Olav Zilian

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Olav Zilian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olav Zilian has authored 10 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 Oncology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Olav Zilian's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (4 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (2 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (2 papers). Olav Zilian is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (4 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (2 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (2 papers). Olav Zilian collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Olav Zilian's co-authors include Markus Noll, Peter J. Bryant, Robin W. Justice, Daniel F. Woods, Michel Aguet, Ueli Suter, Catherine Saner, Lukas Sommer, Nathalie Vilain and Christoph D. Schmid and has published in prestigious journals such as Genes & Development, The Journal of Cell Biology and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Olav Zilian

10 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Drosophila tumor supp... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 250 500 750
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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.

  1. The Drosophila tumor suppressor gene warts encodes a homolog of human myotonic dystrophy kinase and is required for the control of cell shape and proliferation.
    1995 784 citations Robin W. Justice, Olav Zilian et al. Genes & Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olav Zilian Switzerland 9 879 773 165 138 83 10 1.3k
Zhenjie Xu China 10 1.1k 1.2× 823 1.1× 139 0.8× 103 0.7× 99 1.2× 17 1.4k
Patrick Laprise Canada 21 1.0k 1.2× 719 0.9× 148 0.9× 159 1.2× 64 0.8× 37 1.5k
K. Elizabeth Allen United Kingdom 13 539 0.6× 307 0.4× 171 1.0× 136 1.0× 59 0.7× 28 913
Mário Henrique Bengtson Brazil 14 1.4k 1.6× 298 0.4× 256 1.6× 117 0.8× 82 1.0× 23 1.7k
Erica M. Selva United States 12 990 1.1× 334 0.4× 79 0.5× 108 0.8× 87 1.0× 19 1.2k
Jiro Toshima Japan 20 877 1.0× 715 0.9× 78 0.5× 105 0.8× 63 0.8× 43 1.4k
Yasushi Saka United Kingdom 19 1.5k 1.7× 527 0.7× 168 1.0× 68 0.5× 206 2.5× 25 1.7k
Chiyuki Matsui Japan 12 555 0.6× 465 0.6× 59 0.4× 113 0.8× 50 0.6× 14 883
Adam G. Eldridge United States 13 1.1k 1.3× 359 0.5× 246 1.5× 77 0.6× 98 1.2× 15 1.4k
Toshiyasu Goto Japan 15 772 0.9× 308 0.4× 101 0.6× 85 0.6× 28 0.3× 29 1.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olav Zilian

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All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Tosoni, Daniela, Silvia Zecchini, Marco Coazzoli, et al.. (2015). The Numb/p53 circuitry couples replicative self-renewal and tumor suppression in mammary epithelial cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 211(4). 845–862. 49 indexed citations
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Zilian, Olav. (2012). Scope for innovation in immunotherapy from the financial market’s point of view. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 8(10). 1370–1372. 1 indexed citations
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Deka, Jürgen, Norbert Wiedemann, Pascale Anderle, et al.. (2010). Bcl9/Bcl9l Are Critical for Wnt-Mediated Regulation of Stem Cell Traits in Colon Epithelium and Adenocarcinomas. Cancer Research. 70(16). 6619–6628. 102 indexed citations
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Wilson, Anne, Catherine Saner, Nathalie Vilain, et al.. (2007). Normal Hemopoiesis and Lymphopoiesis in the Combined Absence of Numb and Numblike. The Journal of Immunology. 178(11). 6746–6751. 48 indexed citations
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Sperisen, Peter, Christoph D. Schmid, Philipp Bücher, & Olav Zilian. (2005). Stealth Proteins: In Silico Identification of a Novel Protein Family Rendering Bacterial Pathogens Invisible to Host Immune Defense. PLoS Computational Biology. 1(6). e63–e63. 41 indexed citations
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Zilian, Olav, et al.. (2003). Murine numb regulates granule cell maturation in the cerebellum. Developmental Biology. 266(1). 161–177. 38 indexed citations
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Zilian, Olav, et al.. (2001). Multiple roles of mouse Numb in tuning developmental cell fates. Current Biology. 11(7). 494–501. 108 indexed citations
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Zilian, Olav, Erich Frei, Richard Burke, et al.. (1999). double-time is identical to discs overgrown, which is required for cell survival, proliferation and growth arrest in Drosophila imaginal discs. Development. 126(23). 5409–5420. 67 indexed citations
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Vorbrüggen, Gerd, Rainer Constien, Olav Zilian, et al.. (1997). Embryonic expression and characterization of a Ptx1 homolog in Drosophila. Mechanisms of Development. 68(1-2). 139–147. 50 indexed citations
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Justice, Robin W., Olav Zilian, Daniel F. Woods, Markus Noll, & Peter J. Bryant. (1995). The Drosophila tumor suppressor gene warts encodes a homolog of human myotonic dystrophy kinase and is required for the control of cell shape and proliferation.. Genes & Development. 9(5). 534–546. 784 indexed citations breakdown →

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