Klaus Aktories

33.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
457 papers, 26.9k citations indexed

About

Klaus Aktories is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus Aktories has authored 457 papers receiving a total of 26.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 218 papers in Immunology, 200 papers in Molecular Biology and 170 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Klaus Aktories's work include Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (196 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (154 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (67 papers). Klaus Aktories is often cited by papers focused on Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (196 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (154 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (67 papers). Klaus Aktories collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Klaus Aktories's co-authors include Ingo Just, Holger Barth, Gudula Schmidt, Thomas Jank, Fred Hofmann, Karl H. Jakobs, Jörg Selzer, Carsten Schwan, Matthias Wilm and Joseph Barbieri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Klaus Aktories

456 papers receiving 26.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Glucosylation of Rho proteins by Clostridium difficile toxin B

1995 872 citations Ingo Just, Matthias Wilm et al. profile →
Microinjection of recombinant p21rho induces rapid changes in cell morphology.

1990 609 citations Ingo Just, Klaus Aktories et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Klaus Aktories Germany	89	13.4k	9.0k	8.7k	3.9k	3.2k	457	26.9k
Volker Brinkmann Germany	91	19.4k 1.4×	23.2k 2.6×	3.8k 0.4×	2.8k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	250	45.3k
Anne Dell United Kingdom	88	18.0k 1.3×	5.7k 0.6×	2.2k 0.3×	2.7k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	501	28.6k
Kirsten Sandvig Norway	80	14.1k 1.1×	7.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.2×	5.4k 1.4×	1.3k 0.4×	315	23.3k
James C. Paulson United States	117	26.2k 1.9×	13.6k 1.5×	4.4k 0.5×	3.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.6×	393	42.7k
James Madara United States	79	7.5k 0.6×	5.0k 0.6×	2.1k 0.2×	1.4k 0.3×	2.0k 0.6×	173	19.8k
Zanvil A. Cohn United States	90	10.6k 0.8×	13.4k 1.5×	2.4k 0.3×	3.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	235	32.0k
Yoshiharu Matsuura Japan	79	12.7k 0.9×	5.6k 0.6×	3.9k 0.5×	5.2k 1.3×	2.0k 0.6×	420	27.4k
Matthias Wilm Germany	73	26.1k 1.9×	3.0k 0.3×	1.6k 0.2×	5.4k 1.4×	2.4k 0.8×	124	36.5k
Cesare Montecucco Italy	83	10.5k 0.8×	4.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.2×	4.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	361	25.1k
Robert W. Doms United States	99	8.1k 0.6×	11.7k 1.3×	8.1k 0.9×	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	237	28.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Klaus Aktories

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Klaus Aktories's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Klaus Aktories with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Klaus Aktories more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Klaus Aktories

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Klaus Aktories. 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 Klaus Aktories. The network helps show where Klaus Aktories may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Klaus Aktories

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Papatheodorou, Panagiotis, Nigel P. Minton, Klaus Aktories, & Holger Barth. (2024). An Updated View on the Cellular Uptake and Mode-of-Action of Clostridioides difficile Toxins. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1435. 219–247. 7 indexed citations

Schorlemer, Manuel, et al.. (2023). Antibodies Directed Against GalNAc‐ and GlcNAc‐ O‐ Tyrosine Posttranslational Modifications – a New Tool for Glycoproteomic Detection. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(29). e202300392–e202300392. 5 indexed citations

Lang, Alexander E., et al.. (2021). Involvement of N‐glycans in binding of Photorhabdus luminescens Tc toxin. Cellular Microbiology. 23(8). e13326–e13326. 12 indexed citations

Ernst, Katharina, Johannes A. Schmid, Mattias Beck, et al.. (2017). Hsp70 facilitates trans-membrane transport of bacterial ADP-ribosylating toxins into the cytosol of mammalian cells. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2724–2724. 37 indexed citations

