Curt Scharfe

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Curt Scharfe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Curt Scharfe has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Curt Scharfe's work include Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (12 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (7 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (7 papers). Curt Scharfe is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (12 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (7 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (7 papers). Curt Scharfe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Curt Scharfe's co-authors include Lars M. Steinmetz, Ronald W. Davis, Marcus W. Feldman, Aaron E. Hirsh, Hunter B. Fraser, Wen‐Hsiung Li, Zhenglong Gu, Xun Gu, Peter J. Oefner and Holger Prokisch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Curt Scharfe

50 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Role of duplicate genes in genetic robustness against null mutations

2003 676 citations Lars M. Steinmetz, Curt Scharfe et al. profile →
Evolutionary Rate in the Protein Interaction Network

2002 667 citations Hunter B. Fraser, Aaron E. Hirsh 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
Curt Scharfe United States	23	2.7k	917	341	309	168	53	3.5k
Anish Kejariwal United States	7	2.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	299 0.9×	57 0.2×	154 0.9×	7	3.9k
Hong Xu United States	30	3.7k 1.4×	707 0.8×	369 1.1×	188 0.6×	797 4.7×	88	4.7k
Ivan Adzhubei United States	12	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	139 0.4×	94 0.3×	128 0.8×	20	3.4k
Kazuhiro Ogata Japan	36	4.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.1×	641 1.9×	139 0.4×	343 2.0×	137	5.3k
John A. Capra United States	33	3.8k 1.4×	918 1.0×	398 1.2×	41 0.1×	124 0.7×	111	4.9k
Paul Shannon United States	23	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.8×	250 0.7×	60 0.2×	131 0.8×	43	4.8k
Ryan J. Taft United States	43	5.1k 1.9×	869 0.9×	369 1.1×	98 0.3×	280 1.7×	86	6.5k
Eran Eden Israel	13	3.6k 1.3×	684 0.7×	231 0.7×	42 0.1×	173 1.0×	25	4.9k
Sabine Dietmann United Kingdom	46	6.9k 2.6×	1.1k 1.2×	313 0.9×	96 0.3×	219 1.3×	81	8.2k
Michal Minczuk United Kingdom	48	5.3k 2.0×	377 0.4×	154 0.5×	1.2k 4.0×	195 1.2×	99	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Curt Scharfe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Curt Scharfe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Curt Scharfe

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gandotra, Neeru, Antariksh Tyagi, Irina G. Tikhonova, Caroline Storer, & Curt Scharfe. (2025). CFTR haplotype phasing using long-read genome sequencing from ultralow input DNA. Genetics in Medicine Open. 3. 101962–101962.

Gandotra, Neeru, et al.. (2025). Allele-specific electrical genotyping for diagnosis of transthyretin amyloidosis. Communications Engineering. 4(1). 47–47.

Smith, Wendy E., Susan A. Berry, Christine Brown, et al.. (2024). Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency diagnosis and management: A 2023 evidence-based clinical guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). Genetics in Medicine. 27(1). 101289–101289. 10 indexed citations

Hong, Lingjuan, Severin Uebbing, Sameet Mehta, et al.. (2023). A systems biology approach identifies the role of dysregulated PRDM6 in the development of hypertension. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(4). 7 indexed citations

Liu, Shujing, Björn Reinius, Curt Scharfe, et al.. (2023). Digital assay for rapid electronic quantification of clinical pathogens using DNA nanoballs. Science Advances. 9(36). eadi4997–eadi4997. 10 indexed citations

Chan, Kee, Zhanzhi Hu, Heidi Cope, et al.. (2023). NBSTRN Tools to Advance Newborn Screening Research and Support Newborn Screening Stakeholders. International Journal of Neonatal Screening. 9(4). 63–63. 6 indexed citations

Mak, Justin, Gang Peng, Anthony Le, et al.. (2023). Validation of a targeted metabolomics panel for improved second‐tier newborn screening. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 46(2). 194–205. 15 indexed citations

Peña, Loren D.M., Lindsay C. Burrage, Gregory M. Enns, et al.. (2023). Contributions from medical geneticists in clinical trials of genetic therapies: A points to consider statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). Genetics in Medicine. 25(6). 100831–100831. 1 indexed citations

Gandotra, Neeru, et al.. (2023). Nucleic Acid Quantification by Multi-Frequency Impedance Cytometry and Machine Learning. Biosensors. 13(3). 316–316. 16 indexed citations

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Kídd, Kenneth K., A.J. Pakstis, Neeru Gandotra, Curt Scharfe, & Daniele Podini. (2022). A multipurpose panel of microhaplotypes for use with STR markers in casework. Forensic Science International Genetics. 60. 102729–102729. 17 indexed citations

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Uebbing, Severin, Jake Gockley, Steven K. Reilly, et al.. (2020). Massively parallel discovery of human-specific substitutions that alter enhancer activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 69 indexed citations

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Gandotra, Neeru, William C. Speed, Wenyi Qin, et al.. (2020). Validation of novel forensic DNA markers using multiplex microhaplotype sequencing. Forensic Science International Genetics. 47. 102275–102275. 31 indexed citations

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Gandotra, Neeru, et al.. (2020). Label-free DNA quantification by multi-frequency impedance cytometry and machine learning analysis. 515–516. 1 indexed citations

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Peng, Gang, et al.. (2018). Elevated methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) screening markers in Hispanic and preterm newborns. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 126(1). 39–42. 6 indexed citations

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Schrijver, Iris, et al.. (2009). Mitochondrial DNA analysis by multiplex denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and selective sequencing in pediatric patients with cardiomyopathy. Genetics in Medicine. 11(2). 118–126. 6 indexed citations

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Prokisch, Holger, Tilman Schlunck, David Camp, et al.. (2005). Proteome analysis of mitochondrial outer membrane from Neurospora crassa . PROTEOMICS. 6(1). 72–80. 70 indexed citations

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Zwaag, Bert van der, J. Peter H. Burbach, Curt Scharfe, et al.. (2005). Identifying new candidate genes for hereditary facial paresis on chromosome 3q21–q22 by RNA in situ hybridization in mouse. Genomics. 86(1). 55–67. 16 indexed citations

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Prokisch, Holger, Christophe Andréoli, Curt Scharfe, Lars M. Steinmetz, & Thomas Meitinger. (2004). Integrative analysis of the mitochondrial proteome. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 2 indexed citations

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Fraser, Hunter B., Aaron E. Hirsh, Lars M. Steinmetz, Curt Scharfe, & Marcus W. Feldman. (2002). Evolutionary Rate in the Protein Interaction Network. Science. 296(5568). 750–752. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scharfe, Curt. (2000). MITOP, the mitochondrial proteome database: 2000 update. Nucleic Acids Research. 28(1). 155–158. 63 indexed citations

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