Peter Friedl

38.9k total citations · 15 hit papers
255 papers, 29.8k citations indexed

About

Peter Friedl is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Friedl has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 29.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Cell Biology, 81 papers in Molecular Biology and 58 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Peter Friedl's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (84 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (58 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (40 papers). Peter Friedl is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (84 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (58 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (40 papers). Peter Friedl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Peter Friedl's co-authors include Katarina Wolf, Stephanie Alexander, Darren Gilmour, Bettina Weigelin, Kurt S. Zänker, Olga Ilina, Erik Sahai, Jan Lammerding, Eva‐B. Bröcker and Gert‐Jan Bakker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Friedl

254 papers receiving 29.3k citations

Hit Papers

Tumour-cell invasion and migration: diversity and escape ... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2003 2009 2011 2003 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Tumour-cell invasion and migration: diversity and escape mechanisms
    2003 2.5k citations Peter Friedl, Katarina Wolf Nature reviews. Cancer profile →
  2. Collective cell migration in morphogenesis, regeneration and cancer
    2009 2.0k citations Peter Friedl et al. profile →
  3. Cancer Invasion and the Microenvironment: Plasticity and Reciprocity
    2011 1.5k citations Peter Friedl et al. profile →
  4. Compensation mechanism in tumor cell migration
    2003 1.1k citations Katarina Wolf, Peter Friedl et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  5. Physical limits of cell migration: Control by ECM space and nuclear deformation and tuning by proteolysis and traction force
    2013 1.0k citations Katarina Wolf, Mariska te Lindert et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  6. Plasticity of cell migration: a multiscale tuning model
    2009 1.0k citations Peter Friedl, Katarina Wolf The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  7. Nuclear envelope rupture and repair during cancer cell migration
    2016 896 citations Céline Denais, Rachel M. Gilbert et al. Science profile →
  8. Multi-step pericellular proteolysis controls the transition from individual to collective cancer cell invasion
    2007 770 citations Katarina Wolf, Peter Friedl et al. profile →
  9. Classifying collective cancer cell invasion
    2012 714 citations Peter Friedl et al. profile →
  10. Readily Accessible Bicyclononynes for Bioorthogonal Labeling and Three‐Dimensional Imaging of Living Cells
    2010 594 citations Peter Friedl et al. profile →
  11. Collagen-based cell migration models in vitro and in vivo
    2009 527 citations Katarina Wolf, Peter Friedl et al. profile →
  12. Prespecification and plasticity: shifting mechanisms of cell migration
    2004 526 citations Peter Friedl profile →
  13. The biology of cell locomotion within three-dimensional extracellular matrix
    2000 510 citations Peter Friedl et al. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences profile →
  14. Mechanoreciprocity in cell migration
    2017 417 citations Sjoerd van Helvert, Peter Friedl et al. profile →
  15. Towards targeting of shared mechanisms of cancer metastasis and therapy resistance
    2022 190 citations Douglas A. Lauffenburger, Peter Friedl et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Friedl Germany 75 12.9k 11.1k 7.8k 7.7k 3.8k 255 29.8k
Douglas A. Lauffenburger United States 98 10.5k 0.8× 19.9k 1.8× 6.1k 0.8× 7.5k 1.0× 4.4k 1.2× 561 39.2k
John S. Condeelis United States 101 13.2k 1.0× 16.0k 1.4× 9.9k 1.3× 5.0k 0.6× 4.8k 1.3× 336 34.4k
Valerie M. Weaver United States 77 15.6k 1.2× 12.4k 1.1× 11.1k 1.4× 11.0k 1.4× 5.0k 1.3× 184 36.6k
Fiona M. Watt United Kingdom 111 13.0k 1.0× 18.2k 1.6× 5.8k 0.7× 3.3k 0.4× 4.6k 1.2× 432 39.6k
Erik Sahai United Kingdom 71 9.1k 0.7× 11.9k 1.1× 8.7k 1.1× 3.1k 0.4× 2.6k 0.7× 135 24.2k
Martin A. Schwartz United States 107 19.2k 1.5× 22.6k 2.0× 4.7k 0.6× 5.5k 0.7× 12.4k 3.3× 409 46.8k
Alan Wells United States 78 5.7k 0.4× 8.9k 0.8× 5.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.3× 2.3k 0.6× 387 20.3k
Benjamin Geiger Israel 102 23.8k 1.9× 18.8k 1.7× 3.7k 0.5× 7.4k 1.0× 9.1k 2.4× 342 43.4k
Mina J. Bissell United States 113 10.4k 0.8× 22.8k 2.1× 20.1k 2.6× 8.1k 1.1× 7.0k 1.8× 372 48.1k
Keith Burridge United States 98 21.0k 1.6× 20.9k 1.9× 3.2k 0.4× 3.3k 0.4× 13.1k 3.5× 242 40.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Law, Robert A., Alexander Kiepas, Christopher L. Yankaskas, et al.. (2023). Cytokinesis machinery promotes cell dissociation from collectively migrating strands in confinement. Science Advances. 9(2). eabq6480–eabq6480. 14 indexed citations
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Winde, Charlotte M. de, et al.. (2023). Cancer-on-chip models for metastasis: importance of the tumor microenvironment. Trends in biotechnology. 42(4). 431–448. 32 indexed citations
