Dorothee Dormann

7.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
50 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Dorothee Dormann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorothee Dormann has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Neurology and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dorothee Dormann's work include RNA Research and Splicing (27 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (26 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (19 papers). Dorothee Dormann is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (27 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (26 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (19 papers). Dorothee Dormann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Dorothee Dormann's co-authors include Christian Haass, Simon Alberti, Mario Hofweber, Eva Bentmann, Manuela Neumann, Saskia Hutten, Ian R. Mackenzie, Helena Ederle, Tobias Madl and Dieter Edbauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dorothee Dormann

46 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

ALS‐associated fused in sarcoma (FUS) mutations disrupt Transportin‐mediated nuclear import

2010 644 citations Dorothee Dormann, Dieter Edbauer et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation in Disease

2019 620 citations Dorothee Dormann et al. profile →
Phase Separation of FUS Is Suppressed by Its Nuclear Import Receptor and Arginine Methylation

2018 497 citations Mario Hofweber, Saskia Hutten et al. Cell profile →
Disease‐linked TDP‐43 hyperphosphorylation suppresses TDP‐43 condensation and aggregation

2022 120 citations Lara A. Gruijs da Silva, Francesca Simonetti et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dorothee Dormann Germany	29	3.8k	2.2k	1.3k	483	392	50	5.2k
Jamshid Temirov United States	19	3.5k 0.9×	640 0.3×	378 0.3×	274 0.6×	198 0.5×	23	4.5k
Amandine Molliex United States	8	3.0k 0.8×	736 0.3×	331 0.2×	149 0.3×	369 0.9×	10	3.5k
Steven Boeynaems United States	19	2.7k 0.7×	890 0.4×	561 0.4×	66 0.1×	163 0.4×	26	3.4k
Frank Shewmaker United States	33	3.3k 0.9×	680 0.3×	317 0.2×	56 0.1×	841 2.1×	60	3.8k
J. Ross Buchan United States	14	2.7k 0.7×	429 0.2×	219 0.2×	267 0.6×	104 0.3×	20	3.1k
Tetsuro Hirose Japan	51	7.6k 2.0×	391 0.2×	322 0.2×	370 0.8×	130 0.3×	153	8.9k
Anderson Kanagaraj United States	9	2.5k 0.7×	612 0.3×	363 0.3×	53 0.1×	143 0.4×	9	2.9k
Anat Yanai Canada	17	1.7k 0.4×	461 0.2×	206 0.2×	61 0.1×	302 0.8×	34	2.3k
Saskia Hutten Germany	21	2.5k 0.7×	421 0.2×	278 0.2×	105 0.2×	109 0.3×	31	2.9k
Eric J. Bennett United States	36	6.4k 1.7×	307 0.1×	141 0.1×	1.1k 2.2×	257 0.7×	69	7.7k

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Jutzi, Daniel, et al.. (2026). The Structured RNA-binding Domains and Condensation Capacity of FUS Shape its RNA-binding Landscape and Function. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 1 indexed citations

Müller, Stefan, David Staněk, Dorothee Dormann, et al.. (2025). Rapid depletion and super-resolution microscopy reveal dual roles of SRSF5 in coordinating nuclear speckle–paraspeckle crosstalk during cellular stress. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(14). 1 indexed citations

Wagner, Kristina, Bikash Adhikari, Koraljka Husnjak, et al.. (2025). Induced proximity to PML protects TDP-43 from aggregation via SUMO–ubiquitin networks. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(9). 1408–1419. 1 indexed citations

Janowski, Robert, Hyun-Seo Kang, Thomas Monecke, et al.. (2024). PURA syndrome-causing mutations impair PUR-domain integrity and affect P-body association. eLife. 13. 4 indexed citations

Janowski, Robert, Hyun-Seo Kang, Thomas Monecke, et al.. (2024). PURA syndrome-causing mutations impair PUR-domain integrity and affect P-body association. eLife. 13. 5 indexed citations

Monecke, Thomas, Janosch Hennig, Mario Hofweber, et al.. (2024). Intrinsically disordered RNA-binding motifs cooperate to catalyze RNA folding and drive phase separation. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(22). 14205–14228.

