Franz Scherer

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Franz Scherer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz Scherer has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Franz Scherer's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (3 papers). Franz Scherer is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (3 papers). Franz Scherer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and France. Franz Scherer's co-authors include Christian Plank, Ulrike Schillinger, Christian Bergemann, Martina Anton, J. Henke, Achim Krüger, Bernd Gänsbacher, Jean-Serge Rémy, Florian Krötz and J. Rosenecker and has published in prestigious journals such as Gene Therapy, Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Gene Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Franz Scherer

4 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Magnetofection: enhancing and targeting gene delivery by magnetic force in vitro and in vivo

2002 714 citations Franz Scherer, Martina Anton et al. Gene Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franz Scherer Germany	4	688	459	403	244	152	4	1.2k
Harshal Zope Netherlands	19	1.3k 1.8×	570 1.2×	680 1.7×	149 0.6×	186 1.2×	28	1.9k
Ulrike Schillinger Germany	19	1.3k 1.9×	692 1.5×	624 1.5×	563 2.3×	210 1.4×	31	2.2k
Peng Lv China	16	723 1.1×	966 2.1×	315 0.8×	90 0.4×	425 2.8×	36	1.7k
Olga Mykhaylyk Germany	28	1.2k 1.8×	1.1k 2.4×	909 2.3×	386 1.6×	304 2.0×	70	2.5k
Kohsuke Gonda Japan	23	898 1.3×	481 1.0×	345 0.9×	140 0.6×	481 3.2×	89	1.8k
Cherlhyun Jeong South Korea	22	1.1k 1.6×	516 1.1×	187 0.5×	69 0.3×	215 1.4×	55	1.7k
Erica Strable United States	13	986 1.4×	506 1.1×	605 1.5×	134 0.5×	368 2.4×	14	2.2k
David Loughrey United States	21	1.7k 2.5×	220 0.5×	213 0.5×	246 1.0×	149 1.0×	27	2.1k
Mohammad Ariful Islam United States	13	899 1.3×	954 2.1×	475 1.2×	145 0.6×	664 4.4×	18	2.2k
Antony K. Chen United States	21	1.1k 1.6×	505 1.1×	354 0.9×	43 0.2×	234 1.5×	40	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Franz Scherer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franz Scherer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franz Scherer

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

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Plank, Christian, Ulrike Schillinger, Franz Scherer, et al.. (2003). The Magnetofection Method: Using Magnetic Force to Enhance Gene Delivery. Biological Chemistry. 384(5). 737–47. 289 indexed citations

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Plank, Christian, Franz Scherer, Ulrike Schillinger, Christian Bergemann, & Martina Anton. (2003). Magnetofection: Enhancing and Targeting Gene Delivery with Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles and Magnetic Fields. Journal of Liposome Research. 13(1). 29–32. 80 indexed citations

3.

Scherer, Franz, et al.. (2002). Nonviral vector loaded collagen sponges for sustained gene delivery in vitro and in vivo. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 4(6). 634–643. 93 indexed citations

4.

Scherer, Franz, Martina Anton, Ulrike Schillinger, et al.. (2002). Magnetofection: enhancing and targeting gene delivery by magnetic force in vitro and in vivo. Gene Therapy. 9(2). 102–109. 714 indexed citations breakdown →

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