Tobias Gerber

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Tobias Gerber is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tobias Gerber has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Tobias Gerber's work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (8 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers). Tobias Gerber is often cited by papers focused on Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (8 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers). Tobias Gerber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United Kingdom. Tobias Gerber's co-authors include Barbara Treutlein, J. Gray Camp, Sabina Kanton, Robert Lachmann, Marta Florio, Svante Pääbo, Wieland Β. Huttner, Juergen A. Knoblich, Wulf Hevers and Éric Lewitus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tobias Gerber

15 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Human cerebral organoids ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2017 250 500 750
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. Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development
    2015 767 citations J. Gray Camp, Marta Florio et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Multilineage communication regulates human liver bud development from pluripotency
    2017 424 citations J. Gray Camp, Keisuke Sekine et al. Nature 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 Gerber Germany 12 1.6k 333 323 222 198 15 2.1k
Diane Hu United States 25 2.1k 1.3× 149 0.4× 1.3k 4.0× 123 0.6× 137 0.7× 39 3.1k
Harris Morrison United Kingdom 18 1.3k 0.8× 94 0.3× 591 1.8× 118 0.5× 95 0.5× 25 1.9k
Paula Murphy Ireland 30 1.8k 1.1× 186 0.6× 561 1.7× 153 0.7× 86 0.4× 82 2.8k
Deneen M. Wellik United States 30 2.5k 1.6× 60 0.2× 808 2.5× 103 0.5× 298 1.5× 64 3.6k
Päivi Kettunen Norway 24 3.3k 2.0× 75 0.2× 1.1k 3.3× 24 0.1× 131 0.7× 43 3.9k
Ruchi Bajpai United States 19 2.9k 1.8× 126 0.4× 644 2.0× 108 0.5× 335 1.7× 25 3.5k
Carole LaBonne United States 31 2.8k 1.7× 74 0.2× 696 2.2× 143 0.6× 338 1.7× 54 3.4k
Mami Matsuo‐Takasaki Japan 14 1.5k 0.9× 393 1.2× 217 0.7× 383 1.7× 93 0.5× 30 1.8k
Luca Gentile Germany 27 3.1k 1.9× 313 0.9× 472 1.5× 157 0.7× 156 0.8× 47 3.6k
Heiko Peters United Kingdom 23 2.7k 1.7× 83 0.2× 1.0k 3.2× 44 0.2× 127 0.6× 29 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Tobias Gerber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tobias Gerber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tobias Gerber

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Bredikhin, Danila, Tobias Gerber, Peter J. Steenbergen, et al.. (2024). Systemic coordination of whole-body tissue remodeling during local regeneration in sea anemones. Developmental Cell. 60(5). 780–793.e7. 3 indexed citations
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Knapp, Dunja, Ahmed Elewa, Tobias Gerber, et al.. (2022). Tig1 regulates proximo-distal identity during salamander limb regeneration. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1141–1141. 14 indexed citations
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Gerber, Tobias, Siyu Chen, Akanksha Jain, et al.. (2022). Spatial transcriptomic and single-nucleus analysis reveals heterogeneity in a gigantic single-celled syncytium. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 9 indexed citations
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He, Zhisong, Ashley Maynard, Akanksha Jain, et al.. (2021). Lineage recording in human cerebral organoids. Nature Methods. 19(1). 90–99. 116 indexed citations
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Gerber, Tobias, Prayag Murawala, Sarah Hermann, et al.. (2021). Fibroblast dedifferentiation as a determinant of successful regeneration. Developmental Cell. 56(10). 1541–1551.e6. 75 indexed citations
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Gerber, Tobias, Prayag Murawala, Dunja Knapp, et al.. (2018). Single-cell analysis uncovers convergence of cell identities during axolotl limb regeneration. Science. 362(6413). 259 indexed citations
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Fei, Ji‐Feng, Wilson Pak-Kin Lou, Dunja Knapp, et al.. (2018). Application and optimization of CRISPR–Cas9-mediated genome engineering in axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Nature Protocols. 13(12). 2908–2943. 36 indexed citations
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Loeffler‐Wirth, Henry, Hans Binder, Edith Willscher, Tobias Gerber, & Manfred Kunz. (2018). Pseudotime Dynamics in Melanoma Single-Cell Transcriptomes Reveals Different Mechanisms of Tumor Progression. Biology. 7(2). 23–23. 15 indexed citations
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Karow, Marisa, J. Gray Camp, Sven Falk, et al.. (2018). Direct pericyte-to-neuron reprogramming via unfolding of a neural stem cell-like program. Nature Neuroscience. 21(7). 932–940. 94 indexed citations
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Gansauge, Marie-Theres, Tobias Gerber, Isabelle Glocke, et al.. (2017). Single-stranded DNA library preparation from highly degraded DNA usingT4DNA ligase. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(10). gkx033–gkx033. 136 indexed citations
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Camp, J. Gray, Keisuke Sekine, Tobias Gerber, et al.. (2017). Multilineage communication regulates human liver bud development from pluripotency. Nature. 546(7659). 533–538. 424 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gerber, Tobias, Edith Willscher, Henry Loeffler‐Wirth, et al.. (2016). Mapping heterogeneity in patient-derived melanoma cultures by single-cell RNA-seq. Oncotarget. 8(1). 846–862. 59 indexed citations
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Camp, J. Gray, Marta Florio, Sabina Kanton, et al.. (2015). Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(51). 15672–15677. 767 indexed citations breakdown →
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Korlević, Petra, Tobias Gerber, Marie-Theres Gansauge, et al.. (2015). Reducing Microbial and Human Contamination in DNA Extractions from Ancient Bones and Teeth. BioTechniques. 59(2). 87–93. 141 indexed citations
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Gloor, M., et al.. (2003). Optimised ballastless track systems. 258–259. 1 indexed citations

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