Martin Schorb

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Martin Schorb is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Schorb has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Structural Biology and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Martin Schorb's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (11 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (6 papers). Martin Schorb is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (11 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (6 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (6 papers). Martin Schorb collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Spain. Martin Schorb's co-authors include John A. G. Briggs, Marko Kaksonen, Wanda Kukulski, Yannick Schwab, Wim J. H. Hagen, Andrea Picco, Sonja Welsch, Isabella Haberbosch, David N. Mastronarde and Ori Avinoam and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Martin Schorb

29 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Software tools for automated transmission electron microscopy

2019 336 citations Martin Schorb, Isabella Haberbosch et al. Nature Methods profile →
Ultrastructural Characterization of Zika Virus Replication Factories

2017 257 citations Mirko Cortese, Sarah Goellner et al. Cell Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Schorb Germany	15	1.4k	558	543	411	252	29	2.3k
Cindi L. Schwartz United States	26	1.6k 1.1×	524 0.9×	762 1.4×	183 0.4×	164 0.7×	45	2.5k
Benoît Zuber Switzerland	29	1.7k 1.2×	411 0.7×	679 1.3×	130 0.3×	234 0.9×	73	2.9k
Mikhail Kudryashev Germany	30	1.4k 1.0×	588 1.1×	348 0.6×	95 0.2×	291 1.2×	61	3.0k
Marek Cyrklaff Germany	32	1.7k 1.2×	329 0.6×	405 0.7×	113 0.3×	324 1.3×	67	3.2k
F.K.M. Schur Austria	19	922 0.6×	495 0.9×	396 0.7×	142 0.3×	420 1.7×	36	2.0k
Liwei Peng China	11	1.5k 1.1×	577 1.0×	235 0.4×	72 0.2×	230 0.9×	43	2.6k
James Pulokas United States	15	1.5k 1.0×	844 1.5×	215 0.4×	103 0.3×	244 1.0×	16	2.6k
Andreas Hoenger United States	40	3.2k 2.3×	670 1.2×	2.4k 4.4×	264 0.6×	145 0.6×	99	4.9k
Scott M. Stagg United States	31	3.2k 2.3×	793 1.4×	928 1.7×	79 0.2×	324 1.3×	75	4.8k
Alessandra Cambi Netherlands	43	2.2k 1.5×	116 0.2×	913 1.7×	455 1.1×	510 2.0×	113	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Martin Schorb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Schorb

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Schorb

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

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Zietek, Matylda, Amanda Miguel, Handuo Shi, et al.. (2025). Bacterial cell widening alters periplasmic size and activates envelope stress responses. The EMBO Journal. 44(20). 5816–5833. 1 indexed citations

Ronchi, Paolo, Martin Schorb, Ruth Aguilar, et al.. (2025). Plasmodium falciparum impairs Ang-1 secretion by pericytes in a 3D brain microvessel model. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 17(11). 3110–3138. 1 indexed citations

Mocaer, Karel, Giulia Mizzon, Manuel Gunkel, et al.. (2023). Targeted volume correlative light and electron microscopy of an environmental marine microorganism. Journal of Cell Science. 136(15). 2 indexed citations

Santarella‐Mellwig, Rachel, et al.. (2023). Microtubule depolymerization contributes to spontaneous neurotransmitter release in vitro. Communications Biology. 6(1). 488–488. 5 indexed citations

Dittrich, Tobias, Martin Schorb, Niels Weinhold, et al.. (2023). High-throughput electron tomography identifies centriole over-elongation as an early event in plasma cell disorders. Leukemia. 37(12). 2468–2478. 2 indexed citations

Klein, Steffen, Gonen Golani, Fabio Lolicato, et al.. (2023). IFITM3 blocks influenza virus entry by sorting lipids and stabilizing hemifusion. Cell Host & Microbe. 31(4). 616–633.e20. 45 indexed citations

Dittrich, Tobias, et al.. (2023). Protocol for high-throughput electron tomography exemplified on centrioles in primary human plasma cells. STAR Protocols. 4(3). 102373–102373. 1 indexed citations

Weis, Félix, Wim J. H. Hagen, Martin Schorb, & Simone Matteï. (2021). Strategies for Optimization of Cryogenic Electron Tomography Data Acquisition. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations

Sousa, Ana Laura, Catarina Nabais, Tiago Paixão, et al.. (2021). The 3D architecture and molecular foundations of de novo centriole assembly via bicentrioles. Current Biology. 31(19). 4340–4353.e7. 10 indexed citations

10.

Schorb, Martin, Isabella Haberbosch, Wim J. H. Hagen, Yannick Schwab, & David N. Mastronarde. (2019). Software tools for automated transmission electron microscopy. Nature Methods. 16(6). 471–477. 336 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zabeo, Davide, Aleksander Cvjetkovic, Cecilia Lässer, et al.. (2017). Exosomes purified from a single cell type have diverse morphology. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 6(1). 1329476–1329476. 234 indexed citations

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Otsuka, Shotaro, Anna M. Steyer, Martin Schorb, et al.. (2017). Postmitotic nuclear pore assembly proceeds by radial dilation of small membrane openings. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 25(1). 21–28. 67 indexed citations

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Cortese, Mirko, Sarah Goellner, Eliana G. Acosta, et al.. (2017). Ultrastructural Characterization of Zika Virus Replication Factories. Cell Reports. 18(9). 2113–2123. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schorb, Martin & Frank Sieckmann. (2017). Matrix MAPS—an intuitive software to acquire, analyze, and annotate light microscopy data for CLEM. Methods in cell biology. 140. 321–333. 5 indexed citations

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Otsuka, Shotaro, Khanh Huy Bui, Martin Schorb, et al.. (2016). Nuclear pore assembly proceeds by an inside-out extrusion of the nuclear envelope. eLife. 5. 128 indexed citations

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Schorb, Martin, Ori Avinoam, Frank Sieckmann, et al.. (2016). New hardware and workflows for semi-automated correlative cryo-fluorescence and cryo-electron microscopy/tomography. Journal of Structural Biology. 197(2). 83–93. 82 indexed citations

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Faini, Marco, Simone Prinz, Rainer Beck, et al.. (2012). The Structures of COPI-Coated Vesicles Reveal Alternate Coatomer Conformations and Interactions. Science. 336(6087). 1451–1454. 2 indexed citations

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Kukulski, Wanda, Martin Schorb, Marko Kaksonen, & John A. G. Briggs. (2012). Plasma Membrane Reshaping during Endocytosis Is Revealed by Time-Resolved Electron Tomography. Cell. 150(3). 508–520. 258 indexed citations

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Kukulski, Wanda, Martin Schorb, Sonja Welsch, et al.. (2012). Precise, Correlated Fluorescence Microscopy and Electron Tomography of Lowicryl Sections Using Fluorescent Fiducial Markers. Methods in cell biology. 111. 235–257. 104 indexed citations

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Kukulski, Wanda, Martin Schorb, Sonja Welsch, et al.. (2011). Correlated fluorescence and 3D electron microscopy with high sensitivity and spatial precision. The Journal of Cell Biology. 192(1). 111–119. 342 indexed citations

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