Jan Faix

8.3k total citations
110 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Faix is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Faix has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Cell Biology, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Jan Faix's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (91 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (32 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (21 papers). Jan Faix is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (91 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (32 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (21 papers). Jan Faix collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Jan Faix's co-authors include Klemens Rottner, Theresia E. B. Stradal, Dennis Breitsprecher, Robert Grosse, J. Victor Small, Günther Gerisch, Michael Schleicher, Joern Linkner, Till Bretschneider and Rajesh Arasada and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Jan Faix

107 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Faix Germany 44 4.5k 2.6k 802 782 627 110 6.2k
Timothy J. Mitchison United States 35 5.6k 1.2× 4.0k 1.6× 812 1.0× 942 1.2× 1.2k 1.9× 39 8.5k
Marie-France Carlier France 40 5.2k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 729 0.9× 887 1.4× 58 7.3k
Theresia E. B. Stradal Germany 46 4.4k 1.0× 3.5k 1.3× 530 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 553 0.9× 111 7.6k
Dorothy A. Schafer United States 28 3.3k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 495 0.6× 689 0.9× 368 0.6× 44 5.0k
Dorit Hanein United States 42 3.1k 0.7× 3.1k 1.2× 442 0.6× 827 1.1× 643 1.0× 86 6.3k
Angelika A. Noegel Germany 56 5.2k 1.2× 6.2k 2.4× 702 0.9× 651 0.8× 487 0.8× 217 10.0k
Klemens Rottner Germany 56 6.3k 1.4× 4.3k 1.7× 848 1.1× 1.9k 2.4× 892 1.4× 151 10.2k
Marko Kaksonen Germany 40 4.4k 1.0× 5.0k 1.9× 656 0.8× 394 0.5× 324 0.5× 63 7.3k
Dominique Didry France 36 3.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 797 1.0× 490 0.6× 419 0.7× 48 4.7k
David R. Kovar United States 42 3.7k 0.8× 2.6k 1.0× 704 0.9× 341 0.4× 373 0.6× 90 5.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Faix

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Faix

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jan Faix. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jan Faix 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 Jan Faix. Jan Faix 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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Polten, Felix, Jan Faix, Jan Hegermann, et al.. (2026). Extracellular BRICK1 drives heart repair after myocardial infarction in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 18(831). eadx2876–eadx2876.
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Li, Jing, et al.. (2025). A high affinity Sybody blocks Cofilin-1 binding to F-actin in vitro and in cancer cells. Biochemical Pharmacology. 236. 116866–116866. 1 indexed citations
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Kollmar, Martin, Tobias Welz, Klas Hatje, et al.. (2024). Actomyosin organelle functions of SPIRE actin nucleators precede animal evolution. Communications Biology. 7(1). 832–832.
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Stephan, Till, Ágnes Csiszár, Nils Hersch, et al.. (2024). Decisive role of mDia-family formins in cell cortex function of highly adherent cells. Science Advances. 10(44). eadp5929–eadp5929. 1 indexed citations
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Winterhoff, Moritz, et al.. (2023). Convergence of Ras- and Rac-regulated formin pathways is pivotal for phagosome formation and particle uptake in Dictyostelium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(11). e2220825120–e2220825120. 8 indexed citations
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Fäßler, Florian, Georgi Dimchev, Victor-Valentin Hodirnau, et al.. (2023). ArpC5 isoforms regulate Arp2/3 complex–dependent protrusion through differential Ena/VASP positioning. Science Advances. 9(3). eadd6495–eadd6495. 16 indexed citations
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Schwan, Carsten, Alexander E. Lang, Andreas Schlösser, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of Arp2/3 Complex after ADP-Ribosylation of Arp2 by Binary Clostridioides Toxins. Cells. 11(22). 3661–3661. 4 indexed citations
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Stahnke, Stephanie, David J. J. de Gorter, Sebastian Dütting, et al.. (2021). Loss of Hem1 disrupts macrophage function and impacts migration, phagocytosis, and integrin-mediated adhesion. Current Biology. 31(10). 2051–2064.e8. 19 indexed citations
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Dimchev, Georgi, Ashley C. Humphries, Matthias Schaks, et al.. (2020). Lamellipodin tunes cell migration by stabilizing protrusions and promoting adhesion formation. Journal of Cell Science. 133(7). 28 indexed citations
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Brühmann, Stefan, Ágnes Csiszár, Till Stephan, et al.. (2019). Functional integrity of the contractile actin cortex is safeguarded by multiple Diaphanous-related formins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(9). 3594–3603. 27 indexed citations
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Rottner, Klemens, Jan Faix, Sven Bogdan, Stefan Linder, & Eugen Kerkhoff. (2017). Actin assembly mechanisms at a glance. Journal of Cell Science. 130(20). 3427–3435. 209 indexed citations
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Filić, Vedrana, et al.. (2016). A Diaphanous -related formin links Ras signaling directly to actin assembly in macropinocytosis and phagocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(47). E7464–E7473. 62 indexed citations
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Brinkmann, Klaus, Moritz Winterhoff, Susanne‐Filiz Önel, et al.. (2015). WHAMY is a novel actin polymerase promoting myoblast fusion, macrophage cell motility and sensory organ development in Drosophila. Journal of Cell Science. 129(3). 604–620. 10 indexed citations
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Winterhoff, Moritz & Jan Faix. (2015). Actin-Filament Disassembly: It Takes Two to Shrink Them Fast. Current Biology. 25(11). R450–R452. 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Shuling, Zhiyi Lv, Moritz Winterhoff, et al.. (2013). The F-BAR protein Cip4/Toca-1 antagonizes the formin Diaphanous in membrane stabilization and compartmentalization. Journal of Cell Science. 126(Pt 8). 1796–805. 45 indexed citations
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Arasada, Rajesh, et al.. (2006). The bundling activity of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein is required for filopodium formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(20). 7694–7699. 131 indexed citations
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Rehberg, Markus, et al.. (2005). DictyosteliumLIS1 Is a Centrosomal Protein Required for Microtubule/Cell Cortex Interactions, Nucleus/Centrosome Linkage, and Actin Dynamics. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(6). 2759–2771. 74 indexed citations
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Weber, I.T., Ralph Neujahr, Aiping Du, et al.. (2000). Two-step positioning of a cleavage furrow by cortexillin and myosin II. Current Biology. 10(9). 501–506. 26 indexed citations
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Faix, Jan, et al.. (1999). Adhesion-Induced Receptor Segregation and Adhesion Plaque Formation: A Model Membrane Study. Biophysical Journal. 77(4). 2311–2328. 117 indexed citations

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