Sylvia Erhardt

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Sylvia Erhardt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvia Erhardt has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cell Biology and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sylvia Erhardt's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (13 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Sylvia Erhardt is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (13 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers). Sylvia Erhardt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Sylvia Erhardt's co-authors include M. Azim Surani, Petra Hájková, Wolf Reik, Jörn Walter, Sheila C. Barton, Thomas Jenuwein, Silvana Rošić, Florian Köhler, Dónal O’Carroll and Michaela Pagani and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Sylvia Erhardt

29 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Epigenetic reprogramming in mouse primordial germ cells

2002 894 citations Petra Hájková, Sylvia Erhardt et al. Mechanisms of Development profile →
The Polycomb-Group GeneEzh2 Is Required for Early Mouse Development

2001 698 citations Sylvia Erhardt, M. Azim Surani et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sylvia Erhardt Germany	18	3.4k	987	901	526	316	31	3.7k
Maria‐Elena Torres‐Padilla Germany	34	4.2k 1.2×	575 0.6×	815 0.9×	255 0.5×	159 0.5×	79	4.5k
Hidehito Inagaki Japan	25	1.4k 0.4×	713 0.7×	392 0.4×	289 0.5×	181 0.6×	98	2.1k
Ian R. Adams United Kingdom	29	3.2k 0.9×	809 0.8×	517 0.6×	151 0.3×	535 1.7×	55	3.7k
Shantha K. Mahadevaiah United Kingdom	23	2.4k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	776 0.9×	219 0.4×	231 0.7×	31	3.0k
Shihori Yokobayashi Japan	16	2.3k 0.7×	403 0.4×	648 0.7×	131 0.2×	575 1.8×	18	2.5k
Julia Arand Germany	16	3.1k 0.9×	860 0.9×	335 0.4×	446 0.8×	41 0.1×	23	3.4k
Takashi Sado Japan	28	3.5k 1.1×	2.1k 2.1×	402 0.4×	633 1.2×	53 0.2×	54	4.0k
Rebecca J. Oakey United Kingdom	35	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	571 0.6×	548 1.0×	112 0.4×	83	3.2k
Kei‐ichiro Ishiguro Japan	22	2.8k 0.8×	412 0.4×	629 0.7×	120 0.2×	1.1k 3.3×	62	3.2k
Katia Ancelin France	17	3.1k 0.9×	844 0.9×	355 0.4×	143 0.3×	67 0.2×	29	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sylvia Erhardt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvia Erhardt

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Corless, Samuel, et al.. (2025). Revisiting the question: When is a centromere not a kinetochore?. Chromosome Research. 33(1). 23–23.

Vermeulen, Bram J. A., Qi Gao, Annett Neuner, et al.. (2025). Conserved function of the HAUS6 calponin homology domain in anchoring augmin for microtubule branching. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7845–7845.

Zenk, Fides, Eva Loeser, Piergiuseppe Quarato, et al.. (2024). Inheritance of H3K9 methylation regulates genome architecture in Drosophila early embryos. The EMBO Journal. 43(13). 2685–2714. 8 indexed citations

Simon, Alexander M., et al.. (2023). The HIPK2/CDC14B-MeCP2 axis enhances the spindle assembly checkpoint block by promoting cyclin B translation. Science Advances. 9(3). eadd6982–eadd6982. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Xiaolei, et al.. (2021). The role of Aspergillus nidulans polo-like kinase PlkA in microtubule-organizing center control. Journal of Cell Science. 134(16). 3 indexed citations

Köhler, Florian, Felix Bormann, Günter Raddatz, et al.. (2020). Epigenetic deregulation of lamina-associated domains in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. Genome Medicine. 12(1). 46–46. 53 indexed citations

Corless, Samuel, et al.. (2020). Centromeric RNA and Its Function at and Beyond Centromeric Chromatin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 432(15). 4257–4269. 22 indexed citations

Wilhelm, Alexander, et al.. (2019). Localization of Drosophila CENP-A to non-centromeric sites depends on the NuRD complex. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(22). 11589–11608. 4 indexed citations

Pauleau, Anne‐Laure, et al.. (2019). The checkpoint protein Zw10 connects CAL1-dependent CENP-A centromeric loading and mitosis duration in Drosophila cells. PLoS Genetics. 15(9). e1008380–e1008380. 6 indexed citations

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Lafarga, Vanesa, Katharina Haneke, Anne‐Laure Pauleau, et al.. (2018). TIAR marks nuclear G2/M transition granules and restricts CDK 1 activity under replication stress. EMBO Reports. 20(1). 15 indexed citations

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Frank, Lukas, Maria Polycarpou‐Schwarz, Matthias Groß, et al.. (2017). The long non-coding RNA LINC00152 is essential for cell cycle progression through mitosis in HeLa cells. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2265–2265. 46 indexed citations

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Erhardt, Sylvia, et al.. (2017). Post-translational Modifications of Centromeric Chromatin. Progress in molecular and subcellular biology. 56. 213–231. 4 indexed citations

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Rošić, Silvana & Sylvia Erhardt. (2016). No longer a nuisance: long non-coding RNAs join CENP-A in epigenetic centromere regulation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 73(7). 1387–1398. 35 indexed citations

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Rošić, Silvana, Florian Köhler, & Sylvia Erhardt. (2014). Repetitive centromeric satellite RNA is essential for kinetochore formation and cell division. The Journal of Cell Biology. 207(3). 335–349. 195 indexed citations

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Pauleau, Anne‐Laure, et al.. (2014). The E3 Ligase CUL3/RDX Controls Centromere Maintenance by Ubiquitylating and Stabilizing CENP-A in a CAL1-Dependent Manner. Developmental Cell. 28(5). 508–519. 38 indexed citations

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Pauleau, Anne‐Laure & Sylvia Erhardt. (2011). Centromere regulation: New players, new rules, new questions. European Journal of Cell Biology. 90(10). 805–810. 7 indexed citations

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Erhardt, Sylvia, Barbara G. Mellone, Craig Betts, et al.. (2008). Genome-wide analysis reveals a cell cycle–dependent mechanism controlling centromere propagation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 183(5). 805–818. 145 indexed citations

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Heun, Patrick, et al.. (2006). Mislocalization of the Drosophila centromere-specific histone CID promotes formation of \nfunctional ectopic kinetochores. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 280 indexed citations

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Hájková, Petra, Sylvia Erhardt, Thomas Haaf, et al.. (2002). Epigenetic reprogramming in mouse primordial germ cells. Mechanisms of Development. 117(1-2). 15–23. 894 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arney, Katharine L., Sylvia Erhardt, Robert A. Drewell, & M. Azim Surani. (2001). Epigenetic reprogramming of the genome--from the germ line to the embryo and back again. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 45(3). 533–540. 36 indexed citations

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