Birgit Hirschberg

3.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
11 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Birgit Hirschberg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Hirschberg has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Birgit Hirschberg's work include Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (5 papers). Birgit Hirschberg is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (5 papers). Birgit Hirschberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Germany. Birgit Hirschberg's co-authors include John P. Adelman, James Maylie, Chris T. Bond, Neil V. Marrion, Takahiro Ishii, J. Mark Kinzie, Christopher Silvia, Svetlana Lutsenko, Teresa L. Johnson‐Pais and Xuefeng Xia and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Hirschberg

11 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Small-Conductance, Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels f... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 1998 1997 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. Small-Conductance, Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels from Mammalian Brain
    1996 787 citations Birgit Hirschberg, Chris T. Bond et al. Science profile →
  2. Mechanism of calcium gating in small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels
    1998 731 citations Xuefeng Xia, B. Fakler et al. Nature profile →
  3. A human intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel
    1997 510 citations Takahiro Ishii, Christopher Silvia et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Hirschberg United States 10 2.2k 1.5k 912 305 217 11 2.8k
Alice Butler United States 20 2.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 772 0.8× 255 0.8× 96 0.4× 28 2.9k
Fe C. Abogadie United Kingdom 26 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 592 0.6× 356 1.2× 277 1.3× 37 2.8k
Pedro Labarca Chile 30 1.8k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 393 0.4× 287 0.9× 169 0.8× 60 2.9k
Cecilia Vergara Chile 22 2.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 826 0.9× 191 0.6× 324 1.5× 43 3.1k
Terry P. Snutch Canada 26 3.9k 1.8× 2.9k 2.0× 1.1k 1.2× 138 0.5× 329 1.5× 33 4.3k
Christian Derst Germany 37 3.2k 1.5× 2.0k 1.4× 1.0k 1.1× 307 1.0× 227 1.0× 81 4.5k
Aguan Wei United States 11 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 800 0.9× 164 0.5× 158 0.7× 15 2.2k
Reid J. Leonard United States 16 1.9k 0.9× 951 0.6× 532 0.6× 138 0.5× 204 0.9× 18 2.3k
Manfred Grabner Austria 38 3.1k 1.4× 2.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.5× 269 0.9× 184 0.8× 69 3.6k
Jürgen R. Schwarz Germany 36 2.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 848 0.9× 341 1.1× 254 1.2× 81 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Hirschberg

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All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Zheng, Yingcong, Birgit Hirschberg, Jeffrey Yuan, et al.. (2002). Identification of Two Novel Drosophila melanogaster Histamine-gated Chloride Channel Subunits Expressed in the Eye. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(3). 2000–2005. 140 indexed citations
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Kane, Nanci S., Birgit Hirschberg, Su Wen Qian, et al.. (2000). Drug-resistant Drosophila indicate glutamate-gated chloride channels are targets for the antiparasitics nodulisporic acid and ivermectin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(25). 13949–13954. 162 indexed citations
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Hirschberg, Birgit, James Maylie, John P. Adelman, & Neil V. Marrion. (1999). Gating Properties of Single SK Channels in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons. Biophysical Journal. 77(4). 1905–1913. 58 indexed citations
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Xia, Xuefeng, B. Fakler, Gary A. Wayman, et al.. (1998). Mechanism of calcium gating in small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels. Nature. 395(6701). 503–507. 731 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xia, Xiaoming, Birgit Hirschberg, Sarah M. Smolik, Michael Forte, & John P. Adelman. (1998). dSLo Interacting Protein 1, a Novel Protein That Interacts with Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels. Journal of Neuroscience. 18(7). 2360–2369. 60 indexed citations
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Hirschberg, Birgit, James Maylie, John P. Adelman, & Neil V. Marrion. (1998). Gating of Recombinant Small-Conductance Ca-activated K+ Channels by Calcium. The Journal of General Physiology. 111(4). 565–581. 165 indexed citations
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Ishii, Takahiro, Christopher Silvia, Birgit Hirschberg, et al.. (1997). A human intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(21). 11651–11656. 510 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hirschberg, Birgit, Chris T. Bond, J. Mark Kinzie, et al.. (1996). Small-Conductance, Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels from Mammalian Brain. Science. 273(5282). 1709–1714. 787 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hirschberg, Birgit, Arthur S. Rovner, M. A. Lieberman, & Joseph B. Patlak. (1995). Transfer of twelve charges is needed to open skeletal muscle Na+ channels.. The Journal of General Physiology. 106(6). 1053–1068. 127 indexed citations
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Hirschberg, Birgit, Gary L. Peterson, Arazdordi Toumadje, et al.. (1995). Kinetic and biophysical analysis of the m2 muscarinic receptor. Life Sciences. 56(11-12). 907–913. 2 indexed citations
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Hirschberg, Birgit & Michael I. Schimerlik. (1994). A kinetic model for oxotremorine M binding to recombinant porcine m2 muscarinic receptors expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(42). 26127–26135. 40 indexed citations

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