Gerhard Steger

3.7k total citations
89 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Gerhard Steger is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhard Steger has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Plant Science, 51 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Gerhard Steger's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (54 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (31 papers) and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (19 papers). Gerhard Steger is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (54 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (31 papers) and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (19 papers). Gerhard Steger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Czechia and United States. Gerhard Steger's co-authors include Detlev Riesner, M. Lienhard Schmitz, Jaroslav Matoušek, Andreas Wilm, Robert A. Owens, Christian Hammann, Hans‐Joachim Fritz, Karsten Henco, J.M. Kaper and M. E. Tousignant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Gerhard Steger

87 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerhard Steger Germany 30 1.7k 1.3k 566 286 182 89 2.7k
Horst Domdey Germany 23 1.8k 1.1× 839 0.6× 421 0.7× 193 0.7× 144 0.8× 42 2.5k
Biao Ding United States 40 1.9k 1.1× 4.0k 3.1× 1.1k 2.0× 221 0.8× 100 0.5× 87 4.6k
Lyubov A. Ryabova France 27 1.9k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 242 0.4× 212 0.7× 231 1.3× 51 2.8k
Georg F. Weiller Australia 23 980 0.6× 1.9k 1.4× 144 0.3× 123 0.4× 188 1.0× 39 2.6k
H.S. Savithri India 26 940 0.6× 969 0.7× 243 0.4× 459 1.6× 139 0.8× 144 2.1k
R. A. Owens United States 32 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 501 0.9× 196 0.7× 1.3k 6.9× 75 3.0k
Karen Browning United States 45 3.8k 2.3× 2.9k 2.2× 563 1.0× 364 1.3× 196 1.1× 107 5.4k
T.O. Diener United States 39 1.5k 0.9× 3.1k 2.4× 1.6k 2.8× 531 1.9× 157 0.9× 114 4.1k
Guido Krupp Germany 27 1.5k 0.9× 399 0.3× 168 0.3× 242 0.8× 237 1.3× 62 2.1k
Chuck S. Farah Brazil 29 1.4k 0.8× 819 0.6× 433 0.8× 195 0.7× 358 2.0× 83 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Gerhard Steger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerhard Steger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhard Steger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerhard Steger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerhard Steger 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 Steger. Gerhard Steger 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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Steger, Gerhard, et al.. (2025). Hartz IV und die soziale Gerechtigkeit. FreiDok plus (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg). 222. 723–735.
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Matoušek, Jaroslav, et al.. (2023). “Pathomorphogenic” Changes Caused by Citrus Bark Cracking Viroid and Transcription Factor TFIIIA-7ZF Variants Support Viroid Propagation in Tobacco. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(9). 7790–7790. 2 indexed citations
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Borggräfe, Jan, Aldino Viegas, Christoph G. W. Gertzen, et al.. (2021). Time-resolved structural analysis of an RNA-cleaving DNA catalyst. Nature. 601(7891). 144–149. 106 indexed citations
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Steger, Gerhard, et al.. (2017). Inability of DNAzymes to cleave RNA in vivo is due to limited Mg$$^{2+}$$ 2 + concentration in cells. European Biophysics Journal. 47(4). 333–343. 21 indexed citations
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Owens, Robert A., et al.. (2016). Viroid quasispecies revealed by deep sequencing. RNA Biology. 14(3). 317–325. 16 indexed citations
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Steger, Gerhard, et al.. (2012). Fluorescence-Based Kinetic Measurements for RNA-Cleaving DNAzymes. Methods in molecular biology. 2439. 65–77. 1 indexed citations
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Matoušek, Jaroslav, Jitka Procházková, Zoltán Füssy, et al.. (2012). Biological and molecular analysis of the pathogenic variant C3 of potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) evolved during adaptation to chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla). Biological Chemistry. 393(7). 605–615. 15 indexed citations
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Ziegler, Angelika, Jaroslav Matoušek, Gerhard Steger, & Jörg Schubert. (2011). Complete sequence of a cryptic virus from hemp (Cannabis sativa). Archives of Virology. 157(2). 383–385. 14 indexed citations
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Steger, Gerhard, et al.. (2010). novoMIR: De Novo Prediction of MicroRNA‐Coding Regions in a Single Plant‐Genome. Journal of Nucleic Acids. 2010(1). 32 indexed citations
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Fu, Yan, Oliver Bannach, Hao Chen, et al.. (2009). Alternative splicing of anciently exonized 5S rRNA regulates plant transcription factor TFIIIA. Genome Research. 19(5). 913–921. 33 indexed citations
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Steger, Gerhard, et al.. (2006). Thermostable RNase P RNAs lacking P18 identified in the Aquificales. RNA. 12(11). 1915–1921. 13 indexed citations
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Bannach, Oliver, Kanghong Hu, Michaela Moors, et al.. (2006). Transcription of potato spindle tuber viroid by RNA polymerase II starts in the left terminal loop. Virology. 347(2). 392–404. 47 indexed citations
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Przybilski, Rita, Stefan Gräf, Aurélie Lescoute, et al.. (2005). Functional Hammerhead Ribozymes Naturally Encoded in the Genome of Arabidopsis thaliana  . The Plant Cell. 17(7). 1877–1885. 66 indexed citations
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Matoušek, Jaroslav, Josef Patzak, Jörg Schubert, et al.. (2001). The Variability of Hop Latent Viroid as Induced upon Heat Treatment. Virology. 287(2). 349–358. 28 indexed citations
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Owens, Robert A., et al.. (1996). RNA Structural Features Responsible for Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Pathogenicity. Virology. 222(1). 144–158. 86 indexed citations
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Hecker, Rolf, et al.. (1988). Analysis of RNA structures by temperature-gradient gel electrophoresis: viroid replication and processing. Gene. 72(1-2). 59–74. 47 indexed citations
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Kaper, J.M., M. E. Tousignant, & Gerhard Steger. (1988). Nucleotide sequence predicts circularity and self-cleavage of 300-ribonucleotide satellite of arabis mosaic virus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 154(1). 318–325. 50 indexed citations
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Henco, Karsten, Gerhard Steger, & Detlev Riesner. (1980). Melting curves on less than 1 μg of nucleic acid. Analytical Biochemistry. 101(1). 225–229. 7 indexed citations

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