Simon Schäper

463 total citations
13 papers, 317 citations indexed

About

Simon Schäper is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Schäper has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 317 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Simon Schäper's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Simon Schäper is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Simon Schäper collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Portugal and United Kingdom. Simon Schäper's co-authors include Anke Becker, Elizaveta Krol, Lotte Søgaard‐Andersen, Janine König, Karl‐Josef Dietz, Gert Bange, Volkhard Kaever, Rolf Hilker, Florian Altegoer and Wieland Steinchen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Simon Schäper

13 papers receiving 317 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Schäper Germany 10 191 116 72 63 25 13 317
Shawn R. MacLellan Canada 12 212 1.1× 193 1.7× 108 1.5× 121 1.9× 32 1.3× 20 424
Anh Ly Canada 7 171 0.9× 91 0.8× 34 0.5× 37 0.6× 16 0.6× 7 309
Kevin Gozzi United States 11 232 1.2× 72 0.6× 92 1.3× 105 1.7× 32 1.3× 18 341
Fernando A. Pagliai United States 14 151 0.8× 171 1.5× 42 0.6× 44 0.7× 42 1.7× 22 358
Roberto Tadeu Raittz Brazil 11 163 0.9× 80 0.7× 79 1.1× 28 0.4× 36 1.4× 31 327
Jessica Baude France 8 185 1.0× 105 0.9× 65 0.9× 47 0.7× 10 0.4× 10 335
Léna Tasse France 7 241 1.3× 97 0.8× 51 0.7× 53 0.8× 28 1.1× 7 399
Priyanka Das India 10 99 0.5× 59 0.5× 41 0.6× 53 0.8× 56 2.2× 26 301
M. Verónica Ielmini Argentina 8 193 1.0× 247 2.1× 59 0.8× 51 0.8× 44 1.8× 9 461
Josette Gagnat France 9 287 1.5× 96 0.8× 69 1.0× 80 1.3× 10 0.4× 10 383

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Schäper

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Schäper

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Schäper

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Schäper, Simon, et al.. (2025). Chromosome segregation dynamics during the cell cycle of Staphylococcus aureus. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8626–8626. 1 indexed citations
2.
Saraiva, Bruno M., Helena Veiga, Simon Schäper, et al.. (2024). The role of GpsB in Staphylococcus aureus cell morphogenesis. mBio. 15(3). e0323523–e0323523. 11 indexed citations
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Schäper, Simon, Bruno M. Saraiva, Georgia R. Squyres, et al.. (2024). Cell constriction requires processive septal peptidoglycan synthase movement independent of FtsZ treadmilling in Staphylococcus aureus. Nature Microbiology. 9(4). 1049–1063. 19 indexed citations
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Veiga, Helena, Ambre Jousselin, Simon Schäper, et al.. (2023). Cell division protein FtsK coordinates bacterial chromosome segregation and daughter cell separation in Staphylococcus aureus. The EMBO Journal. 42(11). e112140–e112140. 18 indexed citations
5.
Reed, Patricia, et al.. (2023). A CRISPRi-based genetic resource to study essential Staphylococcus aureus genes. mBio. 15(1). e0277323–e0277323. 6 indexed citations
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Krol, Elizaveta, Hamish C. L. Yau, Marcus Lechner, et al.. (2020). Tol-Pal System and Rgs Proteins Interact to Promote Unipolar Growth and Cell Division in Sinorhizobium meliloti. mBio. 11(3). 16 indexed citations
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Krol, Elizaveta, Simon Schäper, & Anke Becker. (2020). Cyclic di-GMP signaling controlling the free-living lifestyle of alpha-proteobacterial rhizobia. Biological Chemistry. 401(12). 1335–1348. 18 indexed citations
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Schäper, Simon, et al.. (2019). A Bifunctional UDP-Sugar 4-Epimerase Supports Biosynthesis of Multiple Cell Surface Polysaccharides in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Journal of Bacteriology. 201(10). 21 indexed citations
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Schäper, Simon, Hamish C. L. Yau, Elizaveta Krol, et al.. (2018). Seven-transmembrane receptor protein RgsP and cell wall-binding protein RgsM promote unipolar growth in Rhizobiales. PLoS Genetics. 14(8). e1007594–e1007594. 13 indexed citations
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Schäper, Simon, Wieland Steinchen, Elizaveta Krol, et al.. (2017). AraC-like transcriptional activator CuxR binds c-di-GMP by a PilZ-like mechanism to regulate extracellular polysaccharide production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(24). E4822–E4831. 57 indexed citations
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Schäper, Simon, Elizaveta Krol, Volkhard Kaever, et al.. (2015). Cyclic Di-GMP Regulates Multiple Cellular Functions in the Symbiotic Alphaproteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti. Journal of Bacteriology. 198(3). 521–535. 53 indexed citations
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König, Janine, et al.. (2013). The conformational bases for the two functionalities of 2-cysteine peroxiredoxins as peroxidase and chaperone. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64(11). 3483–3497. 80 indexed citations
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Bohley, Peter, et al.. (1985). Protein degradation in rat liver cells.. PubMed. 180. 447–55. 4 indexed citations

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