Silva, Lara A. Gruijs da, Francesca Simonetti, Saskia Hutten, et al.. (2022). Disease‐linked TDP‐43 hyperphosphorylation suppresses TDP‐43 condensation and aggregation. The EMBO Journal. 41(8). e108443–e108443. 120 indexed citations breakdown →

Hutten, Saskia & Dorothee Dormann. (2022). Hormone-Inducible Transport Reporter Assay to Study Nuclear Import Defects in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Methods in molecular biology. 2502. 81–90. 1 indexed citations

Reber, Stefan, Daniel Jutzi, Helen Lindsay, et al.. (2021). The phase separation-dependent FUS interactome reveals nuclear and cytoplasmic function of liquid–liquid phase separation. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(13). 7713–7731. 74 indexed citations

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Sternburg, Erin L., Lara A. Gruijs da Silva, & Dorothee Dormann. (2021). Post-translational modifications on RNA-binding proteins: accelerators, brakes, or passengers in neurodegeneration?. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 47(1). 6–22. 43 indexed citations

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Ederle, Helena, Claudia Abou‐Ajram, Saskia Hutten, et al.. (2018). Nuclear egress of TDP-43 and FUS occurs independently of Exportin-1/CRM1. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7084–7084. 114 indexed citations

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Hofweber, Mario, Saskia Hutten, Benjamin Bourgeois, et al.. (2018). Phase Separation of FUS Is Suppressed by Its Nuclear Import Receptor and Arginine Methylation. Cell. 173(3). 706–719.e13. 497 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dormann, Dorothee, et al.. (2016). Altered mRNP granule dynamics in FTLD pathogenesis. Journal of Neurochemistry. 138(S1). 112–133. 53 indexed citations

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Suárez‐Calvet, Marc, Manuela Neumann, Thomas Arzberger, et al.. (2016). Monomethylated and unmethylated FUS exhibit increased binding to Transportin and distinguish FTLD-FUS from ALS-FUS. Acta Neuropathologica. 131(4). 587–604. 68 indexed citations

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Dormann, Dorothee, Tobias Madl, Chiara F. Valori, et al.. (2012). Arginine methylation next to the PY‐NLS modulates Transportin binding and nuclear import of FUS. The EMBO Journal. 31(22). 4258–4275. 252 indexed citations

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Neumann, Manuela, Eva Bentmann, Dorothee Dormann, et al.. (2011). FET proteins TAF15 and EWS are selective markers that distinguish FTLD with FUS pathology from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with FUS mutations. Brain. 134(9). 2595–2609. 226 indexed citations

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Dormann, Dorothee, Dieter Edbauer, Eva Bentmann, et al.. (2010). ALS‐associated fused in sarcoma (FUS) mutations disrupt Transportin‐mediated nuclear import. The EMBO Journal. 29(16). 2841–2857. 644 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dormann, Dorothee, Anja Capell, Aaron Carlson, et al.. (2009). Proteolytic processing of TAR DNA binding protein‐43 by caspases produces C‐terminal fragments with disease defining properties independent of progranulin. Journal of Neurochemistry. 110(3). 1082–1094. 141 indexed citations

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Gannagé, Monique, Dorothee Dormann, Randy A. Albrecht, et al.. (2009). Matrix Protein 2 of Influenza A Virus Blocks Autophagosome Fusion with Lysosomes. Cell Host & Microbe. 6(4). 367–380. 446 indexed citations

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Dormann, Dorothee, et al.. (1998). Flow cytometric analysis of agonist-induced annexin V, factor Va and factor Xa binding to human platelets. Platelets. 9(3-4). 171–177. 17 indexed citations

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