Ludger Johannes

20.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
197 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Ludger Johannes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ludger Johannes has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Molecular Biology, 84 papers in Cell Biology and 62 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ludger Johannes's work include Cellular transport and secretion (78 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (59 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (33 papers). Ludger Johannes is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (78 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (59 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (33 papers). Ludger Johannes collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Ludger Johannes's co-authors include Bruno Goud, Christophe Lamaze, Winfried Römer, Danièle Tenza, Patricia Bassereau, Vincent Popoff, Claude Antony, Frédéric Mallard, Hakon Leffler and Ralf Jacob and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ludger Johannes

193 papers receiving 13.3k citations

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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.

Cells Respond to Mechanical Stress by Rapid Disassembly of Caveolae

2011 699 citations Benoı̂t Vedie, Ludger Johannes et al. profile →
Galectins at a glance

2018 464 citations Ludger Johannes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ludger Johannes France	62	8.4k	6.1k	2.9k	1.7k	1.7k	197	13.4k
Joel A. Swanson United States	64	7.0k 0.8×	3.9k 0.6×	3.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	983 0.6×	137	14.6k
Bo van Deurs Denmark	71	8.8k 1.0×	5.6k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	182	15.2k
Kirsten Sandvig Norway	80	14.1k 1.7×	5.4k 0.9×	7.3k 2.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	315	23.3k
Bruno Goud France	77	13.4k 1.6×	11.6k 1.9×	2.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.3×	513 0.3×	227	20.6k
Philip D. Stahl United States	78	12.6k 1.5×	6.0k 1.0×	4.8k 1.6×	2.5k 1.5×	598 0.4×	226	20.1k
Gareth Griffiths Germany	78	10.0k 1.2×	7.4k 1.2×	3.1k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	423 0.3×	184	19.1k
Pierre Cosson Switzerland	46	4.9k 0.6×	3.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	839 0.5×	886 0.5×	151	8.6k
Tomas Kirchhausen United States	92	16.2k 1.9×	12.2k 2.0×	3.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	260 0.2×	215	25.4k
Jean Grüenberg Switzerland	70	11.5k 1.4×	8.7k 1.4×	2.1k 0.7×	3.0k 1.7×	242 0.1×	143	17.7k
John Heuser United States	50	5.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	916 0.3×	992 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	68	10.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

MacDonald, Ewan, Ludger Johannes, & Christian Wunder. (2025). Acidification on the plasma membrane. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 95. 102531–102531. 1 indexed citations

Shafaq‐Zadah, Massiullah, Judy Pawling, Geoffrey G. Hesketh, et al.. (2023). SLC3A2 N-glycosylation and Golgi remodeling regulate SLC7A amino acid exchangers and stress mitigation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(12). 105416–105416. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Yen‐Hsi, Weihua Tian, Makiko Yasuda, et al.. (2023). A universal GlycoDesign for lysosomal replacement enzymes to improve circulation time and biodistribution. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 11. 1128371–1128371. 4 indexed citations

Johannes, Ludger, Weria Pezeshkian, John H. Ipsen, & Julian C. Shillcock. (2018). Clustering on Membranes: Fluctuations and More. Trends in Cell Biology. 28(5). 405–415. 62 indexed citations

Simunovic, Mijo, Emma Evergren, Coline Prévost, et al.. (2016). How curvature-generating proteins build scaffolds on membrane nanotubes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(40). 11226–11231. 97 indexed citations

Mondini, Michele, Mevyn Nizard, Thi Tran, et al.. (2015). Synergy of Radiotherapy and a Cancer Vaccine for the Treatment of HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(6). 1336–1345. 70 indexed citations

Dransart, Estelle, Michel Azoulay, Laura Brullé, et al.. (2015). Targeted Shiga toxin–drug conjugates prepared via Cu-free click chemistry. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 23(22). 7150–7157. 13 indexed citations

Shafaq‐Zadah, Massiullah, Sabine Bardin, Paolo Maiuri, et al.. (2015). Persistent cell migration and adhesion rely on retrograde transport of β1 integrin. Nature Cell Biology. 18(1). 54–64. 86 indexed citations

Thoreau, Maxime, Hweixian Leong Penny, Kar Wai Tan, et al.. (2015). Vaccine-induced tumor regression requires a dynamic cooperation between T cells and myeloid cells at the tumor site. Oncotarget. 6(29). 27832–27846. 44 indexed citations

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Johannes, Ludger, Christian Wunder, & Patricia Bassereau. (2014). Bending "On the Rocks"--A Cocktail of Biophysical Modules to Build Endocytic Pathways. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 6(1). a016741–a016741. 56 indexed citations

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Renard, Henri‐François, Mijo Simunovic, Joël Lemière, et al.. (2014). Endophilin-A2 functions in membrane scission in clathrin-independent endocytosis. Nature. 517(7535). 493–496. 230 indexed citations

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Fournier, Natalie, et al.. (2013). Rab7 Is Functionally Required for Selective Cargo Sorting at the Early Endosome. Traffic. 15(3). 309–326. 62 indexed citations

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Safouane, Mahassine, Andrew Callan-Jones, Benoît Sorre, et al.. (2010). Lipid Cosorting Mediated by Shiga Toxin Induced Tubulation. Traffic. 11(12). 1519–1529. 48 indexed citations

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Ewers, Helge, Winfried Römer, Alicia E. Smith, et al.. (2009). GM1 structure determines SV40-induced membrane invagination and infection. Nature Cell Biology. 12(1). 11–18. 346 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Frédéric, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and Properties of a Mitochondrial Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor Conjugate. ChemMedChem. 3(11). 1687–1695. 18 indexed citations

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Falguières, Thomas, Matthias Maak, Claus von Weyhern, et al.. (2008). Human colorectal tumors and metastases express Gb3 and can be targeted by an intestinal pathogen-based delivery tool. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 7(8). 2498–2508. 67 indexed citations

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Adotévi, Olivier, Benoît Vingert, Ludovic Freyburger, et al.. (2007). B Subunit of Shiga Toxin-Based Vaccines Synergize with α-Galactosylceramide to Break Tolerance against Self Antigen and Elicit Antiviral Immunity. The Journal of Immunology. 179(5). 3371–3379. 42 indexed citations

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Römer, Winfried, Valérie Chambon, Katharina Gaus, et al.. (2007). Shiga toxin induces tubular membrane invaginations for its uptake into cells. Nature. 450(7170). 670–675. 461 indexed citations

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Pina, David G., Bahne Stechmann, Valery L. Shnyrov, et al.. (2007). Correlation between Shiga toxin B‐subunit stability and antigen crosspresentation: A mutational analysis. FEBS Letters. 582(2). 185–189. 3 indexed citations

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Johannes, Ludger, Frédéric Mallard, Danièle Tenza, et al.. (2003). Effects of HIV‐1 Nef on Retrograde Transport from the Plasma Membrane to the Endoplasmic Reticulum. Traffic. 4(5). 323–332. 24 indexed citations

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