Heiner Niemann

23.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
384 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Heiner Niemann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Heiner Niemann has authored 384 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 211 papers in Molecular Biology, 152 papers in Genetics and 103 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Heiner Niemann's work include Animal Genetics and Reproduction (109 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (103 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (81 papers). Heiner Niemann is often cited by papers focused on Animal Genetics and Reproduction (109 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (103 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (81 papers). Heiner Niemann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Heiner Niemann's co-authors include Thomas Binz, Reinhard Jahn, Shinji Yamasaki, Andrea Lucas‐Hahn, Thomas C. Südhof, Wilfried A. Kues, C. Wrenzycki, Juan Blasi, Björn Petersen and Joseph W. Carnwath and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Heiner Niemann

380 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

Botulinum neurotoxin A selectively cleaves the synaptic p... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 1995 1994 1993 1994 250 500 750
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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. Botulinum neurotoxin A selectively cleaves the synaptic protein SNAP-25
    1993 964 citations Heiner Niemann et al. profile →
  2. Targeted expression of tetanus toxin light chain in Drosophila specifically eliminates synaptic transmission and causes behavioral defects
    1995 704 citations Heiner Niemann et al. profile →
  3. Synaptic vesicle membrane fusion complex: action of clostridial neurotoxins on assembly.
    1994 659 citations Heiner Niemann et al. profile →
  4. Cellubrevin is a ubiquitous tetanus-toxin substrate homologous to a putative synaptic vesicle fusion protein
    1993 436 citations Heiner Niemann et al. profile →
  5. Proteolysis of SNAP-25 by types E and A botulinal neurotoxins.
    1994 356 citations Heiner Niemann et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heiner Niemann Germany 67 9.8k 4.9k 4.3k 3.8k 2.8k 384 17.9k
Argiris Efstratiadis United States 73 20.1k 2.1× 8.5k 1.8× 1.1k 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 542 0.2× 120 29.0k
Masahito Ikawa Japan 79 13.2k 1.3× 5.6k 1.1× 4.6k 1.1× 2.4k 0.6× 177 0.1× 407 23.5k
Г. Брем Austria 58 5.5k 0.6× 5.6k 1.2× 2.5k 0.6× 444 0.1× 141 0.1× 472 13.5k
Robert N. Eisenman United States 82 25.2k 2.6× 5.1k 1.0× 491 0.1× 2.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 204 30.7k
Didier Trono Switzerland 93 24.4k 2.5× 12.7k 2.6× 937 0.2× 1.3k 0.3× 737 0.3× 282 39.0k
Klaus Aktories Germany 89 13.4k 1.4× 3.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 3.9k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 457 26.9k
Hitoshi Niwa Japan 51 14.8k 1.5× 2.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 153 0.1× 178 19.4k
Lothar Hennighausen United States 94 14.7k 1.5× 7.0k 1.4× 811 0.2× 1.1k 0.3× 250 0.1× 332 32.0k
Barbara B. Knowles United States 64 11.6k 1.2× 3.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 173 0.1× 218 18.1k
Charles Babinet France 57 8.1k 0.8× 2.4k 0.5× 764 0.2× 2.5k 0.7× 311 0.1× 139 13.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heiner Niemann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heiner Niemann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kurtz, Stefanie, Andrea Lucas‐Hahn, Brigitte Schlegelberger, et al.. (2020). Knockout of the HMG domain of the porcine SRY gene causes sex reversal in gene-edited pigs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 30 indexed citations
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Verboom, Murielle, Olena Pogozhykh, Heiner Niemann, et al.. (2020). Generating low immunogenic pig pancreatic islet cell clusters for xenotransplantation. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(9). 5070–5081. 12 indexed citations
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Nowak‐Imialek, Monika, Stephanie Wunderlich, Doris Herrmann, et al.. (2020). In Vitro and In Vivo Interspecies Chimera Assay Using Early Pig Embryos. Cellular Reprogramming. 22(3). 118–133. 4 indexed citations
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Petkov, Stoyan, Silke Glage, & Heiner Niemann. (2017). Mouse iPSC generated with porcine reprogramming factors as a model for studying the effects of non-silenced heterologous transgenes on pluripotency. PubMed. 13(1). 20–28. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, Andrea Lucas‐Hahn, Björn Petersen, et al.. (2017). Developmental Competence and Epigenetic Profile of Porcine Embryos Produced by Two Different Cloning Methods. Cellular Reprogramming. 19(3). 171–179. 8 indexed citations
