Steffen Schmidt

19.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Steffen Schmidt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Schmidt has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Steffen Schmidt's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Steffen Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Steffen Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and United States. Steffen Schmidt's co-authors include Birte Höcker, Oliver Weichenrieder, Noelia Ferruz, Shamil Sunyaev, Elisa Izaurralde, Eric Huntzinger, Peer Bork, Amit Indap, Thomas J. White and Kirk E. Lohmueller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Schmidt

64 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

ProtGPT2 is a deep unsupervised language model for protein design

2022 348 citations Noelia Ferruz, Steffen Schmidt et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steffen Schmidt Germany	30	2.6k	1.1k	512	262	216	64	3.7k
Aoife McLysaght Ireland	30	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	983 1.9×	225 0.9×	195 0.9×	53	3.3k
José B. Pereira‐Leal Portugal	33	3.7k 1.4×	629 0.6×	426 0.8×	326 1.2×	159 0.7×	69	4.9k
Min-Yen Chang Taiwan	5	2.7k 1.0×	648 0.6×	384 0.8×	303 1.2×	226 1.0×	8	3.9k
Silvano Squizzato United Kingdom	8	2.2k 0.8×	472 0.4×	565 1.1×	381 1.5×	284 1.3×	8	3.6k
Gregory E. Sims United States	11	1.9k 0.7×	985 0.9×	248 0.5×	142 0.5×	126 0.6×	12	2.9k
David A. Liberles United States	31	2.5k 0.9×	970 0.9×	669 1.3×	213 0.8×	192 0.9×	107	3.3k
Timo Glatter Germany	30	2.7k 1.0×	591 0.5×	236 0.5×	288 1.1×	200 0.9×	105	3.8k
Alan M Moses Canada	36	4.4k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 2.2×	203 0.8×	138 0.6×	78	5.3k
Ian B. Dodd Australia	31	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	280 0.5×	813 3.1×	219 1.0×	89	3.5k
Thomas C. Evans United States	37	4.1k 1.6×	507 0.5×	303 0.6×	372 1.4×	129 0.6×	85	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Schmidt

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dib, Lea, Lada A. Koneva, Andreas Edsfeldt, et al.. (2023). Lipid-associated macrophages transition to an inflammatory state in human atherosclerosis, increasing the risk of cerebrovascular complications. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 2(7). 656–672. 61 indexed citations

Ferruz, Noelia, Steffen Schmidt, & Birte Höcker. (2022). ProtGPT2 is a deep unsupervised language model for protein design. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4348–4348. 348 indexed citations breakdown →

Funder, Erik Daa, et al.. (2021). Characterization of Escherichia coli RNase H Discrimination of DNA Phosphorothioate Stereoisomers. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 31(6). 383–391. 3 indexed citations

Pendergraff, Hannah M., et al.. (2019). Nuclear and Cytoplasmatic Quantification of Unconjugated, Label-Free Locked Nucleic Acid Oligonucleotides. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 30(1). 4–13. 19 indexed citations

Munthe, Sune, Bo Halle, Henning B. Boldt, et al.. (2017). Shift of microRNA profile upon glioma cell migration using patient-derived spheroids and serum-free conditions. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 132(1). 45–54. 14 indexed citations

List, Markus, et al.. (2017). Protein-based nanotoxicology assessment strategy. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 13(3). 1229–1233. 5 indexed citations

List, Markus, Steffen Schmidt, Helle Christiansen, et al.. (2016). Efficient Management of High-Throughput Screening Libraries with SAVANAH. SLAS DISCOVERY. 22(2). 196–202. 3 indexed citations

Gjerstorff, Morten F., Jesper B. Moeller, Daniel Eliáš, et al.. (2014). SSX2 is a novel DNA-binding protein that antagonizes polycomb group body formation and gene repression. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(18). 11433–11446. 19 indexed citations

Boland, Andreas, Eric Huntzinger, Steffen Schmidt, Elisa Izaurralde, & Oliver Weichenrieder. (2011). Crystal structure of the MID-PIWI lobe of a eukaryotic Argonaute protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(26). 10466–10471. 96 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Steffen, et al.. (2011). Synthesis and evaluation of cardiac glycoside mimics as potential anticancer drugs. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 19(7). 2407–2417. 20 indexed citations

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Güell, Marc, Vera van Noort, Eva Yus, et al.. (2009). Transcriptome Complexity in a Genome-Reduced Bacterium. Science. 326(5957). 1268–1271. 324 indexed citations

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Tritschler, Felix, Ana Eulálio, Sigrun Helms, et al.. (2008). Similar Modes of Interaction Enable Trailer Hitch and EDC3 To Associate with DCP1 and Me31B in Distinct Protein Complexes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(21). 6695–6708. 73 indexed citations

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Bennett, E. Andrew, Heiko Keller, Ryan E. Mills, et al.. (2008). Active Alu retrotransposons in the human genome. Genome Research. 18(12). 1875–1883. 198 indexed citations

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Spirin, Victor, Steffen Schmidt, Alexander Pertsemlidis, et al.. (2007). Common Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Act in Concert to Affect Plasma Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 81(6). 1298–1303. 34 indexed citations

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Savas, Sevtap, Steffen Schmidt, Hamdi Jarjanazi, & Hilmi Özçelik. (2006). Functional nsSNPs from carcinogenesis-related genes expressed in breast tissue: Potential breast cancer risk alleles and their distribution across human populations. Human Genomics. 2(5). 287–287. 13 indexed citations

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Morett, Enrique, Jan O. Korbel, E. G. Rajan, et al.. (2003). Systematic discovery of analogous enzymes in thiamin biosynthesis. Nature Biotechnology. 21(7). 790–795. 107 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Steffen, Shamil Sunyaev, Peer Bork, & Thomas Dandekar. (2003). Metabolites: a helping hand for pathway evolution?. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 28(6). 336–341. 105 indexed citations

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Morett, Enrique, Jan O. Korbel, E. G. Rajan, et al.. (2002). Discovery of Analogous Enzymes in Thiamin Biosynthesis by Anticorrelation. Proceedings Genome Informatics Workshop/Genome informatics. 13(13). 365–366. 1 indexed citations

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Höcker, Birte, Steffen Schmidt, & Reinhard Sterner. (2001). A common evolutionary origin of two elementary enzyme folds. FEBS Letters. 510(3). 133–135. 35 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Steffen, Reinhard Neubert, Markus Schmitt, & Diether Neubert. (1996). Studies on the immunoglobulin-E system of the common marmoset in comparison with human data. Life Sciences. 59(9). 719–730. 4 indexed citations

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