Dieter Riethmacher

12.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
60 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Dieter Riethmacher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dieter Riethmacher has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Dieter Riethmacher's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (7 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers). Dieter Riethmacher is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (7 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers). Dieter Riethmacher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Dieter Riethmacher's co-authors include Carmen Birchmeier, Volker Brinkmann, Michael Wegner, Eva Sonnenberg-Riethmacher, Stefan Isenmann, Friedhelm Bladt, Adriano Aguzzi, Stefan Britsch, Reto I. Peirano and Klaus‐Armin Nave and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dieter Riethmacher

60 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Essential role for the c-met receptor in the migration of myogenic precursor cells into the limb bud
    1995 1.0k citations Friedhelm Bladt, Dieter Riethmacher et al. Nature profile →
  2. The transcription factor Sox10 is a key regulator of peripheral glial development
    2001 725 citations Stefan Britsch, Dieter Riethmacher et al. Genes & Development profile →
  3. Somatic Sex Reprogramming of Adult Ovaries to Testes by FOXL2 Ablation
    2009 688 citations Dieter Riethmacher et al. profile →
  4. Severe neuropathies in mice with targeted mutations in the ErbB3 receptor
    1997 569 citations Dieter Riethmacher, Eva Sonnenberg-Riethmacher et al. Nature profile →
  5. Terminal differentiation of myelin-forming oligodendrocytes depends on the transcription factor Sox10
    2002 521 citations C. Claus Stolt, Dieter Riethmacher et al. Genes & Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dieter Riethmacher Germany 38 4.5k 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 1.1k 60 8.6k
Dirk Meyer Germany 34 3.1k 0.7× 685 0.5× 828 0.6× 910 0.7× 333 0.3× 76 5.8k
Katja Brose United States 15 4.4k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 3.5k 2.4× 2.3k 1.9× 1.8k 1.7× 16 9.0k
Mitchell Goldfarb United States 56 10.8k 2.4× 2.5k 1.7× 1.8k 1.2× 732 0.6× 574 0.5× 98 13.9k
Chyuan‐Sheng Lin United States 31 4.3k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 778 0.5× 695 0.6× 462 0.4× 70 6.5k
Rosa Beddington United Kingdom 42 9.9k 2.2× 2.6k 1.7× 1.4k 1.0× 350 0.3× 861 0.8× 58 12.4k
Ulrich Rüther Germany 55 8.5k 1.9× 3.2k 2.1× 780 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 452 0.4× 136 11.8k
Chad A. Cowan United States 37 10.1k 2.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.9k 1.3× 498 0.4× 594 0.5× 83 12.5k
Siew‐Lan Ang United States 37 4.4k 1.0× 988 0.7× 640 0.4× 1.0k 0.8× 383 0.4× 48 6.2k
Hannu Sariola Finland 49 8.2k 1.8× 2.5k 1.6× 2.3k 1.6× 596 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 153 13.3k
Helen Rayburn United States 45 6.5k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 2.2k 1.8× 543 0.5× 59 12.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vangelista, Luca, et al.. (2022). Role of periostin in inflammatory bowel disease development and synergistic effects mediated by the CCL5–CCR5 axis. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 956691–956691. 10 indexed citations
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Sonnenberg-Riethmacher, Eva, Michaela Miehe, & Dieter Riethmacher. (2021). Periostin in Allergy and Inflammation. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 722170–722170. 58 indexed citations
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Issanov, Alpamys, et al.. (2021). Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 vaccination in Kazakhstan: a cross-sectional study. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 17(10). 3394–3400. 31 indexed citations
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Yun, Sanghee, Michael H. Donovan, Laure A. Farnbauch, et al.. (2016). Stress-Induced Anxiety- and Depressive-Like Phenotype Associated with Transient Reduction in Neurogenesis in Adult Nestin-CreERT2/Diphtheria Toxin Fragment A Transgenic Mice. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0147256–e0147256. 43 indexed citations
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Sonnenberg-Riethmacher, Eva, Michaela Miehe, & Dieter Riethmacher. (2015). Promotion of periostin expression contributes to the migration of Schwann cells. Journal of Cell Science. 128(17). 3345–55. 17 indexed citations
