Jochen Spiegel

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Jochen Spiegel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jochen Spiegel has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Organic Chemistry and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jochen Spiegel's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (8 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). Jochen Spiegel is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (8 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). Jochen Spiegel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Portugal. Jochen Spiegel's co-authors include Shankar Balasubramanian, David Tannahill, Santosh Adhikari, Dhaval Varshney, Katherine G. Zyner, Philipp M. Cromm, Tom N. Grossmann, Robert Hänsel‐Hertsch, Herbert Waldmann and Sergio Martínez Cuesta and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jochen Spiegel

19 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

The regulation and functions of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes

2020 846 citations Dhaval Varshney, Jochen Spiegel et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
The Structure and Function of DNA G-Quadruplexes

2019 610 citations Jochen Spiegel, Santosh Adhikari et al. Trends in Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jochen Spiegel Germany	16	2.9k	461	195	118	99	19	3.1k
Simon J. Elsässer Sweden	24	2.0k 0.7×	247 0.5×	146 0.7×	32 0.3×	132 1.3×	43	2.3k
John Offer United Kingdom	18	1.8k 0.6×	826 1.8×	222 1.1×	35 0.3×	134 1.4×	36	2.1k
Nico J. Meeuwenoord Netherlands	26	1.2k 0.4×	540 1.2×	304 1.6×	30 0.3×	98 1.0×	82	1.7k
Joshua M. Gilmore United States	25	1.6k 0.6×	311 0.7×	340 1.7×	91 0.8×	122 1.2×	38	2.1k
Neel H. Shah United States	23	1.6k 0.5×	356 0.8×	295 1.5×	38 0.3×	360 3.6×	45	2.1k
Ryohei Ishii Japan	22	1.4k 0.5×	172 0.4×	149 0.8×	70 0.6×	60 0.6×	36	1.8k
Douglas S. Daniels United States	15	1.2k 0.4×	271 0.6×	99 0.5×	30 0.3×	55 0.6×	23	1.4k
Sonia Di Gaetano Italy	24	974 0.3×	177 0.4×	131 0.7×	46 0.4×	77 0.8×	72	1.3k
Shixian Lin China	25	1.9k 0.6×	1.0k 2.2×	273 1.4×	56 0.5×	294 3.0×	52	2.5k
Luo Sun United States	17	1.0k 0.4×	212 0.5×	180 0.9×	65 0.6×	140 1.4×	38	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Jochen Spiegel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jochen Spiegel

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All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

Zhang, Xiaoyun, Larry Melidis, Yuqi Chen, et al.. (2025). Optical control of gene expression using a DNA G-quadruplex targeting reversible photoswitch. Nature Chemistry. 17(6). 875–882. 6 indexed citations

Yu, Zutao, Jochen Spiegel, Larry Melidis, et al.. (2023). Chem-map profiles drug binding to chromatin in cells. Nature Biotechnology. 41(9). 1265–1271. 35 indexed citations

Melidis, Larry, Dhaval Varshney, Angela Simeone, et al.. (2022). DNA G-Quadruplex Recognition In Vitro and in Live Cells by a Structure-Specific Nanobody. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(50). 23096–23103. 45 indexed citations

Spiegel, Jochen, Sergio Martínez Cuesta, Santosh Adhikari, et al.. (2021). G-quadruplexes are transcription factor binding hubs in human chromatin. Genome biology. 22(1). 117–117. 165 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoyun, Jochen Spiegel, Sergio Martínez Cuesta, Santosh Adhikari, & Shankar Balasubramanian. (2021). Chemical profiling of DNA G-quadruplex-interacting proteins in live cells. Nature Chemistry. 13(7). 626–633. 99 indexed citations

Varshney, Dhaval, Jochen Spiegel, Katherine G. Zyner, David Tannahill, & Shankar Balasubramanian. (2020). The regulation and functions of DNA and RNA G-quadruplexes. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 21(8). 459–474. 846 indexed citations breakdown →

Spiegel, Jochen, Santosh Adhikari, & Shankar Balasubramanian. (2019). The Structure and Function of DNA G-Quadruplexes. Trends in Chemistry. 2(2). 123–136. 610 indexed citations breakdown →

Hänsel‐Hertsch, Robert, Jochen Spiegel, Giovanni Marsico, David Tannahill, & Shankar Balasubramanian. (2018). Genome-wide mapping of endogenous G-quadruplex DNA structures by chromatin immunoprecipitation and high-throughput sequencing. Nature Protocols. 13(3). 551–564. 224 indexed citations

Mao, Shi-Qing, Avazeh T. Ghanbarian, Jochen Spiegel, et al.. (2018). DNA G-quadruplex structures mold the DNA methylome. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 25(10). 951–957. 190 indexed citations

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Cromm, Philipp M., et al.. (2016). Orthogonal ring-closing alkyne and olefin metathesis for the synthesis of small GTPase-targeting bicyclic peptides. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11300–11300. 82 indexed citations

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Cromm, Philipp M., Jochen Spiegel, L. Dietrich, et al.. (2016). Protease-Resistant and Cell-Permeable Double-Stapled Peptides Targeting the Rab8a GTPase. ACS Chemical Biology. 11(8). 2375–2382. 61 indexed citations

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Cromm, Philipp M., Jochen Spiegel, Tom N. Grossmann, & Herbert Waldmann. (2015). Direct Modulation of Small GTPase Activity and Function. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(46). 13516–13537. 60 indexed citations

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Cromm, Philipp M., Jochen Spiegel, Tom N. Grossmann, & Herbert Waldmann. (2015). Direkte Modulation von Aktivität und Funktion kleiner GTPasen. Angewandte Chemie. 127(46). 13718–13741. 8 indexed citations

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Cromm, Philipp M., Jochen Spiegel, & Tom N. Grossmann. (2015). Hydrocarbon Stapled Peptides as Modulators of Biological Function. ACS Chemical Biology. 10(6). 1362–1375. 242 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Jochen, Philipp M. Cromm, Aymelt Itzen, et al.. (2014). Direct Targeting of Rab‐GTPase–Effector Interactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(9). 2498–2503. 71 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Jochen, Philipp M. Cromm, Gunther Zimmermann, Tom N. Grossmann, & Herbert Waldmann. (2014). Small-molecule modulation of Ras signaling. Nature Chemical Biology. 10(8). 613–622. 176 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Jochen, Philipp M. Cromm, Aymelt Itzen, et al.. (2014). Direkte Modulation von Rab‐GTPase‐Effektor‐Wechselwirkungen. Angewandte Chemie. 126(9). 2531–2536. 13 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Jochen, Carlos Mas‐Moruno, Horst Kessler, & William D. Lubell. (2012). Cyclic Aza-peptide Integrin Ligand Synthesis and Biological Activity. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 77(12). 5271–5278. 38 indexed citations

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Proulx, Caroline, et al.. (2011). Azapeptides and Their Therapeutic Potential. Future Medicinal Chemistry. 3(9). 1139–1164. 143 indexed citations

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