Dimitri Tränkner

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Dimitri Tränkner is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Dimitri Tränkner has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Sensory Systems, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Dimitri Tränkner's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers), Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (2 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (2 papers). Dimitri Tränkner is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers), Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (2 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (2 papers). Dimitri Tränkner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Dimitri Tränkner's co-authors include Charles S. Zuker, Mark A. Hoon, Nicholas J. P. Ryba, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Xiaoke Chen, Wei Guo, Ken Sugino, Yueqing Peng, Hao Jin and Eckart Apfelstedt-Sylla and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Dimitri Tränkner

7 papers receiving 999 citations

Hit Papers

The cells and logic for mammalian sour taste detection 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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. The cells and logic for mammalian sour taste detection
    2006 563 citations Xiaoke Chen, Mark A. Hoon et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dimitri Tränkner United States 6 546 515 285 219 209 7 1.0k
Nao Horio Japan 15 607 1.1× 637 1.2× 289 1.0× 89 0.4× 237 1.1× 18 960
Weihong Lin United States 22 1.2k 2.1× 1.0k 2.0× 422 1.5× 258 1.2× 567 2.7× 47 1.6k
Robert F. Lundy United States 18 384 0.7× 492 1.0× 140 0.5× 241 1.1× 217 1.0× 37 900
Pascaline Aimé United States 10 455 0.8× 444 0.9× 135 0.5× 119 0.5× 215 1.0× 11 826
Stuart A. McCaughey United States 16 352 0.6× 455 0.9× 163 0.6× 159 0.7× 110 0.5× 31 753
Kristal R. Tucker United States 17 619 1.1× 513 1.0× 148 0.5× 426 1.9× 590 2.8× 23 1.4k
Eugene R. Delay United States 19 576 1.1× 553 1.1× 354 1.2× 82 0.4× 210 1.0× 58 1.0k
Fangli Zhao United States 14 390 0.7× 459 0.9× 183 0.6× 95 0.4× 143 0.7× 19 646
Nobuyuki Sakai Japan 19 651 1.2× 745 1.4× 193 0.7× 154 0.7× 592 2.8× 60 1.6k
Martina Pyrski Germany 19 573 1.0× 390 0.8× 79 0.3× 286 1.3× 533 2.6× 29 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Dimitri Tränkner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dimitri Tränkner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Dimitri Tränkner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Dimitri Tränkner. The network helps show where Dimitri Tränkner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dimitri Tränkner

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

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Tränkner, Dimitri, Amanda H. Mahnke, Keun-Young Kim, et al.. (2025). Inhibitory Neurons Marked by the Connectivity Molecule Kirrel3 Regulate Memory Precision. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(38). e1760242025–e1760242025. 1 indexed citations
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Sugino, Ken, Erin Clark, Anton Schulmann, et al.. (2019). Mapping the transcriptional diversity of genetically and anatomically defined cell populations in the mouse brain. eLife. 8. 50 indexed citations
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Tränkner, Dimitri, et al.. (2019). A Microglia Sublineage Protects from Sex-Linked Anxiety Symptoms and Obsessive Compulsion. Cell Reports. 29(4). 791–799.e3. 25 indexed citations
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Peng, Yueqing, et al.. (2015). Sweet and bitter taste in the brain of awake behaving animals. Nature. 527(7579). 512–515. 160 indexed citations
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Tränkner, Dimitri, et al.. (2014). Population of sensory neurons essential for asthmatic hyperreactivity of inflamed airways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(31). 11515–11520. 176 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiaoke, Mark A. Hoon, Jayaram Chandrashekar, et al.. (2006). The cells and logic for mammalian sour taste detection. Nature. 442(7105). 934–938. 563 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tränkner, Dimitri, Herbert Jägle, Susanne Kohl, et al.. (2004). Molecular Basis of an Inherited Form of Incomplete Achromatopsia. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(1). 138–147. 45 indexed citations

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