Hans‐Joachim Gabius

38.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
811 papers, 31.6k citations indexed

About

Hans‐Joachim Gabius is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans‐Joachim Gabius has authored 811 papers receiving a total of 31.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 641 papers in Molecular Biology, 541 papers in Immunology and 105 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hans‐Joachim Gabius's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (489 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (442 papers) and Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (235 papers). Hans‐Joachim Gabius is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (489 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (442 papers) and Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (235 papers). Hans‐Joachim Gabius collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Hans‐Joachim Gabius's co-authors include Sabine André, Herbert Kaltner, Jesús Jiménez‐Barbero, Klaus Kayser, Jürgen Kopitz, Harold Rüdiger, Sigrun Gabius, Nicolai V. Bovin, Antonio Romero and Dolores Solı́s and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Hans‐Joachim Gabius

803 papers receiving 31.0k citations

Hit Papers

Galectin-3 Marks Activated Macrophages in Failure-Prone H... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Galectin-3 Marks Activated Macrophages in Failure-Prone Hypertrophied Hearts and Contributes to Cardiac Dysfunction
    2004 735 citations Sabine André, Hans‐Joachim Gabius et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hans‐Joachim Gabius Germany 88 23.0k 19.1k 5.6k 3.5k 2.3k 811 31.6k
Richard D. Cummings United States 96 22.1k 1.0× 12.4k 0.6× 7.1k 1.3× 2.4k 0.7× 3.8k 1.6× 513 33.1k
Pauline M. Rudd United Kingdom 90 21.1k 0.9× 8.4k 0.4× 5.9k 1.1× 1.7k 0.5× 7.8k 3.3× 353 28.9k
Minoru Fukuda Japan 81 13.8k 0.6× 6.7k 0.3× 3.8k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 547 22.1k
Hidde L. Ploegh United States 133 30.3k 1.3× 25.9k 1.4× 2.6k 0.5× 9.9k 2.9× 5.1k 2.2× 607 62.0k
Donald Küfe United States 111 27.8k 1.2× 10.0k 0.5× 1.9k 0.3× 12.7k 3.6× 4.9k 2.1× 621 41.4k
Sen‐itiroh Hakomori United States 109 34.0k 1.5× 10.7k 0.6× 8.5k 1.5× 3.2k 0.9× 7.7k 3.3× 493 42.9k
Sabine André Germany 66 11.6k 0.5× 10.0k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 987 0.4× 325 15.6k
Garth L. Nicolson United States 90 19.9k 0.9× 4.6k 0.2× 1.5k 0.3× 6.3k 1.8× 2.0k 0.9× 414 32.8k
Piet Gros Netherlands 75 19.8k 0.9× 5.7k 0.3× 959 0.2× 7.7k 2.2× 1.8k 0.8× 251 34.7k
Donald F. Hunt United States 106 25.0k 1.1× 8.6k 0.4× 1.5k 0.3× 3.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 407 40.0k

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All Works

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Manzano, Ana I., Eva Calviño, Stefan Oscarson, et al.. (2020). Fluorinated Carbohydrates as Lectin Ligands: Simultaneous Screening of a Monosaccharide Library and Chemical Mapping by 19F NMR Spectroscopy. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(24). 16072–16081. 27 indexed citations
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André, Sabine, et al.. (2016). Galectin-8 enhances adhesion of multiple myeloma cells to vascular endothelium and is an adverse prognostic factor. Glycobiology. 26(10). 1048–1058. 24 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Bosch, Neus, Maite G. Fernández‐Barrena, Mireia Moreno, et al.. (2014). Galectin-1 Drives Pancreatic Carcinogenesis through Stroma Remodeling and Hedgehog Signaling Activation. Cancer Research. 74(13). 3512–3524. 93 indexed citations
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Chovanec, Martin, František Sabol, Sabine André, et al.. (2012). Early Stages of Trachea Healing Process: (Immuno/Lectin) Histochemical Monitoring of Selected Markers and Adhesion/ Growth-Regulatory Endogenous Lectins. Folia Biologica. 58(4). 135–143. 9 indexed citations
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Giguère, Denis, Sabine André, Marc‐André Bonin, et al.. (2011). Inhibitory potential of chemical substitutions at bioinspired sites of β-d-galactopyranose on neoglycoprotein/cell surface binding of two classes of medically relevant lectins. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 19(10). 3280–3287. 40 indexed citations
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Gabius, Hans‐Joachim. (2009). The sugar code : fundamentals of glycosciences. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 300 indexed citations
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Saussez, Sven, Daniel Glinoer, Gilbert Chantrain, et al.. (2008). Serum Galectin-1 and Galectin-3 Levels in Benign and Malignant Nodular Thyroid Disease. Thyroid. 18(7). 705–712. 71 indexed citations
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Lacina, Lukáš, Karel Smetana, Barbora Dvořánková, et al.. (2007). Stromal fibroblasts from basal cell carcinoma affect phenotype of normal keratinocytes. British Journal of Dermatology. 156(5). 819–829. 46 indexed citations
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Pei, Zhichao, Yuxin Pei, Sabine André, et al.. (2006). Photoderivatized QCM Surfaces for the Study of Real-Time Lectin-Carbohydrate Interactions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1701(1-2). 15–23.
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Lacina, Lukáš, et al.. (2006). Immunocyto- and histochemical profiling of nucleostemin expression: Marker of epidermal stem cells?. Journal of Dermatological Science. 44(2). 73–80. 17 indexed citations
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Mathieu, Anne, Herbert Kaltner, Hans‐Joachim Gabius, et al.. (2005). Nuclear galectin-3 expression is an independent predictive factor of recurrence for adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Modern Pathology. 18(9). 1264–1271. 42 indexed citations
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André, Sabine, Bingcan Liu, Hans‐Joachim Gabius, & René Roy. (2003). First demonstration of differential inhibition of lectin binding by synthetic tri- and tetravalent glycoclusters from cross-coupling of rigidified 2-propynyl lactoside. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(22). 3909–3916. 95 indexed citations
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Smetana, Karel, Jan Plzák, Zuzana Holı́ková, et al.. (2001). Cells of porcine epidermis and corneal epithelium are not recognized by human natural anti-alpha-galactoside IgG.. PubMed. 47(6). 200–5. 3 indexed citations
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Holı́ková, Zuzana, Karel Smetana, Jiřina Bartůňková, et al.. (2000). Human Epidermal Langerhans Cells Are Selectively Recognized by Galectin-3 but Not by Galectin-1. Folia Biologica. 46(5). 195–198. 8 indexed citations
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Holı́ková, Zuzana, Karel Smetana, M. Burchert, et al.. (1999). Expression of galectin-3, galectin-3-binding epitopes and of Gal/GalNAc-binding sites in keratinocytes of the adult human epidermis. 5(2). 11–20. 3 indexed citations
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Timoshenko, Alexander V., И. В. Горудко, Herbert Kaltner, & Hans‐Joachim Gabius. (1999). Dissection of the impact of various intracellular signaling pathways on stable cell aggregate formation of rat thymocytes after initial lectin-dependent cell association using a plant lectin as model and target-selective inhibitors. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 197(1-2). 137–145. 16 indexed citations
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Smetana, Karel, et al.. (1995). Mapping of endogenous lectins in macrophages colonizing an implanted polymer surface — effect of polymer structure. Biomaterials. 16(15). 1149–1152. 4 indexed citations
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