Daniel Weckbecker

714 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 546 citations indexed

About

Daniel Weckbecker is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Weckbecker has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 546 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Neurology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Weckbecker's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (7 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (5 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers). Daniel Weckbecker is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (7 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (5 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers). Daniel Weckbecker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and Austria. Daniel Weckbecker's co-authors include Johannes M. Herrmann, Sergey Ryazanov, Christian Griesinger, Andrei Leonov, Sebastian Longen, Armin Giese, Jan Riemer, Felix Schmidt, Gregor K. Wenning and Nadia Stefanova and has published in prestigious journals such as The EMBO Journal, Journal of Virology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Weckbecker

15 papers receiving 540 citations

Hit Papers

A quantitative Lewy-fold-specific alpha-synuclein seed am... 2025 2026 2025 4 8 12
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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 quantitative Lewy-fold-specific alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay as a progression marker for Parkinson’s disease
    2025 13 citations Alexander Bernhardt, Sebastian Longen et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Weckbecker Germany 11 260 220 180 141 53 15 546
Goichi Beck Japan 12 248 1.0× 213 1.0× 100 0.6× 145 1.0× 186 3.5× 41 550
Preston Ge United States 5 359 1.4× 296 1.3× 157 0.9× 207 1.5× 99 1.9× 6 680
Sergey Ryazanov Germany 16 502 1.9× 242 1.1× 363 2.0× 254 1.8× 110 2.1× 27 809
Inês Caldeira Brás Germany 10 212 0.8× 106 0.5× 131 0.7× 82 0.6× 55 1.0× 13 339
Mattia Vicario Italy 11 151 0.6× 408 1.9× 169 0.9× 128 0.9× 50 0.9× 18 623
Lisandro J. Falomir‐Lockhart Argentina 9 185 0.7× 326 1.5× 127 0.7× 143 1.0× 33 0.6× 18 601
José D. Camino Spain 6 256 1.0× 157 0.7× 214 1.2× 82 0.6× 42 0.8× 7 431
Charles Glabe United States 7 197 0.8× 265 1.2× 353 2.0× 136 1.0× 99 1.9× 10 604
April Dukes United States 9 160 0.6× 184 0.8× 76 0.4× 141 1.0× 51 1.0× 16 434
Houfang Long China 7 270 1.0× 247 1.1× 234 1.3× 84 0.6× 69 1.3× 11 541

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel Weckbecker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Weckbecker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Weckbecker

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Bernhardt, Alexander, Sebastian Longen, Svenja V. Trossbach, et al.. (2025). A quantitative Lewy-fold-specific alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay as a progression marker for Parkinson’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 149(1). 20–20. 13 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leonov, Andrei, Sergey Ryazanov, Felix Schmidt, et al.. (2021). [C-11]MODAG-001-towards a PET tracer targeting alpha-synuclein aggregates. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 48. 1 indexed citations
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Leonov, Andrei, Sergey Ryazanov, Felix Schmidt, et al.. (2020). [11C]MODAG-001—towards a PET tracer targeting α-synuclein aggregates. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 48(6). 1759–1772. 64 indexed citations
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Ruf, Viktoria, Song Shi, Felix Schmidt, et al.. (2020). Potential sources of interference with the highly sensitive detection and quantification of alpha‐synuclein seeds by qRT‐QuIC. FEBS Open Bio. 10(5). 883–893. 10 indexed citations
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Camilleri, Angelique, Stephanie Ghio, Mario Caruana, et al.. (2019). Tau-induced mitochondrial membrane perturbation is dependent upon cardiolipin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1862(2). 183064–183064. 55 indexed citations
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Weckbecker, Daniel, Peer‐Hendrik Kuhn, Sergey Ryazanov, et al.. (2019). Iron-mediated aggregation and toxicity in a novel neuronal cell culture model with inducible alpha-synuclein expression. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9100–9100. 10 indexed citations
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Maurer, Andreas, Andrei Leonov, Sergey Ryazanov, et al.. (2019). 11C Radiolabeling of anle253b: a Putative PET Tracer for Parkinson's Disease That Binds to α‐Synuclein Fibrils in vitro and Crosses the Blood‐Brain Barrier. ChemMedChem. 15(5). 411–415. 40 indexed citations
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Heras‐Garvin, Antonio, Daniel Weckbecker, Sergey Ryazanov, et al.. (2018). Anle138b modulates α‐synuclein oligomerization and prevents motor decline and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of multiple system atrophy. Movement Disorders. 34(2). 255–263. 79 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Felix, Sergey Ryazanov, Andrei Leonov, et al.. (2017). Photophysics of diphenyl-pyrazole compounds in solutions and α-synuclein aggregates. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1862(4). 800–807. 10 indexed citations
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Wagner, Jens A., Sybille Krauß, Song Shi, et al.. (2015). Reducing tau aggregates with anle138b delays disease progression in a mouse model of tauopathies. Acta Neuropathologica. 130(5). 619–631. 58 indexed citations
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Weckbecker, Daniel & Johannes M. Herrmann. (2013). Methods to Study the Biogenesis of Membrane Proteins in Yeast Mitochondria. Methods in molecular biology. 1033. 307–322. 2 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Johannes M., Sebastian Longen, Daniel Weckbecker, & Matthieu Depuydt. (2012). Biogenesis of Mitochondrial Proteins. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 748. 41–64. 36 indexed citations
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Weckbecker, Daniel, Sebastian Longen, Jan Riemer, & Johannes M. Herrmann. (2012). Atp23 biogenesis reveals a chaperone‐like folding activity of Mia40 in the IMS of mitochondria. The EMBO Journal. 31(22). 4348–4358. 81 indexed citations
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Ilkow, Carolina S., Daniel Weckbecker, Woo Jung Cho, et al.. (2009). The Rubella Virus Capsid Protein Inhibits Mitochondrial Import. Journal of Virology. 84(1). 119–130. 30 indexed citations

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