Matthias Pechmann

2.7k total citations
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Matthias Pechmann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Pechmann has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Matthias Pechmann's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (23 papers), Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (16 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (10 papers). Matthias Pechmann is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (23 papers), Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies (16 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (10 papers). Matthias Pechmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Matthias Pechmann's co-authors include Wim G.M. Damen, Evelyn E. Schwager, Nikola-Michael Prpíc, Alistair P. McGregor, Natascha Turetzek, Natália Martins Feitosa, Sara Khadjeh, Ralf Janßen, Maarten Hilbrant and Michael Schoppmeier and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Pechmann

33 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthias Pechmann Germany 19 724 444 211 210 202 34 1.1k
Evelyn E. Schwager United States 22 829 1.1× 517 1.2× 216 1.0× 266 1.3× 187 0.9× 26 1.3k
Yasuko Akiyama‐Oda Japan 19 713 1.0× 319 0.7× 107 0.5× 217 1.0× 200 1.0× 30 929
Reinhard Schröder Germany 20 1.1k 1.5× 457 1.0× 243 1.2× 112 0.5× 344 1.7× 28 1.4k
Nikola-Michael Prpíc Germany 27 1.2k 1.6× 760 1.7× 506 2.4× 310 1.5× 346 1.7× 60 1.8k
Aleksandar Popadić United States 20 457 0.6× 445 1.0× 365 1.7× 77 0.4× 310 1.5× 32 981
Michael Schoppmeier Germany 16 1.1k 1.5× 350 0.8× 187 0.9× 112 0.5× 246 1.2× 24 1.3k
David R. Angelini United States 14 398 0.5× 359 0.8× 317 1.5× 64 0.3× 218 1.1× 24 812
Elizabeth L. Jockusch United States 22 558 0.8× 671 1.5× 506 2.4× 496 2.4× 115 0.6× 54 1.5k
Nathan J. Kenny United Kingdom 21 450 0.6× 241 0.5× 100 0.5× 183 0.9× 194 1.0× 51 1.1k
Maarten Hilbrant United Kingdom 13 266 0.4× 256 0.6× 113 0.5× 72 0.3× 140 0.7× 15 517

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Pechmann

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All Works

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Schönauer, Anna, Saad Arif, Daniel J. Leite, et al.. (2025). Development and patterning of a highly versatile visual system in spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2042). 20242069–20242069. 1 indexed citations
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Pechmann, Matthias, et al.. (2025). Gene and Genome Duplication in Spiders. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 344(7). 379–393.
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Budd, Graham E., et al.. (2024). Single-cell sequencing suggests a conserved function of Hedgehog-signalling in spider eye development. EvoDevo. 15(1). 11–11. 4 indexed citations
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Leite, Daniel J., Anna Schönauer, Nathan J. Kenny, et al.. (2024). An atlas of spider development at single-cell resolution provides new insights into arthropod embryogenesis. EvoDevo. 15(1). 7 indexed citations
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Janßen, Ralf & Matthias Pechmann. (2023). Expression of posterior Hox genes and opisthosomal appendage development in a mygalomorph spider. Development Genes and Evolution. 233(2). 107–121. 1 indexed citations
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Prpíc, Nikola-Michael & Matthias Pechmann. (2022). Extraembryonic tissue in chelicerates: a review and outlook. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1865). 20210269–20210269. 3 indexed citations
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Janßen, Ralf, Natascha Turetzek, & Matthias Pechmann. (2022). Lack of evidence for conserved parasegmental grooves in arthropods. Development Genes and Evolution. 232(1). 27–37. 3 indexed citations
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Pechmann, Matthias & Nikola-Michael Prpíc. (2021). The T-box gene optomotor-blind organizes proximodistal leg patterning in the beetle Tribolium castaneum by repressing dorsal Dpp pathway activity. Developmental Biology. 482. 124–134. 1 indexed citations
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Janßen, Ralf, Matthias Pechmann, & Natascha Turetzek. (2021). A chelicerate Wnt gene expression atlas: novel insights into the complexity of arthropod Wnt-patterning. EvoDevo. 12(1). 12–12. 21 indexed citations
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Benton, Matthew, Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca, Cornelia von Levetzow, et al.. (2019). Fog signaling has diverse roles in epithelial morphogenesis in insects. eLife. 8. 17 indexed citations
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Pechmann, Matthias, Matthew Benton, Nathan J. Kenny, Nico Posnien, & Siegfried Roth. (2017). A novel role for Ets4 in axis specification and cell migration in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. eLife. 6. 22 indexed citations
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Pechmann, Matthias. (2016). Formation of the germ-disc in spider embryos by a condensation-like mechanism. Frontiers in Zoology. 13(1). 35–35. 13 indexed citations
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Benton, Matthew, Matthias Pechmann, Dominik Stappert, et al.. (2016). Toll Genes Have an Ancestral Role in Axis Elongation. Current Biology. 26(12). 1609–1615. 62 indexed citations
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Posnien, Nico, Evelyn E. Schwager, Matthias Pechmann, et al.. (2014). A Comprehensive Reference Transcriptome Resource for the Common House Spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e104885–e104885. 54 indexed citations
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Khadjeh, Sara, Natascha Turetzek, Matthias Pechmann, et al.. (2012). Divergent role of the Hox gene Antennapedia in spiders is responsible for the convergent evolution of abdominal limb repression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(13). 4921–4926. 45 indexed citations
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Pechmann, Matthias, Sara Khadjeh, Natascha Turetzek, et al.. (2011). Novel Function of Distal-less as a Gap Gene during Spider Segmentation. PLoS Genetics. 7(10). e1002342–e1002342. 42 indexed citations
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Pechmann, Matthias, et al.. (2010). Evolutionary plasticity of collier function in head development of diverse arthropods. Developmental Biology. 344(1). 363–376. 26 indexed citations
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Schwager, Evelyn E., Matthias Pechmann, Natália Martins Feitosa, Alistair P. McGregor, & Wim G.M. Damen. (2009). hunchback Functions as a Segmentation Gene in the Spider Achaearanea tepidariorum. Current Biology. 19(16). 1333–1340. 47 indexed citations

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