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Lucas‐Hahn, Andrea, Doris Herrmann, Klaus‐Gerd Hadeler, et al.. (2016). Oocyte pre-IVM with caffeine improves bovine embryo survival after vitrification. Theriogenology. 86(5). 1222–1230. 9 indexed citations
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Østrup, Oľga, Andrea Lucas‐Hahn, Björn Petersen, et al.. (2015). THE INFLUENCE OF THE OOPLASM ON DNMT1 AND DNMT3A GENE EXPRESSION. Slovak Journal of Animal Science. 48(1). 37–42. 1 indexed citations
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Petkov, Stoyan, Silke Glage, Monika Nowak‐Imialek, & Heiner Niemann. (2015). Long-Term Culture of Porcine Induced Pluripotent Stem-Like Cells Under Feeder-Free Conditions in the Presence of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors. Stem Cells and Development. 25(5). 386–394. 13 indexed citations
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Petkov, Stoyan, Poul Hyttel, & Heiner Niemann. (2014). The Small Molecule Inhibitors PD0325091 and CHIR99021 Reduce Expression of Pluripotency-Related Genes in Putative Porcine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cellular Reprogramming. 16(4). 235–240. 19 indexed citations
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Kues, Wilfried A., Doris Herrmann, Brigitte Barg‐Kues, et al.. (2012). Derivation and Characterization of Sleeping Beauty Transposon-Mediated Porcine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 22(1). 124–135. 61 indexed citations
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Pfaff, Nils, Nico Lachmann, Malte Sgodda, et al.. (2011). Efficient Hematopoietic Redifferentiation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Primitive Murine Bone Marrow Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 21(5). 689–701. 25 indexed citations
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Østrup, Oľga, Ida Petrovičová, Andrea Lucas‐Hahn, et al.. (2011). Role of Ooplasm in Nuclear and Nucleolar Remodeling of Intergeneric Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos during the First Cell Cycle. Cellular Reprogramming. 13(2). 145–155. 6 indexed citations
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Nowak‐Imialek, Monika, Wilfried A. Kues, Björn Petersen, et al.. (2010). Oct4-Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Transgenic Pigs: A New Large Animal Model for Reprogramming Studies. Stem Cells and Development. 20(9). 1563–1575. 44 indexed citations
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Velazquez, Miguel A., et al.. (2009). Effects of intraovarian application of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) on the superovulatory response of diary cattle.. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Østrup, Oľga, Ida Petrovičová, Andrea Lucas‐Hahn, et al.. (2009). Nuclear and Nucleolar Reprogramming during the First Cell Cycle in Bovine Nuclear Transfer Embryos. Cloning and Stem Cells. 11(3). 367–375. 9 indexed citations
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Kues, Wilfried A., Joseph W. Carnwath, Andrea Lucas‐Hahn, et al.. (2007). Production of Viable Pigs from Fetal Somatic Stem Cells. Cloning and Stem Cells. 9(3). 364–373. 15 indexed citations
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Horn, Peter A., Kenzaburo Tani, Ulrich Martin, & Heiner Niemann. (2006). Nonhuman Primates: Embryonic Stem Cells and Transgenesis. Cloning and Stem Cells. 8(3). 124–129. 8 indexed citations
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Kues, Wilfried A., Joseph W. Carnwath, Dieter Paul, & Heiner Niemann. (2002). Cell Cycle Synchronization of Porcine Fetal Fibroblasts by Serum Deprivation Initiates a Nonconventional Form of Apoptosis. Cloning and Stem Cells. 4(3). 231–243. 43 indexed citations
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Helftenbein, Gerd, et al.. (1996). Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the Juxtamembrane Domain of the v-Fms Oncogene Product Is Required for Its Association with a 55-kDa Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(40). 24476–24481. 26 indexed citations
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Tamura, Teruko, et al.. (1986). gp140 v- fms Molecules Expressed at the Surface of Cells Transformed by the Mcdonough Strain of Feline Sarcoma Virus Are Phosphorylated in Tyrosine and Serine. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(12). 4745–4748. 9 indexed citations

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