2012). Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis. Nature Methods. 9(7). 676–682. 44856 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blumenstein, C., et al.. (2011). High purity chemical etching and thermal passivation process for Ge(001) as nanostructure template. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 135(6). 64201–64201. 16 indexed citations

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Schmid, Benjamin, Johannes Schindelin, Albert Cardona, Mark Longair, & Martin Heisenberg. (2010). A high-level 3D visualization API for Java and ImageJ. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 274–274. 413 indexed citations

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Cardona, Albert, Stephan Saalfeld, Stephan Preibisch, et al.. (2010). An Integrated Micro- and Macroarchitectural Analysis of the Drosophila Brain by Computer-Assisted Serial Section Electron Microscopy. PLoS Biology. 8(10). e1000502–e1000502. 256 indexed citations

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Hermann, Thomas, Benjamin Schmid, Hermann Heumann, & H. Ulrich Göringer. (1997). A three-dimensional working model for a guide RNA from Trypanosoma brucei. Nucleic Acids Research. 25(12). 2311–2318. 45 indexed citations

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