Michael Wegner
Impact in
- Developmental Neuroscience top 0.02%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Cancer Research top 0.2%
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
Papers in
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- RNA Research and Splicing 46
- Congenital heart defects research 31
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 24
- RNA regulation and disease 22
- Genetics 67
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities 31
- Co-authors
- Elisabeth Sock (61 shared papers)C. Claus Stolt (28 shared papers)Michael G. Rosenfeld (6 shared papers)Petra Lommes (10 shared papers)Irm Hermans‐Borgmeyer (9 shared papers)Kirsten Kuhlbrodt (7 shared papers)Dieter Riethmacher (6 shared papers)Beate Herbarth (6 shared papers)
- Journals
- Glia (22 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (18 papers)Development (11 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (10 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (10 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Michael Wegner
259 papers receiving 19.9k citations
Michael Wegner's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 160
- Developmental Neuroscience 4.3k
- Cancer Research 3.6k
- Molecular Biology 11.9k
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3.0k
- Genetics 4.3k
Countries citing papers authored by Michael Wegner
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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Wegner
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 267 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Competing waves of oligodendrocytes in the forebrain and postnatal elimination of an embryonic lineage Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 883 |
| 2 | From head to toes: the multiple facets of Sox proteins Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 738 |
| 3 | The transcription factor Sox10 is a key regulator of peripheral glial development Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 727 |
| 4 | Sox10, a Novel Transcriptional Modulator in Glial Cells Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 671 |
| 5 | SOX10 mutations in patients with Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 619 |
| 6 | Terminal differentiation of myelin-forming oligodendrocytes depends on the transcription factor Sox10 Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 528 |
| 7 | The Sox9 transcription factor determines glial fate choice in the developing spinal cord Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 514 |
| 8 | 2004 | 456 | |
| 9 | 2005 | 351 | |
| 10 | 1992 | 348 | |
| 11 | 2004 | 325 | |
| 12 | 1998 | 295 | |
| 13 | 2001 | 264 | |
| 14 | 1999 | 232 | |
| 15 | 2006 | 225 | |
| 16 | 2004 | 222 | |
| 17 | 1993 | 221 | |
| 18 | 1991 | 209 | |
| 19 | 2013 | 198 | |
| 20 | 1998 | 193 |
About Michael Wegner
Michael Wegner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 267 papers that have together received 20.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (62 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (51 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (46 papers), Congenital heart defects research (31 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (31 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (24 papers), RNA regulation and disease (22 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (4.3k citations), Cancer Research (3.6k citations), Molecular Biology (11.9k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3.0k citations) and Genetics (4.3k citations). Michael Wegner has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Elisabeth Sock, C. Claus Stolt, Michael G. Rosenfeld, Petra Lommes, Irm Hermans‐Borgmeyer, Kirsten Kuhlbrodt, Dieter Riethmacher, Beate Herbarth, William D. Richardson and Nicoletta Kessaris. Their work appears in journals such as Glia, Nucleic Acids Research, Development, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Journal of Biological Chemistry.
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