Gerhard May

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Gerhard May is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhard May has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Gerhard May's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers). Gerhard May is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers), Melanoma and MAPK Pathways (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers). Gerhard May collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Gerhard May's co-authors include Erhard Bremer, Christopher F. Higgins, Charles J. Dorman, Douglas A. Stirling, Ian R. Booth, Joanna B. Wilson, Merna Villarejo, Elke Faatz, Leah Marks and Maria Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Gerhard May

20 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

A physiological role for DNA supercoiling in the osmotic ... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 200 400 600
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. A physiological role for DNA supercoiling in the osmotic regulation of gene expression in S. typhimurium and E. coli
    1988 609 citations Christopher F. Higgins, Charles J. Dorman et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerhard May United Kingdom 15 1.3k 1.0k 340 241 169 21 1.9k
Jean‐Pierre Bouché France 29 1.9k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 639 1.9× 193 0.8× 94 0.6× 47 2.3k
Susan Garges United States 20 1.6k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 319 0.9× 284 1.2× 59 0.3× 32 2.1k
Atsuo Nakata Japan 28 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 420 1.2× 146 0.6× 96 0.6× 53 2.5k
Masamichi Kohiyama France 26 1.6k 1.2× 887 0.9× 257 0.8× 69 0.3× 110 0.7× 94 1.9k
Maryse Murgier France 20 817 0.6× 471 0.5× 134 0.4× 140 0.6× 202 1.2× 30 1.2k
Christine Jacobs United States 13 691 0.5× 503 0.5× 201 0.6× 148 0.6× 309 1.8× 16 1.2k
B. Duclos France 24 1.3k 1.0× 570 0.6× 361 1.1× 110 0.5× 64 0.4× 42 1.7k
K Yamanaka Japan 16 1.4k 1.1× 711 0.7× 293 0.9× 74 0.3× 73 0.4× 25 1.8k
Moritz von Rechenberg Germany 9 1.5k 1.1× 490 0.5× 231 0.7× 75 0.3× 149 0.9× 12 2.1k
Keith Backman United States 20 2.4k 1.9× 1.4k 1.4× 777 2.3× 89 0.4× 134 0.8× 29 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerhard May

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhard May

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerhard May. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerhard May 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 Gerhard May. Gerhard May 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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Jackson, Maria, Leah Marks, Gerhard May, & Joanna B. Wilson. (2018). The genetic basis of disease. Essays in Biochemistry. 62(5). 643–723. 185 indexed citations
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Wiltshire, Carolyn, David A. Gillespie, & Gerhard May. (2004). Sab (SH3BP5), a novel mitochondria-localized JNK-interacting protein. Biochemical Society Transactions. 32(6). 1075–1077. 29 indexed citations
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Wiltshire, Carolyn, M. Matsushita, Satoshi Tsukada, David A. Gillespie, & Gerhard May. (2002). A new c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-interacting protein, Sab (SH3BP5), associates with mitochondria. Biochemical Journal. 367(3). 577–585. 84 indexed citations
4.
Wilson, Joanna B. & Gerhard May. (2001). Epstein-Barr Virus Protocols. Humana Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard, Fiona Harris, David A. Gillespie, & Donald M. Black. (1999). The BRCA2 transactivation domain does not interact with JNK. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 25(4). 407–409. 5 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard, Martin Funk, Elizabeth J. Black, et al.. (1998). An oncogenic mutation uncouples the v-Jun oncoprotein from positive regulation by the SAPK/JNK pathway in vivo. Current Biology. 8(2). 117–120. 25 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard, et al.. (1998). Analysis of the Interaction between c-Jun and c-Jun N-terminal Kinase in Vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(50). 33429–33435. 38 indexed citations
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Nakagawa, Hiroshi, Timothy C. Wang, Lawrence Zukerberg, et al.. (1997). The targeting of the cyclin D1 oncogene by an Epstein-Barr virus promoter in transgenic mice causes dysplasia in the tongue, esophagus and forestomach. Oncogene. 14(10). 1185–1190. 122 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard. (1994). A general formula for fundamental solutions of linear partial differential equations with constant coefficients. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 122(2). 455–461. 1 indexed citations
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Blakely, Garry, Gerhard May, Richard McCulloch, et al.. (1993). Two related recombinases are required for site-specific recombination at dif and cer in E. coli K12. Cell. 75(2). 351–361. 273 indexed citations
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Sherratt, David J., Garry Blakely, M Burke, et al.. (1993). Site-specific recombination and the partition of bacterial chromosomes. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 5 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard, Petra Dersch, Martin Haardt, Anke Middendorf, & Erhard Bremer. (1990). The osmZ (bglY) gene encodes the DNA-binding protein H-NS (H1a), a component of the Escherichia coli K12 nucleoid. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 224(1). 81–90. 102 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard, et al.. (1989). Characterization of the osmoregulated Escherichia coli proU promoter and identification of ProV as a membrane‐associated protein. Molecular Microbiology. 3(11). 1521–1531. 51 indexed citations
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Higgins, Christopher F., Charles J. Dorman, Douglas A. Stirling, et al.. (1988). A physiological role for DNA supercoiling in the osmotic regulation of gene expression in S. typhimurium and E. coli. Cell. 52(4). 569–584. 609 indexed citations breakdown →
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May, Gerhard, et al.. (1986). Regulation of envelope protein composition during adaptation to osmotic stress in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 167(2). 433–438. 90 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard, Elke Faatz, Merna Villarejo, & Erhard Bremer. (1986). Binding protein dependent transport of glycine betaine and its osmotic regulation in Escherichia coli K12. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 205(2). 225–233. 162 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard. (1978). Schöpfung aus dem Nichts. 1 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard. (1970). Das Marburger Religionsgespräch 1529. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard, et al.. (1968). Elektronenmikroskopische Befunde bei einer Affenseuche (Cercopithecus aethiops). OPUS Publication Server of the University of Stuttgart (University of Stuttgart). 2 indexed citations
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May, Gerhard, et al.. (1952). �ber Pneumocystis Carinii bei interstitiellen Pneumonien. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 30(35-36). 822–824. 19 indexed citations

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