Tobias Eisenberg

22.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Tobias Eisenberg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tobias Eisenberg has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Tobias Eisenberg's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (21 papers), Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (19 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (15 papers). Tobias Eisenberg is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (21 papers), Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (19 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (15 papers). Tobias Eisenberg collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and France. Tobias Eisenberg's co-authors include Frank Madeo, Guido Kroemer, Sabrina Büttner, Didac Carmona‐Gutiérrez, Federico Pietrocola, Stephan J. Sigrist, Christoph Ruckenstuhl, Eva Herker, Helmut Jungwirth and Silke Wissing and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Tobias Eisenberg

65 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Spermidine in health and disease 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 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. Spermidine in health and disease
    2018 747 citations Frank Madeo, Tobias Eisenberg et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tobias Eisenberg Austria 39 3.8k 1.2k 669 640 567 67 5.5k
Didac Carmona‐Gutiérrez Austria 36 3.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 545 0.8× 954 1.5× 415 0.7× 66 5.2k
Sabrina Büttner Austria 35 3.5k 0.9× 760 0.7× 783 1.2× 453 0.7× 267 0.5× 67 4.8k
Federico Pietrocola France 31 2.9k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 387 0.6× 899 1.4× 466 0.8× 55 5.5k
Carolyn L. Cummins Canada 40 2.2k 0.6× 925 0.8× 221 0.3× 597 0.9× 283 0.5× 93 6.6k
Nils J. Færgeman Denmark 45 4.3k 1.1× 535 0.5× 709 1.1× 1.2k 1.8× 166 0.3× 130 6.7k
Jay H. Chung United States 34 5.1k 1.3× 824 0.7× 553 0.8× 1.5k 2.4× 321 0.6× 73 7.7k
Kai‐Uwe Fröhlich Germany 30 4.7k 1.3× 867 0.7× 1.6k 2.4× 314 0.5× 175 0.3× 43 6.1k
Günter Müller Germany 41 3.1k 0.8× 758 0.7× 1.2k 1.9× 1.0k 1.6× 234 0.4× 156 5.8k
Giuseppe Filomeni Italy 40 3.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 472 0.7× 700 1.1× 273 0.5× 81 5.9k
Heinz D. Osiewacz Germany 44 4.6k 1.2× 821 0.7× 599 0.9× 651 1.0× 453 0.8× 152 5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Tobias Eisenberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tobias Eisenberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tobias Eisenberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tobias Eisenberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tobias Eisenberg 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 Tobias Eisenberg. Tobias Eisenberg 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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Eder, Sandra, G Grabner, Michaela Lang, et al.. (2025). Clearing the path for whole-mount labeling and quantification of neuron and vessel density in adipose tissue. Journal of Cell Science. 138(3). 1 indexed citations
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Prietl, Barbara, Christoph Haudum, Joakim Franz, et al.. (2022). The effect of spermidine on autoimmunity and beta cell function in NOD mice. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13 indexed citations
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Hofer, Sebastian J., YongTian Liang, Andreas Zimmermann, et al.. (2021). Spermidine-induced hypusination preserves mitochondrial and cognitive function during aging. Autophagy. 17(8). 2037–2039. 54 indexed citations
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Maglione, Marta, Gaga Kochlamazashvili, Tobias Eisenberg, et al.. (2019). Spermidine protects from age-related synaptic alterations at hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 synapses. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 19616–19616. 42 indexed citations
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Schipke, Julia, Christina Brandenberger, Mahmoud Abdellatif, et al.. (2019). Cardioprotection by spermidine does not depend on structural characteristics of the myocardial microcirculation in aged mice. Experimental Gerontology. 119. 82–88. 5 indexed citations
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Farrugia, Gianluca, Christian Saliba, Godfrey Grech, et al.. (2019). Aspirin impairs acetyl-coenzyme A metabolism in redox-compromised yeast cells. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6152–6152. 6 indexed citations
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Madeo, Frank, Tobias Eisenberg, Federico Pietrocola, & Guido Kroemer. (2018). Spermidine in health and disease. Science. 359(6374). 747 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ring, Julia, Patrick Rockenfeller, Jelena Tadić, et al.. (2017). Mitochondrial energy metabolism is required for lifespan extension by the spastic paraplegia-associated protein spartin. Microbial Cell. 4(12). 411–422. 9 indexed citations
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Fengler, Vera H., Tobias Eisenberg, Frank Madeo, et al.. (2016). Magnetomitotransfer: An efficient way for direct mitochondria transfer into cultured human cells. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35571–35571. 53 indexed citations
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Dvorzak, Michaela, Ulrike Kleb, Tobias Eisenberg, et al.. (2015). IPO: a tool for automated optimization of XCMS parameters. BMC Bioinformatics. 16(1). 118–118. 240 indexed citations
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Madeo, Frank, Federico Pietrocola, Tobias Eisenberg, & Guido Kroemer. (2014). Caloric restriction mimetics: towards a molecular definition. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 13(10). 727–740. 178 indexed citations
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Schroeder, Sabrina, Tobias Pendl, Andreas Zimmermann, et al.. (2014). Acetyl-coenzyme A. Autophagy. 10(7). 1335–1337. 38 indexed citations
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Ruckenstuhl, Christoph, Didac Carmona‐Gutiérrez, Thomas Kickenweiz, et al.. (2014). Lifespan Extension by Methionine Restriction Requires Autophagy-Dependent Vacuolar Acidification. PLoS Genetics. 10(5). e1004347–e1004347. 166 indexed citations
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Dengjel, Jörn, Maria Høyer-Hansen, Tobias Eisenberg, et al.. (2012). Identification of Autophagosome-associated Proteins and Regulators by Quantitative Proteomic Analysis and Genetic Screens. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 11(3). M111.014035–M111.014035. 114 indexed citations
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Galluzzi, Lorenzo, Ilio Vitale, Laura Senovilla, et al.. (2012). Independent transcriptional reprogramming and apoptosis induction by cisplatin. Cell Cycle. 11(18). 3472–3480. 24 indexed citations
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Madeo, Frank, Tobias Eisenberg, Sabrina Büttner, Christoph Ruckenstuhl, & Guido Kroemer. (2010). Spermidine: A novel autophagy inducer and longevity elixir. Autophagy. 6(1). 160–162. 143 indexed citations
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Carmona‐Gutiérrez, Didac, Tobias Eisenberg, Sabrina Büttner, et al.. (2010). Apoptosis in yeast: triggers, pathways, subroutines. Cell Death and Differentiation. 17(5). 763–773. 390 indexed citations
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Eisenberg, Tobias, Didac Carmona‐Gutiérrez, Sabrina Büttner, Nektarios Tavernarakis, & Frank Madeo. (2010). Necrosis in yeast. APOPTOSIS. 15(3). 257–268. 111 indexed citations
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Büttner, Sabrina, Tobias Eisenberg, Didac Carmona‐Gutiérrez, et al.. (2007). Endonuclease G Regulates Budding Yeast Life and Death. Molecular Cell. 25(2). 233–246. 269 indexed citations
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Braun, Ralf J., Hans Zischka, Frank Madeo, et al.. (2006). Crucial Mitochondrial Impairment upon CDC48 Mutation in Apoptotic Yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(35). 25757–25767. 73 indexed citations

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