Georg Homuth

50.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Georg Homuth is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Georg Homuth has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Genetics and 25 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Georg Homuth's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (18 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (18 papers). Georg Homuth is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (18 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (18 papers). Georg Homuth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Georg Homuth's co-authors include Michael Hecker, Ulrike Mäder, Uwe Völker, Christian Scharf, Henry Völzke, Wolfgang Schumann, Markus M. Lerch, Matthias Nauck, Julia Mayerle and Frank Ulrich Weiß and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Georg Homuth

126 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

White matter hyperintensities and imaging patterns of brain ageing in the general population

2016 284 citations Mohamad Habes, Güray Erus et al. Brain profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Georg Homuth Germany	40	2.5k	1.4k	1.0k	669	440	127	5.3k
Noriko Takahashi Japan	47	4.6k 1.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.8×	260 0.4×	239 0.5×	279	9.0k
Alon Harmelin Israel	36	3.7k 1.5×	730 0.5×	424 0.4×	170 0.3×	138 0.3×	109	7.2k
Yuko Ishida Japan	49	1.9k 0.8×	991 0.7×	557 0.5×	113 0.2×	123 0.3×	222	7.8k
Nicole C. Roy New Zealand	41	3.3k 1.3×	917 0.6×	452 0.4×	157 0.2×	105 0.2×	250	6.8k
Eric Brown United States	30	3.2k 1.3×	477 0.3×	484 0.5×	184 0.3×	169 0.4×	78	5.6k
Qí Zhāng China	39	3.5k 1.4×	754 0.5×	491 0.5×	128 0.2×	211 0.5×	254	6.1k
Angela C. Poole United States	15	4.2k 1.7×	691 0.5×	571 0.6×	239 0.4×	98 0.2×	20	6.7k
J. T. Smith United Kingdom	58	6.1k 2.4×	2.3k 1.6×	386 0.4×	174 0.3×	164 0.4×	215	14.5k
Bernard M. Corfe United Kingdom	31	2.5k 1.0×	679 0.5×	427 0.4×	281 0.4×	50 0.1×	111	4.7k
Richard J. Ward Brazil	50	4.2k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	80 0.1×	201 0.5×	275	9.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Georg Homuth

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Georg Homuth

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Markus, Marcello Ricardo Paulista, Frank Ulrich Weiß, Johannes Hertel, et al.. (2025). Lower cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with an altered gut microbiome. The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP). Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5171–5171. 1 indexed citations

Stahl, Maximilian, Sandra Van der Auwera, Hans J. Grabe, et al.. (2024). RIOK2 transcriptionally regulates TRiC and dyskerin complexes to prevent telomere shortening. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7138–7138. 2 indexed citations

Oldenburg, Jan, Lars Kaderali, Henry Völzke, et al.. (2024). XModNN: Explainable Modular Neural Network to Identify Clinical Parameters and Disease Biomarkers in Transcriptomic Datasets. Biomolecules. 14(12). 1501–1501. 2 indexed citations

Weihs, Antoine, Susann Sauer, Simone Röh, et al.. (2024). Methylation Patterns of the FKBP5 Gene in Association with Childhood Maltreatment and Depressive Disorders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(3). 1485–1485. 8 indexed citations

Silva, Thiago Magalhães da, Stefan Weiß, Georg Homuth, et al.. (2023). Genome‐wide association study of Helicobacter pylori serological status in Latin American children. Helicobacter. 28(5). e13008–e13008.

Golchert, Janine, Wojciech Fendler, Matthias Sendler, et al.. (2022). DNA Polymerase Theta Plays a Critical Role in Pancreatic Cancer Development and Metastasis. Cancers. 14(17). 4077–4077. 8 indexed citations

Frenzel, Stefan, Alexander Teumer, Katharina Wittfeld, et al.. (2022). TREML2 Gene Expression and Its Missense Variant rs3747742 Associate with White Matter Hyperintensity Volume and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Brain Atrophy in the General Population. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(22). 13764–13764. 4 indexed citations

Muzzio, Damián Oscar, Janine Golchert, Georg Homuth, et al.. (2021). B cells acquire a unique and differential transcriptomic profile during pregnancy. Genomics. 113(4). 2614–2622. 11 indexed citations

Johann, Kornelia, Lisbeth Harder, Eva K. Wirth, et al.. (2020). CD5L Constitutes a Novel Biomarker for Integrated Hepatic Thyroid Hormone Action. Thyroid. 30(6). 908–923. 11 indexed citations

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Klinger-König, Johanna, Johannes Hertel, Sandra Van der Auwera, et al.. (2019). Methylation of the FKBP5 gene in association with FKBP5 genotypes, childhood maltreatment and depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 44(5). 930–938. 60 indexed citations

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Pietzner, Maik, Josef Köhrle, Ina Lehmphul, et al.. (2019). A Thyroid Hormone-Independent Molecular Fingerprint of 3,5-Diiodothyronine Suggests a Strong Relationship with Coffee Metabolism in Humans. Thyroid. 29(12). 1743–1754. 10 indexed citations

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Pietzner, Maik, Georg Homuth, Wolfgang Rathmann, et al.. (2017). Abdominal fat deposits determined by magnetic resonance imaging in relation to leptin and vaspin levels as well as insulin resistance in the general adult population. International Journal of Obesity. 42(2). 183–189. 11 indexed citations

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Habes, Mohamad, Jon B. Toledo, Susan M. Resnick, et al.. (2016). Relationship betweenAPOEGenotype and Structural MRI Measures throughout Adulthood in the Study of Health in Pomerania Population-Based Cohort. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 37(9). 1636–1642. 32 indexed citations

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Habes, Mohamad, Güray Erus, Jon B. Toledo, et al.. (2016). White matter hyperintensities and imaging patterns of brain ageing in the general population. Brain. 139(4). 1164–1179. 284 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schultheiß, Ulla T., Alexander Teumer, Marco Medici, et al.. (2015). A Genetic Risk Score for Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies Associates With Clinical Thyroid Disease in Community-Based Populations. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 100(5). E799–E807. 36 indexed citations

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Teipel, Stefan, Michel J. Grothe, Katharina Wittfeld, et al.. (2015). Association of a neurokinin 3 receptor polymorphism with the anterior basal forebrain. Neurobiology of Aging. 36(6). 2060–2067. 5 indexed citations

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Janowitz, Deborah, Christian Schwahn, Katharina Wittfeld, et al.. (2014). Genetic, psychosocial and clinical factors associated with hippocampal volume in the general population. Translational Psychiatry. 4(10). e465–e465. 24 indexed citations

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Liebal, Ulf W., Praveen Kumar Sappa, Thomas Millat, et al.. (2012). Proteolysis of beta-galactosidase following SigmaB activation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular BioSystems. 8(6). 1806–1814. 5 indexed citations

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Mehta, Divya, Katharina Heim, Christian Herder, et al.. (2012). Impact of common regulatory single-nucleotide variants on gene expression profiles in whole blood. European Journal of Human Genetics. 21(1). 48–54. 25 indexed citations

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Koburger, Torsten, Jimena Weibezahn, Jörg Bernhardt, Georg Homuth, & Michael Hecker. (2005). Genome-wide mRNA profiling in glucose starved Bacillus subtilis cells. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 274(1). 1–12. 51 indexed citations

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