Bettina Weich

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Bettina Weich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bettina Weich has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Bettina Weich's work include Hemoglobin structure and function (5 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (3 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers). Bettina Weich is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobin structure and function (5 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (3 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers). Bettina Weich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Sweden. Bettina Weich's co-authors include Thomas Hankeln, Thorsten Burmester, Sigrid Reinhardt, Bettina Ebner, Sylvia Wystub, Christine Fuchs, Tilmann Laufs, Anja Roesner, Marc Schmidt and Mark Haberkamp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuroscience and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Bettina Weich

10 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

A vertebrate globin expressed in the brain 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750
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.

  1. A vertebrate globin expressed in the brain
    2000 843 citations Thorsten Burmester, Bettina Weich et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bettina Weich Germany 9 1.5k 987 708 387 306 10 1.8k
Tilmann Laufs Germany 12 999 0.7× 656 0.7× 522 0.7× 286 0.7× 243 0.8× 12 1.3k
Frank Gerlach Germany 13 757 0.5× 464 0.5× 367 0.5× 209 0.5× 201 0.7× 15 1.0k
Sylvia Wystub Germany 8 774 0.5× 449 0.5× 401 0.6× 225 0.6× 211 0.7× 8 896
Bettina Ebner Germany 9 715 0.5× 471 0.5× 307 0.4× 184 0.5× 137 0.4× 11 924
Thomas Brittain New Zealand 19 779 0.5× 667 0.7× 354 0.5× 233 0.6× 110 0.4× 63 1.3k
Sigrid Reinhardt Germany 18 774 0.5× 1.4k 1.4× 386 0.5× 177 0.5× 160 0.5× 24 1.9k
Anja Roesner Germany 7 589 0.4× 320 0.3× 255 0.4× 145 0.4× 154 0.5× 7 777
Thorsten Schwerte Austria 24 605 0.4× 666 0.7× 217 0.3× 111 0.3× 148 0.5× 42 1.6k
Franck Borgèse France 33 380 0.3× 1.4k 1.4× 831 1.2× 297 0.8× 37 0.1× 60 2.5k
Sigrid Saaler‐Reinhardt Germany 9 494 0.3× 343 0.3× 341 0.5× 136 0.4× 149 0.5× 10 726

Countries citing papers authored by Bettina Weich

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bettina Weich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bettina Weich. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bettina Weich. The network helps show where Bettina Weich may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bettina Weich

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Schmidt, Hanno, Bettina Weich, Urs Schmidt‐Ott, et al.. (2017). Chironomus riparius (Diptera) genome sequencing reveals the impact of minisatellite transposable elements on population divergence. Molecular Ecology. 26(12). 3256–3275. 14 indexed citations
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Perseke, Marleen, Thomas Hankeln, Bettina Weich, et al.. (2007). The mitochondrial DNA of Xenoturbella bocki: genomic architecture and phylogenetic analysis. Theory in Biosciences. 126(1). 35–42. 23 indexed citations
3.
Perseke, Marleen, Thomas Hankeln, Bettina Weich, et al.. (2007). The mitochondrial DNA of Xenoturbella bocki. 1 indexed citations
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Wystub, Sylvia, et al.. (2004). Interspecies comparison of neuroglobin, cytoglobin and myoglobin: Sequence evolution and candidate regulatory elements. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 105(1). 65–78. 75 indexed citations
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Hankeln, Thomas, Bettina Ebner, Christine Fuchs, et al.. (2004). Neuroglobin and cytoglobin in search of their role in the vertebrate globin family. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 99(1). 110–119. 246 indexed citations
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Burmester, Thorsten, Bettina Ebner, Bettina Weich, & Thomas Hankeln. (2002). Cytoglobin: A Novel Globin Type Ubiquitously Expressed inVertebrate Tissues. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19(4). 416–421. 413 indexed citations
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Reuss, Stefan, Sigrid Saaler‐Reinhardt, Bettina Weich, et al.. (2002). Expression analysis of neuroglobin mRNA in rodent tissues. Neuroscience. 115(3). 645–656. 154 indexed citations
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Burmester, Thorsten, Bettina Weich, Sigrid Reinhardt, & Thomas Hankeln. (2000). A vertebrate globin expressed in the brain. Nature. 407(6803). 520–523. 843 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hankeln, Thomas, Clara Amid, Bettina Weich, Jürgen Niessing, & Erwin R. Schmidt. (1998). Molecular Evolution of the Globin Gene Cluster E in Two Distantly Related Midges, Chironomus pallidivittatus and C. thummi thummi. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 46(5). 589–601. 23 indexed citations
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Hankeln, Thomas, Angela Rohwedder, Bettina Weich, & Erwin R. Schmidt. (1994). Transposition of minisatellite-like DNA in Chironomus midges. Genome. 37(4). 542–549. 13 indexed citations

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