Thomas Osterwalder

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Thomas Osterwalder is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Osterwalder has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Osterwalder's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (4 papers), Signaling Pathways in Disease (3 papers) and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (3 papers). Thomas Osterwalder is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (4 papers), Signaling Pathways in Disease (3 papers) and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (3 papers). Thomas Osterwalder collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Thomas Osterwalder's co-authors include Haig Keshishian, Benjamin H. White, P. Sonderegger, Esther T. Stoeckli, Paolo Cinelli, Stefan Krueger, Thomas B. Kuhn, Sabine Schrimpf, David P Wolfer and Christoph Rader and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Osterwalder

14 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

A conditional tissue-specific transgene expression system using inducible GAL4

2001 597 citations Thomas Osterwalder, Benjamin H. White et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Osterwalder Switzerland	14	840	738	376	363	199	14	1.7k
Judith Stegmüller Germany	23	1.8k 2.2×	506 0.7×	533 1.4×	190 0.5×	151 0.8×	31	2.6k
Chay T. Kuo United States	23	1.5k 1.8×	731 1.0×	294 0.8×	279 0.8×	46 0.2×	32	2.7k
Erik Cabuy Switzerland	16	1.4k 1.6×	723 1.0×	303 0.8×	110 0.3×	82 0.4×	19	2.3k
Debra L. Silver United States	28	2.0k 2.3×	550 0.7×	618 1.6×	373 1.0×	32 0.2×	54	3.0k
Sophie Jarriault France	15	2.2k 2.6×	196 0.3×	264 0.7×	170 0.5×	416 2.1×	25	2.7k
Manja Muijtjens United States	9	1.3k 1.5×	467 0.6×	175 0.5×	231 0.6×	239 1.2×	9	3.1k
Melanie Hamblen United States	9	460 0.5×	291 0.4×	111 0.3×	112 0.3×	71 0.4×	10	1.4k
Sarah B. Pierce United States	25	2.8k 3.3×	318 0.4×	455 1.2×	187 0.5×	433 2.2×	32	4.0k
Michaela Fellner Austria	10	1.9k 2.3×	1.1k 1.5×	525 1.4×	82 0.2×	242 1.2×	16	2.8k
Michael J. Jurynec United States	16	1.1k 1.3×	399 0.5×	464 1.2×	88 0.2×	49 0.2×	31	1.7k

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14 of 14 papers shown

Weigel, Stefan, Thomas Osterwalder, Li Yao, et al.. (2012). Surface Microstructures on Planar Substrates and Textile Fibers Guide Neurite Outgrowth: A Scaffold Solution to Push Limits of Critical Nerve Defect Regeneration?. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e50714–e50714. 13 indexed citations

Nicholson, Louise, et al.. (2008). Spatial and Temporal Control of Gene Expression in Drosophila Using the Inducible GeneSwitch GAL4 System. I. Screen for Larval Nervous System Drivers. Genetics. 178(1). 215–234. 93 indexed citations

Tang, Haiyan, et al.. (2005). Numb Proteins Specify Asymmetric Cell Fates via an Endocytosis- and Proteasome-Independent Pathway. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(8). 2899–2909. 36 indexed citations

Osterwalder, Thomas, et al.. (2004). DrosophilaSerpin 4 Functions as a Neuroserpin-Like Inhibitor of Subtilisin-Like Proprotein Convertases. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(24). 5482–5491. 39 indexed citations

Osterwalder, Thomas, et al.. (2001). A conditional tissue-specific transgene expression system using inducible GAL4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(22). 12596–12601. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

White, Benjamin H., Thomas Osterwalder, & Haig Keshishian. (2001). Molecular genetic approaches to the targeted suppression of neuronal activity. Current Biology. 11(24). R1041–R1053. 39 indexed citations

White, Benjamin H., Thomas Osterwalder, William J. Joiner, et al.. (2001). Targeted Attenuation of Electrical Activity in Drosophila Using a Genetically Modified K+ Channel. Neuron. 31(5). 699–711. 110 indexed citations

Cinelli, Paolo, Rime Madani, Nobusuke Tsuzuki, et al.. (2001). Neuroserpin, a Neuroprotective Factor in Focal Ischemic Stroke. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 18(5). 443–457. 114 indexed citations

Osterwalder, Thomas, Paolo Cinelli, Antonio Baici, et al.. (1998). The Axonally Secreted Serine Proteinase Inhibitor, Neuroserpin, Inhibits Plasminogen Activators and Plasmin but Not Thrombin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(4). 2312–2321. 124 indexed citations

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Schrimpf, Sabine, Lukrecija Brečević, Serguei Kozlov, et al.. (1997). Human Neuroserpin (PI12): cDNA Cloning and Chromosomal Localization to 3q26. Genomics. 40(1). 55–62. 54 indexed citations

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Krueger, Stefan, et al.. (1997). Expression of Neuroserpin, an Inhibitor of Tissue Plasminogen Activator, in the Developing and Adult Nervous System of the Mouse. Journal of Neuroscience. 17(23). 8984–8996. 153 indexed citations

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Osterwalder, Thomas, et al.. (1996). Neuroserpin, an axonally secreted serine protease inhibitor.. The EMBO Journal. 15(12). 2944–2953. 160 indexed citations

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Rader, Christoph, Esther T. Stoeckli, Urs Ziegler, et al.. (1993). Cell‐cell adhesion by homophilic interaction of the neuronal recognition molecule axonin‐1. European Journal of Biochemistry. 215(1). 133–141. 77 indexed citations

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Zuellig, Richard A., Christoph Rader, Thomas Osterwalder, et al.. (1992). The axonally secreted cell adhesion molecule, axonin‐1. European Journal of Biochemistry. 204(2). 453–463. 108 indexed citations

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