Bernhard Payer

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Bernhard Payer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernhard Payer has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Bernhard Payer's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (14 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Bernhard Payer is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (15 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (14 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Bernhard Payer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Bernhard Payer's co-authors include Jeannie T. Lee, Mitinori Saitou, M. Azim Surani, Sheila C. Barton, Yasuhide Ohinata, Dónal O’Carroll, Katia Ancelin, Yukiko Ono, Joseph Avruch and Dawang Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Payer

36 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Blimp1 is a critical determinant of the germ cell lineage in mice

2005 789 citations Yasuhide Ohinata, Bernhard Payer et al. Nature profile →
Mst1 and Mst2 Maintain Hepatocyte Quiescence and Suppress Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development through Inactivation of the Yap1 Oncogene

2009 721 citations Bernhard Payer, Jeannie T. Lee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernhard Payer United States	24	3.1k	1.2k	794	488	408	38	3.9k
Ian R. Adams United Kingdom	29	3.2k 1.0×	809 0.7×	535 0.7×	378 0.8×	173 0.4×	55	3.7k
Tristan A. Rodríguez United Kingdom	28	2.8k 0.9×	594 0.5×	567 0.7×	289 0.6×	371 0.9×	48	3.5k
Fredrik Lanner Sweden	31	3.5k 1.1×	529 0.4×	318 0.4×	605 1.2×	398 1.0×	60	4.0k
Ira Daar United States	31	2.9k 0.9×	554 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	527 1.1×	151 0.4×	79	3.9k
Anna Philpott United Kingdom	37	3.6k 1.1×	638 0.5×	862 1.1×	251 0.5×	404 1.0×	97	4.4k
Masami Kanai‐Azuma Japan	33	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	340 0.4×	396 0.8×	525 1.3×	82	3.7k
Michel Cohen‐Tannoudji France	32	2.6k 0.8×	756 0.6×	338 0.4×	183 0.4×	217 0.5×	73	3.5k
Amy Ralston United States	24	3.8k 1.2×	619 0.5×	915 1.2×	946 1.9×	136 0.3×	45	4.3k
Jaime A. Rivera‐Pérez United States	27	2.5k 0.8×	751 0.6×	241 0.3×	212 0.4×	184 0.5×	47	2.9k
Lídia Pérez Spain	17	3.6k 1.2×	736 0.6×	679 0.9×	202 0.4×	330 0.8×	25	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernhard Payer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bernhard Payer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bernhard Payer 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 Bernhard Payer. Bernhard Payer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Maqueda, María, Joan Bertran, Damiana Álvarez‐Errico, et al.. (2025). Chromatin activity of IκBα mediates the exit from naïve pluripotency. eLife. 14.

Neguembor, Maria Victoria, Elliot A. Hershberg, Ruslan I. Sadreyev, et al.. (2023). Cohesin controls X chromosome structure remodeling and X-reactivation during mouse iPSC-reprogramming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(4). e2213810120–e2213810120. 6 indexed citations

Cozzuto, Luca, Patricia Lorden, Norio Hamada, et al.. (2022). Controlled X‐chromosome dynamics defines meiotic potential of female mouse in vitro germ cells. The EMBO Journal. 41(12). e109457–e109457. 14 indexed citations

Llonch, Sílvia, Montserrat Barragán, Paula Nieto, et al.. (2021). Single human oocyte transcriptome analysis reveals distinct maturation stage‐dependent pathways impacted by age. Aging Cell. 20(5). e13360–e13360. 67 indexed citations

Jiang, Zhisheng, et al.. (2021). A conserved expression signature predicts growth rate and reveals cell & lineage-specific differences. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(11). e1009582–e1009582. 6 indexed citations

Vivori, Claudia, Panagiotis Papasaikas, Ralph Stadhouders, et al.. (2021). Dynamics of alternative splicing during somatic cell reprogramming reveals functions for RNA-binding proteins CPSF3, hnRNP UL1, and TIA1. Genome biology. 22(1). 171–171. 16 indexed citations

Vidal, Enrique, Eduard Zorita, Nil Üresin, et al.. (2021). Chromosome compartments on the inactive X guide TAD formation independently of transcription during X-reactivation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3499–3499. 30 indexed citations

Sripathy, Smitha, Vid Leko, Taylor K. Loe, et al.. (2017). Screen for reactivation of MeCP2 on the inactive X chromosome identifies the BMP/TGF-β superfamily as a regulator of XIST expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(7). 1619–1624. 49 indexed citations

Payer, Bernhard. (2016). Developmental regulation of X-chromosome inactivation. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 56. 88–99. 31 indexed citations

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Beringer, Malte, Valerio Di Carlo, Enrique Blanco, et al.. (2016). EPOP Functionally Links Elongin and Polycomb in Pluripotent Stem Cells. Molecular Cell. 64(4). 645–658. 108 indexed citations

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Froberg, John E., Chunyao Wei, Hongjae Sunwoo, et al.. (2015). A comprehensive Xist interactome reveals cohesin repulsion and an RNA-directed chromosome conformation. Science. 349(6245). 357 indexed citations

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Anguera, Montserrat C., Ruslan I. Sadreyev, Zhaoqing Zhang, et al.. (2012). Molecular Signatures of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Highlight Sex Differences and Cancer Genes. Cell stem cell. 11(1). 75–90. 129 indexed citations

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Payer, Bernhard, Jeannie T. Lee, & Satoshi H. Namekawa. (2011). X-inactivation and X-reactivation: epigenetic hallmarks of mammalian reproduction and pluripotent stem cells. Human Genetics. 130(2). 265–280. 48 indexed citations

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Namekawa, Satoshi H., Bernhard Payer, Khanh D. Huynh, Rudolf Jaenisch, & Jeannie T. Lee. (2010). Two-Step Imprinted X Inactivation: Repeat versus Genic Silencing in the Mouse. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 30(13). 3187–3205. 98 indexed citations

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Ohinata, Yasuhide, Yoshiyuki Seki, Bernhard Payer, et al.. (2006). Germline Recruitment in Mice: A Genetic Program for Epigenetic Reprogramming. PubMed. 143–174. 8 indexed citations

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Saitou, Mitinori, Bernhard Payer, Dónal O’Carroll, Yasuhide Ohinata, & M. Azim Surani. (2005). Blimp1 and the Emergence of the Germ Line during Development in the Mouse. Cell Cycle. 4(12). 1736–1740. 56 indexed citations

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Ohinata, Yasuhide, Bernhard Payer, Dónal O’Carroll, et al.. (2005). Blimp1 is a critical determinant of the germ cell lineage in mice. Nature. 436(7048). 207–213. 789 indexed citations breakdown →

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Surani, M. Azim, Katia Ancelin, Petra Hájková, et al.. (2004). Mechanism of Mouse Germ Cell Specification: A Genetic Program Regulating Epigenetic Reprogramming. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 69(0). 1–10. 33 indexed citations

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Payer, Bernhard, Mitinori Saitou, Sheila C. Barton, et al.. (2003). stella Is a Maternal Effect Gene Required for Normal Early Development in Mice. Current Biology. 13(23). 2110–2117. 299 indexed citations

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Das, Tilak, Bernhard Payer, Michel Cayouette, & William A. Harris. (2003). In Vivo Time-Lapse Imaging of Cell Divisions during Neurogenesis in the Developing Zebrafish Retina. Neuron. 37(4). 597–609. 165 indexed citations

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