Sonja Hombach

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Sonja Hombach is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Hombach has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sonja Hombach's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers), Connexins and lens biology (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers). Sonja Hombach is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers), Connexins and lens biology (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers). Sonja Hombach collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Czechia and United States. Sonja Hombach's co-authors include Markus Kretz, Klaus Willecke, Thomas Ott, Timm Schubert, Reto Weiler, Sven Reischauer, Jan Huisken, Benjamin Schmid, Florian O. Fahrbach and Michaela Mickoleit and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Methods, Journal of Cell Science and European Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Hombach

10 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Non-coding RNAs: Classification, Biology and Functioning 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. Non-coding RNAs: Classification, Biology and Functioning
    2016 673 citations Sonja Hombach, Markus Kretz Advances in experimental medicine and biology profile →

Peers

Sonja Hombach
Guangdun Peng China
Kevin Huang United States
Bijan K. Dey United States
Paul Sample United States
Eric L. Van Nostrand United States
Tian Lu China
Sivaraman Natarajan United States
Russell E. McConnell United States
Dina A. Faddah United States
Guangdun Peng China
Sonja Hombach
Citations per year, relative to Sonja Hombach Sonja Hombach (= 1×) peers Guangdun Peng

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Hombach

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Hombach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sonja Hombach. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sonja Hombach. The network helps show where Sonja Hombach may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Hombach

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Schwartz, Uwe, et al.. (2024). lncRNA LINC00941 modulates MTA2/NuRD occupancy to suppress premature human epidermal differentiation. Life Science Alliance. 7(7). e202302475–e202302475. 4 indexed citations
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Ziegler, Christian, Stefan Faderl, Jessica L. Schedlbauer, et al.. (2019). The long non‐coding RNA LINC 00941 and SPRR 5 are novel regulators of human epidermal homeostasis. EMBO Reports. 20(2). 39 indexed citations
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Hombach, Sonja & Markus Kretz. (2016). Non-coding RNAs: Classification, Biology and Functioning. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 937. 3–17. 673 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thorenoor, Nithyananda, Petra Vychytilova‐Faltejskova, Sonja Hombach, et al.. (2015). Long non-coding RNA ZFAS1 interacts with CDK1 and is involved in p53-dependent cell cycle control and apoptosis in colorectal cancer. Oncotarget. 7(1). 622–637. 158 indexed citations
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Mickoleit, Michaela, Benjamin Schmid, Michael Weber, et al.. (2014). High-resolution reconstruction of the beating zebrafish heart. Nature Methods. 11(9). 919–922. 175 indexed citations
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Söhl, Goran, Sonja Hombach, Joachim Degen, & Benjamin Odermatt. (2013). The oligodendroglial precursor cell line Oli-neu represents a cell culture system to examine functional expression of the mouse gap junction gene connexin29 (Cx29). Frontiers in Pharmacology. 4. 83–83. 10 indexed citations
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Hombach, Sonja & Markus Kretz. (2013). The non‐coding skin: Exploring the roles of long non‐coding RNAs in epidermal homeostasis and disease. BioEssays. 35(12). 1093–1100. 46 indexed citations
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Dedek, Karin, Timm Schubert, Andreas Feigenspan, et al.. (2006). Horizontal cell receptive fields are reduced in connexin57‐deficient mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 23(12). 3176–3186. 68 indexed citations
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Hombach, Sonja, Ulrike Janssen‐Bienhold, Goran Söhl, et al.. (2004). Functional expression of connexin57 in horizontal cells of the mouse retina. European Journal of Neuroscience. 19(10). 2633–2640. 137 indexed citations
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Kretz, Markus, Sonja Hombach, Dominik Eckardt, et al.. (2003). Altered connexin expression and wound healing in the epidermis of connexin-deficient mice. Journal of Cell Science. 116(16). 3443–3452. 123 indexed citations

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