Ronny Schäfer

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ronny Schäfer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronny Schäfer has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ronny Schäfer's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (2 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (2 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (2 papers). Ronny Schäfer is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (2 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (2 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (2 papers). Ronny Schäfer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Japan. Ronny Schäfer's co-authors include Stefan H. Heinemann, Bill S. Hansson, Marcus C. Stensmyr, Regine Heller, Dieter Wicher, Evelyne Beerling, Jacco van Rheenen, Carrie Maynard, Elzo de Wit and Anoek Zomer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Ronny Schäfer

8 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

In Vivo Imaging Reveals Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Phenocopying of Metastatic Behavior

2015 689 citations Anoek Zomer, Carrie Maynard et al. Cell profile →
Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic-nucleotide-activated cation channels

2008 666 citations Dieter Wicher, Ronny Schäfer et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronny Schäfer Germany	8	1.1k	660	503	412	364	8	2.0k
Yanyan Qi United States	20	1.2k 1.2×	317 0.5×	329 0.7×	187 0.5×	266 0.7×	31	2.7k
Lisa Ryner United States	19	1.2k 1.1×	749 1.1×	110 0.2×	226 0.5×	634 1.7×	26	2.2k
M J Wheelock United States	24	2.7k 2.6×	439 0.7×	137 0.3×	142 0.3×	237 0.7×	27	3.6k
Lucy Erin O’Brien United States	17	1.3k 1.2×	337 0.5×	104 0.2×	151 0.4×	277 0.8×	25	2.5k
Yi Sun Taiwan	28	2.0k 1.9×	540 0.8×	129 0.3×	46 0.1×	471 1.3×	74	2.8k
Tatsushi Igaki Japan	31	2.1k 2.0×	598 0.9×	269 0.5×	184 0.4×	126 0.3×	60	3.4k
Kosuke Yusa United Kingdom	35	4.4k 4.2×	143 0.2×	307 0.6×	55 0.1×	1.1k 3.1×	66	5.1k
François Fagotto Canada	34	4.0k 3.8×	572 0.9×	172 0.3×	73 0.2×	413 1.1×	49	4.9k
J. Peter Gergen United States	31	2.8k 2.7×	396 0.6×	160 0.3×	65 0.2×	603 1.7×	50	3.4k
Eli J. Fine United States	15	4.6k 4.4×	101 0.2×	95 0.2×	285 0.7×	1.1k 3.0×	19	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ronny Schäfer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronny Schäfer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronny Schäfer

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Hu, Bo, Bastiaan Spanjaard, Hadil El‐Sammak, et al.. (2022). Origin and function of activated fibroblast states during zebrafish heart regeneration. Nature Genetics. 54(8). 1227–1237. 80 indexed citations

2.

Olivares‐Chauvet, Pedro, et al.. (2021). Variability of an Early Developmental Cell Population Underlies Stochastic Laterality Defects. Cell Reports. 34(2). 108606–108606. 10 indexed citations

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Beerling, Evelyne, Daniëlle Seinstra, Elzo de Wit, et al.. (2016). Plasticity between Epithelial and Mesenchymal States Unlinks EMT from Metastasis-Enhancing Stem Cell Capacity. Cell Reports. 14(10). 2281–2288. 269 indexed citations

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Zomer, Anoek, Carrie Maynard, Frederik J. Verweij, et al.. (2015). In Vivo Imaging Reveals Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Phenocopying of Metastatic Behavior. Cell. 161(5). 1046–1057. 689 indexed citations breakdown →

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Iden, Sandra, Wilhelmina E. van Riel, Ronny Schäfer, et al.. (2012). Tumor Type-Dependent Function of the Par3 Polarity Protein in Skin Tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell. 22(3). 389–403. 94 indexed citations

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Ritsma, Laila, Ernst J.A. Steller, Evelyne Beerling, et al.. (2012). Intravital Microscopy Through an Abdominal Imaging Window Reveals a Pre-Micrometastasis Stage During Liver Metastasis. Science Translational Medicine. 4(158). 158ra145–158ra145. 158 indexed citations

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Wicher, Dieter, Ronny Schäfer, Marcus C. Stensmyr, et al.. (2009). dOr83b—Receptor or Ion Channel?. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1170(1). 164–167. 14 indexed citations

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Wicher, Dieter, Ronny Schäfer, Marcus C. Stensmyr, et al.. (2008). Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic-nucleotide-activated cation channels. Nature. 452(7190). 1007–1011. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

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