Matthias Wiens

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Matthias Wiens is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Wiens has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Biotechnology, 52 papers in Biomaterials and 35 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Matthias Wiens's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (77 papers), Diatoms and Algae Research (44 papers) and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (30 papers). Matthias Wiens is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (77 papers), Diatoms and Algae Research (44 papers) and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (30 papers). Matthias Wiens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Croatia. Matthias Wiens's co-authors include Wernér E.G. Müller, Heinz C. Schröder, Xiaohong Wang, Ute Schloßmacher, Isabel M. Müller, Michael Korzhev, Anatoli Krasko, Renato Batel, Sanja Perović‐Ottstadt and Hiroshi Ushijima and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Wiens

127 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

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Peers

Matthias Wiens

BIOTE

BIOMA

PALEO

Isabel M. Müller Germany

Anatoli Krasko Germany

Micha Ilan Israel

Karlheinz Mann Germany

Fred H. Wilt United States

Benjamin Marie France

Giuseppe Falini Italy

Manfred Sumper Germany

Franz Brümmer Germany

Rainer Deutzmann Germany

Isabel M. Müller Germany

Matthias Wiens

2.7k ×1.5

BIOTE

905 ×0.5

BIOMA

1.2k ×0.9

501 ×0.6

PALEO

912 ×1.2

Citations per year, relative to Matthias Wiens Matthias Wiens (= 1×) peers Isabel M. Müller

Countries citing papers authored by Matthias Wiens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Wiens

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

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Elkhooly, Tarek A., et al.. (2014). Bioinspired self-assembly of tyrosinase-modified silicatein and fluorescent core–shell silica spheres. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 9(4). 44001–44001. 7 indexed citations

Henry, Joël, Benoı̂t Bernay, Andrés Ritter, et al.. (2014). Cellular Effects of Bacterial N-3-Oxo-Dodecanoyl-L-Homoserine Lactone on the Sponge Suberites domuncula (Olivi, 1792): Insights into an Intimate Inter-Kingdom Dialogue. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e97662–e97662. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaohong, Heinz C. Schröder, Matthias Wiens, Ute Schloßmacher, & Wernér E.G. Müller. (2012). Biosilica. Advances in marine biology. 62. 231–271. 23 indexed citations

Schröder, Heinz C., Matthias Wiens, Xiaohong Wang, Ute Schloßmacher, & Wernér E.G. Müller. (2011). Biosilica-Based Strategies for Treatment of Osteoporosis and Other Bone Diseases. Progress in molecular and subcellular biology. 52. 283–312. 12 indexed citations

Wiens, Matthias, Xiaohong Wang, Ute Schloßmacher, et al.. (2010). Osteogenic Potential of Biosilica on Human Osteoblast-Like (SaOS-2) Cells. Calcified Tissue International. 87(6). 513–524. 108 indexed citations

Natálio, Filipe, Thorben Link, Wernér E.G. Müller, et al.. (2010). Bioengineering of the silica-polymerizing enzyme silicatein-α for a targeted application to hydroxyapatite. Acta Biomaterialia. 6(9). 3720–3728. 37 indexed citations

Wiens, Matthias, Vladislav A. Grebenjuk, Heinz C. Schröder, Isabel M. Müller, & Wernér E.G. Müller. (2009). Identification and Isolation of a Retrotransposon from the Freshwater Sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis: Implication in Rapid Evolution of Endemic Sponges. Progress in molecular and subcellular biology. 47. 207–234. 4 indexed citations

Müller, Wernér E.G., Xiaohong Wang, Fuzhai Cui, et al.. (2009). Sponge spicules as blueprints for the biofabrication of inorganic–organic composites and biomaterials. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 83(3). 397–413. 111 indexed citations

Wiens, Matthias, Melanie Bausen, Filipe Natálio, et al.. (2009). The role of the silicatein-α interactor silintaphin-1 in biomimetic biomineralization. Biomaterials. 30(8). 1648–1656. 57 indexed citations

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Wiens, Matthias, С. И. Беликов, Teresa Adell, et al.. (2007). Regional and modular expression of morphogenetic factors in the demosponge Lubomirskia baicalensis. Micron. 39(4). 447–460. 11 indexed citations

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Müller, Wernér E.G., Alexandra Boreiko, Xiaohong Wang, et al.. (2007). Silicateins, the major biosilica forming enzymes present in demosponges: Protein analysis and phylogenetic relationship. Gene. 395(1-2). 62–71. 62 indexed citations

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Wiens, Matthias, С. И. Беликов, Heinz C. Schröder, et al.. (2006). Axial (Apical-Basal) Expression of Pro-apoptotic and Pro-survival Genes in the Lake Baikal Demosponge Lubomirskia baicalensis. DNA and Cell Biology. 25(3). 152–164. 12 indexed citations

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Wiens, Matthias, et al.. (2006). Toll-Like Receptors Are Part of the Innate Immune Defense System of Sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(3). 792–804. 123 indexed citations

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Perović‐Ottstadt, Sanja, Teresa Adell, Peter Proksch, et al.. (2004). A (1→3)‐β‐d‐glucan recognition protein from the sponge Suberites domuncula. European Journal of Biochemistry. 271(10). 1924–1937. 64 indexed citations

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Müller, Wernér E.G., Heinz C. Schröder, Matthias Wiens, et al.. (2004). Traditional and Modern Biomedical Prospecting: Part II—The Benefits. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 1(2). 133–144. 47 indexed citations

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Wiens, Matthias, Anatoli Krasko, Sanja Perović, & Wernér E.G. Müller. (2003). Caspase-mediated apoptosis in sponges: cloning and function of the phylogenetic oldest apoptotic proteases from Metazoa. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1593(2-3). 179–189. 57 indexed citations

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Wiens, Matthias, Alfonso Mangoni, Mark D’Esposito, et al.. (2003). The Molecular Basis for the Evolution of the Metazoan Bodyplan: Extracellular Matrix-Mediated Morphogenesis in Marine Demosponges. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57(S1). S60–S75. 44 indexed citations

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Wiens, Matthias, B Diehl-Seifert, & Wernér E.G. Müller. (2001). Sponge Bcl-2 homologous protein (BHP2-GC) confers distinct stress resistance to human HEK-293 cells. Cell Death and Differentiation. 8(9). 887–898. 46 indexed citations

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Wiens, Matthias, et al.. (1998). Induction of gene expression of the chaperones <t-1>14-3-3 and HSP70 by PCB 118 (2,3',4,4',5-pentachloro<t0>biphenyl) in the marine sponge Geodia cydonium:novel biomarkers for polychlorinated biphenyls. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 165. 247–257. 87 indexed citations

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Schröder, Heinz C., Farid A. Badria, Renato Batel, et al.. (1998). Inhibitory effects of extracts from the marine alga Caulerpa taxifolia and of toxin from Caulerpa racemosa on multixenobiotic resistance in the marine sponge Geodia cydonium. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 5(2). 119–126. 38 indexed citations

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