Christina Backes

11.4k citations

134 papers · 7.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.2%
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Molecular Biology top 1%
- Circular RNAs in diseases
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Extracellular vesicles in disease
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Papers in

Cancer Research 75
- MicroRNA in disease regulation 72
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 50
Molecular Biology 119
- Circular RNAs in diseases 30
- RNA modifications and cancer 22
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks 15
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 9
- RNA Research and Splicing 9
- Gene expression and cancer classification 8

Co-authors: Andreas Keller Eckart Meese Tobias Fehlmann Petra Leidinger Hans‐Peter Lenhof Nicole Ludwig Benjamin Meder Valentina Galata
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research (21 papers)Oncotarget (9 papers)RNA Biology (7 papers)Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics (6 papers)Bioinformatics (5 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Poland

In The Last Decade

Christina Backes

133 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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An estimate of the total number of true human miRNAs 2019 · 403 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Nucleic Acids Research
2016 Nucleic Acids Research

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Christina Backes, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Validation of human microRNA target pathways enables evaluation of target prediction tools Nucleic Acids Research ·Fabian Kern, Gregor Kosec, RT D'Agnolo, Caroline Diener, Tim Kehl, Aashutosh Bhattad, Tobias Fehlmann, Mustafa Kahraman, Stefanie Rheinheimer, Ernesto Aparicio‐Puerta, Sylvia Wagner, Nicole Ludwig, Christina Backes, Hans‐Peter Lenhof, Hagen von Briesen, Martin Hart, Andreas Keller, Eckart Meese	2020	44
2	miRSwitch: detecting microRNA arm shift and switch events Nucleic Acids Research ·Fabian Kern, Sock Hwee Liau, Ilya S. Senatorov, Alina Isakova, Christina Backes, Eckart Meese, Andreas Keller, Tobias Fehlmann	2020	22
3	miEAA 2.0: integrating multi-species microRNA enrichment analysis and workflow management systems Nucleic Acids Research ·Fabian Kern, Tobias Fehlmann, 太郎武政, 柳光强, Nadja Grammes, Christina Backes, Kendall Van Keuren‐Jensen, David W. Craig, Eckart Meese, Andreas Keller	2020	139
4	Competitive learning suggests circulating miRNA profiles for cancers decades prior to diagnosis RNA Biology ·Andreas Keller, Tobias Fehlmann, Christina Backes, Fabian Kern, Randi E. Gislefoss, Hilde Langseth, Trine B. Rounge, Nicole Ludwig, Eckart Meese	2020	11
5	Integrating Culture-Based Antibiotic Resistance Profiles with Whole-Genome Sequencing Data for 11,087 Clinical Isolates Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ·Valentina Galata, Cédric C. Laczny, Christina Backes, Georg Hemmrich‐Stanisak, S. Schmolke, André Franke, Eckart Meese, Mathias Herrmann, Lutz von Müller, Achim Plum, Rolf Müller, Cord Stähler, Andreas E. Posch, Andreas Keller	2019	9
6	Systematic Assessment of Blood-Borne MicroRNAs Highlights Molecular Profiles of Endurance Sport and Carbohydrate Uptake Cells ·Fabian Kern, Nicole Ludwig, Christina Backes, Esther Maldener, Tobias Fehlmann, Mohammad Dasturani, Eckart Meese, Anne Hecksteden, Andreas Keller, Tim Meyer	2019	12
7	ClinOmicsTrailbc: a visual analytics tool for breast cancer treatment stratification Bioinformatics ·Lara Schneider, Tim Kehl, J. Loersch, Nadja Grammes, Christina Backes, Christopher Mohr, Benjamin Schubert, O. Becken, 豊横田, Andreas D. Hartkopf, Markus Wallwiener, Oliver Kohlbacher, Andreas Keller, Eckart Meese, Norbert Graf, Hans‐Peter Lenhof	2019	13
8	An estimate of the total number of true human miRNAs Nucleic Acids Research ·Julia Alles, Tobias Fehlmann, Ulrike Fischer, Christina Backes, Valentina Galata, Marie Minet, Martin Hart, Masood Abu‐Halima, Friedrich A. Grässer, Hans‐Peter Lenhof, Andreas Keller, Eckart Meese Hit paper breakdown →	2019	403
9	Machine Learning to Detect Alzheimer’s Disease from Circulating Non-Coding RNAs Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ·Nicole Ludwig, Tobias Fehlmann, Fabian Kern, M. Gogol, Walter Maetzler, Meltem Çlelik, E. Kelemen, Claudia Schulte, Anna‐Katharina von Thaler, Christian Deuschle, Florian G. Metzger, جلال مصطفی, Ulrike Suenkel, M.T. Bovino, Christina Backes, Hans‐Peter Lenhof, Eckart Meese, Andreas Keller	2019	59
