Thomas F. Schilling

22.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
112 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas F. Schilling is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas F. Schilling has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Cell Biology and 23 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Thomas F. Schilling's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (56 papers), Congenital heart defects research (32 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (28 papers). Thomas F. Schilling is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (56 papers), Congenital heart defects research (32 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (28 papers). Thomas F. Schilling collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Thomas F. Schilling's co-authors include Charles B. Kimmel, Bonnie Ullmann, William W. Ballard, Rachel M. Warga, Christine Thisse, Bernard Thisse, John H. Postlethwait, Philip W. Ingham, Arul Subramanian and Yashar Javidan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Circulation Research and Development.

In The Last Decade

Thomas F. Schilling

109 papers receiving 17.5k 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.

Stages of embryonic development of the zebrafish

1995 9.6k citations Charles B. Kimmel, William W. Ballard et al. Developmental Dynamics profile →
Structure of the zebrafish snail1 gene and its expression in wild-type, spadetail and no tail mutant embryos

1993 815 citations Thomas F. Schilling et al. Development profile →
Origin and organization of the zebrafish fate map

1990 571 citations Charles B. Kimmel, Thomas F. Schilling et al. Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas F. Schilling United States	50	12.0k	6.2k	3.0k	1.5k	1.3k	112	17.7k
Monte Westerfield United States	63	13.1k 1.1×	6.8k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	2.9k 2.1×	148	20.1k
Matthias Hammerschmidt Germany	70	13.9k 1.2×	7.0k 1.1×	3.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	154	18.9k
Randall T. Peterson United States	58	11.0k 0.9×	5.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	728 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	155	17.2k
Bonnie Ullmann United States	11	6.0k 0.5×	4.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	849 0.6×	894 0.7×	12	10.4k
Mary C. Mullins United States	63	11.1k 0.9×	5.9k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	784 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	130	14.6k
Uwe Strähle Germany	63	7.6k 0.6×	3.7k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	194	12.9k
Christine Thisse France	59	10.6k 0.9×	5.1k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	123	14.9k
Wolfgang Driever Germany	69	13.9k 1.2×	7.1k 1.1×	4.2k 1.4×	766 0.5×	2.1k 1.6×	165	18.5k
Koichi Kawakami Japan	67	9.8k 0.8×	5.5k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	692 0.5×	2.4k 1.8×	262	15.8k
Bernard Thisse France	59	11.0k 0.9×	5.0k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	122	15.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas F. Schilling

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Morabito, Rossana, David Tatarakis, Robert W. Swick, et al.. (2025). The ratio of Wnt signaling activity to Sox2 transcription factor levels predicts neuromesodermal fate potential. Development. 152(22).

Werdehausen, Robert, Moritz Kretzschmar, Thomas F. Schilling, et al.. (2025). Bewältigung eines Massenanfalls von Verletzten: Umsetzung eines Krankenhausalarm- und Einsatzplans beim Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt 2024. Notfall + Rettungsmedizin. 28(5). 318–326. 1 indexed citations

Subramanian, Arul, et al.. (2025). Transcriptome profiling of tendon fibroblasts at the onset of embryonic muscle contraction reveals novel force-responsive genes. eLife. 14. 1 indexed citations

Subramanian, Arul, et al.. (2023). Mechanical force regulates Sox9 expression at the developing enthesis. Development. 150(16). 9 indexed citations

Dranow, Daniel B., et al.. (2021). Pthlha and mechanical force control early patterning of growth zones in the zebrafish craniofacial skeleton. Development. 149(2). 8 indexed citations

Subramanian, Arul, et al.. (2020). Tendon Cell Regeneration Is Mediated by Attachment Site-Resident Progenitors and BMP Signaling. Current Biology. 30(17). 3277–3292.e5. 19 indexed citations

Muto, Akihiko & Thomas F. Schilling. (2016). Zebrafish as a Model to Study Cohesin and Cohesinopathies. Methods in molecular biology. 1515. 177–196. 5 indexed citations

Boer, Elena F., Elizabeth D. Howell, Thomas F. Schilling, Cicely A. Jette, & Rodney A. Stewart. (2015). Fascin1-Dependent Filopodia are Required for Directional Migration of a Subset of Neural Crest Cells. PLoS Genetics. 11(1). e1004946–e1004946. 43 indexed citations

Hoffman, Trevor L., et al.. (2014). Rabconnectin-3a Regulates Vesicle Endocytosis and Canonical Wnt Signaling in Zebrafish Neural Crest Migration. PLoS Biology. 12(5). e1001852–e1001852. 39 indexed citations

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Pabic, Pierre Le, Carrie Ng, & Thomas F. Schilling. (2014). Fat-Dachsous Signaling Coordinates Cartilage Differentiation and Polarity during Craniofacial Development. PLoS Genetics. 10(10). e1004726–e1004726. 40 indexed citations

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Clemens, Daniel M., et al.. (2012). Exploring Subfunctionalization of the two Isoforms of AQP0 in Zebrafish. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 1056–1056. 1 indexed citations

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Schilling, Thomas F., et al.. (2010). Ovo1 links Wnt signaling with N-cadherin localization during neural crest migration. Development. 137(12). 1981–1990. 52 indexed citations

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Clouthier, David E., et al.. (2010). Regulation of facial morphogenesis by endothelin signaling: Insights from mice and fish. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 152A(12). 2962–2973. 72 indexed citations

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Schilling, Thomas F., Pierre Le Pabic, & Trevor L. Hoffman. (2010). Using transgenic zebrafish (Danio rerio) to study development of the craniofacial skeleton. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 26(2). 183–186. 11 indexed citations

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Stafford, David, et al.. (2006). Retinoids signal directly to zebrafish endoderm to specify insulin -expressing β-cells. Development. 133(5). 949–956. 99 indexed citations

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Chandraratna, Roshantha A.S., et al.. (2004). Independent roles for retinoic acid in segmentation and neuronal differentiation in the zebrafish hindbrain. Developmental Biology. 270(1). 186–199. 47 indexed citations

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Piotrowski, Tatjana, Thomas F. Schilling, Sreelaja Nair, et al.. (2003). The zebrafish van gogh mutation disrupts tbx1 , which is involved in the DiGeorge deletion syndrome in humans. Development. 130(20). 5043–5052. 186 indexed citations

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Brown, Louise, Adam Rodaway, Thomas F. Schilling, et al.. (2000). Insights into early vasculogenesis revealed by expression of the ETS-domain transcription factor Fli-1 in wild-type and mutant zebrafish embryos. Mechanisms of Development. 90(2). 237–252. 221 indexed citations

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Schilling, Thomas F., Jean‐Paul Concordet, & Philip W. Ingham. (1999). Regulation of Left–Right Asymmetries in the Zebrafish by Shh and BMP4. Developmental Biology. 210(2). 277–287. 98 indexed citations

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Kimmel, Charles B., et al.. (1995). Stages of embryonic development of the zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics. 203(3). 253–310. 9647 indexed citations breakdown →

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