Georg Halder

21.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
84 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

Georg Halder is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Georg Halder has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Georg Halder's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (49 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (24 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (21 papers). Georg Halder is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (49 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (24 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (21 papers). Georg Halder collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Switzerland. Georg Halder's co-authors include Randy L. Johnson, Patrick Callaerts, Walter J. Gehring, Chunyao Tao, Iván M. Moya, Madhuri Kango‐Singh, Ryan S. Udan, Riitta Nolo, Stefano Piccolo and Sirio Dupont and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Georg Halder

83 papers receiving 16.2k citations

Hit Papers

Inactivation of YAP oncoprotein by the Hippo pathway ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2007 1995 2010 2012 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Inactivation of YAP oncoprotein by the Hippo pathway is involved in cell contact inhibition and tissue growth control
    2007 2.4k citations Georg Halder et al. Genes & Development profile →
  2. Induction of Ectopic Eyes by Targeted Expression of the eyeless Gene in Drosophila
    1995 1.2k citations Georg Halder, Patrick Callaerts et al. Science profile →
  3. Hippo signaling: growth control and beyond
    2010 841 citations Georg Halder, Randy L. Johnson profile →
  4. Transduction of mechanical and cytoskeletal cues by YAP and TAZ
    2012 760 citations Georg Halder et al. profile →
  5. The two faces of Hippo: targeting the Hippo pathway for regenerative medicine and cancer treatment
    2013 729 citations Randy L. Johnson, Georg Halder profile →
  6. Hippo–YAP/TAZ signalling in organ regeneration and regenerative medicine
    2018 679 citations Iván M. Moya, Georg Halder profile →
  7. The tumour-suppressor genes NF2/Merlin and Expanded act through Hippo signalling to regulate cell proliferation and apoptosis
    2005 632 citations Fisun Hamaratoǧlu, Chunyao Tao et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  8. Hippo promotes proliferation arrest and apoptosis in the Salvador/Warts pathway
    2003 625 citations Chunyao Tao, Georg Halder et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  9. Hippo signaling is a potent in vivo growth and tumor suppressor pathway in the mammalian liver
    2010 586 citations Li Lu, Ying Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. MAP4K family kinases act in parallel to MST1/2 to activate LATS1/2 in the Hippo pathway
    2015 406 citations Georg Halder et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Georg Halder United States 50 10.3k 9.9k 1.8k 1.5k 1.3k 84 16.4k
Kenneth D. Irvine United States 66 9.5k 0.9× 6.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 538 0.4× 115 12.6k
Tian Xu United States 54 12.8k 1.2× 5.6k 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 2.4k 1.6× 1.5k 1.1× 155 17.1k
Bruce A. Edgar United States 58 10.5k 1.0× 4.1k 0.4× 1.7k 0.9× 3.3k 2.2× 1.5k 1.1× 124 15.3k
Konrad Basler Switzerland 75 19.1k 1.9× 5.6k 0.6× 3.3k 1.9× 3.6k 2.3× 1.8k 1.4× 199 23.2k
Gary Struhl United States 65 16.5k 1.6× 4.3k 0.4× 3.5k 2.0× 3.0k 2.0× 527 0.4× 95 18.7k
Marek Mlodzik United States 63 11.8k 1.2× 4.7k 0.5× 2.4k 1.4× 2.6k 1.7× 534 0.4× 155 13.7k
Daniel St Johnston United Kingdom 70 12.7k 1.2× 4.7k 0.5× 2.4k 1.4× 1.7k 1.1× 404 0.3× 167 16.7k
Suzanne Eaton Germany 50 5.5k 0.5× 4.6k 0.5× 887 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 337 0.3× 83 9.2k
Mark Peifer United States 67 12.2k 1.2× 5.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 800 0.6× 168 15.0k
Markus Affolter Switzerland 67 11.0k 1.1× 3.8k 0.4× 1.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 640 0.5× 186 14.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Georg Halder

