Melanie Weilert

806 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 326 citations indexed

About

Melanie Weilert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Weilert has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 326 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Plant Science and 1 paper in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Melanie Weilert's work include RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (2 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (1 paper). Melanie Weilert is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (2 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (1 paper). Melanie Weilert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Melanie Weilert's co-authors include Julia Zeitlinger, Sabrina Krueger, Anshul Kundaje, Khyati Dalal, Julien Gagneur, Amr M. Alexandari, Žiga Avsec, Charles E. McAnany, Robin Fropf and Avanti Shrikumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Developmental Cell and Stem Cell Reports.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Weilert

4 papers receiving 322 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.

Base-resolution models of transcription-factor binding reveal soft motif syntax

2021 294 citations Žiga Avsec, Melanie Weilert et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie Weilert United States	3	300	40	33	26	11	4	326
Khyati Dalal United States	2	274 0.9×	38 0.9×	26 0.8×	25 1.0×	11 1.0×	2	295
Robin Fropf United States	3	281 0.9×	42 1.1×	27 0.8×	26 1.0×	12 1.1×	5	307
Amr M. Alexandari United States	2	351 1.2×	70 1.8×	40 1.2×	29 1.1×	14 1.3×	3	393
Shai Lubliner Israel	7	360 1.2×	44 1.1×	33 1.0×	10 0.4×	6 0.5×	7	373
Mhaned Oubounyt Germany	6	195 0.7×	14 0.3×	35 1.1×	19 0.7×	7 0.6×	13	237
Hila Sharim Israel	7	192 0.6×	25 0.6×	28 0.8×	29 1.1×	3 0.3×	8	218
Oluwatosin Oluwadare United States	10	263 0.9×	46 1.1×	96 2.9×	15 0.6×	6 0.5×	26	294
Ruijie Song United States	11	201 0.7×	40 1.0×	15 0.5×	24 0.9×	5 0.5×	18	266
Malika Saint India	6	358 1.2×	22 0.6×	38 1.2×	33 1.3×	4 0.4×	6	383

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melanie Weilert

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

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Dalal, Khyati, Charles E. McAnany, Melanie Weilert, et al.. (2025). Interpreting regulatory mechanisms of Hippo signaling through a deep learning sequence model. Cell Genomics. 5(4). 100821–100821. 1 indexed citations

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Gifford, Casey A., Melanie Weilert, Bárbara González‐Terán, et al.. (2023). The multi-lineage transcription factor ISL1 controls cardiomyocyte cell fate through interaction with NKX2.5. Stem Cell Reports. 18(11). 2138–2153. 4 indexed citations

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Weilert, Melanie, Sabrina Krueger, Anusri Pampari, et al.. (2023). Chromatin accessibility in the Drosophila embryo is determined by transcription factor pioneering and enhancer activation. Developmental Cell. 58(19). 1898–1916.e9. 27 indexed citations

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Avsec, Žiga, Melanie Weilert, Avanti Shrikumar, et al.. (2021). Base-resolution models of transcription-factor binding reveal soft motif syntax. Nature Genetics. 53(3). 354–366. 294 indexed citations breakdown →

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