Boris Greber

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Boris Greber is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Boris Greber has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Boris Greber's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (53 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (36 papers) and Renal and related cancers (18 papers). Boris Greber is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (53 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (36 papers) and Renal and related cancers (18 papers). Boris Greber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Korea and United States. Boris Greber's co-authors include Hans R. Schöler, Marcos J. Araúzo‐Bravo, Guangming Wu, Hans Lehrach, Dong‐Wook Han, James Adjaye, Holm Zaehres, Natàlia Tàpia, Kinarm Ko and Jeong Beom Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Boris Greber

76 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Direct reprogramming of human neural stem cells by OCT4

2009 506 citations Jeong Beom Kim, Boris Greber et al. Nature profile →
Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts into Neural Stem Cells by Defined Factors

2012 421 citations Dong‐Wook Han, Marcos J. Araúzo‐Bravo et al. Cell stem cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Boris Greber Germany	37	4.2k	812	806	544	450	78	5.0k
Akitsu Hotta Japan	38	4.7k 1.1×	997 1.2×	665 0.8×	531 1.0×	957 2.1×	88	5.7k
April D. Pyle United States	30	3.6k 0.9×	590 0.7×	546 0.7×	345 0.6×	632 1.4×	62	4.5k
Tomo Šarić Germany	35	2.9k 0.7×	895 1.1×	467 0.6×	422 0.8×	331 0.7×	84	4.7k
Sheng Ding United States	35	3.4k 0.8×	597 0.7×	488 0.6×	401 0.7×	356 0.8×	73	4.5k
Micha Drukker Germany	28	3.1k 0.7×	895 1.1×	489 0.6×	306 0.6×	491 1.1×	52	4.3k
Yohei Hayashi Japan	24	3.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	499 0.6×	299 0.5×	299 0.7×	61	3.6k
Sara E. Howden Australia	24	3.9k 0.9×	526 0.6×	931 1.2×	510 0.9×	505 1.1×	43	4.4k
Satoshi Okamoto Japan	22	2.8k 0.7×	438 0.5×	420 0.5×	640 1.2×	305 0.7×	59	3.8k
Tim Ahfeldt United States	14	4.3k 1.0×	855 1.1×	705 0.9×	611 1.1×	540 1.2×	22	5.0k
Sebastian Diecke Germany	30	2.6k 0.6×	872 1.1×	844 1.0×	547 1.0×	234 0.5×	68	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Boris Greber

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Boris Greber's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Boris Greber with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Boris Greber more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Boris Greber

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Boris Greber. 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 Boris Greber. The network helps show where Boris Greber may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Boris Greber

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Berger, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Sequential factor delivery enables efficient workflow for universal gene editing in clinical grade iPS cells. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 32514–32514.

Schade, Dennis, Lauren Drowley, Qing‐Dong Wang, Alleyn T. Plowright, & Boris Greber. (2022). Phenotypic screen identifies FOXO inhibitor to counteract maturation and promote expansion of human iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 65. 116782–116782. 5 indexed citations

Bekhite, Mohamed M., Jasmine Wu, Tarek Bekfani, et al.. (2020). Longitudinal metabolic profiling of cardiomyocytes derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Basic Research in Cardiology. 115(4). 37–37. 20 indexed citations

Moradi, Sharif, Tomo Šarić, Johnny Kim, et al.. (2019). Research and therapy with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs): social, legal, and ethical considerations. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 10(1). 341–341. 187 indexed citations

Zhang, Wensheng, Constantinos Chronis, Xi Chen, et al.. (2019). The BAF and PRC2 Complex Subunits Dpf2 and Eed Antagonistically Converge on Tbx3 to Control ESC Differentiation. Cell stem cell. 24(1). 138–152.e8. 32 indexed citations

Quaranta, Roberto, Frank Rühle, Jyoti Rao, et al.. (2018). Revised roles of ISL1 in a hES cell-based model of human heart chamber specification. eLife. 7. 36 indexed citations

Schweizer, Patrick A., Fabrice F. Darche, Nina D. Ullrich, et al.. (2017). Subtype-specific differentiation of cardiac pacemaker cell clusters from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 8(1). 229–229. 56 indexed citations

Piccini, Ilaria, et al.. (2017). Generation and cardiac subtype-specific differentiation of PITX2-deficient human iPS cell lines for exploring familial atrial fibrillation. Stem Cell Research. 21. 26–28. 11 indexed citations

Frank, Stefan L., et al.. (2017). Adrenergic Stress Protection of Human iPS Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes by Fast Kv7.1 Recycling. Frontiers in Physiology. 8. 705–705. 10 indexed citations

10.

Rao, Jyoti, et al.. (2017). Wnt signaling positively regulates endothelial cell fate specification in the Fli1a-positive progenitor population via Lef1. Developmental Biology. 430(1). 142–155. 18 indexed citations

11.

Peischard, Stefan, Ilaria Piccini, Nathalie Strutz‐Seebohm, Boris Greber, & Guiscard Seebohm. (2017). From iPSC towards cardiac tissue—a road under construction. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 469(10). 1233–1243. 7 indexed citations

12.

Stallmeyer, Birgit, Boris Greber, Nathalie Strutz‐Seebohm, et al.. (2016). Structural interplay of KV7.1 and KCNE1 is essential for normal repolarization and is compromised in short QT syndrome 2 (KV7.1-A287T). HeartRhythm Case Reports. 2(6). 521–529. 3 indexed citations

13.

Piccini, Ilaria, Marcos J. Araúzo‐Bravo, Guiscard Seebohm, & Boris Greber. (2016). Functional high-resolution time-course expression analysis of human embryonic stem cells undergoing cardiac induction. Genomics Data. 10. 71–74. 4 indexed citations

14.

Rao, Jyoti, Martin J. Pfeiffer, Stefan L. Frank, et al.. (2015). Stepwise Clearance of Repressive Roadblocks Drives Cardiac Induction in Human ESCs. Cell stem cell. 18(3). 341–353. 79 indexed citations

15.

Hassani, Seyedeh‐Nafiseh, Mehdi Totonchi, Ali Sharifi‐Zarchi, et al.. (2013). Inhibition of TGFβ Signaling Promotes Ground State Pluripotency. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 10(1). 16–30. 54 indexed citations

16.

Frank, Stefan L., Miao Zhang, Hans R. Schöler, & Boris Greber. (2012). Small Molecule-Assisted, Line-Independent Maintenance of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells in Defined Conditions. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e41958–e41958. 65 indexed citations

17.

Singhal, Nishant, Johannes Graumann, Guangming Wu, et al.. (2010). Chromatin-Remodeling Components of the BAF Complex Facilitate Reprogramming. Cell. 141(6). 943–955. 294 indexed citations

18.

Kim, Jeong Beom, Boris Greber, Marcos J. Araúzo‐Bravo, et al.. (2009). Direct reprogramming of human neural stem cells by OCT4. Nature. 461(7264). 649–653. 506 indexed citations breakdown →

19.

Greber, Boris, Hans Lehrach, & James Adjaye. (2008). Control of Early Fate Decisions in Human ES Cells by Distinct States of TGFβ Pathway Activity. Stem Cells and Development. 17(6). 1065–1078. 62 indexed citations

20.

Greber, Boris, Hans Lehrach, & Heinz Himmelbauer. (2003). Characterization of trimethylpsoralen as a mutagen for mouse embryonic stem cells. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 525(1-2). 67–76. 8 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact