Thomas Kolter

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Kolter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kolter has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Physiology and 25 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kolter's work include Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (31 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (30 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (20 papers). Thomas Kolter is often cited by papers focused on Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (31 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (30 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (20 papers). Thomas Kolter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Thomas Kolter's co-authors include Konrad Sandhoff, Athanassios Giannis, Jürgen Eckel, Andrea Huwiler, Josef Pfeilschifter, Richard L. Proia, Heike Schulze, Ingo Uphues, Hany Farwanah and Michaela Wendeler and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kolter

89 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Peptidomimetics for Receptor Ligands—Discovery, Developme... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Peptidomimetics for Receptor Ligands—Discovery, Development, and Medical Perspectives
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Kolter Germany 36 3.7k 1.6k 1.5k 1.1k 446 93 5.2k
Shimon Gátt Israel 39 3.4k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 894 0.6× 892 0.8× 264 0.6× 167 4.8k
Jan‐Eric Månsson Sweden 43 2.8k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 518 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 572 1.3× 157 5.4k
Glyn Dawson United States 47 5.4k 1.5× 2.5k 1.5× 992 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 484 1.1× 250 8.1k
K. Harzer Germany 34 2.2k 0.6× 3.1k 2.0× 785 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 816 1.8× 167 4.5k
Juan Marugán United States 42 2.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 716 0.5× 898 0.8× 900 2.0× 167 5.7k
Don J. Mahuran Canada 42 3.4k 0.9× 3.9k 2.4× 1.8k 1.2× 1.9k 1.8× 1.4k 3.0× 154 6.5k
Matthias Eckhardt Germany 41 3.5k 0.9× 787 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 757 0.7× 289 0.6× 103 6.0k
Alessandro Prinetti Italy 44 5.0k 1.4× 1.8k 1.1× 350 0.2× 1.9k 1.8× 297 0.7× 124 6.4k
Christoph Arenz Germany 35 2.6k 0.7× 673 0.4× 445 0.3× 493 0.5× 462 1.0× 108 3.7k
Kohji Itoh Japan 31 1.6k 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 445 0.3× 594 0.6× 436 1.0× 162 4.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Kolter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Kolter

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All Works

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Schwarzmann, Günter, et al.. (2014). Partial synthesis of ganglioside and lysoganglioside lipoforms as internal standards for MS quantification. Journal of Lipid Research. 55(12). 2692–2706. 8 indexed citations
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Farwanah, Hany, Thomas Kolter, & Konrad Sandhoff. (2011). Mass spectrometric analysis of neutral sphingolipids: Methods, applications, and limitations. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1811(11). 854–860. 35 indexed citations
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Robinson, Nirmal, et al.. (2008). Mycobacterial Phenolic Glycolipid Inhibits Phagosome Maturation and Subverts the Pro‐inflammatory Cytokine Response. Traffic. 9(11). 1936–1947. 35 indexed citations
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Schulze, Heike, Thomas Kolter, & Konrad Sandhoff. (2008). Principles of lysosomal membrane degradation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1793(4). 674–683. 196 indexed citations
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Kolter, Thomas & Konrad Sandhoff. (2006). Sphingolipid metabolism diseases. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1758(12). 2057–2079. 283 indexed citations
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Wendeler, Michaela, Norbert Werth, Timm Maier, et al.. (2006). The enzyme‐binding region of human GM2‐activator protein. FEBS Journal. 273(5). 982–991. 24 indexed citations
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Wendeler, Michaela & Thomas Kolter. (2003). Inhibitoren des Endocannabinoid‐Abbaus: potenzielle Therapeutika neurologischer Störungen. Angewandte Chemie. 115(26). 3044–3047. 1 indexed citations
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Kolter, Thomas & Michaela Wendeler. (2003). Chemical Chaperones—A New Concept in Drug Research. ChemBioChem. 4(4). 260–264. 48 indexed citations
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Kolter, Thomas, Christine R. Kaneski, J. K. Blusztajn, et al.. (2003). Toxicity of glucosylsphingosine (glucopsychosine) to cultured neuronal cells: a model system for assessing neuronal damage in Gaucher disease type 2 and 3. Neurobiology of Disease. 14(3). 595–601. 73 indexed citations
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Gille, G., Wolf‐Dieter Rausch, Rudolf Moldzio, et al.. (2002). Pergolide protects dopaminergic neurons in primary culture under stress conditions. Journal of Neural Transmission. 109(5-6). 633–643. 29 indexed citations
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Schepers, Ute & Thomas Kolter. (2001). RNA Interference: A New Way to Analyze Protein Function. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 40(13). 2437–2439. 4 indexed citations
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Bierfreund, Uwe, Thomas Kolter, & Konrad Sandhoff. (2000). [29] Sphingolipid hydrolases and activator proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 255–276. 14 indexed citations
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Huwiler, Andrea, Thomas Kolter, Josef Pfeilschifter, & Konrad Sandhoff. (2000). Physiology and pathophysiology of sphingolipid metabolism and signaling. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1485(2-3). 63–99. 365 indexed citations
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Kolter, Thomas & Konrad Sandhoff. (1999). Sphingolipids—Their Metabolic Pathways and the Pathobiochemistry of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(11). 1532–1568. 344 indexed citations
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Kolter, Thomas & Konrad Sandhoff. (1998). Enzymology of Lysosomal Glycolipid Catabolism.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 10(56). 455–468. 6 indexed citations
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Kolter, Thomas, et al.. (1998). How Does Nature Cleave Sulfuric Acid Esters? A Novel Posttranslational Modification of Sulfatases. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(18). 2453–2455. 10 indexed citations
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Kolter, Thomas, et al.. (1997). Biochemistry of glycosphingolipid degradation. Clinica Chimica Acta. 266(1). 51–61. 23 indexed citations
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Gašperíková, Daniela, I Klimeś, Thomas Kolter, et al.. (1997). Glucose Transport and Insulin Signaling in Rat Muscle and Adipose Tissue Effect of Lipid Availabilitya. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 827(1). 144–157. 7 indexed citations
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Kolter, Thomas, et al.. (1992). Contraction-induced translocation of the glucose transporter Glut4 in isolated ventricular cardiomyocytes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 189(2). 1207–1214. 49 indexed citations

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