Schwan, Carsten, et al.. (2014). Clostridium difficile toxin CDT hijacks microtubule organization and reroutes vesicle traffic to increase pathogen adherence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(6). 2313–2318. 74 indexed citations

Guttenberg, Gregor, Panagiotis Papatheodorou, Wei Lü, et al.. (2011). Inositol Hexakisphosphate-dependent Processing of Clostridium sordellii Lethal Toxin and Clostridium novyi α-Toxin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(17). 14779–14786. 21 indexed citations

Lang, Alexander E., Gudula Schmidt, Andreas Schlösser, et al.. (2010). Photorhabdus luminescens Toxins ADP-Ribosylate Actin and RhoA to Force Actin Clustering. Science. 327(5969). 1139–1142. 180 indexed citations

Belyi, Yury, et al.. (2009). Region of Elongation Factor 1A1 Involved in Substrate Recognition by Legionella pneumophila Glucosyltransferase Lgt1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(30). 20167–20174. 32 indexed citations

Jank, Thomas, Torsten Giesemann, & Klaus Aktories. (2007). Clostridium difficile Glucosyltransferase Toxin B-essential Amino Acids for Substrate Binding. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(48). 35222–35231. 76 indexed citations

10.

Belyi, Yury, Ricarda Niggeweg, Bastian Opitz, et al.. (2006). Legionella pneumophila glucosyltransferase inhibits host elongation factor 1A. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(45). 16953–16958. 128 indexed citations

11.

Srinivasan, S R, Fei Wang, Fred Hofmann, et al.. (2003). Rac and Cdc42 play distinct roles in regulating PI(3,4,5)P3 and polarity during neutrophil chemotaxis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 160(3). 375–385. 375 indexed citations

12.

Rose, Frank, et al.. (1999). Role of Actin Depolymerization in the Surfactant Secretory Response of Alveolar Epithelial Type II Cells. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159(1). 206–212. 38 indexed citations

13.

Wex, Cora, Gertrud Koch, & Klaus Aktories. (1997). Effects of Clostridium difficile toxin B on activation of rat peritoneal mast cells. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 355(3). 328–334. 8 indexed citations

14.

Hofmann, Fred, et al.. (1996). The Ras-Related Protein Ral Is Monoglucosylated byClostridium sordelliiLethal Toxin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 227(1). 77–81. 43 indexed citations

15.

Fritz, Gerhard, Bernd Kaina, & Klaus Aktories. (1995). The Ras-related Small GTP-binding Protein RhoB Is Immediate-early Inducible by DNA Damaging Treatments. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(42). 25172–25177. 130 indexed citations

16.

Tabibzadeh, Siamak, Q.F. Kong, Henrik Leffers, et al.. (1995). TNF-α induces dyscohesion of epithelial cells. Association with disassembly of actin filaments. Endocrine. 3(8). 549–556. 12 indexed citations

17.

Grimminger, Friedrich, Ulf Sibelius, Klaus Aktories, Norbert Suttorp, & Werner Seeger. (1991). Inhibition of Cytoskeletal Rearrangement by Botulinum C2 Toxin Amplifies Ligand-Evoked Lipid Mediator Generation in Human Neutrophils. Molecular Pharmacology. 40(4). 563–571. 13 indexed citations

18.

Suttorp, Norbert, Margaret J. Polley, Joachim Seybold, et al.. (1991). Adenosine diphosphate-ribosylation of G-actin by botulinum C2 toxin increases endothelial permeability in vitro.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 87(5). 1575–1584. 62 indexed citations

19.

Aktories, Klaus. (1990). Clostridial ADP-ribosyltransferases ? Modification of low molecular weight GTP-binding proteins and of actin by clostridial toxins. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 179(3). 123–36. 15 indexed citations

20.

Just, Ingo, Udo Geipel, Albrecht Wegner, & Klaus Aktories. (1990). De‐ADP‐ribosylation actin by Clostridium perfringens iota‐toxin and Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin. European Journal of Biochemistry. 192(3). 723–727. 12 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact