Johannes Beckers

18.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Johannes Beckers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Johannes Beckers has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Physiology and 22 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Johannes Beckers's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (18 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (15 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Johannes Beckers is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (18 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (15 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Johannes Beckers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Johannes Beckers's co-authors include Martin Irmler, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Magdalena Götz, Marion Horsch, Fabian J. Theis, Achim Gossler, Peter Huypens, Steffen Sass, Matthias H. Tschöp and Heiko Lickert and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Johannes Beckers

154 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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Animal models of obesity and diabetes mellitus

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johannes Beckers Germany	51	4.1k	1.1k	932	844	803	156	7.3k
Oliver Kretz Germany	45	4.0k 1.0×	915 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	609 0.7×	701 0.9×	93	8.7k
Yun Li China	45	4.4k 1.1×	626 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	947 1.1×	616 0.8×	177	7.6k
Martin Irmler Germany	51	6.0k 1.5×	839 0.8×	662 0.7×	838 1.0×	1.5k 1.8×	121	9.4k
Umberto Galderisi Italy	45	3.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	589 0.6×	258 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	182	7.7k
Olaf Bergmann Sweden	20	4.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	498 0.5×	1.4k 1.7×	563 0.7×	38	8.1k
Ying Zhou China	35	2.8k 0.7×	818 0.7×	756 0.8×	413 0.5×	470 0.6×	221	5.6k
Willard M. Freeman United States	43	4.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	635 0.7×	288 0.3×	460 0.6×	169	8.1k
Massimo Gulisano Italy	41	3.7k 0.9×	613 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	622 0.7×	346 0.4×	206	7.0k
Thomas Müller Germany	55	5.8k 1.4×	592 0.5×	925 1.0×	1.7k 2.0×	622 0.8×	145	9.5k
Dirk Troost Netherlands	59	4.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	629 0.7×	438 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	197	11.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johannes Beckers

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Toerne, Christine von, Miriam Hoene, Martin Irmler, et al.. (2025). Sex differences in resting skeletal muscle and the acute and long-term response to endurance exercise in individuals with overweight and obesity. Molecular Metabolism. 98. 102185–102185.

Skerrett‐Byrne, David A., K. Laurent, Johannes Beckers, et al.. (2025). Dad's Diet Shapes the Future: How Paternal Nutrition Impacts Placental Development and Childhood Metabolic Health. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 69(22). e70261–e70261. 1 indexed citations

Mandl, Claudia, et al.. (2022). A novel stem cell type at the basal side of the subventricular zone maintains adult neurogenesis. EMBO Reports. 23(9). e54078–e54078. 13 indexed citations

Böttcher, Anika, Maren Büttner, Sophie Tritschler, et al.. (2021). Non-canonical Wnt/PCP signalling regulates intestinal stem cell lineage priming towards enteroendocrine and Paneth cell fates. Nature Cell Biology. 23(1). 23–31. 55 indexed citations

Tritschler, Sophie, Michael Sterr, Julia Hinterdobler, et al.. (2021). Diet-induced alteration of intestinal stem cell function underlies obesity and prediabetes in mice. Nature Metabolism. 3(9). 1202–1216. 77 indexed citations

Scheibner, Katharina, Silvia Schirge, Ingo Burtscher, et al.. (2021). Publisher Correction: Epithelial cell plasticity drives endoderm formation during gastrulation. Nature Cell Biology. 23(8). 925–925. 1 indexed citations

Hoene, Miriam, Laxmikanth Kollipara, Chunxiu Hu, et al.. (2021). Exercise prevents fatty liver by modifying the compensatory response of mitochondrial metabolism to excess substrate availability. Molecular Metabolism. 54. 101359–101359. 13 indexed citations

Böttcher, Anika, Maren Büttner, Sophie Tritschler, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Non-canonical Wnt/PCP signalling regulates intestinal stem cell lineage priming towards enteroendocrine and Paneth cell fates. Nature Cell Biology. 23(5). 566–576. 1 indexed citations

Kaspar, Daniela, et al.. (2020). Nutrition and its role in epigenetic inheritance of obesity and diabetes across generations. Mammalian Genome. 31(5-6). 119–133. 41 indexed citations

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Höfig, Ines, Ursula Oestreicher, Johannes Beckers, et al.. (2019). Long-term culture of mesenchymal stem cells impairs ATM-dependent recognition of DNA breaks and increases genetic instability. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 10(1). 218–218. 44 indexed citations

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Beckers, Johannes, et al.. (2017). Modeling coexistence of oscillation and Delta/Notch-mediated lateral inhibition in pancreas development and neurogenesis. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 430. 32–44. 11 indexed citations

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Kahl, S., Anett Seelig, Paul Begovatz, et al.. (2017). Acute dietary fat intake initiates alterations in energy metabolism and insulin resistance. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(2). 695–708. 152 indexed citations

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Kästle, Marc, Sabine Bartel, Martin Irmler, et al.. (2017). microRNA cluster 106a~363 is involved in T helper 17 cell differentiation. Immunology. 152(3). 402–413. 44 indexed citations

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Huypens, Peter, Steffen Sass, Moya Wu, et al.. (2016). Epigenetic Germline Inheritance of Diet-Induced Obesity and Insulin Resistance. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 71(12). 719–720. 2 indexed citations

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Fukusumi, Yoshiyasu, Martin Irmler, Ruth Beckervordersandforth, et al.. (2015). Dickkopf 3 Promotes the Differentiation of a Rostrolateral Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuronal SubsetIn Vivoand from Pluripotent Stem CellsIn Vitroin the Mouse. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(39). 13385–13401. 24 indexed citations

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Johansson, Pia A., Martin Irmler, Dario Acampora, et al.. (2013). The transcription factor Otx2 regulates choroid plexus development and function. Development. 140(5). 1055–1066. 91 indexed citations

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Hoesel, Bastian, et al.. (2012). From Dynamic Expression Patterns to Boundary Formation in the Presomitic Mesoderm. PLoS Computational Biology. 8(6). e1002586–e1002586. 17 indexed citations

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Kobolák, Julianna, et al.. (2012). Comparative Analysis of Nuclear Transfer Embryo-Derived Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Part II: Gene Regulation. Cellular Reprogramming. 14(1). 68–78. 1 indexed citations

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Thiele, Frank, Christian M. Cohrs, Thomas S. Lisse, et al.. (2012). Cardiopulmonary dysfunction in the Osteogenesis imperfecta mouse model Aga2 and human patients are caused by bone-independent mechanisms. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(16). 3535–3545. 54 indexed citations

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Bach, Christian, Sabine Gilch, Alex D. Greenwood, et al.. (2009). Prion-induced Activation of Cholesterogenic Gene Expression by Srebp2 in Neuronal Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(45). 31260–31269. 32 indexed citations

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