Nils Becker

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Nils Becker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nils Becker has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Surgery and 3 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Nils Becker's work include Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (3 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (2 papers). Nils Becker is often cited by papers focused on Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (3 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (2 papers). Nils Becker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Nils Becker's co-authors include Yongjie Wei, Beth Levine, Christina M. Lockwood, Zhongju Zou, Christopher L. Colbert, Govind Bhagat, Prasad Koduru, Matthew Anderson, Michael Peyton and Robert W. Veltri and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Nils Becker

16 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

EGFR-Mediated Beclin 1 Phosphorylation in Autophagy Suppression, Tumor Progression, and Tumor Chemoresistance

2013 425 citations Yongjie Wei, Zhongju Zou et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nils Becker United States	13	526	467	183	148	138	16	1.2k
Suyue Wang United States	11	1.1k 2.0×	275 0.6×	100 0.5×	93 0.6×	109 0.8×	15	1.5k
Xiaoling Liu China	24	788 1.5×	292 0.6×	329 1.8×	83 0.6×	129 0.9×	95	1.6k
Adrian Keogh Switzerland	26	701 1.3×	532 1.1×	221 1.2×	166 1.1×	101 0.7×	55	1.8k
Ursula Andréo United States	14	568 1.1×	482 1.0×	426 2.3×	131 0.9×	85 0.6×	18	1.4k
Denis Rousseau France	21	1.1k 2.2×	344 0.7×	112 0.6×	209 1.4×	115 0.8×	35	1.6k
Kamini Singh United States	18	1.2k 2.2×	272 0.6×	257 1.4×	173 1.2×	189 1.4×	30	1.8k
Daniel Grasso Argentina	19	529 1.0×	539 1.2×	147 0.8×	251 1.7×	92 0.7×	45	1.2k
Yansheng Feng China	18	1.0k 1.9×	216 0.5×	302 1.7×	365 2.5×	193 1.4×	38	1.7k
Isabelle Cohen France	17	1.0k 1.9×	169 0.4×	109 0.6×	200 1.4×	184 1.3×	21	1.4k
Jarrod J. Sandow Australia	25	1.3k 2.4×	284 0.6×	152 0.8×	224 1.5×	92 0.7×	52	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nils Becker

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

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16 of 16 papers shown

Becker, Nils, Sören Enge, Felix Schmidt, et al.. (2020). Lumbar puncture rapidly improves olfaction in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension: A cohort study. Cephalalgia. 40(5). 429–436. 1 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Jan, C. G. Schmidt, Nils Becker, et al.. (2019). The effect of CSF drain on the optic nerve in idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 20(1). 59–59. 23 indexed citations

Schmidt, C. G., Edzard Wiener, Lutz Lüdemann, et al.. (2017). Does IIH Alter Brain Microstructures? – A DTI ‐Based Approach. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 57(5). 746–755. 14 indexed citations

Gru, Alejandro A., Nils Becker, Louis P. Dehner, & John D. Pfeifer. (2014). Mucosal melanoma. Melanoma Research. 24(4). 360–370. 19 indexed citations

Becker, Nils, Rebecca D. Chernock, Brian Nussenbaum, & James S. Lewis. (2013). Prognostic Significance of β-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and PAX8 Expression in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma. Thyroid. 24(2). 319–326. 18 indexed citations

Becker, Nils & Christina M. Lockwood. (2013). Pre-analytical variables in miRNA analysis. Clinical Biochemistry. 46(10-11). 861–868. 74 indexed citations

Chernock, Rebecca D., Samir K. El‐Mofty, Nils Becker, & James S. Lewis. (2013). Napsin A Expression in Anaplastic, Poorly Differentiated, and Micropapillary Pattern Thyroid Carcinomas. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 37(8). 1215–1222. 25 indexed citations

Wei, Yongjie, Zhongju Zou, Nils Becker, et al.. (2013). EGFR-Mediated Beclin 1 Phosphorylation in Autophagy Suppression, Tumor Progression, and Tumor Chemoresistance. Cell. 154(6). 1269–1284. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Xiang, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Mark Lloyd, et al.. (2012). Endocrine. Modern Pathology. 25. 141–152. 1 indexed citations

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Bokshan, Steven L., Majella B. Doyle, Nils Becker, ILKe Nalbantoglu, & William C. Chapman. (2012). Hepatic Hemangiopericytoma/Solitary Fibrous Tumor: A Review of Our Current Understanding and Case Study. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 16(11). 2170–2176. 10 indexed citations

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Amador, Catalina, Andres A. Roma, Phyllis C. Huettner, Nils Becker, & John D. Pfeifer. (2011). JAZF1 and JJAZ1 gene fusion in primary extrauterine endometrial stromal sarcoma. Human Pathology. 42(7). 939–946. 23 indexed citations

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Duncavage, Eric J., Vincent Magrini, Nils Becker, et al.. (2011). Hybrid Capture and Next-Generation Sequencing Identify Viral Integration Sites from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 13(3). 325–333. 83 indexed citations

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Abel, Haley, Eric J. Duncavage, Nils Becker, et al.. (2010). SLOPE: a quick and accurate method for locating non-SNP structural variation from targeted next-generation sequence data. Bioinformatics. 26(21). 2684–2688. 48 indexed citations

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Sinha, Sangita C., Christopher L. Colbert, Nils Becker, Yongjie Wei, & Beth Levine. (2008). Molecular basis of the regulation of Beclin 1-dependent autophagy by the γ-herpesvirus 68 Bcl-2 homolog M11. Autophagy. 4(8). 989–997. 142 indexed citations

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Heeren, Jöerg, Thomas Grewal, A. Laatsch, et al.. (2004). Impaired Recycling of Apolipoprotein E4 Is Associated with Intracellular Cholesterol Accumulation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(53). 55483–55492. 114 indexed citations

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Becker, Nils, et al.. (1983). Effects of saturated, monounsaturated, and ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and apoproteins in humans. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 37(3). 355–360. 135 indexed citations

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