Rüdiger Hardeland

19.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
246 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Rüdiger Hardeland is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rüdiger Hardeland has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 74 papers in Molecular Biology and 68 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rüdiger Hardeland's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (148 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (48 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (25 papers). Rüdiger Hardeland is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (148 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (48 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (25 papers). Rüdiger Hardeland collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Rüdiger Hardeland's co-authors include Burkhard Pöeggeler, Rüssel J. Reiter, Seithikurippu R. Pandi‐Perumal, Daniel P. Cardinali, Dun‐Xian Tan, Lucien C. Manchester, Ivonne Balzer, Gregory M. Brown, D. Warren Spence and Rosa M. Sáinz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Rüdiger Hardeland

243 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

Melatonin 2005 2026 2012 2019 2006 2010 2005 2011 2018 200 400 600
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. Melatonin
    2006 691 citations Seithikurippu R. Pandi‐Perumal, V. Srinivasan et al. profile →
  2. Melatonin—A pleiotropic, orchestrating regulator molecule
    2010 648 citations Rüdiger Hardeland, Daniel P. Cardinali et al. profile →
  3. Antioxidative Protection by Melatonin: Multiplicity of Mechanisms from Radical Detoxification to Radical Avoidance
    2005 558 citations Rüdiger Hardeland profile →
  4. Functional roles of melatonin in plants, and perspectives in nutritional and agricultural science
    2011 497 citations Rüdiger Hardeland, Rüssel J. Reiter et al. profile →
  5. Melatonin and inflammation—Story of a double‐edged blade
    2018 341 citations Rüdiger Hardeland Journal of Pineal Research profile →

Peers

Rüdiger Hardeland
Lucien C. Manchester United States
Dun‐Xian Tan United States
Burkhard Pöeggeler United States
Dun‐Xian Tan United States
Darío Acuña‐Castroviejo Spain
Rosa M. Sáinz Spain
Juan C. Mayo Spain
Christopher A. Bradfield United States
Juan M. Guerrero Spain
Daniel P. Cardinali Argentina
Lucien C. Manchester United States
Rüdiger Hardeland
Citations per year, relative to Rüdiger Hardeland Rüdiger Hardeland (= 1×) peers Lucien C. Manchester

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rüdiger Hardeland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rüdiger Hardeland

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rüdiger Hardeland. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rüdiger Hardeland 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 Rüdiger Hardeland. Rüdiger Hardeland 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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Tan, Dun‐Xian, Rüssel J. Reiter, Scott Zimmerman, & Rüdiger Hardeland. (2023). Melatonin: Both a Messenger of Darkness and a Participant in the Cellular Actions of Non-Visible Solar Radiation of Near Infrared Light. Biology. 12(1). 89–89. 35 indexed citations
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Begemann, Martin, Oliver Groß, Rüdiger Hardeland, et al.. (2021). Addressing the ‘hypoxia paradox’ in severe COVID-19: literature review and report of four cases treated with erythropoietin analogues. Molecular Medicine. 27(1). 120–120. 9 indexed citations
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Butt, Umer Javed, Stefan A. Berghoff, Anja Ronnenberg, et al.. (2021). Inducing sterile pyramidal neuronal death in mice to model distinct aspects of gray matter encephalitis. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 9(1). 121–121. 5 indexed citations
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Hardeland, Rüdiger. (2019). Melatonin in the evolution of plants and other phototrophs. 2(3). 10–36. 30 indexed citations
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Hardeland, Rüdiger. (2014). Melatonin and Circadian Oscillators in Aging - A Dynamic Approach to the Multiply Connected Players. PubMed. 40. 128–140. 30 indexed citations
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Hardeland, Rüdiger. (2012). Rationale and Problems of Melatonergic Treatment. 16(1). 7–14. 1 indexed citations
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Hardeland, Rüdiger. (2012). Melatonin in aging and disease -multiple consequences of reduced secretion, options and limits of treatment.. PubMed Central. 3(2). 194–225. 158 indexed citations
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Pandi‐Perumal, Seithikurippu R., Ilya Trakht, Venkataramanujan Srinivasan, et al.. (2008). The effect of melatonergic and non-melatonergic antidepressants on sleep: weighing the alternatives. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. 10(4-2). 342–354. 20 indexed citations
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Srinivasan, V., Seithikurippu R. Pandi‐Perumal, Georges J. M. Maestroni, et al.. (2005). Role of melatonin in neurodegenerative diseases. Neurotoxicity Research. 7(4). 293–318. 179 indexed citations
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Halberg, Franz, Germaine Cornélissen, Burkhard Pöeggeler, et al.. (2005). Prokaryotic and eukaryotic unicellular chronomics. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 59. S192–S202. 3 indexed citations
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Hardeland, Rüdiger, Seithikurippu R. Pandi‐Perumal, & Daniel P. Cardinali. (2005). Melatonin. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 38(3). 313–316. 307 indexed citations
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Hardeland, Rüdiger, Ana Coto‐Montes, & Burkhard Pöeggeler. (2003). Circadian Rhythms, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidative Defense Mechanisms. Chronobiology International. 20(6). 921–962. 289 indexed citations
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Hardeland, Rüdiger, et al.. (2000). La importancia del ritmo circadiano y de la melatonina para evitar el estrés oxidativo: implicaciones en la investigación del trabajo a turnos rotatorio. 12(2). 133–146. 2 indexed citations
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Messner, Michael, Rüdiger Hardeland, Andrea Rodenbeck, & Gerald Huether. (1998). Tissue retention and subcellular distribution of continuously infused melatonin in rats under near physiological conditions. Journal of Pineal Research. 25(4). 251–259. 51 indexed citations
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Antolı́n, Isaac, Barbara Obst, Susanne Burkhardt, & Rüdiger Hardeland. (1997). Antioxidative protection in a high‐melatonin organism: The dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra is rescued from lethal oxidative stress by strongly elevated, but physiologically possible concentrations of melatonin. Journal of Pineal Research. 23(4). 182–190. 65 indexed citations
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Balzer, Ivonne & Rüdiger Hardeland. (1992). Effects of Indoleamines and Short Photoperiods on the Encystment of Gonyaulax polyedra. Chronobiology International. 9(4). 260–265. 30 indexed citations
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Krug, Harald F. & Rüdiger Hardeland. (1982). Diurnal regulation of translational capacity in a cell‐free system from rat liver. Journal of Interdisiplinary Cycle Research. 13(4). 303–311. 4 indexed citations
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Hardeland, Rüdiger, et al.. (1981). Different levels of gene realization in the diurnal control of rat liver enzymes. Archives Internationales de Physiologie et de Biochimie. 89(4). 323–340. 5 indexed citations
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Hardeland, Rüdiger. (1975). Diurnal variations in the effects of quinolinic acid on hepatic enzymes. Journal of Interdisiplinary Cycle Research. 6(2). 153–161. 3 indexed citations

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