Robert Küffner

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Robert Küffner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Küffner has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 3 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Robert Küffner's work include Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (17 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (10 papers) and Gene expression and cancer classification (9 papers). Robert Küffner is often cited by papers focused on Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (17 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (10 papers) and Gene expression and cancer classification (9 papers). Robert Küffner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Robert Küffner's co-authors include Ralf Zimmer, Katrin Fundel, Manolis Kellis, James C. Costello, James J. Collins, Diogo M. Camacho, Daniel Marbach, Kyle R. Allison, Robert J. Prill and Nic M. Vega and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert Küffner

31 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Wisdom of crowds for robust gene network inference 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 250 500 750 1000
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. Wisdom of crowds for robust gene network inference
    2012 1.1k citations Daniel Marbach, James C. Costello et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Küffner Germany 18 2.0k 445 176 149 147 31 2.4k
William Noble Grundy United States 14 1.8k 0.9× 522 1.2× 146 0.8× 82 0.6× 166 1.1× 21 2.4k
Minghua Deng China 28 1.9k 0.9× 397 0.9× 378 2.1× 164 1.1× 60 0.4× 88 2.5k
Rui Kuang United States 24 987 0.5× 249 0.6× 148 0.8× 115 0.8× 77 0.5× 74 1.6k
Daniel Marbach Switzerland 17 2.9k 1.4× 310 0.7× 218 1.2× 135 0.9× 389 2.6× 29 3.6k
Xinghua Shi United States 22 745 0.4× 290 0.7× 129 0.7× 225 1.5× 224 1.5× 78 1.7k
Arun Ramani Canada 17 1.9k 0.9× 282 0.6× 207 1.2× 112 0.8× 256 1.7× 39 2.2k
Tamer Kahveci United States 22 1.0k 0.5× 299 0.7× 134 0.8× 63 0.4× 146 1.0× 121 1.6k
Iftach Nachman Israel 17 3.1k 1.5× 991 2.2× 219 1.2× 81 0.5× 318 2.2× 36 3.9k
Xuequn Shang China 25 1.5k 0.7× 538 1.2× 387 2.2× 357 2.4× 113 0.8× 167 2.3k
Marc Fiume Canada 9 1.5k 0.7× 303 0.7× 129 0.7× 426 2.9× 410 2.8× 11 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Küffner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Küffner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Robert Küffner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Robert Küffner. The network helps show where Robert Küffner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Küffner

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zimmer, Ralf, et al.. (2018). Detection of network motifs using three-way ANOVA. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0201382–e0201382. 5 indexed citations
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Marozava, Sviatlana, Wilfred F. M. Röling, Jana Seifert, et al.. (2014). Physiology of Geobacter metallireducens under excess and limitation of electron donors. Part II. Mimicking environmental conditions during cultivation in retentostats. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 37(4). 287–295. 20 indexed citations
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Marozava, Sviatlana, Wilfred F. M. Röling, Jana Seifert, et al.. (2014). Physiology of Geobacter metallireducens under excess and limitation of electron donors. Part I. Batch cultivation with excess of carbon sources. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 37(4). 277–286. 17 indexed citations
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Küffner, Robert, et al.. (2013). On protocols and measures for the validation of supervised methods for the inference of biological networks. Frontiers in Genetics. 4. 262–262. 47 indexed citations
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Geistlinger, Ludwig, et al.. (2013). A comprehensive gene regulatory network for the diauxic shift in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(18). 8452–8463. 15 indexed citations
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Naeem, Haroon, et al.. (2012). Rigorous assessment of gene set enrichment tests. Bioinformatics. 28(11). 1480–1486. 22 indexed citations
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Marbach, Daniel, James C. Costello, Robert Küffner, et al.. (2012). Wisdom of crowds for robust gene network inference.. PubMed. 9(8). 796–804. 5 indexed citations
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Marbach, Daniel, James C. Costello, Robert Küffner, et al.. (2012). Wisdom of crowds for robust gene network inference. Nature Methods. 9(8). 796–804. 1110 indexed citations breakdown →
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Geistlinger, Ludwig, Gergely Csaba, Robert Küffner, Nicola Mulder, & Ralf Zimmer. (2011). From sets to graphs: towards a realistic enrichment analysis of transcriptomic systems. Bioinformatics. 27(13). i366–i373. 50 indexed citations
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Naeem, Haroon, Robert Küffner, & Ralf Zimmer. (2011). MIRTFnet: Analysis of miRNA Regulated Transcription Factors. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e22519–e22519. 24 indexed citations
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Küffner, Robert, Tobias Petri, Lukas Windhager, & Ralf Zimmer. (2010). Petri Nets with Fuzzy Logic (PNFL): Reverse Engineering and Parametrization. PLoS ONE. 5(9). e12807–e12807. 31 indexed citations
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Naeem, Haroon, Robert Küffner, Gergely Csaba, & Ralf Zimmer. (2010). miRSel: Automated extraction of associations between microRNAs and genes from the biomedical literature. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 135–135. 65 indexed citations
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Birzele, Fabian, et al.. (2007). ProSAS: a database for analyzing alternative splicing in the context of protein structures. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(Database). D63–D68. 21 indexed citations
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Schilling, Tatjana, Robert Küffner, Ludger Klein‐Hitpaß, et al.. (2007). Microarray analyses of transdifferentiated mesenchymal stem cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 103(2). 413–433. 43 indexed citations
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Küffner, Robert, et al.. (2006). Characterization of protein interactions. 64–73. 3 indexed citations
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Fundel, Katrin, Robert Küffner, & Ralf Zimmer. (2006). RelEx—Relation extraction using dependency parse trees. Bioinformatics. 23(3). 365–371. 389 indexed citations
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Fundel, Katrin, Robert Küffner, Thomas Aigner, & Ralf Zimmer. (2005). Data processing effects on the interpretation of microarray gene expression experiments. 77–91. 4 indexed citations
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Genrich, Hartmann J., Robert Küffner, & Klaus Voß. (2001). Executable Petri net models for the analysis of metabolic pathways. International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer. 3(4). 394–404. 69 indexed citations
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Küffner, Robert, Ralf Zimmer, & Thomas Lengauer. (2000). Pathway analysis in metabolic databases via differential metabolic display (DMD). Bioinformatics. 16(9). 825–836. 87 indexed citations

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