Michael Zech

2.7k total citations
77 papers, 816 citations indexed

About

Michael Zech is a scholar working on Genetics, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Zech has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 816 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Genetics, 30 papers in Neurology and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Zech's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (24 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (22 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (21 papers). Michael Zech is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (24 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (22 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (21 papers). Michael Zech collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and Czechia. Michael Zech's co-authors include Bernhard Haslinger, Juliane Winkelmann, Angela Jochim, Sylvia Boesch, Juliane Winkelmann, Daniel D. Lam, Wolfgang Wieser, Robert Jech, Werner Poewe and Riccardo Berutti and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michael Zech

70 papers receiving 807 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Zech Germany 15 344 282 269 265 70 77 816
Yorck Hellenbroich Germany 17 235 0.7× 661 2.3× 527 2.0× 277 1.0× 62 0.9× 44 952
Sibylle Jakubiczka Germany 21 180 0.5× 814 2.9× 261 1.0× 606 2.3× 49 0.7× 54 1.4k
Shinichi Katada Japan 9 251 0.7× 383 1.4× 311 1.2× 62 0.2× 58 0.8× 19 701
Miriam Elbracht Germany 20 140 0.4× 588 2.1× 116 0.4× 541 2.0× 39 0.6× 63 1.1k
Andrée Robaglia‐Schlupp France 16 138 0.4× 399 1.4× 419 1.6× 140 0.5× 84 1.2× 30 1.0k
Dong-Hui Chen United States 9 127 0.4× 370 1.3× 277 1.0× 83 0.3× 39 0.6× 10 579
Birgit Zirn Germany 19 129 0.4× 689 2.4× 133 0.5× 419 1.6× 77 1.1× 33 1.1k
Darren T. Oystreck Saudi Arabia 19 197 0.6× 386 1.4× 139 0.5× 336 1.3× 80 1.1× 49 1.1k
A. V. Polyakov Russia 14 146 0.4× 415 1.5× 312 1.2× 188 0.7× 116 1.7× 133 976
Elisabeth Rosser United Kingdom 17 173 0.5× 657 2.3× 301 1.1× 347 1.3× 138 2.0× 35 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Zech

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wirth, Thomas, Kishore R. Kumar, & Michael Zech. (2025). Long‐Read Sequencing: The Third Generation of Diagnostic Testing for Dystonia. Movement Disorders. 40(6). 1009–1019. 2 indexed citations
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Andreasi, Nico Golfrè, Sara Rinaldo, Zvi Israel, et al.. (2025). Spiking Patterns in the Globus Pallidus Highlight Convergent Neural Dynamics across Diverse Genetic Dystonia Syndromes. Annals of Neurology. 97(5). 826–844. 3 indexed citations
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Shoeibi, Ali, Ariane Sadr‐Nabavi, Michael Zech, et al.. (2025). AOPEP ‐Related Dystonia with Supranuclear Vertical Gaze Palsy. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 12(10). 1647–1652.
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Indelicato, Elisabetta, et al.. (2025). Insights on the Shared Genetic Landscape of Neurodevelopmental and Movement Disorders. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. 25(1). 24–24.
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Kollman, Justin M., et al.. (2025). Purine Metabolism and Dystonia: Perspectives of a Long‐Promised Relationship. Annals of Neurology. 97(5). 809–825. 1 indexed citations
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Boesch, Sylvia & Michael Zech. (2025). AOPEP-related autosomal recessive dystonia: update on Zech-Boesch syndrome. Journal of Medical Genetics. 62(6). 388–395. 2 indexed citations
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Romito, Luigi, Barbara Garavaglia, Mario Fichera, et al.. (2024). Myoclonus and Dystonia as Recurrent Presenting Features in Patients with the SCA21-Associated TMEM240 p.Pro170Leu Variant. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. 14(1). 16–16.
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Indelicato, Elisabetta, Sylvia Boesch, Lara M. Lange, et al.. (2024). Genome Aggregation Database Version 4—Allele Frequency Changes and Impact on Variant Interpretation in Dystonia. Movement Disorders. 40(2). 357–362. 2 indexed citations
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Wilhelm, Christian, et al.. (2023). De novo retinoic acid receptor beta (RARB) variant associated with microphthalmia and dystonia. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 66(8). 104802–104802. 2 indexed citations
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Indelicato, Elisabetta, Sylvia Boesch, Niccolò E. Mencacci, et al.. (2023). Dystonia in ATP Synthase Defects: Reconnecting Mitochondria and Dopamine. Movement Disorders. 39(1). 29–35. 3 indexed citations
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Reid, Kimberley M., Dora Steel, Sanjana Nair, et al.. (2023). Loss-of-Function Variants in DRD1 in Infantile Parkinsonism-Dystonia. Cells. 12(7). 1046–1046. 3 indexed citations
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Indelicato, Elisabetta, Michael Zech, Iris Unterberger, et al.. (2023). New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus Due to a Novel MT-TF Variant. Neurology Genetics. 9(2). e200063–e200063. 2 indexed citations
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Reuter, Miriam S., Michael Zech, Maja Hempel, et al.. (2022). Biallelic PAN2 variants in individuals with a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder and multiple congenital anomalies. European Journal of Human Genetics. 30(5). 611–618. 3 indexed citations
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Monfrini, Edoardo, Michael Zech, Dora Steel, et al.. (2021). HOPS-associated neurological disorders (HOPSANDs): linking endolysosomal dysfunction to the pathogenesis of dystonia. Brain. 144(9). 2610–2615. 24 indexed citations
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Pfister, Robert M., et al.. (2021). Deep Brain Stimulation in KMT2B-Related Dystonia: Case Report and Review of the Literature With Special Emphasis on Dysarthria and Speech. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 662910–662910. 4 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, Theresa Brunet, Matěj Škorvánek, et al.. (2020). Recessive null-allele variants in MAG associated with spastic ataxia, nystagmus, neuropathy, and dystonia. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 77. 70–75. 4 indexed citations
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Amprosi, Matthias, Michael Zech, Ruth Steiger, et al.. (2020). Familial writer’s cramp: a clinical clue for inherited coenzyme Q10 deficiency. Neurogenetics. 22(1). 81–86. 5 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, Sylvia Boesch, Esther M. Maier, et al.. (2016). Haploinsufficiency of KMT2B, Encoding the Lysine-Specific Histone Methyltransferase 2B, Results in Early-Onset Generalized Dystonia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 99(6). 1377–1387. 99 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, Sylvia Boesch, Angela Jochim, et al.. (2015). Large-scale TUBB4A mutational screening in isolated dystonia and controls. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 21(10). 1278–1281. 6 indexed citations
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Zech, Michael, Daniel D. Lam, Ludmila Francescatto, et al.. (2015). Recessive Mutations in the α3 (VI) Collagen Gene COL6A3 Cause Early-Onset Isolated Dystonia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 96(6). 883–893. 61 indexed citations

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