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Helvert, Sjoerd van, Ross J. Kang, Simon Syga, et al.. (2023). Cell jamming in a collagen-based interface assay is tuned by collagen density and proteolysis. Journal of Cell Science. 136(23). 4 indexed citations
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Slaats, Jeroen, Esther Wagena, Gert‐Jan Bakker, et al.. (2022). Adenosine A2a Receptor Antagonism Restores Additive Cytotoxicity by Cytotoxic T Cells in Metabolically Perturbed Tumors. Cancer Immunology Research. 10(12). 1462–1474. 12 indexed citations
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Lauffenburger, Douglas A., et al.. (2022). Towards targeting of shared mechanisms of cancer metastasis and therapy resistance. Nature reviews. Cancer. 22(3). 157–173. 190 indexed citations breakdown →
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Slaats, Jeroen, Cindy E. Dieteren, Esther Wagena, et al.. (2021). Metabolic Screening of Cytotoxic T-cell Effector Function Reveals the Role of CRAC Channels in Regulating Lethal Hit Delivery. Cancer Immunology Research. 9(8). 926–938. 6 indexed citations
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Weigelin, Bettina, Annemieke Th. den Boer, Esther Wagena, et al.. (2021). Cytotoxic T cells are able to efficiently eliminate cancer cells by additive cytotoxicity. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5217–5217. 146 indexed citations
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Khalil, Antoine, Olga Ilina, Angela Vasaturo, et al.. (2020). Collective invasion induced by an autocrine purinergic loop through connexin-43 hemichannels. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(10). 28 indexed citations
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Mistriotis, Panagiotis, Kaustav Bera, Robert A. Law, et al.. (2020). Dorsoventral polarity directs cell responses to migration track geometries. Science Advances. 6(31). eaba6505–eaba6505. 42 indexed citations
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Guldevall, Karolin, Paul K.J.D. de Jonge, Janneke S. Hoogstad‐van Evert, et al.. (2020). IL-15 superagonist N-803 improves IFNγ production and killing of leukemia and ovarian cancer cells by CD34+ progenitor-derived NK cells. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 70(5). 1305–1321. 33 indexed citations
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Denais, Céline, Rachel M. Gilbert, Philipp Isermann, et al.. (2016). Nuclear envelope rupture and repair during cancer cell migration. Science. 352(6283). 353–358. 896 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weigelin, Bettina, Elixabet Bolaños, Álvaro Teijeira, et al.. (2015). Focusing and sustaining the antitumor CTL effector killer response by agonist anti-CD137 mAb. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(24). 7551–7556. 81 indexed citations
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Bakker, Gert‐Jan, Volker Andresen, Robert M. Hoffman, & Peter Friedl. (2012). Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy of Tumor Cell Invasion, Drug Delivery, and Cytotoxicity. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 504. 109–125. 30 indexed citations
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Friedl, Peter & Roberto Biloslavo. (2009). Association of Management Tools with the Financial Performance of Companies: The Example of the Slovenian Construction Sector. Managing Global Transitions. 7(4). 383–402. 4 indexed citations
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Fischer, Andreas, Christian Steidl, Toni U. Wagner, et al.. (2007). Combined Loss of Hey1 and HeyL Causes Congenital Heart Defects Because of Impaired Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition. Circulation Research. 100(6). 856–863. 138 indexed citations
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Friedl, Peter & Katarina Wolf. (2003). Tumour-cell invasion and migration: diversity and escape mechanisms. Nature reviews. Cancer. 3(5). 362–374. 2547 indexed citations breakdown →
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Friedl, Peter, et al.. (2002). The role of thrombospondin-1 in apoptosis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 59(8). 1347–1357. 49 indexed citations
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Keller, R., et al.. (1990). Fermentation of bovine endothelial cells for preparation of endothelial cell-surface heparan sulphate. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 12(2). 153–157. 10 indexed citations
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Friedl, Peter, et al.. (1989). An optimized culture medium for human vascular endothelial cells from umbilical cord veins. Cytotechnology. 2(3). 171–179. 30 indexed citations
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Białas, Adam, P. Schlag, Peter Friedl, R. Preußmann, & Gerhard Eisenbrand. (1989). Proline is not useful as a chemical probe to measure nitrosation in the gastrointestinal tract of patients with gastric disorders characterised by anacidic conditions.. Gut. 30(8). 1068–1075. 5 indexed citations

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