Marcus Lechner

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Marcus Lechner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcus Lechner has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Marcus Lechner's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers). Marcus Lechner is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers). Marcus Lechner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Marcus Lechner's co-authors include Peter F. Stadler, Manja Marz, Sonja J. Prohaska, Sven Findeiß, Lydia Steiner, Roland K. Hartmann, Nicolas Wieseke, Martin Middendorf, Lucila Saavedra and Walter Rossmanith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Marcus Lechner

30 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Proteinortho: Detection of (Co-)orthologs in large-scale ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
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.

  1. Proteinortho: Detection of (Co-)orthologs in large-scale analysis
    2011 859 citations Marcus Lechner, Sven Findeiß et al. BMC Bioinformatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcus Lechner Germany 15 974 406 278 271 134 32 1.4k
Sivakumar Kannan United States 9 1.1k 1.1× 398 1.0× 164 0.6× 304 1.1× 120 0.9× 16 1.7k
Daniel C. Richter Germany 6 1.0k 1.0× 357 0.9× 278 1.0× 346 1.3× 98 0.7× 7 1.6k
Svenn D’Hert Belgium 4 1.2k 1.2× 460 1.1× 236 0.8× 407 1.5× 183 1.4× 4 1.9k
Richard McVeigh United States 7 912 0.9× 347 0.9× 181 0.7× 224 0.8× 120 0.9× 8 1.4k
Mathias C. Walter Germany 14 1.2k 1.2× 512 1.3× 209 0.8× 434 1.6× 179 1.3× 37 2.1k
Darrin T. Schultz United States 11 1.3k 1.4× 560 1.4× 233 0.8× 442 1.6× 182 1.4× 21 2.2k
Emily K. Herman Canada 12 758 0.8× 347 0.9× 127 0.5× 195 0.7× 102 0.8× 22 1.4k
Felix Teufel Denmark 7 861 0.9× 218 0.5× 165 0.6× 373 1.4× 90 0.7× 8 1.6k
Derek Butler Netherlands 8 1.1k 1.1× 409 1.0× 242 0.9× 534 2.0× 97 0.7× 10 1.8k
Isheng Jason Tsai Taiwan 26 1.2k 1.2× 535 1.3× 255 0.9× 731 2.7× 136 1.0× 67 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Marcus Lechner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcus Lechner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcus Lechner

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stadler, Peter F., et al.. (2023). Proteinortho6: pseudo-reciprocal best alignment heuristic for graph-based detection of (co-)orthologs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1322477–1322477. 10 indexed citations
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Lechner, Marcus, et al.. (2023). Processing and decay of 6S-1 and 6S-2 RNAs inBacillus subtilis. RNA. 29(10). 1481–1499. 1 indexed citations
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Serranía, Javier, et al.. (2023). A MoClo-Compatible Toolbox of ECF Sigma Factor-Based Regulatory Switches for Proteobacterial Chassis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 25–25. 2 indexed citations
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Heinz, Veronika, Alexander Reder, Stephan Michalik, et al.. (2022). The Vibrio vulnificus stressosome is an oxygen-sensor involved in regulating iron metabolism. Communications Biology. 5(1). 622–622. 11 indexed citations
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Altegoer, Florian, et al.. (2022). Evolutionary reconstruction, nomenclature and functional meta-analysis of the Kiwellin protein family. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1034708–1034708. 1 indexed citations
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Bach, Simone, Julia Schlereth, Marcus Lechner, et al.. (2021). Identification and characterization of short leader and trailer RNAs synthesized by the Ebola virus RNA polymerase. PLoS Pathogens. 17(10). e1010002–e1010002. 7 indexed citations
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Krol, Elizaveta, Hamish C. L. Yau, Marcus Lechner, et al.. (2020). Tol-Pal System and Rgs Proteins Interact to Promote Unipolar Growth and Cell Division in Sinorhizobium meliloti. mBio. 11(3). 16 indexed citations
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Rupp, Oliver, Lennart Weber, Christian Preußer, et al.. (2020). iCLIP analysis of RNA substrates of the archaeal exosome. BMC Genomics. 21(1). 797–797. 6 indexed citations
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Altegoer, Florian, Sven‐Andreas Freibert, Xiaowei Han, et al.. (2020). The two paralogous kiwellin proteins KWL1 and KWL1-b from maize are structurally related and have overlapping functions in plant defense. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(23). 7816–7825. 9 indexed citations
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Thölken, Clemens, et al.. (2019). Sequence and structural properties of circular RNAs in the brain of nurse and forager honeybees (Apis mellifera). BMC Genomics. 20(1). 88–88. 23 indexed citations
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Weber, Lennart, et al.. (2016). The Conserved Dcw Gene Cluster of R. sphaeroides Is Preceded by an Uncommonly Extended 5’ Leader Featuring the sRNA UpsM. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0165694–e0165694. 14 indexed citations
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Fadda, Silvina, et al.. (2016). A genomic view of food-related and probiotic Enterococcus strains. DNA Research. 24(1). dsw043–dsw043. 44 indexed citations
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Allison, Jane R., Marcus Lechner, Marc P. Hoeppner, & Anthony M. Poole. (2016). Positive Selection or Free to Vary? Assessing the Functional Significance of Sequence Change Using Molecular Dynamics. PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0147619–e0147619. 9 indexed citations
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Schlereth, Julia, et al.. (2016). Bacillus subtilis 6S-2 RNA serves as a template for short transcripts in vivo. RNA. 22(4). 614–622. 11 indexed citations
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Köhler, Karen, et al.. (2015). Structural and mechanistic characterization of 6S RNA from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus. Biochimie. 117. 72–86. 9 indexed citations
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Lechner, Marcus, Maribel Hernández-Rosales, Daniel Doerr, et al.. (2014). Orthology Detection Combining Clustering and Synteny for Very Large Datasets. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e105015–e105015. 50 indexed citations
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Burenina, Olga Y., Margarita Salas, Timofei S. Zatsepin, et al.. (2014). Mechanistic comparison of Bacillus subtilis 6S-1 and 6S-2 RNAs—commonalities and differences. RNA. 20(3). 348–359. 30 indexed citations
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Lechner, Marcus, Stefanie Wehner, Konstantin Riege, et al.. (2014). Genomewide comparison and novel ncRNAs of Aquificales. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 522–522. 15 indexed citations
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Dilcher, Meik, Marcus Lechner, Nicolas Wieseke, et al.. (2011). Genetic characterization of Tribeč virus and Kemerovo virus, two tick-transmitted human-pathogenic Orbiviruses. Virology. 423(1). 68–76. 40 indexed citations
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Lechner, Marcus, Sven Findeiß, Lydia Steiner, et al.. (2011). Proteinortho: Detection of (Co-)orthologs in large-scale analysis. BMC Bioinformatics. 12(1). 124–124. 859 indexed citations breakdown →

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