Murielle Hofer

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Murielle Hofer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Murielle Hofer has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Murielle Hofer's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers). Murielle Hofer is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers). Murielle Hofer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Murielle Hofer's co-authors include Jeffrey H Miller, Michèle P. Calos, Alessandra M. Albertini, Jeffrey H Miller, Ursula Schmeissner, Philip J. Farabaugh, Ponzy Lu, Albert Schmitz, Hans Sommer and Christine Coulondre and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Molecular Biology and Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology.

In The Last Decade

Murielle Hofer

7 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

On the formation of spontaneous deletions: The importance... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1982 1978 200 400 600
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. On the formation of spontaneous deletions: The importance of short sequence homologies in the generation of large deletions
    1982 628 citations Alessandra M. Albertini, Murielle Hofer et al. Cell profile →
  2. Genetic studies of the lac repressor
    1978 483 citations Philip J. Farabaugh, Ursula Schmeissner et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Murielle Hofer Switzerland 6 1.1k 561 225 213 64 7 1.3k
T Itoh Japan 13 1.2k 1.2× 792 1.4× 130 0.6× 343 1.6× 47 0.7× 21 1.5k
Margaret Lieb United States 20 1.2k 1.1× 673 1.2× 114 0.5× 465 2.2× 78 1.2× 50 1.7k
Saeko Mizusawa Japan 8 949 0.9× 539 1.0× 126 0.6× 223 1.0× 21 0.3× 8 1.2k
Pál Venetianer Hungary 22 1.4k 1.3× 611 1.1× 107 0.5× 324 1.5× 17 0.3× 75 1.6k
P. Dupaigne France 16 927 0.9× 363 0.6× 82 0.4× 178 0.8× 73 1.1× 46 1.1k
Joyce Emrich United States 10 1.4k 1.3× 540 1.0× 155 0.7× 455 2.1× 186 2.9× 11 1.7k
Kazunori Sugimoto Japan 18 1.0k 1.0× 571 1.0× 128 0.6× 167 0.8× 15 0.2× 21 1.2k
Mikhail Bubunenko United States 24 1.5k 1.4× 746 1.3× 130 0.6× 332 1.6× 65 1.0× 34 1.7k
Randall M. Story United States 5 1.3k 1.3× 515 0.9× 77 0.3× 128 0.6× 44 0.7× 5 1.5k
Laurie S. Moran United States 15 1.1k 1.1× 505 0.9× 128 0.6× 345 1.6× 16 0.3× 23 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Murielle Hofer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Murielle Hofer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Murielle Hofer

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

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
1.
Miller, Jeffrey H, et al.. (1985). Construction of plasmids carrying lacI mutations. Journal of Molecular Biology. 182(1). 65–68. 7 indexed citations
2.
Albertini, Alberto, Murielle Hofer, M P Calos, Thea D. Tlsty, & Jeffrey H Miller. (1983). Analysis of Spontaneous Deletions and Gene Amplification in the lac Region of Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 47(0). 841–850. 19 indexed citations
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Albertini, Alessandra M., Murielle Hofer, Michèle P. Calos, & Jeffrey H Miller. (1982). On the formation of spontaneous deletions: The importance of short sequence homologies in the generation of large deletions. Cell. 29(2). 319–328. 628 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Miller, Jeffrey H, et al.. (1981). Further Correlations of the lacI Genetic Map with the DNA Sequence. Journal of Molecular Biology. 153(1). 65–66. 5 indexed citations
5.
Miller, Jeffrey H, et al.. (1980). Genetic analysis of transpositions in the lac region of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 144(1). 1–18. 39 indexed citations
6.
Miller, Jeffrey H, Christine Coulondre, Murielle Hofer, et al.. (1979). Genetic studies of the lac repressor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 131(2). 191–222. 118 indexed citations
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Farabaugh, Philip J., Ursula Schmeissner, Murielle Hofer, & Jeffrey H Miller. (1978). Genetic studies of the lac repressor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 126(4). 847–863. 483 indexed citations breakdown →

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