Heidrun Kern

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Heidrun Kern is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidrun Kern has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Heidrun Kern's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (3 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (3 papers). Heidrun Kern is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (3 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers) and Animal Genetics and Reproduction (3 papers). Heidrun Kern collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and France. Heidrun Kern's co-authors include Kuan‐Chih Chow, George A. Scheele, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Günther Schütz, Daniel Gau, Susanne C. Bleckmann, Oliver Kretz, Ana Martín-Villalba, Thomas Lemberger and François Tronche and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Genetics and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Heidrun Kern

9 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Selection of AUG initiation codons differs in plants and animals.

1987 959 citations Kuan‐Chih Chow, Heidrun Kern et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Disruption of CREB function in brain leads to neurodegeneration

2002 567 citations Theo Mantamadiotis, Thomas Lemberger et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heidrun Kern Germany	7	1.1k	661	326	245	185	9	1.9k
Fumio Hishinuma Japan	27	1.6k 1.5×	315 0.5×	472 1.4×	91 0.4×	273 1.5×	74	2.1k
François Delalande France	26	1.1k 1.0×	388 0.6×	263 0.8×	93 0.4×	120 0.6×	50	1.8k
Christoph Maas Germany	28	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	252 0.8×	125 0.5×	229 1.2×	56	2.6k
Joseph M. Fernandez United States	8	1.1k 1.1×	207 0.3×	109 0.3×	128 0.5×	380 2.1×	9	1.8k
Chie Kohchi Japan	29	795 0.7×	246 0.4×	294 0.9×	163 0.7×	213 1.2×	114	2.7k
J. L. Sherwood United States	22	1.2k 1.2×	1.4k 2.1×	439 1.3×	35 0.1×	105 0.6×	93	2.8k
Melanie J. Dobson Canada	29	2.8k 2.6×	879 1.3×	152 0.5×	118 0.5×	528 2.9×	55	3.5k
Janine Zieg United States	18	1.4k 1.3×	184 0.3×	297 0.9×	99 0.4×	597 3.2×	21	2.2k
Joohong Ahnn South Korea	29	1.4k 1.3×	230 0.3×	220 0.7×	187 0.8×	294 1.6×	92	2.7k
Jeff J. Clare United Kingdom	20	1.7k 1.6×	298 0.5×	601 1.8×	69 0.3×	123 0.7×	31	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Heidrun Kern

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heidrun Kern

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heidrun Kern

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heidrun Kern. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heidrun Kern 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 Heidrun Kern. Heidrun Kern is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Zevnik, Branko, et al.. (2014). C57BL/6N Albino/Agouti Mutant Mice as Embryo Donors for Efficient Germline Transmission of C57BL/6 ES Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e90570–e90570. 5 indexed citations

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Kern, Heidrun & Branko Zevnik. (2009). ES Cell Line Establishment. Methods in molecular biology. 530. 187–204. 3 indexed citations

3.

Mantamadiotis, Theo, Thomas Lemberger, Susanne C. Bleckmann, et al.. (2002). Disruption of CREB function in brain leads to neurodegeneration. Nature Genetics. 31(1). 47–54. 567 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Kaestner, Klaus H., A. Paula Monaghan, Heidrun Kern, et al.. (1995). The Mouse fkh-2 Gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(50). 30029–30035. 37 indexed citations

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Kaestner, Klaus H., et al.. (1994). Universal β-galactosidase cloning vectors for promoter analysis and gene targeting. Gene. 148(1). 67–70. 32 indexed citations

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Klupp, Barbara G., Heidrun Kern, & Thomas C. Mettenleiter. (1992). The virulence-determining genomic BamHI fragment 4 of pseudorabies virus contains genes corresponding to the UL15 (partial), UL18, UL19, UL20, and UL21 genes of herpes simplex virus and a putative origin of replication. Virology. 191(2). 900–908. 42 indexed citations

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Mettenleiter, Thomas C., Laszlo Zsak, Federico A. Zuckermann, et al.. (1990). Interaction of glycoprotein gIII with a cellular heparinlike substance mediates adsorption of pseudorabies virus. Journal of Virology. 64(1). 278–286. 202 indexed citations

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Mettenleiter, Thomas C., et al.. (1990). Isolation of a viable herpesvirus (pseudorabies virus) mutant specifically lacking all four known nonessential glycoproteins. Virology. 179(1). 498–503. 25 indexed citations

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Chow, Kuan‐Chih, et al.. (1987). Selection of AUG initiation codons differs in plants and animals.. The EMBO Journal. 6(1). 43–48. 959 indexed citations breakdown →

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