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mol, Hans, Weronika Kowalczyk, Leticia Sansores-García, et al.. (2025). Steatotic liver disease induces YAP/TAZ-driven cell competition that can suppress tumor initiation. Journal of Hepatology. 83(5). 1142–1155. 1 indexed citations
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Verboven, Elisabeth, Hanne Hillen, Leticia Sansores-García, et al.. (2024). In Vivo Tracking and 3D Mapping of Cell Death in Regeneration and Cancer Using Trypan Blue. Cells. 13(16). 1379–1379.
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González‐Blas, Carmen Bravo, Irina Matetovici, Hanne Hillen, et al.. (2024). Single-cell spatial multi-omics and deep learning dissect enhancer-driven gene regulatory networks in liver zonation. Nature Cell Biology. 26(1). 153–167. 30 indexed citations
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Floc’hlay, Swann, Valerie Christiaens, Carmen Bravo González‐Blas, et al.. (2023). Shared enhancer gene regulatory networks between wound and oncogenic programs. eLife. 12. 8 indexed citations
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Kowalczyk, Weronika, Mardelle Atkins, Hanne Hillen, et al.. (2022). Hippo signaling instructs ectopic but not normal organ growth. Science. 378(6621). eabg3679–eabg3679. 43 indexed citations
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Smet, Vincent De, Nathalie Eysackers, Georg Halder, et al.. (2021). Initiation of hepatic stellate cell activation extends into chronic liver disease. Cell Death and Disease. 12(12). 1110–1110. 46 indexed citations
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Haele, Matthias Van, Iván M. Moya, Ruçhan Karaman, et al.. (2019). YAP and TAZ Heterogeneity in Primary Liver Cancer: An Analysis of Its Prognostic and Diagnostic Role. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(3). 638–638. 44 indexed citations
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Verboven, Elisabeth, Leen Van Huffel, Iván M. Moya, et al.. (2019). Comparison of the Opn-CreER and Ck19-CreER Drivers in Bile Ducts of Normal and Injured Mouse Livers. Cells. 8(4). 380–380. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Chih‐Chao, Hillary K. Graves, Iván M. Moya, et al.. (2015). Differential regulation of the Hippo pathway by adherens junctions and apical–basal cell polarity modules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(6). 1785–1790. 100 indexed citations
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Verfaillie, Annelien, Hana Imrichová, Zeynep Kalender Atak, et al.. (2015). Decoding the regulatory landscape of melanoma reveals TEADS as regulators of the invasive cell state. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6683–6683. 280 indexed citations
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Mannaerts, Inge, Sofia Batista Leite, Stefaan Verhulst, et al.. (2015). The Hippo pathway effector YAP controls mouse hepatic stellate cell activation. Journal of Hepatology. 63(3). 679–688. 304 indexed citations
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Bossuyt, Wouter, Chia‐Lin Chen, Qing Chen, et al.. (2013). An evolutionary shift in the regulation of the Hippo pathway between mice and flies. Oncogene. 33(10). 1218–1228. 96 indexed citations
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Schroeder, Molly C., Chia‐Lin Chen, Kathleen Gajewski, & Georg Halder. (2012). A non-cell-autonomous tumor suppressor role for Stat in eliminating oncogenic scribble cells. Oncogene. 32(38). 4471–4479. 28 indexed citations
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Graves, Hillary K., et al.. (2012). Notch Signaling Activates Yorkie Non-Cell Autonomously in Drosophila. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e37615–e37615. 20 indexed citations
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Reed, Robert D., Riccardo Papa, Arnaud Martin, et al.. (2011). optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry. Science. 333(6046). 1137–1141. 320 indexed citations
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Lu, Li, Ying Li, Soo Mi Kim, et al.. (2010). Hippo signaling is a potent in vivo growth and tumor suppressor pathway in the mammalian liver. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(4). 1437–1442. 586 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chamilos, Georgios, Russell E. Lewis, Jianhua Hu, et al.. (2008). Drosophila melanogaster as a model host to dissect the immunopathogenesis of zygomycosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(27). 9367–9372. 112 indexed citations
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Chamilos, Georgios, Michail S. Lionakis, Russell E. Lewis, et al.. (2006). Drosophila melanogasteras a Facile Model for Large‐Scale Studies of Virulence Mechanisms and Antifungal Drug Efficacy inCandidaSpecies. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 193(7). 1014–1022. 93 indexed citations
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Weatherbee, Scott D., Georg Halder, Jaeseob Kim, Angela Hudson, & Sean B. Carroll. (1998). Ultrabithorax regulates genes at several levels of the wing-patterning hierarchy to shape the development of theDrosophila haltere. Genes & Development. 12(10). 1474–1482. 261 indexed citations
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Halder, Georg, Patrick Callaerts, & Walter J. Gehring. (1995). Induction of Ectopic Eyes by Targeted Expression of the eyeless Gene in Drosophila. Science. 267(5205). 1788–1792. 1189 indexed citations breakdown →

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