Karsten Fischer

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Karsten Fischer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Karsten Fischer has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Karsten Fischer's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (28 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (12 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (8 papers). Karsten Fischer is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (28 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (12 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (8 papers). Karsten Fischer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Norway and United States. Karsten Fischer's co-authors include Ulf‐Ingo Flügge, Andreas P.M. Weber, Ulrich E. Schaible, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Anja Schneider, Rainer Schwacke, Michael Gutensohn, Helen Collins, Kristine Hagens and Wolf B. Frommer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Karsten Fischer

74 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

ARAMEMNON, a Novel Database for Arabidopsis Integral Memb... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. ARAMEMNON, a Novel Database for Arabidopsis Integral Membrane Proteins
    2003 526 citations Rainer Schwacke, Anja Schneider et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karsten Fischer Germany 36 2.7k 2.0k 675 414 402 80 4.4k
Arthur Weissbach United States 41 4.5k 1.7× 1.1k 0.5× 293 0.4× 326 0.8× 551 1.4× 121 6.3k
Michael Cashel United States 53 8.0k 3.0× 499 0.3× 183 0.3× 675 1.6× 294 0.7× 99 10.2k
William S. Reznikoff United States 46 5.4k 2.0× 1.2k 0.6× 134 0.2× 176 0.4× 168 0.4× 146 6.6k
Philippe Delepelaire France 36 2.9k 1.1× 814 0.4× 170 0.3× 302 0.7× 147 0.4× 65 4.8k
Herbert H. Winkler United States 29 2.3k 0.8× 532 0.3× 165 0.2× 249 0.6× 208 0.5× 63 3.6k
Hideo Shinagawa Japan 48 6.1k 2.3× 945 0.5× 321 0.5× 434 1.0× 222 0.6× 102 8.0k
Sidney R. Kushner United States 51 8.1k 3.0× 570 0.3× 172 0.3× 388 0.9× 197 0.5× 138 9.8k
Lauriane Kühn France 38 2.5k 0.9× 865 0.4× 285 0.4× 187 0.5× 134 0.3× 100 3.8k
Philippe Raymond France 43 2.0k 0.8× 3.0k 1.5× 103 0.2× 362 0.9× 122 0.3× 102 4.8k
Eugene V. Koonin United States 32 3.4k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 207 0.3× 528 1.3× 276 0.7× 42 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karsten Fischer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karsten Fischer

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

All Works

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Fischer, Karsten, et al.. (2025). Victimhood claims in German political manifestos. Political Psychology.
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Fischer, Karsten, et al.. (2024). Taken to extremes: Loss of plastid rpl32 in Streptophyta and Cuscuta’s unconventional solution for its replacement. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 204. 108243–108243. 1 indexed citations
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Hillenbrand, Matthias, Christoph Esslinger, Andreas Zingg, et al.. (2024). Fast-Track Discovery of SARS-CoV-2-Neutralizing Antibodies from Human B Cells by Direct Functional Screening. Viruses. 16(3). 339–339. 5 indexed citations
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Heiland, Ines, et al.. (2019). The evolution of the plastid phosphate translocator family. Planta. 250(1). 245–261. 11 indexed citations
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Vogel, Alexander, Rainer Schwacke, Alisandra K. Denton, et al.. (2018). Footprints of parasitism in the genome of the parasitic flowering plant Cuscuta campestris. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2515–2515. 129 indexed citations
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Brooks, Carrie F., Hanne Johnsen, Giel G. van Dooren, et al.. (2010). The Toxoplasma Apicoplast Phosphate Translocator Links Cytosolic and Apicoplast Metabolism and Is Essential for Parasite Survival. Cell Host & Microbe. 7(1). 62–73. 106 indexed citations
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Schwacke, Rainer, et al.. (2007). Comparative survey of plastid and mitochondrial targeting properties of transcription factors in Arabidopsis and rice. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 277(6). 631–646. 69 indexed citations
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Weber, Andreas P.M. & Karsten Fischer. (2007). Making the connections – The crucial role of metabolite transporters at the interface between chloroplast and cytosol. FEBS Letters. 581(12). 2215–2222. 45 indexed citations
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Flügge, Ulf‐Ingo, et al.. (2006). Characterization of AtNST‐KT1, a novel UDP‐galactose transporter from Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Letters. 580(17). 4246–4251. 36 indexed citations
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Geimer, Stefan, Karsten Fischer, Burkhard Schulz, et al.. (2005). The Arabidopsis Plastidic Glucose 6-Phosphate/Phosphate Translocator GPT1 Is Essential for Pollen Maturation and Embryo Sac Development. The Plant Cell. 17(3). 760–775. 176 indexed citations
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Hellmann, Kai-Uwe, Karsten Fischer, & Harald Bluhm. (2003). Das System der Politik : Niklas Luhmanns politische Theorie. Westdeutscher Verlag eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Fischer, Karsten, Helen Collins, Masaru Taniguchi, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, & Ulrich E. Schaible. (2002). IL-4 and T Cells Are Required for the Generation of IgG1 Isotype Antibodies Against Cardiolipin. The Journal of Immunology. 168(6). 2689–2694. 21 indexed citations
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Fischer, Karsten, Delphi Chatterjee, Jordi B. Torrelles, et al.. (2001). Mycobacterial Lysocardiolipin Is Exported from Phagosomes upon Cleavage of Cardiolipin by a Macrophage-Derived Lysosomal Phospholipase A2. The Journal of Immunology. 167(4). 2187–2192. 44 indexed citations
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Schaible, Ulrich E., Kristine Hagens, Karsten Fischer, Helen Collins, & Stefan H. E. Kaufmann. (2000). Intersection of Group I CD1 Molecules and Mycobacteria in Different Intracellular Compartments of Dendritic Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 164(9). 4843–4852. 95 indexed citations
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Fischer, Karsten. (1999). Neustart des Weltlaufs? : Fiktion und Faszination der Zeitenwende. Suhrkamp eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Mozo, Teresa, Karsten Fischer, Ulf Ingo Flügge, & Udo K. Schmitz. (1995). The N‐terminal extension of the ADP/ATP translocator is not involved in targeting to plant mitochondria in vivo. The Plant Journal. 7(6). 1015–1020. 23 indexed citations
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Dreses‐Werringloer, Ute, Karsten Fischer, Elmar Wächter, Thomas A. Link, & Ulf‐Ingo Flügge. (1991). cDNA sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of the precursor of the 37‐kDa inner envelope membrane polypeptide from spinach chloroplasts. European Journal of Biochemistry. 195(2). 361–368. 54 indexed citations

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