Cordula U. Kirchgessner

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Cordula U. Kirchgessner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cordula U. Kirchgessner has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Cordula U. Kirchgessner's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (3 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (2 papers). Cordula U. Kirchgessner is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (3 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (2 papers). Cordula U. Kirchgessner collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Cordula U. Kirchgessner's co-authors include William M. Bonner, Emmy P. Rogakou, Tanya T. Paull, Martin Gellert, James Evans, Marjorie A. Oettinger, J. Martin Brown, Christina A. Cuomo, Tim Carter and Christopher K. Patil and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Cordula U. Kirchgessner

8 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

A critical role for histone H2AX in recruitment of repair... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2000 1995 500 1000 1.5k
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. A critical role for histone H2AX in recruitment of repair factors to nuclear foci after DNA damage
    2000 1.7k citations Tanya T. Paull, Emmy P. Rogakou et al. Current Biology profile →
  2. DNA-Dependent Kinase (p350) as a Candidate Gene for the Murine SCID Defect
    1995 535 citations Cordula U. Kirchgessner, Christopher K. Patil et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cordula U. Kirchgessner United States 8 2.1k 733 575 232 212 8 2.4k
Girdhar G. Sharma United States 23 2.4k 1.1× 655 0.9× 374 0.7× 217 0.9× 215 1.0× 27 2.7k
Penelope A. Jeggo United Kingdom 23 3.1k 1.5× 872 1.2× 834 1.5× 402 1.7× 302 1.4× 33 3.6k
Kuniyoshi Iwabuchi Japan 22 2.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 593 1.0× 142 0.6× 163 0.8× 40 2.9k
Benjamin P. Chen United States 9 1.6k 0.7× 708 1.0× 400 0.7× 92 0.4× 145 0.7× 11 1.9k
Barbara A. Osborne United States 6 2.1k 1.0× 1.7k 2.3× 469 0.8× 189 0.8× 365 1.7× 8 3.0k
Phillip B. Carpenter United States 23 3.6k 1.7× 1.0k 1.4× 610 1.1× 398 1.7× 299 1.4× 31 4.0k
Richard A. DiTullio United States 9 2.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 604 1.1× 260 1.1× 134 0.6× 9 3.1k
John P. Murnane United States 34 2.6k 1.2× 549 0.7× 559 1.0× 420 1.8× 164 0.8× 82 3.5k
Irene M. Ward United States 14 3.6k 1.8× 1.5k 2.0× 779 1.4× 209 0.9× 185 0.9× 14 3.9k
Timothy J. Jorgensen United States 24 1.5k 0.7× 798 1.1× 454 0.8× 319 1.4× 112 0.5× 53 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Cordula U. Kirchgessner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cordula U. Kirchgessner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cordula U. Kirchgessner

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

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Pluth, Janice M., et al.. (2007). DNA double-strand break and chromosomal rejoining defects with misrejoining in Nijmegen breakage syndrome cells. DNA repair. 7(1). 108–118. 17 indexed citations
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Pluth, Janice M., et al.. (2001). Severe combined immunodeficient cells expressing mutant hRAD54 exhibit a marked DNA double-strand break repair and error-prone chromosome repair defect.. PubMed. 61(6). 2649–55. 25 indexed citations
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Paull, Tanya T., et al.. (2000). A critical role for histone H2AX in recruitment of repair factors to nuclear foci after DNA damage. Current Biology. 10(15). 886–895. 1689 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hoppe, Bradford S., Ryan B. Jensen, & Cordula U. Kirchgessner. (2000). Complementation of the Radiosensitive M059J Cell Line. Radiation Research. 153(2). 125–130. 62 indexed citations
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Koumenis, Constantinos, Scott Peterson, Susannah Green, et al.. (1996). The DNA damage response in DNA-dependent protein kinase-deficient SCID mouse cells: Replication protein A hyperphosphorylation and p53 induction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(24). 13825–13830. 86 indexed citations
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Kirchgessner, Cordula U., Christopher K. Patil, James Evans, et al.. (1995). DNA-Dependent Kinase (p350) as a Candidate Gene for the Murine SCID Defect. Science. 267(5201). 1178–1183. 535 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kirchgessner, Cordula U., James A. Trofatter, Melanie M. Mahtani, Huntington F. Willard, & Louis J. DeGennaro. (1991). A highly polymorphic dinucleotide repeat on the proximal short arm of the human X chromosome: linkage mapping of the synapsin I/A-raf-1 genes.. PubMed. 49(1). 184–91. 19 indexed citations
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DeGennaro, Louis J., et al.. (1987). Molecular analysis of synapsin i, a candidate gene for rett syndrome. Brain and Development. 9(5). 469–474. 8 indexed citations

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