Josef A. Käs

16.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
219 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Josef A. Käs is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Josef A. Käs has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Cell Biology, 73 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 67 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Josef A. Käs's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (107 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (43 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (30 papers). Josef A. Käs is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (107 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (43 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (30 papers). Josef A. Käs collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and India. Josef A. Käs's co-authors include Paul A. Janmey, E. Sackmann, F. C. MacKintosh, Jochen Guck, Revathi Ananthakrishnan, Chih‐Kang Shih, C. Casey Cunningham, Rachel Mahaffy, Anatol W. Fritsch and Tess J. Moon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Josef A. Käs

217 papers receiving 11.9k citations

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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.

Optical Deformability as an Inherent Cell Marker for Testing Malignant Transformation and Metastatic Competence

2005 1.1k citations Josef A. Käs et al. profile →
Elasticity of Semiflexible Biopolymer Networks

1995 871 citations Josef A. Käs et al. profile →
The Optical Stretcher: A Novel Laser Tool to Micromanipulate Cells

2001 715 citations Josef A. Käs et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Josef A. Käs Germany	52	5.9k	4.6k	3.0k	2.8k	879	219	12.2k
Ben Fabry Germany	69	8.1k 1.4×	5.9k 1.3×	2.4k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	521 0.6×	186	14.3k
Margaret L. Gardel United States	52	6.9k 1.2×	3.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	581 0.7×	115	10.4k
Jochen Guck Germany	58	5.5k 0.9×	6.4k 1.4×	3.3k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	208	13.8k
Paul Matsudaira United States	59	5.3k 0.9×	3.1k 0.7×	7.9k 2.7×	1.4k 0.5×	678 0.8×	285	18.2k
Xavier Trepat Spain	65	11.1k 1.9×	6.7k 1.4×	4.2k 1.4×	1.8k 0.6×	470 0.5×	136	16.1k
Alexander D. Bershadsky Israel	61	13.0k 2.2×	5.0k 1.1×	5.9k 2.0×	2.5k 0.9×	660 0.8×	135	18.0k
Christoph F. Schmidt Germany	52	4.1k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	4.1k 1.4×	3.7k 1.3×	648 0.7×	135	11.8k
Ken Jacobson United States	50	5.1k 0.9×	2.9k 0.6×	8.6k 2.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	112	14.2k
Manfred Radmacher Germany	45	4.2k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	5.9k 2.1×	326 0.4×	97	10.2k
Guillaume Charras United Kingdom	54	7.6k 1.3×	3.4k 0.7×	3.9k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	823 0.9×	118	12.1k

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Kader, Avan, Lisa C. Adams, Dilyana B. Mangarova, et al.. (2024). Sensitivity of magnetic resonance elastography to extracellular matrix and cell motility in human prostate cancer cell line-derived xenograft models. Biomaterials Advances. 161. 213884–213884. 1 indexed citations

Sauer, Frank, Steffen Grosser, Jürgen Lippoldt, et al.. (2024). Effect of non-linear strain stiffening in eDAH and unjamming. Soft Matter. 20(9). 1996–2007. 3 indexed citations

Spohn, Michael, Josef A. Käs, Bernhard Ulm, et al.. (2024). CD301 and LSECtin glycan-binding receptors of innate immune cells serve as prognostic markers and potential predictors of immune response in breast cancer subtypes. Glycobiology. 34(3). 1 indexed citations

Grosser, Steffen, Frank Sauer, M. Merkel, et al.. (2024). Different contractility modes control cell escape from multicellular spheroids and tumor explants. APL Bioengineering. 8(2). 26110–26110. 2 indexed citations

Wolf, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Anatomy of the fetal membranes: insights from spinning disk confocal microscopy. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 309(5). 1919–1923. 2 indexed citations

Gläser, Martin, et al.. (2023). Systematic altering of semiflexible DNA-based polymer networks via tunable crosslinking. Nanoscale. 15(16). 7374–7383. 4 indexed citations

Nowicki, Marcin, Carmen Infante‐Duarte, Stefan Koch, et al.. (2022). Mechanical properties of murine hippocampal subregions investigated by atomic force microscopy and in vivo magnetic resonance elastography. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 16723–16723. 12 indexed citations

Grosser, Steffen, Roland Stange, Frank Sauer, et al.. (2021). Differences in cortical contractile properties between healthy epithelial and cancerous mesenchymal breast cells. New Journal of Physics. 23(10). 103020–103020. 9 indexed citations

Grosser, Steffen, Jürgen Lippoldt, Matthias Merkel, et al.. (2021). Cell and Nucleus Shape as an Indicator of Tissue Fluidity in Carcinoma. Physical Review X. 11(1). 93 indexed citations

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Wolf, Benjamin, Lars‐Christian Horn, Bahriye Aktas, et al.. (2019). Roadmap to Local Tumour Growth: Insights from Cervical Cancer. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 12768–12768. 6 indexed citations

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Streitberger, Kaspar‐Josche, Felix Schrank, Jürgen Braun, et al.. (2019). How tissue fluidity influences brain tumor progression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(1). 128–134. 126 indexed citations

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Shahryari, Mehrgan, Heiko Tzschätzsch, Jing Guo, et al.. (2019). Tomoelastography Distinguishes Noninvasively between Benign and Malignant Liver Lesions. Cancer Research. 79(22). 5704–5710. 74 indexed citations

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Sauer, Frank, Angela Ariza de Schellenberger, Heiko Tzschätzsch, et al.. (2019). Collagen networks determine viscoelastic properties of connective tissues yet do not hinder diffusion of the aqueous solvent. Soft Matter. 15(14). 3055–3064. 53 indexed citations

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Schnauß, Jörg, et al.. (2018). Synthetic Transient Crosslinks Program the Mechanics of Soft, Biopolymer‐Based Materials. Advanced Materials. 30(13). e1706092–e1706092. 29 indexed citations

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Gläser, Martin, et al.. (2016). Self-assembly of hierarchically ordered structures in DNA nanotube systems. New Journal of Physics. 18(5). 55001–55001. 24 indexed citations

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Seltmann, Kristin, Anatol W. Fritsch, Josef A. Käs, & Thomas M. Magin. (2013). Keratins significantly contribute to cell stiffness and impact invasive behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(46). 18507–18512. 200 indexed citations

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Cadenas, Cristina, et al.. (2012). ERBB2 overexpression triggers transient high mechanoactivity of breast tumor cells. Cytoskeleton. 69(5). 267–277. 9 indexed citations

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Käs, Josef A., et al.. (2010). Origin and Spatial Distribution of Forces in Motile Cells. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Forstner, Martin B., et al.. (2000). Single Lipid Diffusion in Langmuir Monolayers. APS. 1 indexed citations

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Kopečný, J, et al.. (1998). Cellulolytic enzymes of rumen anaerobic fungi Orpinomyces joyonii and Caecomyces communis. Research in Microbiology. 149(6). 417–427. 25 indexed citations

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