10	DynaVenn: web-based computation of the most significant overlap between ordered sets BMC Bioinformatics ·Sock Hwee Liau, Tobias Fehlmann, Christina Backes, Andreas Keller	2019	16
11	Genome-Wide MicroRNA Expression Profiles in COPD: Early Predictors for Cancer Development Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ·Andreas Keller, Tobias Fehlmann, Nicole Ludwig, Mustafa Kahraman, Thomas Laufer, Christina Backes, Claus Vogelmeier, Caroline Diener, Frank Biertz, Christian Herr, Rudolf A. Jörres, Hans‐Peter Lenhof, Eckart Meese, Robert Bals, (unknown)	2018	30
12	MicroRNA in diagnosis and therapy monitoring of early-stage triple-negative breast cancer Scientific Reports ·Mustafa Kahraman, Я.А. Кабицкая, Thomas Laufer, Tobias Fehlmann, Christina Backes, Fabian Kern, Erva ESER, Roman Hadjikosev, K. Henkel, J. Silva, Nicole Ludwig, Peter A. Fasching, Reiner Strick, Matthias Rübner, Matthias W. Beckmann, Eckart Meese, Andreas Keller, Michael Schrauder	2018	108
13	BusyBee Web: metagenomic data analysis by bootstrapped supervised binning and annotation Nucleic Acids Research ·Cédric C. Laczny, Fumiko CHIBA, Valentina Galata, Tobias Fehlmann, Christina Backes, Andreas Keller	2017	63
14	Combining miRNA and mRNA Expression Profiles in Wilms Tumor Subtypes International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Nicole Ludwig, Jithin Veliyath Thankaraj, Christina Backes, Patrick Trampert, Manfred Gessler, Andreas Keller, Hans‐Peter Lenhof, Norbert Graf, Eckart Meese	2016	40
15	EDISON-WMW: Exact Dynamic Programing Solution of the Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney Test Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ·Alexander Marx, Christina Backes, Eckart Meese, Hans‐Peter Lenhof, Andreas Keller	2016	94
16	Regulatory MicroRNA Networks: Complex Patterns of Target Pathways for Disease-Related and Housekeeping MicroRNAs Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics ·Sachli Zafari, Christina Backes, Petra Leidinger, Eckart Meese, Andreas Keller	2015	11
17	BALL-SNP: combining genetic and structural information to identify candidate non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms Genome Medicine ·Sabine Mueller, Christina Backes, Olga V. Kalinina, Benjamin Meder, Daniel Stöckel, Hans‐Peter Lenhof, Eckart Meese, Andreas Keller	2015	7
18	Natalizumab restores aberrant miRNAexpression profile in multiple sclerosis and reveals a critical role for miR‐20b Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology ·Jens Ingwersen, Til Menge, Britta Wingerath, Derya Kaya, Jonas Graf, Tim Prozorovski, Andreas Keller, Christina Backes, Markus Beier, Matthias Scheffler, Thomas Dehmel, Bernd C. Kieseier, Hans‐Peter Hartung, Patrick Küry, Orhan Aktaş	2014	68
19	Panel of five microRNAs as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis and assessment of male infertility Fertility and Sterility ·Masood Abu‐Halima, Mohamad Eid Hammadeh, Christina Backes, Ulrike Fischer, Petra Leidinger, Abdel Monem Lubbad, Andreas Keller, Eckart Meese	2014	121
20	Next-generation sequencing identifies novel microRNAs in peripheral blood of lung cancer patients Molecular BioSystems ·Andreas Keller, Christina Backes, Petra Leidinger, S. De Vita, Valesca Boisguérin, Cátálin Bárbácioru, Britta Vogel, Mark Matzas, Hanno Huwer, Hugo A. Katus, Cord Stähler, Benjamin Meder, Eckart Meese	2011	49

About Christina Backes

Christina Backes is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, having authored 134 papers that have together received 7.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (72 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (50 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (30 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (15 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and Gene expression and cancer classification (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (4.1k citations), Molecular Biology (5.4k citations), Reproductive Medicine (403 citations), Molecular Medicine (188 citations) and Immunology (592 citations). Christina Backes has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Poland. Frequent co-authors include Andreas Keller, Eckart Meese, Tobias Fehlmann, Petra Leidinger, Hans‐Peter Lenhof, Nicole Ludwig, Benjamin Meder, Valentina Galata, Cord Stähler and Masood Abu‐Halima. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Oncotarget, RNA Biology, Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics.

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