Franz X. Schmid

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Franz X. Schmid is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz X. Schmid has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Franz X. Schmid's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers), Signaling Pathways in Disease (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (3 papers). Franz X. Schmid is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers), Signaling Pathways in Disease (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (3 papers). Franz X. Schmid collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Franz X. Schmid's co-authors include Brigitte Wittmann‐Liebold, Günter Fischer, Kurt Lang, Gunter Fischer, Hans‐Helmut Kohler, Dieter Perl, Thomas H. Schindler, Christine Welker, Mohamed A. Marahiel and Rainer Jaenicke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Franz X. Schmid

10 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Cyclophilin and peptidyl-... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 250 500 750 1000
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  1. Cyclophilin and peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase are probably identical proteins
    1989 1.2k citations Günter Fischer, Brigitte Wittmann‐Liebold et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franz X. Schmid Germany 9 2.1k 660 503 448 139 10 2.3k
Wojciech Ardelt United States 27 2.1k 1.0× 365 0.6× 277 0.6× 430 1.0× 140 1.0× 59 2.7k
Patrik Forrer Switzerland 23 2.4k 1.1× 329 0.5× 326 0.6× 238 0.5× 223 1.6× 25 3.0k
Patrick Amstutz Switzerland 20 2.4k 1.1× 423 0.6× 465 0.9× 193 0.4× 180 1.3× 23 3.2k
David Filpula United States 18 1.7k 0.8× 263 0.4× 328 0.7× 348 0.8× 136 1.0× 26 2.5k
Ulf Reimer Germany 29 2.3k 1.1× 315 0.5× 385 0.8× 192 0.4× 151 1.1× 64 3.1k
Aaron K. Chamberlain United States 19 1.7k 0.8× 249 0.4× 146 0.3× 448 1.0× 135 1.0× 22 2.2k
Claudi M. Cuchillo Spain 24 1.2k 0.6× 192 0.3× 267 0.5× 246 0.5× 67 0.5× 63 1.7k
Christophe Briand Switzerland 20 1.9k 0.9× 412 0.6× 550 1.1× 174 0.4× 205 1.5× 29 2.6k
Brent W. Segelke United States 27 1.3k 0.6× 678 1.0× 119 0.2× 447 1.0× 139 1.0× 53 2.4k
U.A. Ramagopal United States 27 1.1k 0.5× 1.0k 1.5× 628 1.2× 195 0.4× 120 0.9× 53 2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franz X. Schmid

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All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
1.
Schmid, Franz X.. (2002). Giant right coronary artery-coronary sinus fistula. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 21(5). 929–929. 3 indexed citations
2.
Schindler, Thomas H., et al.. (1998). Surface-exposed phenylalanines in the RNP1/RNP2 motif stabilize the cold-shock protein CspB fromBacillus subtilis. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 30(4). 401–406. 49 indexed citations
3.
Perl, Dieter, Christine Welker, Thomas H. Schindler, et al.. (1998). Conservation of rapid two-state folding in mesophilic, thermophilic and hyperthermophilic cold shock proteins. Nature Structural Biology. 5(3). 229–235. 255 indexed citations
4.
Mayr, Lorenz M. & Franz X. Schmid. (1993). Kinetic Models for Unfolding and Refolding of Ribonuclease T1 with Substitution of Cis-proline 39 by Alanine. Journal of Molecular Biology. 231(3). 913–926. 17 indexed citations
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Schmid, Franz X., et al.. (1992). Enzymic catalysis of prolyl isomerization in an unfolding protein. Biochemistry. 31(34). 7848–7854. 46 indexed citations
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Kohler, Hans‐Helmut, et al.. (1992). Kinetic coupling between protein folding and prolyl isomerization. Journal of Molecular Biology. 224(1). 217–229. 140 indexed citations
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Kiefhaber, Thomas, Rainer Quaas, Ulrich Hahn, & Franz X. Schmid. (1990). Folding of ribonuclease T1. 2. Kinetic models for the folding and unfolding reactions. Biochemistry. 29(12). 3061–3070. 115 indexed citations
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Tropschug, Maximilian, Elmar Wächter, Sabine Mayer, E. Ralf Schönbrunner, & Franz X. Schmid. (1990). Isolation and sequence of an FK506-binding protein from N. crassa which catalyses protein folding. Nature. 346(6285). 674–677. 146 indexed citations
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Fischer, Gunter & Franz X. Schmid. (1990). The mechanism of protein folding. Implications of in vitro refolding models for de novo protein folding and translocation in the cell. Biochemistry. 29(9). 2205–2212. 333 indexed citations
10.
Fischer, Günter, et al.. (1989). Cyclophilin and peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase are probably identical proteins. Nature. 337(6206). 476–478. 1190 indexed citations breakdown →

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