Charles Betz

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Charles Betz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Betz has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Charles Betz's work include PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (4 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (3 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (3 papers). Charles Betz is often cited by papers focused on PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (4 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (3 papers) and Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (3 papers). Charles Betz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Charles Betz's co-authors include Michael N. Hall, Cristina Prescianotto‐Baschong, Maud Frieden, Nicolas Demaurex, Luigi Terracciano, Markus Affolter, Heinz‐Georg Belting, Anna Lenard, Marion Cornu and Markus H. Heim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Charles Betz

11 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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. mTOR complex 2-Akt signaling at mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes (MAM) regulates mitochondrial physiology
    2013 444 citations Charles Betz, Cristina Prescianotto‐Baschong et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Charles Betz 1.5k 411 289 281 224 11 1.9k
Satoru Torii 1.5k 1.0× 345 0.8× 345 1.2× 269 1.0× 121 0.5× 48 2.0k
Greg M. Findlay 1.7k 1.1× 228 0.6× 165 0.6× 137 0.5× 261 1.2× 30 2.0k
Jacques Pouysségur 1.7k 1.2× 358 0.9× 172 0.6× 442 1.6× 298 1.3× 21 2.3k
Daniel Tondera 2.1k 1.4× 248 0.6× 352 1.2× 433 1.5× 296 1.3× 12 2.4k
Hijai R. Shin 954 0.7× 270 0.7× 491 1.7× 209 0.7× 215 1.0× 20 1.5k
Lynn Cheatham 1.6k 1.1× 273 0.7× 117 0.4× 171 0.6× 262 1.2× 16 2.1k
Sizhen Gao 1.4k 0.9× 403 1.0× 411 1.4× 579 2.1× 164 0.7× 9 2.1k
Nahum Meller 1.3k 0.9× 559 1.4× 165 0.6× 264 0.9× 212 0.9× 23 2.2k
Miguel A. Prado 1.3k 0.9× 432 1.1× 375 1.3× 144 0.5× 225 1.0× 30 1.7k
Shu‐Yong Lin 1.9k 1.3× 350 0.9× 629 2.2× 397 1.4× 265 1.2× 35 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Charles Betz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Betz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Betz

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Betz, Charles, Ilkka Paatero, Christopher W. Wilson, et al.. (2021). Control of dynamic cell behaviors during angiogenesis and anastomosis by Rasip1. Development. 148(15). 7 indexed citations
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Hindupur, Sravanth K., Marco Colombi, Stephen R. Fuhs, et al.. (2018). The protein histidine phosphatase LHPP is a tumour suppressor. Nature. 555(7698). 678–682. 169 indexed citations
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Betz, Charles, Anna Lenard, Heinz‐Georg Belting, & Markus Affolter. (2016). Cell behaviors and dynamics during angiogenesis. Development. 143(13). 2249–2260. 165 indexed citations
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Benjamin, Don, Marco Colombi, Sravanth K. Hindupur, et al.. (2016). Syrosingopine sensitizes cancer cells to killing by metformin. Science Advances. 2(12). e1601756–e1601756. 62 indexed citations
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Lenard, Anna, Stephan Daetwyler, Charles Betz, et al.. (2015). Endothelial Cell Self-fusion during Vascular Pruning. PLoS Biology. 13(4). e1002126–e1002126. 104 indexed citations
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Betz, Charles, et al.. (2013). mTOR complex 2-Akt signaling at mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes (MAM) regulates mitochondrial physiology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(31). 12526–12534. 444 indexed citations breakdown →
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Betz, Charles, et al.. (2013). Proximity Ligation Assay for High-content Profiling of Cell Signaling Pathways on a Microfluidic Chip. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 12(12). 3898–3907. 26 indexed citations
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Betz, Charles & Michael N. Hall. (2013). Where is mTOR and what is it doing there?. The Journal of Cell Biology. 203(4). 563–574. 415 indexed citations
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Hagiwara, Asami, Marion Cornu, Nadine Cybulski, et al.. (2012). Hepatic mTORC2 Activates Glycolysis and Lipogenesis through Akt, Glucokinase, and SREBP1c. Cell Metabolism. 15(5). 725–738. 450 indexed citations
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Colombi, Marco, Don Benjamin, Christiane Schaefer, et al.. (2010). Genome-wide shRNA screen reveals increased mitochondrial dependence upon mTORC2 addiction. Oncogene. 30(13). 1551–1565. 37 indexed citations
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Pollizzi, Kristen, Izabela Malinowska-Kołodziej, Cheryl A. Doughty, et al.. (2009). A hypomorphic allele of Tsc2 highlights the role of TSC1/TSC2 in signaling to AKT and models mild human TSC2 alleles. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(13). 2378–2387. 24 indexed citations

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