Michael Wagner

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Wagner is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Wagner has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 36 papers in Demography and 35 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Michael Wagner's work include Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (30 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (22 papers) and Social and Demographic Issues in Germany (15 papers). Michael Wagner is often cited by papers focused on Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (30 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (22 papers) and Social and Demographic Issues in Germany (15 papers). Michael Wagner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Michael Wagner's co-authors include Clara H. Mulder, Thomas M. Jessell, M.A.Q. Siddiqui, Bin Han, Gregor Eichele, Christina Thaller, Bernd Weiß, Emanuel Gautier, Christoph Sommer and M. Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Wagner

158 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Synapsins: Mosaics of Shared and Individual Domains in a Family of Synaptic Vesicle Phosphoproteins

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Wagner Germany	34	1.6k	1.3k	996	973	776	173	5.1k
John D. Porter United States	47	1.9k 1.2×	539 0.4×	531 0.5×	716 0.7×	27 0.0×	110	7.6k
Hiroshi Azuma Japan	46	1.5k 0.9×	564 0.4×	506 0.5×	337 0.3×	141 0.2×	329	8.3k
Margaret O’Brien United Kingdom	38	792 0.5×	285 0.2×	1.6k 1.6×	285 0.3×	571 0.7×	156	5.8k
Patricia A. Wood United States	48	1.3k 0.8×	198 0.2×	820 0.8×	282 0.3×	158 0.2×	151	7.5k
William C. Nichols United States	50	2.5k 1.6×	618 0.5×	217 0.2×	576 0.6×	74 0.1×	177	11.1k
Harvey Kushner United States	49	1.2k 0.8×	489 0.4×	791 0.8×	3.0k 3.1×	25 0.0×	171	10.4k
Hye‐Kyung Lee South Korea	37	1.8k 1.1×	554 0.4×	429 0.4×	281 0.3×	101 0.1×	304	4.9k
A.H. Bittles Australia	41	866 0.5×	259 0.2×	467 0.5×	907 0.9×	256 0.3×	175	7.3k
Guy T’Sjoen Belgium	59	2.0k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	216 0.2×	44 0.1×	278	12.0k
Christine M Hall United Kingdom	33	2.6k 1.6×	597 0.5×	326 0.3×	400 0.4×	59 0.1×	131	7.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Wagner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Wagner

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kaspar, Roman, et al.. (2024). Successful Life Conduct in Very Old Age: Theoretical Implications and Empirical Support from a Population-Based Study. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 19(4). 1–25.

Kleinman, Mary B., Julia W. Felton, Annabelle M. Belcher, et al.. (2024). Reduction in substance use stigma following a peer-recovery specialist behavioral activation intervention. International Journal of Drug Policy. 130. 104511–104511. 6 indexed citations

Wagner, Michael, et al.. (2023). Spouses' division of labor and marital stability: Applying the multiple-equilibrium theory to cohort trends of divorce in East and West Germany. Journal of Family Research. 35. 212–231. 2 indexed citations

Krapf, Sandra, et al.. (2021). Housing density and its consequences for couples in Germany: staying, moving, or breaking up?. Housing Studies. 38(8). 1560–1588. 5 indexed citations

Krapf, Sandra & Michael Wagner. (2020). Housing Affordability, Housing Tenure Status and Household Density: Are Housing Characteristics Associated with Union Dissolution?. European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie. 36(4). 735–764. 9 indexed citations

Wagner, Michael, et al.. (2019). Aufmerksamkeit von Menschen mit schwerer Behinderung als Indikatorfunktion zur Initiierung von Bildungsprozessen. 136–145.

Wagner, Michael, et al.. (2018). Non-response in surveys of very old people. European Journal of Ageing. 16(2). 249–258. 31 indexed citations

Fang, Fang, Joanne M. Munck, Jessica Tang, et al.. (2014). The Novel, Small-Molecule DNA Methylation Inhibitor SGI-110 as an Ovarian Cancer Chemosensitizer. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(24). 6504–6516. 81 indexed citations

Wagner, Michael, et al.. (2012). Neue Befunde zur Pluralität der Lebensformen. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Chaudhry, Parvesh, Xiaochun Yang, Michael Wagner, Ambrose Jong, & Lingtao Wu. (2011). Retinoid-Regulated FGF8f Secretion by Osteoblasts Bypasses Retinoid Stimuli to Mediate Granulocytic Differentiation of Myeloid Leukemia Cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 11(2). 267–276. 6 indexed citations

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Wagner, Michael, et al.. (2010). Das ROLEX Learning Center der EPFL in Lausanne. Beton- und Stahlbetonbau. 105(4). 248–259. 2 indexed citations

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Wagner, Michael & M.A.Q. Siddiqui. (2007). Signal transduction in early heart development (I): cardiogenic induction and heart tube formation.. PubMed. 232(7). 852–65. 49 indexed citations

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Wagner, Michael, et al.. (2006). Open Fractures and Infection. Acta chirurgiae orthopaedicae et traumatologiae Cechoslovaca. 73(5). 301–312. 34 indexed citations

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Wagner, Michael & Bernd Weiß. (2005). Konflikte in Partnerschaften: erste Befunde der Kölner Paarbefragung. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(3). 217–250. 3 indexed citations

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Wagner, Michael, et al.. (1999). Wahlbeteiligung im hohen und sehr hohen Alter: Ergebnisse der Berliner Altersstudie. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 51(4). 681–705. 8 indexed citations

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Wagner, Michael. (1998). Detection and Measurement of Retinoic Acid Production by Isolated Tissues Using Retinoic Acid-Sensitive Reporter Cell Lines. Humana Press eBooks. 89. 41–53. 5 indexed citations

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Wagner, Michael & Andreas Motel-Klingebiel. (1996). Die Qualität der Einkommensmessung bei alten Menschen. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 48(3). 493–512. 6 indexed citations

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Wagner, Michael. (1996). Lebensverläufe und gesellschaftlicher Wandel: die westdeutschen Teilstudien. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 20–27. 11 indexed citations

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Kwasny, O., R. Kdolsky, R. Schabus, & Michael Wagner. (1991). [Control arthroscopy following alloplastically augmented anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction].. PubMed. 21(5). 209–14. 1 indexed citations

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Wagner, Michael. (1989). Räumliche Mobilität im Lebensverlauf : eine empirische Untersuchung sozialer Bedingungen der Migration. 35 indexed citations

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