Birgit Hofmann

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Birgit Hofmann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Hofmann has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Birgit Hofmann's work include Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (8 papers), Redox biology and oxidative stress (6 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers). Birgit Hofmann is often cited by papers focused on Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (8 papers), Redox biology and oxidative stress (6 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers). Birgit Hofmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Argentina and Portugal. Birgit Hofmann's co-authors include Leopold Flohé, Dietmar Schomburg, Hans‐Jürgen Hecht, Rolf D. Schmid, Hajo Delius, Marianne Kordel, H.J. Hecht, Heike Budde, Josef Altenbuchner and K.‐H. van Pée and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Molecular Biology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Hofmann

36 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Peroxiredoxins

2002 521 citations Birgit Hofmann, Leopold Flohé et al. Biological Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgit Hofmann Germany	20	1.3k	423	258	172	156	40	2.0k
Ian Macreadie Australia	32	1.7k 1.3×	683 1.6×	171 0.7×	101 0.6×	59 0.4×	158	3.3k
Fabiana K. Seixas Brazil	31	768 0.6×	177 0.4×	237 0.9×	184 1.1×	126 0.8×	171	3.5k
Vineet K. Singh United States	26	1.3k 1.0×	190 0.4×	103 0.4×	118 0.7×	80 0.5×	57	2.1k
Han Li China	25	986 0.7×	219 0.5×	97 0.4×	110 0.6×	48 0.3×	80	2.6k
Tiago Collares Brazil	29	773 0.6×	132 0.3×	253 1.0×	181 1.1×	122 0.8×	155	2.9k
Bart Samyn Belgium	30	1.3k 1.0×	189 0.4×	83 0.3×	194 1.1×	201 1.3×	62	2.4k
Takeshi Nara Japan	29	1.0k 0.8×	666 1.6×	406 1.6×	93 0.5×	118 0.8×	106	2.3k
Gary R. Gray United States	31	1.4k 1.0×	348 0.8×	49 0.2×	468 2.7×	119 0.8×	116	3.2k
Torsten Kleffmann New Zealand	29	1.6k 1.2×	240 0.6×	150 0.6×	67 0.4×	36 0.2×	73	2.6k
Sandhya S. Visweswariah India	34	2.0k 1.5×	506 1.2×	86 0.3×	118 0.7×	151 1.0×	138	3.4k

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Kilo, Sonja, Birgit Hofmann, Elisabeth Eckert, Thomas Göen, & Hans Drexler. (2016). Evaluation of biomarkers assessing regular alcohol consumption in an occupational setting. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 89(8). 1193–1203. 9 indexed citations

Schneider, Jens, et al.. (2009). Generation of Amylosucrase Variants That Terminate Catalysis of Acceptor Elongation at the Di- or Trisaccharide Stage. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(23). 7453–7460. 13 indexed citations

Swistowska, Anna Maria, et al.. (2008). Re‐ or displacement of invariant residues in the C‐terminal half of the catalytic domain strongly affects catalysis by glucosyltransferase R. FEBS Letters. 582(4). 491–496. 3 indexed citations

Schauenburg, Henning & Birgit Hofmann. (2007). Psychotherapie der Depression.

Ladwig, Karl‐Heinz, Birgitt Marten‐Mittag, Isabel Deisenhofer, et al.. (2003). Exaggerated Electrodermal Startle Responses After Intracardiac Shock Discharges in Patients With Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators. Psychosomatic Medicine. 65(2). 222–228. 9 indexed citations

Flohé, Leopold, H.J. Hecht, Birgit Hofmann, et al.. (2003). Kinetics and Redox-Sensitive Oligomerisation Reveal Negative Subunit Cooperativity in Tryparedoxin Peroxidase of Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Biological Chemistry. 384(4). 619–33. 71 indexed citations

Ladwig, Karl‐Heinz, Birgitt Marten‐Mittag, Isabel Deisenhofer, et al.. (2002). Psychophysiological Correlates of Peritraumatic Dissociative Responses in Survivors of Life-Threatening Cardiac Events. Psychopathology. 35(4). 241–248. 39 indexed citations

Castro, Helena, et al.. (2002). Specificity and kinetics of a mitochondrial peroxiredoxin of Leishmania infantum. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 33(11). 1563–1574. 47 indexed citations

Flohé, Leopold, Heike Budde, Karsten Bruns, et al.. (2002). Tryparedoxin Peroxidase of Leishmania donovani: Molecular Cloning, Heterologous Expression, Specificity, and Catalytic Mechanism. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 397(2). 324–335. 103 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Birgit, Heike Budde, Karsten Bruns, et al.. (2001). Structures of Tryparedoxins Revealing Interaction with Trypanothione. Biological Chemistry. 382(3). 459–71. 50 indexed citations

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Hecht, H.J., R Adar, Birgit Hofmann, et al.. (2001). Structure of fibroblast growth factor 9 shows a symmetric dimer with unique receptor- and heparin-binding interfaces. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(3). 378–384. 26 indexed citations

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Guerrero, Sergio A., Hans‐Jürgen Hecht, Birgit Hofmann, Hanno Biebl, & Mahavir Singh. (2001). Production of selenomethionine-labelled proteins using simplified culture conditions and generally applicable host/vector systems.. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 56(5-6). 718–723. 84 indexed citations

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Kalisz, Henryk M., et al.. (2000). Crystallisation of tryparedoxin I from Crithidia fasciculata. BioFactors. 11(1-2). 73–75. 7 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Birgit, et al.. (1999). Psycho-neurogene Faktoren bei der Genese lebensbedrohlicher Arrhythmien. Der Nervenarzt. 70(9). 830–835. 7 indexed citations

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Kalisz, Henryk M., Everson Nogoceke, Daniel U. Gommel, et al.. (1999). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of tryparedoxin I fromCrithidia fasciculata. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 55(3). 696–698. 9 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Birgit, et al.. (1998). Structural investigation of the cofactor-free chloroperoxidases. Journal of Molecular Biology. 279(4). 889–900. 142 indexed citations

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Delius, Hajo & Birgit Hofmann. (1994). Primer-Directed Sequencing of Human Papillomavirus Types. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 186. 13–31. 82 indexed citations

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Lang, Dietmar, Lutz Haalck, Birgit Hofmann, et al.. (1994). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a lipase from Chromobacterium viscosum. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 50(2). 225–227. 5 indexed citations

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Sobek, Harald, et al.. (1990). Crystal structure of an alkaline protease from Bacillus alcalophilus at 2.4Åresolution. FEBS Letters. 274(1-2). 57–60. 9 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Birgit, et al.. (1989). Three-dimensional structure of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from Bacillus circulans at 3·4 Å resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 209(4). 793–800. 53 indexed citations

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