Franziska Thomas

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Franziska Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Franziska Thomas has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Organic Chemistry and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Franziska Thomas's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (25 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (12 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (9 papers). Franziska Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (25 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (12 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (9 papers). Franziska Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Franziska Thomas's co-authors include Oliver Seitz, Derek N. Woolfson, Ulrike Kutay, Dietmar Schmucker, Masahiro Kondo, Michael Hughes, Vivienne I. Rebel, Fiona L. Watson, David L. Lamar and Antony J. Burton and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Franziska Thomas

43 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Extensive Diversity of Ig-Superfamily Proteins in the Imm... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Extensive Diversity of Ig-Superfamily Proteins in the Immune System of Insects
    2005 522 citations Fiona L. Watson, Franziska Thomas et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franziska Thomas Germany 19 1.3k 424 404 273 263 45 2.0k
Dianne Alewood Australia 20 1.5k 1.1× 152 0.4× 374 0.9× 51 0.2× 267 1.0× 30 1.9k
David B. Thompson United States 22 3.2k 2.4× 122 0.3× 213 0.5× 183 0.7× 81 0.3× 26 3.8k
Franz Hagn Germany 24 2.5k 1.9× 207 0.5× 65 0.2× 593 2.2× 325 1.2× 50 3.0k
Klaus Weißhart Germany 30 1.4k 1.1× 159 0.4× 41 0.1× 567 2.1× 156 0.6× 66 2.4k
Stéphanie Cabantous France 22 2.9k 2.2× 171 0.4× 222 0.5× 72 0.3× 277 1.1× 44 3.8k
Isabel D. Alves France 33 2.3k 1.8× 237 0.6× 177 0.4× 247 0.9× 379 1.4× 86 2.9k
Mari Gingery United States 27 2.0k 1.5× 230 0.5× 56 0.1× 159 0.6× 157 0.6× 34 3.1k
Henry D. Herce United States 19 2.2k 1.6× 185 0.4× 239 0.6× 209 0.8× 82 0.3× 28 2.5k
Xiang‐Qin Liu Canada 24 1.7k 1.3× 43 0.1× 105 0.3× 397 1.5× 172 0.7× 76 2.0k
Manel Bosch Spain 18 485 0.4× 122 0.3× 142 0.4× 59 0.2× 145 0.6× 36 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franziska Thomas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franziska Thomas

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Klein, Christian D., et al.. (2025). Late‐Stage Amination of Peptides on the Solid Phase. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(34). e202501229–e202501229.
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Schamberger, Barbara, et al.. (2024). Multimaterial 3D Laser Printing of Cell‐Adhesive and Cell‐Repellent Hydrogels. Small. 20(33). e2401344–e2401344. 3 indexed citations
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Heim, Thomas M., et al.. (2024). Peptide Boronic Acids by Late‐Stage Hydroboration on the Solid Phase. Advanced Science. 11(28). e2400640–e2400640. 2 indexed citations
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Comba, Peter, et al.. (2023). Relationship of Thermostability and Binding Affinity in Metal‐binding WW‐Domain Minireceptors. ChemBioChem. 25(4). e202300715–e202300715. 9 indexed citations
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Thomas, Franziska, et al.. (2023). Rapid On‐Resin N‐Formylation of Peptides as One‐Pot Reaction. ChemBioChem. 24(22). e202300571–e202300571. 1 indexed citations
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Schepers, Ute, et al.. (2023). Bioconjugation in Materials Science. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(20). 16 indexed citations
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Thomas, Franziska, et al.. (2023). HAV‐Peptides Attached to Colloidal Probes Faithfully Detect E‐Cadherins Displayed on Living Cells. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(39). e202203904–e202203904. 1 indexed citations
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Comba, Peter, et al.. (2022). An Engineered β‐Hairpin Peptide Forming Thermostable Complexes with ZnII, NiII, and CuII through a His3 Site. ChemBioChem. 24(3). e202200588–e202200588. 10 indexed citations
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Tcherkezian, Joseph, Perry A. Brittis, Franziska Thomas, Philippe P. Roux, & John G. Flanagan. (2021). Transmembrane receptor DCC associates with protein synthesis machinery and regulates translation. Cell. 184(9). 2520–2520. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Abigail J., Franziska Thomas, Deborah K. Shoemark, Derek N. Woolfson, & Nigel J. Savery. (2019). Guiding Biomolecular Interactions in Cells Using de Novo Protein–Protein Interfaces. ACS Synthetic Biology. 8(6). 1284–1293. 31 indexed citations
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Erfurth, Maria‐Luise, Minmin Song, Rachel Bortnick, et al.. (2015). Slit and Receptor Tyrosine Phosphatase 69D Confer Spatial Specificity to Axon Branching via Dscam1. Cell. 162(5). 1140–1154. 57 indexed citations
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Thomas, Franziska. (2013). Fmoc‐based peptide thioester synthesis with self‐purifying effect: heading to native chemical ligation in parallel formats. Journal of Peptide Science. 19(3). 141–147. 6 indexed citations
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Burton, Antony J., Franziska Thomas, Christopher Agnew, et al.. (2013). Accessibility, Reactivity, and Selectivity of Side Chains within a Channel of de Novo Peptide Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(34). 12524–12527. 25 indexed citations
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Thomas, Franziska & Oliver Seitz. (2010). 9‐Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl‐Based Solid‐Phase Synthesis of Peptide α‐Thioesters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(6). 1232–1240. 163 indexed citations
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Grossmann, Tom N., et al.. (2009). Chemical control of biomolecular interaction modules. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 81(2). 273–284. 8 indexed citations
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Thomas, Franziska & Oliver Seitz. (2007). Festphasensynthese von C‐terminalen Peptidthioestern mit Selbstreinigungseffekt. Angewandte Chemie. 119(24). 4661–4665. 16 indexed citations
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Thomas, Franziska & Oliver Seitz. (2007). Solid‐Phase Synthesis of Peptide Thioesters with Self‐Purification. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(24). 4577–4580. 54 indexed citations
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Watson, Fiona L., Franziska Thomas, David L. Lamar, et al.. (2005). Extensive Diversity of Ig-Superfamily Proteins in the Immune System of Insects. Science. 309(5742). 1874–1878. 522 indexed citations breakdown →
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Franco‐Obregón, Alfredo, et al.. (2003). Modulation of Nuclear Pore Topology by Transport Modifiers. Biophysical Journal. 84(1). 665–670. 42 indexed citations
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Panté, Nelly, Franziska Thomas, Ueli Aebi, Brian Burke, & Ricardo Bastos. (2000). Recombinant Nup153 Incorporates in Vivo into Xenopus Oocyte Nuclear Pore Complexes. Journal of Structural Biology. 129(2-3). 306–312. 18 indexed citations

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