Simone A. Fietz

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Simone A. Fietz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone A. Fietz has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 6 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Simone A. Fietz's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (5 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (4 papers). Simone A. Fietz is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (5 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (4 papers). Simone A. Fietz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Simone A. Fietz's co-authors include Wieland Β. Huttner, Robert Nitsch, Axel Riehn, W. Distler, Johannes Vogt, Denise Stenzel, Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Jennifer L. Fish, Denis Corbeil and Iva Kelava and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Simone A. Fietz

20 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling
    2010 589 citations Simone A. Fietz, Iva Kelava et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  2. Transcriptomes of germinal zones of human and mouse fetal neocortex suggest a role of extracellular matrix in progenitor self-renewal
    2012 241 citations Simone A. Fietz, Robert Lachmann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simone A. Fietz Germany 9 834 638 327 172 162 24 1.3k
Iva Kelava Croatia 11 1.2k 1.4× 778 1.2× 414 1.3× 183 1.1× 177 1.1× 22 1.8k
Adèle Herpoel Belgium 10 1.3k 1.5× 614 1.0× 462 1.4× 97 0.6× 204 1.3× 10 1.6k
Sabina Kanton Germany 12 1.7k 2.0× 396 0.6× 282 0.9× 179 1.0× 216 1.3× 13 2.2k
Katherine R. Long United Kingdom 17 595 0.7× 325 0.5× 213 0.7× 86 0.5× 124 0.8× 26 1.1k
Scott R. Hutton United States 12 1.0k 1.2× 353 0.6× 309 0.9× 185 1.1× 201 1.2× 15 1.4k
Isabel Reillo Spain 10 746 0.9× 823 1.3× 370 1.1× 202 1.2× 151 0.9× 12 1.3k
Amanda F. P. Cheung United Kingdom 10 891 1.1× 667 1.0× 553 1.7× 188 1.1× 200 1.2× 11 1.5k
Mary C. Whitman United States 17 477 0.6× 721 1.1× 518 1.6× 108 0.6× 146 0.9× 48 1.8k
Christiane Haffner Germany 16 1.5k 1.8× 800 1.3× 301 0.9× 423 2.5× 355 2.2× 20 2.0k
Elizabeth Alcamo United States 7 1.2k 1.5× 380 0.6× 483 1.5× 275 1.6× 242 1.5× 8 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simone A. Fietz

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All Works

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Keimpema, Erik, Evgenii O. Tretiakov, Itamar Lev, et al.. (2024). Concerted transcriptional regulation of the morphogenesis of hypothalamic neurons by ONECUT3. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8631–8631. 1 indexed citations
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Knappe, Daniel, Andor Krizsan, Simone A. Fietz, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of proline-rich antimicrobial peptides as potential lead structures for novel antimycotics against Cryptococcus neoformans. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1328890–1328890. 5 indexed citations
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Fietz, Simone A., et al.. (2024). Ultrastructural changes in chronic inflammatory enteropathies—a comparison between dogs and humans. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1379714–1379714. 1 indexed citations
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Krueger, Martin, Simone A. Fietz, Alexander Ewe, et al.. (2024). The Concentration of Salivary Extracellular Vesicles Is Related to Obesity. Nutrients. 16(16). 2633–2633. 2 indexed citations
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Schares, Gereon, Pavlo Maksimov, Christina Strübe, et al.. (2023). Reduced neural progenitor cell count and cortical neurogenesis in guinea pigs congenitally infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1209–1209. 1 indexed citations
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Fietz, Simone A., et al.. (2023). Fulminant Pneumonia Due to Reactivation of Latent Toxoplasmosis in a Cat—A Case Report. Pathogens. 13(1). 7–7. 2 indexed citations
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Schares, Gereon, Pavlo Maksimov, Christina Strübe, et al.. (2021). Establishment and validation of a guinea pig model for human congenital toxoplasmosis. Parasites & Vectors. 14(1). 389–389. 7 indexed citations
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Schares, Gereon, Radu Blaga, Delphine Le Roux, et al.. (2021). Burden and regional distribution of Toxoplasma gondii cysts in the brain of COBB 500 broiler chickens following chronic infection with 76K strain. Veterinary Parasitology. 296. 109497–109497. 1 indexed citations
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Morawski, Markus, et al.. (2021). Developmental Differences in Neocortex Neurogenesis and Maturation Between the Altricial Dwarf Rabbit and Precocial Guinea Pig. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 15. 678385–678385. 9 indexed citations
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Bender, Hannah, Simone A. Fietz, Franziska Richter, & Miloš Stanojlović. (2021). Alpha-Synuclein Pathology Coincides With Increased Number of Early Stage Neural Progenitors in the Adult Hippocampus. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 691560–691560. 8 indexed citations
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Fietz, Simone A., Takashi Namba, Holger Kirsten, Wieland Β. Huttner, & Robert Lachmann. (2020). Signs of Reduced Basal Progenitor Levels and Cortical Neurogenesis in Human Fetuses with Open Spina Bifida at 11–15 Weeks of Gestation. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(8). 1766–1777. 5 indexed citations
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Bender, Hannah, Wolfgang Knabe, Elke Zimmermann, et al.. (2018). Neural Progenitors in the Developing Neocortex of the Northern Tree Shrew (Tupaia belangeri) Show a Closer Relationship to Gyrencephalic Primates Than to Lissencephalic Rodents. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 12. 29–29. 12 indexed citations
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Seeger, Johannes, et al.. (2017). Development of Deep and Upper Neuronal Layers in the Domestic Cat, Sheep and Pig Neocortex. Anatomia Histologia Embryologia. 46(4). 397–404. 15 indexed citations
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Helmschrodt, Christin, Sabrina Höbel, Sandra Schöniger, et al.. (2017). Polyethylenimine Nanoparticle-Mediated siRNA Delivery to Reduce α-Synuclein Expression in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 9. 57–68. 125 indexed citations
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Bode, Christoph, Franziska Richter, Tanja Brigadski, et al.. (2016). Altered postnatal maturation of striatal GABAergic interneurons in a phenotypic animal model of dystonia. Experimental Neurology. 287(Pt 1). 44–53. 27 indexed citations
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Fietz, Simone A. & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2010). Cortical progenitor expansion, self-renewal and neurogenesis—a polarized perspective. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 21(1). 23–35. 214 indexed citations
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Fietz, Simone A., Iva Kelava, Johannes Vogt, et al.. (2010). OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling. Nature Neuroscience. 13(6). 690–699. 589 indexed citations breakdown →

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