Christian Spahn

668 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 531 citations indexed

About

Christian Spahn is a scholar working on Philosophy, Molecular Biology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Spahn has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 531 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Philosophy, 1 paper in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Christian Spahn's work include Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations (2 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (1 paper) and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (1 paper). Christian Spahn is often cited by papers focused on Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations (2 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (1 paper) and Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (1 paper). Christian Spahn collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Christian Spahn's co-authors include Catherine D. Prescott, Kaihong Zhou, Joachim Frank, Jennifer A. Doudna, Jeffrey S. Kieft, Robert A. Grassucci and Pawel A. Penczek and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Molecular Medicine and RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen).

In The Last Decade

Christian Spahn

3 papers receiving 516 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.

Hepatitis C Virus IRES RNA-Induced Changes in the Conformation of the 40 S Ribosomal Subunit

2001 384 citations Christian Spahn, Jeffrey S. Kieft et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Spahn United States	3	417	210	128	61	49	5	531
Katherine E. Berry United States	8	384 0.9×	106 0.5×	65 0.5×	35 0.6×	73 1.5×	12	499
Roland Iványi-Nagy France	14	403 1.0×	71 0.3×	79 0.6×	98 1.6×	26 0.5×	18	638
Maria Nardelli Italy	10	240 0.6×	33 0.2×	86 0.7×	62 1.0×	35 0.7×	13	358
Qingxia Han United States	12	212 0.5×	52 0.2×	188 1.5×	159 2.6×	24 0.5×	21	511
Michele R.S. Hargittai United States	7	285 0.7×	103 0.5×	238 1.9×	185 3.0×	15 0.3×	7	543
Derk E. Schultz United States	8	220 0.5×	174 0.8×	176 1.4×	105 1.7×	48 1.0×	8	480
Dylan Harris United States	14	393 0.9×	30 0.1×	53 0.4×	77 1.3×	44 0.9×	15	594
Rosario Sabariegos Spain	11	358 0.9×	29 0.1×	49 0.4×	63 1.0×	158 3.2×	19	534
Kenan Demir Türkiye	8	264 0.6×	64 0.3×	15 0.1×	28 0.5×	129 2.6×	11	350
Marylena Dabrowski Germany	9	965 2.3×	153 0.7×	17 0.1×	33 0.5×	130 2.7×	11	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Spahn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Spahn

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Spahn

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

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Spahn, Christian. (2014). Zwischen Naturnotwendigkeit und geistiger Freiheit - Das Organische als unfreie Freiheit bei G.W.F. Hegel -. null(36). 47–66.

2.

Spahn, Christian, et al.. (2008). Lebendiger Begriff. Begriffenes Leben.

3.

Spahn, Christian. (2007). Lebendiger Begriff, begriffenes Leben : zur Grundlegung der Philosophie des Organischen bei G.W.F. Hegel. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 9 indexed citations

4.

Spahn, Christian, Jeffrey S. Kieft, Robert A. Grassucci, et al.. (2001). Hepatitis C Virus IRES RNA-Induced Changes in the Conformation of the 40 S Ribosomal Subunit. Science. 291(5510). 1959–1962. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spahn, Christian & Catherine D. Prescott. (1996). Throwing a spanner in the works: antibiotics and the translation apparatus. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 74(8). 423–439. 138 indexed citations

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