Michael Schorpp

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Schorpp is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Schorpp has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Immunology and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Schorpp's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (18 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (15 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (13 papers). Michael Schorpp is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (18 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (15 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (13 papers). Michael Schorpp collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Michael Schorpp's co-authors include Thomas Boehm, Michael Nehls, Dietmar Pfeifer, Hans J. Hedrich, Max D. Cooper, Nathanael McCurley, Isabell Hess, Masayuki Hirano, Thomas Schlake and Cristian Soza‐Ried and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Schorpp

47 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. New member of the winged-helix protein family disrupted in mouse and rat nude mutations
    1994 521 citations Michael Nehls, Dietmar Pfeifer et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Schorpp Germany 25 1.3k 1.2k 544 333 216 47 2.6k
Norihiko Ohbayashi Japan 29 303 0.2× 2.0k 1.6× 1.1k 2.0× 476 1.4× 244 1.1× 59 2.8k
Donald G. McEwen United States 18 716 0.5× 3.3k 2.7× 944 1.7× 865 2.6× 293 1.4× 23 4.3k
Laurel A. Raftery United States 29 203 0.2× 2.8k 2.3× 656 1.2× 427 1.3× 217 1.0× 47 3.3k
Rosemary F. Bachvarova United States 36 494 0.4× 2.9k 2.4× 287 0.5× 1.4k 4.1× 83 0.4× 50 4.4k
Yoshiaki Kikkawa Japan 28 140 0.1× 1.1k 0.9× 342 0.6× 683 2.1× 100 0.5× 89 2.3k
Ritsuko Takada Japan 28 202 0.2× 4.0k 3.2× 668 1.2× 770 2.3× 361 1.7× 44 4.5k
Catherine M. Abbott United Kingdom 27 172 0.1× 1.8k 1.4× 208 0.4× 577 1.7× 264 1.2× 96 2.4k
Olivier Destrée Netherlands 34 293 0.2× 5.2k 4.2× 556 1.0× 1.0k 3.1× 623 2.9× 80 6.1k
Steve Gschmeissner United Kingdom 17 172 0.1× 927 0.7× 706 1.3× 214 0.6× 274 1.3× 23 2.0k
Monique Coltey France 21 680 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 181 0.3× 485 1.5× 65 0.3× 32 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Schorpp

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Schorpp

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Schorpp

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Schorpp. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Schorpp 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 Michael Schorpp. Michael Schorpp 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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Soza‐Ried, Cristian, Norimasa Iwanami, Göran Bylund, et al.. (2024). Antagonistic interactions safeguard mitotic propagation of genetic and epigenetic information in zebrafish. Communications Biology. 7(1). 31–31. 3 indexed citations
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Swann, Jeremy B., et al.. (2023). A survey of the adaptive immune genes of the polka-dot batfish Ogcocephalus cubifrons. BMC Immunology. 24(1). 20–20. 1 indexed citations
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Hess, Isabell, et al.. (2022). Stage-specific and cell type-specific requirements of ikzf1 during haematopoietic differentiation in zebrafish. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 21401–21401. 5 indexed citations
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Morimoto, Ryo, et al.. (2021). Evolution of thymopoietic microenvironments. Open Biology. 11(2). 200383–200383. 8 indexed citations
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Iwanami, Norimasa, et al.. (2017). A missense mutation in zbtb17 blocks the earliest steps of T cell differentiation in zebrafish. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44145–44145. 10 indexed citations
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Iwanami, Norimasa, Katarzyna Sikora, Andreas S. Richter, et al.. (2016). Forward Genetic Screens in Zebrafish Identify Pre-mRNA-Processing Pathways Regulating Early T Cell Development. Cell Reports. 17(9). 2259–2270. 27 indexed citations
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Iwanami, Norimasa, et al.. (2016). Studying the adaptive immune system in zebrafish by transplantation of hematopoietic precursor cells. Methods in cell biology. 138. 151–161. 13 indexed citations
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Bajoghli, Baubak, Narges Aghaallaei, Masayuki Hirano, et al.. (2011). A thymus candidate in lampreys. Nature. 470(7332). 90–94. 148 indexed citations
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Iwanami, Norimasa, Fernando Mateos, Isabell Hess, et al.. (2011). Genetic Evidence for an Evolutionarily Conserved Role of IL-7 Signaling in T Cell Development of Zebrafish. The Journal of Immunology. 186(12). 7060–7066. 46 indexed citations
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Mönnich, Maren, Isabell Hess, Csanád Z. Bachrati, et al.. (2010). Developing T lymphocytes are uniquely sensitive to a lack of topoisomerase III alpha. European Journal of Immunology. 40(9). 2379–2384. 17 indexed citations
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Bajoghli, Baubak, Narges Aghaallaei, Isabell Hess, et al.. (2009). Evolution of Genetic Networks Underlying the Emergence of Thymopoiesis in Vertebrates. Cell. 138(1). 186–197. 150 indexed citations
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Soza‐Ried, Cristian, Conrad C. Bleul, Michael Schorpp, & Thomas Boehm. (2008). Maintenance of Thymic Epithelial Phenotype Requires Extrinsic Signals in Mouse and Zebrafish. The Journal of Immunology. 181(8). 5272–5277. 48 indexed citations
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Schorpp, Michael, et al.. (2000). Evolutionary conservation of gene structures of the Pax1/9 gene family. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1492(2-3). 517–521. 11 indexed citations
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Schlake, Thomas, Michael Schorpp, & Thomas Boehm. (2000). Formation of regulator/target gene relationships during evolution. Gene. 256(1-2). 29–34. 22 indexed citations
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Schlake, Thomas, Michael Schorpp, Andrea Maul‐Pavicic, А. М. Малашенко, & Thomas Boehm. (2000). Forkhead/winged-helix transcription factor whn regulates hair keratin gene expression: Molecular analysis of theNude skin phenotype. Developmental Dynamics. 217(4). 368–376. 65 indexed citations
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Schorpp, Michael, et al.. (2000). Genetically separable determinants of hair keratin gene expression. Developmental Dynamics. 218(3). 537–543. 25 indexed citations
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Schorpp, Michael, Richard Jäger, K. Schellander, et al.. (1996). The Human Ubiquitin C Promoter Directs High Ubiquitous Expression of Transgenes in Mice. Nucleic Acids Research. 24(9). 1787–1788. 164 indexed citations
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Nehls, Michael, Michael Schorpp, Dietmar Pfeifer, et al.. (1995). YAC/P1 contigs defining the location of 56 microsatellite markers and several genes across a 3.4-cM interval on mouse Chromosome 11. Mammalian Genome. 6(5). 321–331. 26 indexed citations
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Nehls, Michael, Michael Schorpp, & Thomas Boehm. (1995). An intragenic deletion in the human PTPN6 gene affects transcriptional activity. Human Genetics. 95(6). 713–5. 7 indexed citations
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Nehls, Michael, et al.. (1994). A yeast artificial chromosome contig on mouse chromosome 11 encompassing the nu locus. European Journal of Immunology. 24(7). 1721–1723. 12 indexed citations

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