Stefan Raunser

14.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
154 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Stefan Raunser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Raunser has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Cell Biology and 28 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Stefan Raunser's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (28 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (20 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (20 papers). Stefan Raunser is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (28 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (20 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (20 papers). Stefan Raunser collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Stefan Raunser's co-authors include Thomas Walz, Christos Gatsogiannis, Felipe Merino, Dietmar J. Manstein, Sabrina Pospich, Thorsten Wagner, Pawel A. Penczek, Elmar Behrmann, Mirco Müller and Julian von der Ecken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Raunser

150 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Virulence Locus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Encodes a Protein Secretion Apparatus

2006 865 citations Joseph D. Mougous, M.E. Cuff et al. Science profile →
SPHIRE-crYOLO is a fast and accurate fully automated particle picker for cryo-EM

2019 785 citations Thorsten Wagner, Felipe Merino et al. profile →
STIM1 Clusters and Activates CRAC Channels via Direct Binding of a Cytosolic Domain to Orai1

2009 769 citations Stefan Raunser, Thomas Walz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Raunser Germany	52	5.7k	2.4k	1.1k	1.0k	917	154	9.6k
Z. Hong Zhou United States	55	4.9k 0.9×	639 0.3×	325 0.3×	289 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	214	9.9k
G. Bunkóczi United Kingdom	21	15.4k 2.7×	2.0k 0.8×	531 0.5×	594 0.6×	2.5k 2.8×	28	21.3k
Jean‐Paul Armache United States	23	6.5k 1.2×	736 0.3×	400 0.4×	153 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	41	8.7k
Yifan Cheng United States	67	16.6k 2.9×	2.8k 1.2×	745 0.7×	347 0.3×	1.8k 2.0×	213	25.5k
Derek Toomre United States	47	8.7k 1.5×	4.7k 2.0×	264 0.2×	395 0.4×	595 0.6×	117	13.9k
Steven J. Ludtke United States	59	9.7k 1.7×	1.2k 0.5×	663 0.6×	185 0.2×	1.3k 1.4×	138	13.7k
Keiichi Namba Japan	62	7.8k 1.4×	1.7k 0.7×	428 0.4×	1.8k 1.8×	5.2k 5.6×	326	13.2k
Richard A. Pfuetzner United States	35	6.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	933 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	54	9.8k
D.A. Keedy United States	27	11.3k 2.0×	1.2k 0.5×	359 0.3×	355 0.4×	1.6k 1.7×	46	16.0k
Shawn Zheng United States	14	5.2k 0.9×	712 0.3×	466 0.4×	188 0.2×	856 0.9×	19	8.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Raunser

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All Works

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Bauer, Claudia, Stephen P. Muench, Dieter Bruns, et al.. (2026). Ideal efficacy photoswitching for chromocontrol of TRPC4/5 channel functions in live tissues. Nature Chemical Biology. 22(2). 180–191.

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Chan, Eunice HoYee, et al.. (2025). Muscle growth by sarcomere divisions. Science Advances. 11(28). eadw9445–eadw9445. 1 indexed citations

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Kucher, Svetlana, Daniel Roderer, Oleg Sitsel, et al.. (2025). Multistate kinetics of the syringe-like injection mechanism of Tc toxins. Science Advances. 11(1). eadr2019–eadr2019. 1 indexed citations

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Burn, Garth L., Tobias Raisch, Sebastian Tacke, et al.. (2025). Myeloperoxidase transforms chromatin into neutrophil extracellular traps. Nature. 647(8090). 747–756. 2 indexed citations

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Bürgi, Jérôme, Pascal Lill, Cy M. Jeffries, et al.. (2023). Asymmetric horseshoe-like assembly of peroxisomal yeast oxalyl-CoA synthetase. Biological Chemistry. 404(2-3). 195–207. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhexin, Thorsten Wagner, Sebastian Tacke, et al.. (2023). Structure of the native myosin filament in the relaxed cardiac sarcomere. Nature. 623(7988). 863–871. 66 indexed citations

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Oosterheert, Wout, Florian E.C. Blanc, Alexander Belyy, et al.. (2023). Molecular mechanisms of inorganic-phosphate release from the core and barbed end of actin filaments. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(11). 1774–1785. 25 indexed citations

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Klink, B.U., Claudia Antoni, Lars Langemeyer, et al.. (2022). Structure of the Mon1-Ccz1 complex reveals molecular basis of membrane binding for Rab7 activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(6). 19 indexed citations

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Viswanatha, Raghuvir, Oleg Sitsel, Daniel Roderer, et al.. (2022). CRISPR screens in Drosophila cells identify Vsg as a Tc toxin receptor. Nature. 610(7931). 349–355. 19 indexed citations

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Raisch, Tobias, Giuseppe Ciossani, Stefano Maffini, et al.. (2022). Structure of the RZZ complex and molecular basis of Spindly‐driven corona assembly at human kinetochores. The EMBO Journal. 41(9). e110411–e110411. 27 indexed citations

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Pospich, Sabrina, Florian Küllmer, Johanna Funk, et al.. (2021). Cryo‐EM Resolves Molecular Recognition Of An Optojasp Photoswitch Bound To Actin Filaments In Both Switch States. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(16). 8678–8682. 19 indexed citations

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Ghent, Chloe M., Tobias Raisch, Yashar Sadian, et al.. (2021). Structural basis of human separase regulation by securin and CDK1–cyclin B1. Nature. 596(7870). 138–142. 59 indexed citations

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Brohée, Laura, Claudia Antoni, Stephan Kiontke, et al.. (2021). TSC1 binding to lysosomal PIPs is required for TSC complex translocation and mTORC1 regulation. Molecular Cell. 81(13). 2705–2721.e8. 39 indexed citations

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Pospich, Sabrina, Florian Küllmer, Johanna Funk, et al.. (2021). Cryo‐EM Resolves Molecular Recognition Of An Optojasp Photoswitch Bound To Actin Filaments In Both Switch States. Angewandte Chemie. 133(16). 8760–8764. 5 indexed citations

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Roderer, Daniel, Oliver Hofnagel, Roland Benz, & Stefan Raunser. (2019). Structure of a Tc holotoxin pore provides insights into the translocation mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(46). 23083–23090. 32 indexed citations

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Gatsogiannis, Christos, Dóra Balogh, Felipe Merino, Stephan A. Sieber, & Stefan Raunser. (2019). Cryo-EM structure of the ClpXP protein degradation machinery. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(10). 946–954. 67 indexed citations

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Raisch, Tobias, Chung-Te Chang, Yevgen Levdansky, et al.. (2019). Reconstitution of recombinant human CCR4-NOT reveals molecular insights into regulated deadenylation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3173–3173. 69 indexed citations

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Andersen, Christian Brix Folsted, Kristian Stødkilde, Anne Kuhlee, et al.. (2016). Haptoglobin. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 26(14). 814–831. 128 indexed citations

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Bröcker, Cornelia, Anne Kuhlee, Christos Gatsogiannis, et al.. (2012). Molecular architecture of the multisubunit homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting (HOPS) tethering complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(6). 1991–1996. 219 indexed citations

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Mougous, Joseph D., M.E. Cuff, Stefan Raunser, et al.. (2006). A Virulence Locus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Encodes a Protein Secretion Apparatus. Science. 312(5779). 1526–1530. 865 indexed citations breakdown →

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