Gilbert Weidinger

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Gilbert Weidinger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gilbert Weidinger has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gilbert Weidinger's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (31 papers), Congenital heart defects research (22 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (14 papers). Gilbert Weidinger is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (31 papers), Congenital heart defects research (22 papers) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (14 papers). Gilbert Weidinger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Gilbert Weidinger's co-authors include Randall T. Moon, Cristi L. Stoick-Cooper, Daniel Wehner, Erez Raz, Günes Özhan, Thomas Kurth, Chi Wu, Bernard Thisse, Christine Thisse and Ivonne M. Sehring and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gilbert Weidinger

74 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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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.

Genetic Interaction of PGE2 and Wnt Signaling Regulates Developmental Specification of Stem Cells and Regeneration

2009 580 citations Wolfram Goessling, Trista E. North et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gilbert Weidinger Germany	44	5.0k	1.6k	1.2k	774	589	75	6.7k
Yasuhide Furuta Japan	37	5.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	739 1.0×	605 1.0×	85	8.2k
Yasuhiko Kawakami Japan	46	5.5k 1.1×	798 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	651 0.8×	908 1.5×	169	7.3k
Ryan M. Anderson United States	29	3.4k 0.7×	987 0.6×	962 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	392 0.7×	59	5.0k
Miguel Torres Spain	48	6.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	506 0.9×	125	8.6k
Michael Kühl Germany	35	7.9k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	794 1.0×	520 0.9×	63	9.0k
Catriona Y. Logan United States	18	5.0k 1.0×	708 0.4×	897 0.8×	918 1.2×	435 0.7×	21	6.6k
Ray Boot-Handford United Kingdom	50	2.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	483 0.6×	964 1.6×	120	6.9k
Naoki Takeda Japan	38	4.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	946 0.8×	378 0.5×	656 1.1×	97	7.4k
James F. Amatruda United States	40	4.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	757 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	672 1.1×	128	6.5k
Jeroen Bakkers Netherlands	42	4.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	465 0.4×	414 0.5×	541 0.9×	99	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Gilbert Weidinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gilbert Weidinger

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Zech, Fabian, Christoph Jung, Armando Rodríguez, et al.. (2025). ReaxFF-Guided Optimization of VIRIP-Based HIV-1 Entry Inhibitors. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 129(15). 3788–3795. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Chi, et al.. (2021). Wnt/β-catenin signaling acts cell-autonomously to promote cardiomyocyte regeneration in the zebrafish heart. Developmental Biology. 481. 226–237. 26 indexed citations

Sokkar, Pandian, Mirja Harms, Christina M. Stürzel, et al.. (2021). Computational modeling and experimental validation of the EPI-X4/CXCR4 complex allows rational design of small peptide antagonists. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1113–1113. 20 indexed citations

Reisser, Matthias, et al.. (2018). Single-molecule imaging correlates decreasing nuclear volume with increasing TF-chromatin associations during zebrafish development. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5218–5218. 40 indexed citations

Sezgin, Erdinç, Xue Wen Ng, Cathleen Teh, et al.. (2017). Binding of canonical Wnt ligands to their receptor complexes occurs in ordered plasma membrane environments. FEBS Journal. 284(15). 2513–2526. 41 indexed citations

Owlarn, Suthira, David Schmidt, Hanna Reuter, et al.. (2017). Generic wound signals initiate regeneration in missing-tissue contexts. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2282–2282. 83 indexed citations

Sehring, Ivonne M., Christopher Jahn, & Gilbert Weidinger. (2016). Zebrafish fin and heart: what's special about regeneration?. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 40. 48–56. 50 indexed citations

Reuter, Hanna, Martin März, Matthias Christian Vogg, et al.. (2014). β-Catenin-Dependent Control of Positional Information along the AP Body Axis in Planarians Involves a Teashirt Family Member. Cell Reports. 10(2). 253–265. 56 indexed citations

Özhan, Günes, Erdinç Sezgin, Daniel Wehner, et al.. (2013). Lypd6 Enhances Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling by Promoting Lrp6 Phosphorylation in Raft Plasma Membrane Domains. Developmental Cell. 26(4). 331–345. 88 indexed citations

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Shin, Donghun, Gilbert Weidinger, Randall T. Moon, & Didier Y. R. Stainier. (2012). Intrinsic and extrinsic modifiers of the regulative capacity of the developing liver. Mechanisms of Development. 128(11-12). 525–535. 22 indexed citations

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Moro, Enrico, Günes Özhan, Alessandro Mongera, et al.. (2012). In vivo Wnt signaling tracing through a transgenic biosensor fish reveals novel activity domains. Developmental Biology. 366(2). 327–340. 188 indexed citations

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Knopf, Franziska, Chrissy L. Hammond, Thomas Kurth, et al.. (2011). Bone Regenerates via Dedifferentiation of Osteoblasts in the Zebrafish Fin. Developmental Cell. 20(5). 713–724. 296 indexed citations

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Knopf, Franziska, et al.. (2010). Dually inducible TetON systems for tissue-specific conditional gene expression in zebrafish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(46). 19933–19938. 78 indexed citations

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Lee, Yoonsung, Sarah De Val, Airon A. Wills, et al.. (2009). Maintenance of blastemal proliferation by functionally diverse epidermis in regenerating zebrafish fins. Developmental Biology. 331(2). 270–280. 74 indexed citations

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Topczewska, Jolanta M., et al.. (2008). Hh and Wnt signaling regulate formation of olig2+ neurons in the zebrafish cerebellum. Developmental Biology. 318(1). 162–171. 45 indexed citations

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Goessling, Wolfram, Trista E. North, Allegra M. Lord, et al.. (2008). APC mutant zebrafish uncover a changing temporal requirement for wnt signaling in liver development. Developmental Biology. 320(1). 161–174. 157 indexed citations

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Miller, Rachel K., Xiaolan Zhou, Gilbert Weidinger, et al.. (2008). Requirement of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in pronephric kidney development. Mechanisms of Development. 126(3-4). 142–159. 41 indexed citations

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Stoick-Cooper, Cristi L., Randall T. Moon, & Gilbert Weidinger. (2007). Advances in signaling in vertebrate regeneration as a prelude to regenerative medicine. Genes & Development. 21(11). 1292–1315. 240 indexed citations

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Weidinger, Gilbert, Jürg Stebler, Krasimir Slanchev, et al.. (2003). dead end, a Novel Vertebrate Germ Plasm Component, Is Required for Zebrafish Primordial Germ Cell Migration and Survival. Current Biology. 13(16). 1429–1434. 371 indexed citations

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Ciruna, Brian, Gilbert Weidinger, Holger Knaut, et al.. (2002). Production of maternal-zygotic mutant zebrafish by germ-line replacement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(23). 14919–14924. 170 indexed citations

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