Katja Becker

16.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
223 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Katja Becker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Katja Becker has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Molecular Biology, 66 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 30 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Katja Becker's work include Redox biology and oxidative stress (83 papers), Malaria Research and Control (56 papers) and Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (35 papers). Katja Becker is often cited by papers focused on Redox biology and oxidative stress (83 papers), Malaria Research and Control (56 papers) and Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms (35 papers). Katja Becker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Katja Becker's co-authors include R. Heiner Schirmer, Stefan Rahlfs, Stephan Gromer, Sabine Urig, L. David Arscott, Charles H. Williams, Karin Fritz‐Wolf, Marcel Deponte, Esther Jortzik and Marina Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Katja Becker

222 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica reprograms barley to salt-stress tolerance, disease resistance, and higher yield

2005 856 citations Frank Waller, Helmut Baltruschat et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Molecular evolution of a novel hyperactive Sleeping Beauty transposase enables robust stable gene transfer in vertebrates

2009 706 citations Katja Becker et al. profile →
Oxidative stress in malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes: host–parasite interactions

2003 514 citations Katja Becker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katja Becker Germany	57	7.0k	2.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	223	12.7k
Wim G. J. Hol United States	82	15.6k 2.2×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	461 0.3×	984 0.8×	316	23.2k
P. Andrew Karplus United States	75	15.3k 2.2×	760 0.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	196	21.8k
Elias S.J. Arnér Sweden	62	11.1k 1.6×	572 0.2×	1.7k 1.1×	4.0k 2.9×	587 0.5×	198	17.0k
W.B. Arendall United States	13	16.3k 2.3×	651 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	722 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	16	22.6k
Leslie B. Poole United States	59	11.2k 1.6×	525 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	514 0.4×	157	15.1k
Alexei A. Vagin United Kingdom	21	17.7k 2.5×	586 0.2×	1.4k 0.9×	921 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	24	24.6k
Malcolm W. MacArthur United Kingdom	18	18.7k 2.7×	724 0.3×	1.6k 1.1×	849 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	20	25.5k
Ian Davis United States	23	20.8k 3.0×	770 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	852 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	56	28.9k
James C. Sacchettini United States	81	14.9k 2.1×	448 0.2×	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	983 0.8×	292	23.4k
Bernhard Lohkamp Sweden	15	16.0k 2.3×	571 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	649 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	26	22.3k

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Fischer, Marina, et al.. (2024). Comparison of the mechanism of antimicrobial action of the gold(I) compound auranofin in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Microbiology Spectrum. 12(11). e0013824–e0013824. 4 indexed citations

Nietzel, Thomas, Stefan Rahlfs, Jude M. Przyborski, et al.. (2022). Structure and Function of Redox-Sensitive Superfolder Green Fluorescent Protein Variant. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 37(1-3). 1–18. 9 indexed citations

Scholzen, Karoline, Ulrike Theisen, Katja Becker, et al.. (2022). Cyclic 5-membered disulfides are not selective substrates of thioredoxin reductase, but are opened nonspecifically. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1754–1754. 28 indexed citations

Zapol’skii, Viktor A., et al.. (2022). Chemistry of polyhalogenated nitrobutadienes, 17: Efficient synthesis of persubstituted chloroquinolinyl-1H-pyrazoles and evaluation of their antimalarial, anti-SARS-CoV-2, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activities. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 18. 524–532. 6 indexed citations

Remschmidt, Helmut & Katja Becker. (2020). Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie. Nervenheilkunde. 39(4). 258–258. 1 indexed citations

Fritz‐Wolf, Karin, et al.. (2018). Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase as an Antimalarial Drug Target. Journal of Molecular Biology. 430(21). 4049–4067. 17 indexed citations

Rahlfs, Stefan, et al.. (2017). H2O2 dynamics in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0174837–e0174837. 32 indexed citations

Fritz‐Wolf, Karin, et al.. (2017). Kinetic characterization of wild‐type and mutant human thioredoxin glutathione reductase defines its reaction and regulatory mechanisms. FEBS Journal. 285(3). 542–558. 20 indexed citations

Pastor‐Flores, Daniel, Katja Becker, & Tobias P. Dick. (2017). Monitoring yeast mitochondria with peroxiredoxin-based redox probes: the influence of oxygen and glucose availability. Interface Focus. 7(2). 20160143–20160143. 6 indexed citations

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Belorgey, Didier, Don Antoine Lanfranchi, Valentina Gallo, et al.. (2015). Antimalarial NADPH-Consuming Redox-Cyclers As Superior Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Copycats. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 22(15). 1337–1351. 29 indexed citations

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Becker, Katja, et al.. (2015). Detection of thiol-based redox switch processes in parasites – facts and future. Biological Chemistry. 396(5). 445–463. 18 indexed citations

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Prieto, Judith Helena, Elisabeth Fischer, Saša Končarević, John R. Yates, & Katja Becker. (2014). Large-Scale Differential Proteome Analysis in Plasmodium falciparum Under Drug Treatment. Methods in molecular biology. 1201. 269–279. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Lihui, Claire Delahunty, Judith Helena Prieto, et al.. (2013). Protein S -nitrosylation in Plasmodium falciparum. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 20(18). 2923–2935. 24 indexed citations

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Waller, Frank, Helmut Baltruschat, József Fodor, et al.. (2005). The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica reprograms barley to salt-stress tolerance, disease resistance, and higher yield. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(38). 13386–13391. 856 indexed citations breakdown →

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Iozef, Rimma, Stefan Rahlfs, Marcel Deponte, et al.. (2005). Characterization of the glyoxalases of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum and comparison with their human counterparts. Biological Chemistry. 386(1). 41–52. 40 indexed citations

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Rahlfs, Stefan, et al.. (2002). Glutathione S-Transferase of the Malarial Parasite Plasmodium falciparum: Characterization of a Potential Drug Target. Biological Chemistry. 383(5). 821–30. 104 indexed citations

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Kanzok, Stefan M., Stefan Rahlfs, Katja Becker, & R. Heiner Schirmer. (2002). Thioredoxin, Thioredoxin Reductase, and Thioredoxin Peroxidase of Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 370–381. 34 indexed citations

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Kanzok, Stefan M., R. Heiner Schirmer, Ivana Türbachova, Rimma Iozef, & Katja Becker. (2000). The Thioredoxin System of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(51). 40180–40186. 221 indexed citations

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Gromer, Stephan, R. Heiner Schirmer, & Katja Becker. (1999). News and views on thioredoxin reductases. Redox Report. 4(5). 221–228. 18 indexed citations

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Becker, Katja, et al.. (1994). Antioxidant vitamins in malnourished Nigerian children.. PubMed. 64(4). 306–10. 35 indexed citations

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