Bertram Schmitt

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Bertram Schmitt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertram Schmitt has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Bertram Schmitt's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (13 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (13 papers). Bertram Schmitt is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (13 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (13 papers). Bertram Schmitt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Bertram Schmitt's co-authors include Heinrich Betz, Gabriele Grenningloh, Konrad Beyreuther, Eckart D. Gundelfinger, Peter Prior, Axel Rienitz, Christoph Methfessel, Dieter Langosch, Joachim Kirsch and Andreas Ultsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bertram Schmitt

43 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

The strychnine-binding subunit of the glycine receptor sh... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 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. The strychnine-binding subunit of the glycine receptor shows homology with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
    1987 581 citations Gabriele Grenningloh, Bertram Schmitt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bertram Schmitt Germany 26 2.3k 1.9k 420 294 131 43 3.1k
Vanessa J. Auld Canada 27 2.0k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 540 1.3× 110 0.4× 155 1.2× 52 2.8k
Anne Devillers‐Thiéry France 28 4.2k 1.8× 1.8k 1.0× 271 0.6× 339 1.2× 96 0.7× 48 4.7k
Michael R. Koelle United States 27 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 271 0.6× 339 1.2× 167 1.3× 44 3.4k
Akiko Miwa Japan 33 2.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 319 0.8× 300 1.0× 62 0.5× 76 3.7k
Stephan Schneuwly Germany 32 2.3k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 466 1.1× 314 1.1× 485 3.7× 52 4.0k
William N. Green United States 36 3.5k 1.5× 1.5k 0.8× 960 2.3× 173 0.6× 81 0.6× 59 4.4k
Alberto Ferrús Spain 35 2.4k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 572 1.4× 276 0.9× 367 2.8× 83 3.8k
Yves Maulet France 24 1.6k 0.7× 803 0.4× 294 0.7× 114 0.4× 105 0.8× 40 2.2k
Minoru Saitoe Japan 24 798 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 332 0.8× 147 0.5× 86 0.7× 48 1.9k
L Byerly United States 21 2.0k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 124 0.3× 85 0.3× 144 1.1× 28 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bertram Schmitt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schirutschke, Holger, Bertram Schmitt, J.-C. Schewe, et al.. (2012). Influence of peritoneal dialysis solution on measurements of fluid status by bioimpedance spectroscopy. International Urology and Nephrology. 45(1). 229–232. 24 indexed citations
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Reddy‐Alla, Suneel, Bertram Schmitt, Jörg Birkenfeld, et al.. (2010). PH‐Domain‐driven targeting of collybistin but not Cdc42 activation is required for synaptic gephyrin clustering. European Journal of Neuroscience. 31(7). 1173–1184. 57 indexed citations
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Wismar, Jasmine, et al.. (2007). Characterization of lamin Mutation Phenotypes in Drosophila and Comparison to Human Laminopathies. PLoS ONE. 2(6). e532–e532. 28 indexed citations
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Saiyed, Taslimarif, Ingo Paarmann, Bertram Schmitt, et al.. (2006). Molecular Basis of Gephyrin Clustering at Inhibitory Synapses. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(8). 5625–5632. 65 indexed citations
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Paarmann, Ingo, Bertram Schmitt, Bjoern Meyer, Michael Karas, & Heinrich Betz. (2006). Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Glycine Receptor-associated Gephyrin Splice Variants. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(46). 34918–34925. 32 indexed citations
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Solà, Marı́a, Vassiliy N. Bavro, Joanna Timmins, et al.. (2004). Structural basis of dynamic glycine receptor clustering by gephyrin. The EMBO Journal. 23(13). 2510–2519. 134 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Bertram. (2002). Development of molecular tools for the mulundocandin producer Aspergillus sydowii : DNA-mediated transformation and reporter gene expression. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 58(5). 625–631. 12 indexed citations
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Betz, Heinrich, et al.. (2000). Novel CNS Glutamate Receptor Subunit Genes of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Neurochemistry. 75(5). 1791–1799. 39 indexed citations
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Mülhardt, Cornel, S. Bertrand, Arnd Baumann, et al.. (1998). Dα3, a New Functional α Subunit of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors from Drosophila. Journal of Neurochemistry. 71(2). 853–862. 61 indexed citations
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Lansdell, Stuart J., Bertram Schmitt, Heinrich Betz, David B. Sattelle, & Neil S. Millar. (1997). Temperature‐Sensitive Expression of Drosophila Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Journal of Neurochemistry. 68(5). 1812–1819. 66 indexed citations
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Betz, Heinrich, et al.. (1995). Baculovirus‐driven expression and purification of glycine receptor α1 homo‐oligomers. FEBS Letters. 368(3). 495–499. 10 indexed citations
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Harvey, Victoria L., Bertram Schmitt, Irm Hermans‐Borgmeyer, et al.. (1994). Sequence of a Drosophila Ligand‐Gated Ion‐Channel Polypeptide with an Unusual Amino‐Terminal Extracellular Domain. Journal of Neurochemistry. 62(6). 2480–2483. 53 indexed citations
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Ultsch, Andreas, Christoph Schuster, Bodo Laube, Heinrich Betz, & Bertram Schmitt. (1993). Glutamate receptors of Drosophila melanogaster. FEBS Letters. 324(2). 171–177. 84 indexed citations
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Betz, Heinrich, Christoph Schuster, Andreas Ultsch, & Bertram Schmitt. (1993). Molecular biology of ionotropic glutamate receptors in Drosophila melanogaster. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 14(12). 428–431. 18 indexed citations
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Prior, Peter, Bertram Schmitt, Gabriele Grenningloh, et al.. (1992). Primary structure and alternative splice variants of gephyrin, a putative glycine receptor-tubulin linker protein. Neuron. 8(6). 1161–1170. 265 indexed citations
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Betz, Heinrich, Jochen Kuhse, Volker Schmieden, et al.. (1991). How to build a glycinergic postsynaptic membrane. Journal of Cell Science. 1991(Supplement_15). 23–25. 14 indexed citations
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Betz, Heinrich, Dieter Langosch, Werner Hoch, et al.. (1991). Structure and Expression of Inhibitory Glycine Receptors. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 287. 421–429. 25 indexed citations
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Betz, Heinrich, et al.. (1989). Central nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the chicken and Drosophila CNS: Biochemical and molecular biology approaches. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Polarization Phenomena in Nuclear Reactions. 57. 183–189. 1 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Bertram, et al.. (1965). Strafprozessordnung : Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz, Nebengesetze und ergänzende Bestimmungen. C.H.Beck eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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