Thomas Gregor

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Gregor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Gregor has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Plant Science and 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Gregor's work include Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (21 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers). Thomas Gregor is often cited by papers focused on Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (21 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (18 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers). Thomas Gregor collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Thomas Gregor's co-authors include Eric Wieschaus, William Bialek, David W. Tank, Shawn C. Little, Gašper Tkačik, Hernán G. García, Mikhail Tikhonov, Alistair P. McGregor, Julien Dubuis and Michal Levo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Gregor

88 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Probing the Limits to Positional Information 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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. Probing the Limits to Positional Information
    2007 527 citations Thomas Gregor, David W. Tank et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Gregor United States 33 3.3k 699 567 512 341 93 4.5k
George von Dassow United States 29 3.3k 1.0× 2.0k 2.8× 1.0k 1.8× 518 1.0× 322 0.9× 56 5.0k
Dennis Bray United Kingdom 35 3.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.7× 786 1.4× 241 0.5× 826 2.4× 99 5.8k
Andrew C. Oates Germany 46 4.6k 1.4× 2.7k 3.9× 619 1.1× 485 0.9× 571 1.7× 109 6.8k
Edwin Munro United States 31 2.5k 0.8× 2.1k 3.0× 410 0.7× 295 0.6× 388 1.1× 48 4.4k
Stuart A. Newman United States 46 3.2k 1.0× 1.5k 2.2× 998 1.8× 434 0.8× 223 0.7× 156 6.2k
Sharad Ramanathan United States 26 1.6k 0.5× 219 0.3× 478 0.8× 142 0.3× 308 0.9× 53 4.0k
Ertuğrul M. Özbudak United States 19 2.9k 0.9× 326 0.5× 919 1.6× 238 0.5× 109 0.3× 32 3.3k
Johannes Jaeger Spain 32 2.5k 0.7× 249 0.4× 700 1.2× 448 0.9× 210 0.6× 68 3.0k
Steven H. D. Haddock United States 34 2.5k 0.8× 154 0.2× 701 1.2× 302 0.6× 855 2.5× 108 6.3k
Martin Howard United Kingdom 41 3.4k 1.0× 550 0.8× 1.1k 1.9× 1.8k 3.6× 127 0.4× 100 4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Gregor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Gregor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Gregor

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Levo, Michal, et al.. (2025). A conserved coupling of transcriptional ON and OFF periods underlies bursting dynamics. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(10). 1959–1971. 2 indexed citations
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Gregor, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Deriving a genetic regulatory network from an optimization principle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2402925121–e2402925121. 4 indexed citations
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Wong-Ng, Jérôme, Alexandre Mayran, Lucille Lopez‐Delisle, et al.. (2025). Fine-tuning mechanical constraints reveals uncoupled patterning and gene expression programs in murine gastruloids. Development. 152(18). 1 indexed citations
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Friedman, Leah, et al.. (2024). Precise and scalable self-organization in mammalian pseudo-embryos. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 31(6). 896–902. 25 indexed citations
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McGough, Lauren, et al.. (2024). Finding the Last Bits of Positional Information. PubMed. 2(1). 11 indexed citations
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Romańczuk, Paweł, et al.. (2023). Growth produces coordination trade-offs inTrichoplax adhaerens, an animal lacking a central nervous system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(11). e2206163120–e2206163120. 6 indexed citations
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Seyboldt, Rabea, et al.. (2022). Latent space of a small genetic network: Geometry of dynamics and information. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(26). e2113651119–e2113651119. 11 indexed citations
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Levo, Michal, João Raimundo, Xinyang Bing, et al.. (2022). Transcriptional coupling of distant regulatory genes in living embryos. Nature. 605(7911). 754–760. 98 indexed citations
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Tkačik, Gašper & Thomas Gregor. (2021). The many bits of positional information. Development. 148(2). 36 indexed citations
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Hand, Ralf & Thomas Gregor. (2015). Chromosomenzahlen von Farn- und Samenpflanzen aus Deutschland 9. 9. 105–108. 1 indexed citations
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Gregor, Thomas & Ralf Hand. (2014). Chromosomenzahlen von Farn- und Samenpflanzen aus Deutschland 8. 8. 63–70. 1 indexed citations
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Gregor, Thomas, Koichi Fujimoto, Noritaka Masaki, & Satoshi Sawai. (2010). The Onset of Collective Behavior in Social Amoebae. Science. 328(5981). 1021–1025. 254 indexed citations
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Gregor, Thomas & Ralf Hand. (2006). Chromosomenzahlen von Farn- und Samenpflanzen aus Deutschland 1. 1. 135–140. 4 indexed citations
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Gregor, Thomas & Ralf Hand. (2006). Die Verbreitung von Arabis sagittata in Deutschland. Ergebnisse einer Herbarstudie. 1. 21–31. 5 indexed citations
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Gregor, Thomas, William Bialek, Rob R. de Ruyter van Steveninck, David W. Tank, & Eric Wieschaus. (2005). Diffusion and scaling during early embryonic pattern formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(51). 18403–18407. 244 indexed citations
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Gregor, Thomas. (1983). O Branco dos meus Sonhos. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 7(1). 53–68.
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Gregor, Thomas. (1970). Social relationships in a small society : a study of the Mehinacu Indians of Central Brazil. University Microfilms International eBooks.

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