Karsten Richter

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Karsten Richter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Karsten Richter has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Karsten Richter's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers) and Nuclear Structure and Function (6 papers). Karsten Richter is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers) and Nuclear Structure and Function (6 papers). Karsten Richter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Karsten Richter's co-authors include Peter Lichter, Jacques Dubochet, Michelle Neßling, Amélie Leforestier, Nathalie Sartori Blanc, Axel Imhof, Asifa Akhtar, Mikko Taipale, Stephen Rea and Ana Vilar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Karsten Richter

57 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cryo‐electron microscopy of vitreous sections

2004 350 citations Ashraf Al‐Amoudi, Jiin-Ju Chang et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Mitochondrial RNA modifications shape metabolic plasticity in metastasis

2022 200 citations Sylvain Delaunay, Gloria Pascual et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karsten Richter Germany	24	1.7k	388	339	235	225	60	2.5k
Jan Kosiński Germany	31	2.6k 1.5×	299 0.8×	310 0.9×	104 0.4×	269 1.2×	56	3.2k
Bjoern Sander Germany	31	3.3k 1.9×	307 0.8×	306 0.9×	140 0.6×	174 0.8×	73	4.3k
William J. Rice United States	34	2.6k 1.5×	529 1.4×	435 1.3×	83 0.4×	321 1.4×	88	3.9k
Lori A. Passmore United Kingdom	37	3.4k 2.0×	682 1.8×	564 1.7×	213 0.9×	322 1.4×	68	4.4k
Gert‐Jan Kremers Netherlands	22	2.0k 1.1×	299 0.8×	334 1.0×	228 1.0×	222 1.0×	46	3.4k
Erik Bos Netherlands	22	837 0.5×	223 0.6×	284 0.8×	80 0.3×	172 0.8×	44	1.7k
Ashwin Chari Germany	28	2.3k 1.3×	403 1.0×	102 0.3×	87 0.4×	92 0.4×	44	2.9k
Sergio Marco France	31	1.9k 1.1×	394 1.0×	408 1.2×	40 0.2×	412 1.8×	85	3.1k
Kutti R. Vinothkumar United Kingdom	20	1.6k 0.9×	257 0.7×	151 0.4×	81 0.3×	156 0.7×	40	2.2k
Patricia Grob United States	24	1.9k 1.1×	214 0.6×	674 2.0×	33 0.1×	128 0.6×	37	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karsten Richter

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

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Winkler, Manuel, Johannes Hoffmann, Julio Cordero, et al.. (2025). Endothelial c-Maf prevents MASLD-like liver fibrosis by regulating chromatin accessibility to suppress pathogenic microvascular cell subsets. JHEP Reports. 7(9). 101475–101475.

Kumari, Manju, Karsten Richter, Elke Hammer, et al.. (2025). Elevated levels of Letm1 drives mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiomyocyte stress-mediated apoptosis in cultured cardiomyocytes. Cell Communication and Signaling. 23(1). 378–378.

Delaunay, Sylvain, Gloria Pascual, Bohai Feng, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrial RNA modifications shape metabolic plasticity in metastasis. Nature. 607(7919). 593–603. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

Klapproth, Sarah, Karsten Richter, Clara Türk, et al.. (2021). Low kindlin-3 levels in osteoclasts of kindlin-3 hypomorphic mice result in osteopetrosis due to leaky sealing zones. Journal of Cell Science. 134(22). 3 indexed citations

Genard, Géraldine, S. Öhl, Michelle Neßling, et al.. (2020). Optimized Protocol for Isolation of Small Extracellular Vesicles from Human and Murine Lymphoid Tissues. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(15). 5586–5586. 22 indexed citations

Richter, Karsten, et al.. (2020). Oncolytic H-1 Parvovirus Enters Cancer Cells through Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. Viruses. 12(10). 1199–1199. 9 indexed citations

Ganzleben, Ingo, Gui-Wei He, Claudia Günther, et al.. (2019). PGAM5 is a key driver of mitochondrial dysfunction in experimental lung fibrosis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 76(23). 4783–4794. 26 indexed citations

Avci, Dönem, et al.. (2018). The intramembrane protease SPP impacts morphology of the endoplasmic reticulum by triggering degradation of morphogenic proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(8). 2786–5585. 17 indexed citations

Martins, Leila R., Stefan Koch, Karsten Richter, et al.. (2017). Stk33 is required for spermatid differentiation and male fertility in mice. Developmental Biology. 433(1). 84–93. 19 indexed citations

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Ho, Chi‐Ting, Juliane Winkler, Maria Khokhrina, et al.. (2015). Compartment‐specific aggregases direct distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic aggregate deposition. The EMBO Journal. 34(6). 778–797. 230 indexed citations

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Choi, Jaehoon, et al.. (2014). A sphingosine kinase inhibitor combined with temozolomide induces glioblastoma cell death through accumulation of dihydrosphingosine and dihydroceramide, endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy. Cell Death and Disease. 5(9). e1425–e1425. 59 indexed citations

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Haderk, Franziska, Bola S. Hanna, Karsten Richter, et al.. (2013). Extracellular vesicles in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Leukemia & lymphoma. 54(8). 1826–1830. 15 indexed citations

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Richter, Karsten, Michelle Neßling, & Peter Lichter. (2008). Macromolecular crowding and its potential impact on nuclear function. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1783(11). 2100–2107. 108 indexed citations

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Neßling, Michelle, Karsten Richter, Carsten Schwäenen, et al.. (2005). Candidate Genes in Breast Cancer Revealed by Microarray-Based Comparative Genomic Hybridization of Archived Tissue. Cancer Research. 65(2). 439–447. 101 indexed citations

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Al‐Amoudi, Ashraf, Jiin-Ju Chang, Amélie Leforestier, et al.. (2004). Cryo‐electron microscopy of vitreous sections. The EMBO Journal. 23(18). 3583–3588. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

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Richter, Karsten. (2004). Characterization of a nuclear compartment shared by nuclear bodies applying ectopic protein expression and correlative light and electron microscopy. Experimental Cell Research. 303(1). 128–37. 17 indexed citations

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Richter, Karsten, et al.. (1997). Detection of low phosphorus contents in neurofilaments of squid axons by Image‐EELS contrast spectroscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 188(2). 173–181. 7 indexed citations

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Richter, Karsten, Eberhard Spieß, Herbert Spring, et al.. (1997). Use of a mass-thickness marker to estimate systematic errors and statistical noise in the detection of phosphorus by electron spectroscopic imaging. Micron. 28(5). 407–418. 3 indexed citations

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Brancolini, Claudio, et al.. (1996). Expression of Growth Arrest-Specific (Gas) Genes in Murine Keratinocytes: Gas2 Is Specifically Regulated. Experimental Cell Research. 224(1). 200–203. 13 indexed citations

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Richter, Karsten. (1994). High-density morphologies of ice in high-pressure frozen biological specimens. Ultramicroscopy. 53(3). 237–249. 25 indexed citations

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