Simone Reber

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Simone Reber is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Reber has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Simone Reber's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (22 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (6 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers). Simone Reber is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (22 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (6 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers). Simone Reber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Simone Reber's co-authors include S. Matzku, Martin Hofmann‐Apitius, Michael Knop, Christof Taxis, Ursula Günthert, Carsten Janke, Hiromi Maekawa, Maria M. Magiera, Étienne Schwob and Helmut Ponta and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Simone Reber

32 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. A versatile toolbox for PCR‐based tagging of yeast genes: new fluorescent proteins, more markers and promoter substitution cassettes
    2004 1.6k citations Carsten Janke, Maria M. Magiera et al. Yeast profile →
  2. A new variant of glycoprotein CD44 confers metastatic potential to rat carcinoma cells
    1991 1.4k citations Ursula Günthert, Martin Hofmann‐Apitius et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simone Reber 3.3k 2.2k 647 611 267 34 4.2k
Martin Steegmaier 2.4k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 824 1.3× 455 0.7× 125 0.5× 24 3.6k
Rob M.F. Wolthuis 2.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 719 1.1× 253 0.4× 143 0.5× 66 3.4k
Toshiki Itoh 2.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 325 0.5× 255 0.4× 148 0.6× 75 4.0k
Shigeko Yamashiro 2.7k 0.8× 3.2k 1.5× 576 0.9× 761 1.2× 107 0.4× 65 5.3k
James D. Orth 1.9k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 551 0.9× 474 0.8× 65 0.2× 31 3.3k
Jonathan M.G. Higgins 2.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 425 0.7× 278 0.5× 503 1.9× 56 3.6k
Yoshihiko Yamakita 1.8k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 376 0.6× 477 0.8× 80 0.3× 40 3.3k
José M. de Pereda 2.0k 0.6× 2.2k 1.0× 288 0.4× 2.0k 3.3× 125 0.5× 58 4.2k
Dagmar Diekmann 3.5k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 553 0.9× 856 1.4× 88 0.3× 9 5.1k
Jan Gettemans 2.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 319 0.5× 241 0.4× 94 0.4× 94 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simone Reber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simone Reber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simone Reber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simone Reber 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 Simone Reber. Simone Reber 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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Kim, Kyoohyun, Carsten Hoege, Benjamin M. Lorton, et al.. (2025). Conserved nucleocytoplasmic density homeostasis drives cellular organization across eukaryotes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7597–7597. 2 indexed citations
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Halavatyi, Aliaksandr, et al.. (2025). Cell state-specific cytoplasmic density controls spindle architecture and scaling. Nature Cell Biology. 27(6). 959–971.
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Kuropka, Benno, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic basis of temperature adaptation in microtubule dynamics across frog species. Current Biology. 35(3). 612–628.e6. 3 indexed citations
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Ng, Sheung Chun, et al.. (2023). Barrier properties of Nup98 FG phases ruled by FG motif identity and inter-FG spacer length. Nature Communications. 14(1). 747–747. 28 indexed citations
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Reber, Simone, Mirko Singer, & Friedrich Frischknecht. (2023). Cytoskeletal dynamics in parasites. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 86. 102277–102277. 2 indexed citations
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Meca, Esteban, Anatol W. Fritsch, Juan M. Iglesias‐Artola, Simone Reber, & Barbara Wagner. (2023). Predicting disordered regions driving phase separation of proteins under variable salt concentration. Frontiers in Physics. 11. 3 indexed citations
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Amini, Shahrouz, Tingting Zhu, Kyoohyun Kim, et al.. (2023). Calcitic Prisms of The Giant Seashell Pinna Nobilis Form Light Guide Arrays. Advanced Materials. 35(39). e2304166–e2304166. 3 indexed citations
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Hirst, William G., et al.. (2022). Purification of functional Plasmodium falciparum tubulin allows for the identification of parasite-specific microtubule inhibitors. Current Biology. 32(4). 919–926.e6. 19 indexed citations
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Cavazza, Tommaso, et al.. (2021). Volumetric morphometry reveals spindle width as the best predictor of mammalian spindle scaling. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(1). 12 indexed citations
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Kim, Kyoohyun, et al.. (2021). The Xenopus spindle is as dense as the surrounding cytoplasm. Developmental Cell. 56(7). 967–975.e5. 14 indexed citations
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Hirst, William G., et al.. (2020). In Vitro Reconstitution and Imaging of Microtubule Dynamics by Fluorescence and Label-free Microscopy. STAR Protocols. 1(3). 100177–100177. 12 indexed citations
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Granada, Adrián E., Jacob Stewart-Ornstein, Nils Blüthgen, et al.. (2020). The effects of proliferation status and cell cycle phase on the responses of single cells to chemotherapy. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 31(8). 845–857. 31 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Varun, et al.. (2019). MTrack: Automated Detection, Tracking, and Analysis of Dynamic Microtubules. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3794–3794. 25 indexed citations
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Reber, Simone & Anthony A. Hyman. (2015). Emergent Properties of the Metaphase Spindle. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 7(7). a015784–a015784. 33 indexed citations
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Widlund, Per O., Marija Podolski, Simone Reber, et al.. (2012). One-step purification of assembly-competent tubulin from diverse eukaryotic sources. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(22). 4393–4401. 102 indexed citations
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Widlund, Per O., Silvano Piazza, Débora Rosa Bublik, et al.. (2012). GTSE1 Is a Microtubule Plus-End Tracking Protein That Regulates EB1-Dependent Cell Migration. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e51259–e51259. 48 indexed citations
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Reber, Simone. (2011). Isolation of Centrosomes from Cultured Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 777. 107–116. 13 indexed citations
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Janke, Carsten, Maria M. Magiera, Christof Taxis, et al.. (2004). A versatile toolbox for PCR‐based tagging of yeast genes: new fluorescent proteins, more markers and promoter substitution cassettes. Yeast. 21(11). 947–962. 1645 indexed citations breakdown →
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Seiter, Simone, R. Arch, Simone Reber, et al.. (1993). Prevention of tumor metastasis formation by anti-variant CD44.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 177(2). 443–455. 289 indexed citations
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Reber, Simone, S. Matzku, Ursula Günthert, et al.. (1990). Retardation of metastatic tumor growth after immunization with metastasis‐specific monoclonal antibodies. International Journal of Cancer. 46(5). 919–927. 61 indexed citations

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