Dieter Schweizer

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Dieter Schweizer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dieter Schweizer has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dieter Schweizer's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (44 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (19 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers). Dieter Schweizer is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (44 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (19 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers). Dieter Schweizer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United Kingdom. Dieter Schweizer's co-authors include Peter F. Ambros, Andrea Pedrosa‐Harand, Josef Loidl, Trude Schwarzacher, Michael F. Jantsch, Milly Andrle, Thomas Jenuwein, Andreas Bachmair, Antoine H.F.M. Peters and Dónal O’Carroll and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Dieter Schweizer

97 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dieter Schweizer Austria	44	4.5k	4.3k	1.6k	869	462	99	6.9k
Jörg D. Becker Portugal	46	5.9k 1.3×	5.0k 1.2×	743 0.5×	602 0.7×	736 1.6×	108	8.5k
James A. Birchler United States	58	9.1k 2.0×	11.0k 2.6×	4.0k 2.5×	673 0.8×	432 0.9×	294	14.6k
Andreas Houben Germany	53	5.8k 1.3×	7.4k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	731 0.8×	553 1.2×	264	9.1k
Ingo Schubert Germany	60	7.4k 1.7×	9.6k 2.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	512 1.1×	252	12.1k
Dan L. Lindsley United States	25	5.5k 1.2×	2.6k 0.6×	2.9k 1.8×	615 0.7×	876 1.9×	41	7.9k
Jean‐Nicolas Volff Germany	41	3.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	204 0.2×	473 1.0×	111	4.9k
Sergio Pimpinelli Italy	40	4.5k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	153 0.2×	364 0.8×	99	5.4k
Therese Mitros United States	15	3.3k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	694 0.4×	465 0.5×	139 0.3×	16	5.6k
Brian Oliver United States	33	2.7k 0.6×	915 0.2×	2.1k 1.4×	579 0.7×	245 0.5×	84	4.5k
Frédéric Berger Austria	62	8.2k 1.8×	9.6k 2.2×	1.0k 0.7×	978 1.1×	311 0.7×	172	11.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dieter Schweizer

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Schweizer, Dieter, et al.. (2025). Pulse-Echo Imaging of Breast Speed of Sound as a Potential Biomarker for Breast Cancer. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 51(10). 1831–1839.

Schweizer, Dieter, et al.. (2025). Breast density assessment via quantitative sound-speed measurement using conventional ultrasound transducers. European Radiology. 35(3). 1490–1501. 2 indexed citations

Rau, Richard, Dieter Schweizer, Valery Vishnevskiy, & Orçun Göksel. (2021). Speed-of-sound imaging using diverging waves. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 16(7). 1201–1211. 28 indexed citations

Fonsêca, Artur, Magdalena Mosiołek, Elisa Bellucci, et al.. (2010). Cytogenetic map of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Chromosome Research. 18(4). 487–502. 87 indexed citations

Pedrosa‐Harand, Andrea, James Kami, Paul Gepts, Valérie Geffroy, & Dieter Schweizer. (2009). Cytogenetic mapping of common bean chromosomes reveals a less compartmentalized small-genome plant species. Chromosome Research. 17(3). 405–417. 50 indexed citations

Penkner, Alexandra, Lois Tang, Maria Novatchkova, et al.. (2007). The Nuclear Envelope Protein Matefin/SUN-1 Is Required for Homologous Pairing in C. elegans Meiosis. Developmental Cell. 12(6). 873–885. 153 indexed citations

Pedrosa‐Harand, Andrea, Cícero Almeida, Magdalena Mosiołek, et al.. (2006). Extensive ribosomal DNA amplification during Andean common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) evolution. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 112(5). 924–933. 140 indexed citations

Mosiołek, Magdalena, Andrea Pedrosa‐Harand, Dieter Schweizer, & Andrzej Joachimiak. (2005). Sex chromatin and Y chromosomes in dioecious species, Rumex acetosa L.. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia. Series Zoologia. 47(1). 1 indexed citations

Puizina, Jasna, et al.. (2003). Karyotype analysis in Hyacinthella dalmatica (Hyacinthaceae) reveals vertebrate-type telomere repeats at the chromosome ends. Genome. 46(6). 1070–1076. 17 indexed citations

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Pedrosa‐Harand, Andrea, Michael F. Jantsch, Eduardo A. Moscone, Peter F. Ambros, & Dieter Schweizer. (2001). Characterisation of pericentromeric and sticky intercalary heterochromatin in Ornithogalum longibracteatum (Hyacinthaceae). Chromosoma. 110(3). 203–213. 50 indexed citations

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Puizina, Jasna, Branka Javornik, B. Bohanec, et al.. (1999). Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, genome size, and genomic in situ hybridization of triploid viviparous onions. Genome. 42(6). 1208–1216. 7 indexed citations

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Moscone, Eduardo A., Franz Klein, Maria Lambrou, Jörg Fuchs, & Dieter Schweizer. (1999). Quantitative karyotyping and dual-color FISH mapping of 5S and 18S-25S rDNA probes in the cultivatedPhaseolusspecies (Leguminosae). Genome. 42(6). 1224–1233. 100 indexed citations

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Bilić, Ivan, Oliver Pusch, Joe Tohmé, et al.. (1999). The Tpv2 family of retrotransposons of Phaseolus vulgaris: structure, integration characteristics, and use for genotype classification. Plant Molecular Biology. 39(4). 797–807. 23 indexed citations

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Burckhardt, G., et al.. (1993). Mechanisms of distamycin A/DAPI chromosome staining. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 62(1). 19–25. 10 indexed citations

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Loidl, Josef & Dieter Schweizer. (1992). Synaptonemal Complexes of Xenopus laevis. Journal of Heredity. 83(4). 307–309. 9 indexed citations

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Schweizer, Dieter, et al.. (1990). Structural chromosomal abnormalities in gynecologic malignancies. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 50(2). 189–197. 6 indexed citations

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Mayr, B., et al.. (1989). An inversion polymorphism of a DA/DAPI-positive chromosome pair in Anas platyrhynchos (Aves). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 50(2-3). 132–134. 7 indexed citations

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Gruendler, Peter, et al.. (1989). Nucleotide sequence of the 25S-18S ribosomal gene spacer fromArabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(15). 6395–6396. 45 indexed citations

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Schweizer, Dieter, Peter F. Ambros, Milly Andrle, A Rett, & Wolfgang Fiedler. (1979). Demonstration of specific heterochromatic segments in the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) by a distamycin/DAPI double staining technique. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 24(1). 7–14. 16 indexed citations

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Schweizer, Dieter & D. R. Davies. (1972). Nuclear DNA contents of Pisum genotypes grown in vivo and in vitro. Planta. 106(1). 23–29. 10 indexed citations

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