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Freimuth, Julia, Daniela Lambertz, Wei Hu, et al.. (2013). Loss of caspase-8 in hepatocytes accelerates the onset of liver regeneration in mice through premature nuclear factor kappa B activation. Hepatology. 58(5). 1779–1789. 24 indexed citations
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Liedtke, Christian, Jörg‐Martin Bangen, Julia Freimuth, et al.. (2011). Loss of Caspase-8 Protects Mice Against Inflammation-Related Hepatocarcinogenesis but Induces Non-Apoptotic Liver Injury. Gastroenterology. 141(6). 2176–2187. 89 indexed citations
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Mueggler, Thomas, et al.. (2011). MRI signature in a novel mouse model of genetically induced adult oligodendrocyte cell death. NeuroImage. 59(2). 1028–1036. 12 indexed citations
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Carramolino, Laura, et al.. (2010). Platelets Play an Essential Role in Separating the Blood and Lymphatic Vasculatures During Embryonic Angiogenesis. Circulation Research. 106(7). 1197–1201. 98 indexed citations
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Perl, Anne‐Karina T., Dieter Riethmacher, & Jeffrey A. Whitsett. (2010). Conditional Depletion of Airway Progenitor Cells Induces Peribronchiolar Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 183(4). 511–521. 55 indexed citations
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Borchardt, Thilo, et al.. (2008). Different autonomous myogenic cell populations revealed by ablation of Myf5-expressing cells during mouse embryogenesis. Development. 135(9). 1597–1604. 87 indexed citations
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Brockschnieder, Damian, Yvonne Pechmann, Eva Sonnenberg-Riethmacher, & Dieter Riethmacher. (2006). An improved mouse line for Cre-induced cell ablation due to diphtheria toxin A, expressed from the Rosa26 locus. genesis. 44(7). 322–327. 92 indexed citations
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Davidoff, M, Ralf Middendorff, Grigori Enikolopov, et al.. (2004). Progenitor cells of the testosterone-producing Leydig cells revealed. The Journal of Cell Biology. 167(5). 935–944. 194 indexed citations
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Brockschnieder, Damian, Corinna Lappe-Siefke, Sandra Goebbels, et al.. (2004). Cell Depletion Due to Diphtheria Toxin Fragment A after Cre-Mediated Recombination. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(17). 7636–7642. 93 indexed citations
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Sonnenberg-Riethmacher, Eva, et al.. (2001). Development and degeneration of dorsal root ganglia in the absence of the HMG-domain transcription factor Sox10. Mechanisms of Development. 109(2). 253–265. 84 indexed citations
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Schreiber, J., Eva Sonnenberg-Riethmacher, Dieter Riethmacher, et al.. (2000). Placental Failure in Mice Lacking the Mammalian Homolog of Glial Cells Missing, GCMa. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(7). 2466–2474. 162 indexed citations
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Britsch, Stefan, Dieter Riethmacher, Lizhong Xu, et al.. (1999). Peripheral nervous system defects in erbB2 mutants following genetic rescue of heart development. Genes & Development. 13(19). 2538–2548. 191 indexed citations
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Britsch, Stefan, Li Li, Susanne Kirchhoff, et al.. (1998). The ErbB2 and ErbB3 receptors and their ligand, neuregulin-1, are essential for development of the sympathetic nervous system. Genes & Development. 12(12). 1825–1836. 271 indexed citations
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Bladt, Friedhelm, Dieter Riethmacher, Stefan Isenmann, Adriano Aguzzi, & Carmen Birchmeier. (1995). Essential role for the c-met receptor in the migration of myogenic precursor cells into the limb bud. Nature. 376(6543). 768–771. 1049 indexed citations breakdown →
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Birchmeier, Carmen, Dirk Meyer, & Dieter Riethmacher. (1995). Factors Controlling Growth, Motility, and Morphogenesis of Normal and Malignant Epithelial Cells. International review of cytology. 160. 221–266. 40 indexed citations

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