Tim Sonntag

706 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 491 citations indexed

About

Tim Sonntag is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Sonntag has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 491 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Oncology and 1 paper in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tim Sonntag's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (3 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (2 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (2 papers). Tim Sonntag is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (3 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (2 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (2 papers). Tim Sonntag collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Tim Sonntag's co-authors include Mariko Sawa, David K. Welsh, Keiko Iwaisako, Peter C. St. John, Jae Wook Lee, Peter G. Schultz, Takako Noguchi, Steve A. Kay, Tsuyoshi Hirota and David A. Brenner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tim Sonntag

7 papers receiving 482 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.

Identification of Small Molecule Activators of Cryptochrome

2012 386 citations Tsuyoshi Hirota, Jae Wook Lee et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Sonntag United States	6	322	149	143	133	83	8	491
Sung Kook Chun United States	11	238 0.7×	111 0.7×	149 1.0×	77 0.6×	46 0.6×	20	437
Blossom Sneed United States	3	154 0.5×	186 1.2×	60 0.4×	69 0.5×	68 0.8×	3	412
Louaine L. Spriggs United States	11	471 1.5×	188 1.3×	110 0.8×	32 0.2×	67 0.8×	15	646
Ling Lai United States	10	344 1.1×	133 0.9×	62 0.4×	21 0.2×	32 0.4×	12	447
Yin Yeng Lee United States	7	213 0.7×	85 0.6×	134 0.9×	46 0.3×	25 0.3×	11	344
David Lourim United States	11	151 0.5×	364 2.4×	118 0.8×	41 0.3×	38 0.5×	16	602
Katherine Fisher United States	12	71 0.2×	194 1.3×	79 0.6×	30 0.2×	102 1.2×	17	456
Ruixiang Zhou China	11	262 0.8×	157 1.1×	85 0.6×	14 0.1×	30 0.4×	21	412
Athena M. Lemus-Wilson United States	9	282 0.9×	95 0.6×	74 0.5×	19 0.1×	26 0.3×	9	419
Chika Miyoshi Japan	12	130 0.4×	268 1.8×	65 0.5×	27 0.2×	65 0.8×	24	513

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Sonntag

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Sonntag

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Sonntag

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Lutz, Johannes, Tim Sonntag, Katharina Wolter, et al.. (2025). Preclinical development of an mRNA-based multiepitope immunotherapeutic for glioblastoma. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 74(11). 329–329.

2.

Sonntag, Tim, James J. Moresco, John R. Yates, & Marc Montminy. (2019). The KLDpT activation loop motif is critical for MARK kinase activity. PLoS ONE. 14(12). e0225727–e0225727. 4 indexed citations

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Sonntag, Tim, et al.. (2018). Mitogenic Signals Stimulate the CREB Coactivator CRTC3 through PP2A Recruitment. iScience. 11. 134–145. 17 indexed citations

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Sonntag, Tim, James J. Moresco, Joan Vaughan, et al.. (2017). Analysis of a cAMP regulated coactivator family reveals an alternative phosphorylation motif for AMPK family members. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0173013–e0173013. 24 indexed citations

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Tsai, Wen‐Wei, Shigenobu Matsumura, Weiyi Liu, et al.. (2015). ATF3 mediates inhibitory effects of ethanol on hepatic gluconeogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(9). 2699–2704. 30 indexed citations

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Zettler, J. L., et al.. (2013). SPLICEFINDER – A Fast and Easy Screening Method for Active Protein Trans-Splicing Positions. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e72925–e72925. 5 indexed citations

7.

Hirota, Tsuyoshi, Jae Wook Lee, Peter C. St. John, et al.. (2012). Identification of Small Molecule Activators of Cryptochrome. Science. 337(6098). 1094–1097. 386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sonntag, Tim & Henning D. Mootz. (2011). An intein-cassette integration approach used for the generation of a split TEVprotease activated by conditional protein splicing. Molecular BioSystems. 7(6). 2031–2039. 25 indexed citations

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