Kai Safferling

782 total citations
7 papers, 581 citations indexed

About

Kai Safferling is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Rehabilitation and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Safferling has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 581 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cell Biology, 3 papers in Rehabilitation and 2 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Kai Safferling's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers), Wound Healing and Treatments (3 papers) and Skin and Cellular Biology Research (2 papers). Kai Safferling is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers), Wound Healing and Treatments (3 papers) and Skin and Cellular Biology Research (2 papers). Kai Safferling collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Japan and France. Kai Safferling's co-authors include Niels Grabe, Heike Boehm, Sebastian Rausch, Tamal Das, Joachim P. Spatz, Kai Breuhahn, Kathi Westphal, Niels Halama, Claudia Ernst and Dirk Jäger and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kai Safferling

7 papers receiving 571 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Safferling Germany 5 313 156 132 120 111 7 581
Kristin Seltmann Germany 6 343 1.1× 200 1.3× 27 0.2× 44 0.4× 21 0.2× 8 480
В. В. Терских Russia 11 87 0.3× 193 1.2× 58 0.4× 22 0.2× 54 0.5× 39 427
Iraj Laffafian United Kingdom 11 88 0.3× 223 1.4× 25 0.2× 44 0.4× 120 1.1× 26 610
Edward Marsh United States 5 96 0.3× 102 0.7× 60 0.5× 28 0.2× 89 0.8× 5 282
Maria S. Shutova United States 12 298 1.0× 204 1.3× 51 0.4× 58 0.5× 12 0.1× 15 568
Alanna Stanley Ireland 8 133 0.4× 267 1.7× 23 0.2× 28 0.2× 29 0.3× 11 461
Anh Phuong Le Singapore 9 268 0.9× 153 1.0× 17 0.1× 127 1.1× 20 0.2× 9 412
Ji Won Oh South Korea 13 153 0.5× 175 1.1× 204 1.5× 24 0.2× 71 0.6× 31 605
Clarisse Gânier United Kingdom 9 82 0.3× 119 0.8× 65 0.5× 61 0.5× 18 0.2× 17 314
Christine S. Kim United States 9 55 0.2× 234 1.5× 28 0.2× 76 0.6× 33 0.3× 12 460

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Safferling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Safferling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kai Safferling. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kai Safferling. The network helps show where Kai Safferling may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Safferling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Safferling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Safferling 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 Kai Safferling. Kai Safferling is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Safferling, Kai, Bernd Lahrmann, Jochen Hoffmann, et al.. (2018). Altered density, composition and microanatomical distribution of infiltrating immune cells in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of organ transplant recipients. British Journal of Dermatology. 179(2). 405–412. 12 indexed citations
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Kalfalah, Faiza, Kai Safferling, Petra Boukamp, et al.. (2015). Characterization of Skin Aging–Associated Secreted Proteins (SAASP) Produced by Dermal Fibroblasts Isolated from Intrinsically Aged Human Skin. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 135(8). 1954–1968. 157 indexed citations
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Das, Tamal, Kai Safferling, Sebastian Rausch, et al.. (2015). A molecular mechanotransduction pathway regulates collective migration of epithelial cells. Nature Cell Biology. 17(3). 276–287. 258 indexed citations
4.
Safferling, Kai, Kathi Westphal, Peter Angel, et al.. (2013). Correction: Stathmin Regulates Keratinocyte Proliferation and Migration during Cutaneous Regeneration. PLoS ONE. 8(12). 2 indexed citations
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Safferling, Kai, Kathi Westphal, Peter Angel, et al.. (2013). Stathmin Regulates Keratinocyte Proliferation and Migration during Cutaneous Regeneration. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e75075–e75075. 16 indexed citations
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Safferling, Kai, Kathi Westphal, Claudia Ernst, et al.. (2013). Wound healing revised: A novel reepithelialization mechanism revealed by in vitro and in silico models. The Journal of Cell Biology. 203(4). 691–709. 132 indexed citations
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Pommerencke, Thora, Kathi Westphal, Claudia Ernst, et al.. (2010). Spatial quantification and classification of skin response following perturbation using organotypic skin cultures. Bioinformatics. 26(21). 2760–2766. 4 indexed citations

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