Urs Albrecht

25.6k total citations · 11 hit papers
168 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

About

Urs Albrecht is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Urs Albrecht has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 49 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 47 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Urs Albrecht's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (127 papers), Light effects on plants (39 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (33 papers). Urs Albrecht is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (127 papers), Light effects on plants (39 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (33 papers). Urs Albrecht collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Urs Albrecht's co-authors include Ueli Schibler, Gregor Eichele, Charna Dibner, Cheng Chi Lee, Zhong Sheng Sun, Jürgen A. Ripperger, Allan Bradley, Nicolas Preitner, Denis Duboule and Francesca Damiola and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Urs Albrecht

164 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Mammalian Circadian T... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2010 2002 1997 1997 2001 500 1000 1.5k
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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. The Mammalian Circadian Timing System: Organization and Coordination of Central and Peripheral Clocks
    2010 1.8k citations Ueli Schibler, Urs Albrecht et al. profile →
  2. The Orphan Nuclear Receptor REV-ERBα Controls Circadian Transcription within the Positive Limb of the Mammalian Circadian Oscillator
    2002 1.8k citations Nicolas Preitner, Francesca Damiola et al. Cell profile →
  3. Embryonic lethality and radiation hypersensitivity mediated by Rad51 in mice lacking Brca2
    1997 848 citations Urs Albrecht, Gregor Eichele et al. profile →
  4. A Differential Response of Two Putative Mammalian Circadian Regulators, mper1and mper2, to Light
    1997 734 citations Urs Albrecht, Zhong Sheng Sun et al. Cell profile →
  5. Nonredundant Roles of the mPer1 and mPer2 Genes in the Mammalian Circadian Clock
    2001 724 citations Urs Albrecht, Krista Kaasik et al. Cell profile →
  6. Requirement for Wnt3 in vertebrate axis formation
    1999 710 citations Urs Albrecht et al. profile →
  7. Mutation of the Angelman Ubiquitin Ligase in Mice Causes Increased Cytoplasmic p53 and Deficits of Contextual Learning and Long-Term Potentiation
    1998 693 citations Urs Albrecht, Gregor Eichele et al. profile →
  8. Timing to Perfection: The Biology of Central and Peripheral Circadian Clocks
    2012 669 citations Urs Albrecht profile →
  9. A Steroid Receptor Coactivator, SRA, Functions as an RNA and Is Present in an SRC-1 Complex
    1999 642 citations Urs Albrecht et al. Cell profile →
  10. The mPer2 gene encodes a functional component of the mammalian circadian clock
    1999 596 citations Urs Albrecht, Zhong Sheng Sun et al. profile →
  11. RIGUI, a Putative Mammalian Ortholog of the Drosophila period Gene
    1997 563 citations Zhong Sheng Sun, Urs Albrecht et al. Cell profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Urs Albrecht 12.5k 5.6k 5.1k 3.8k 2.9k 168 19.3k
Michael H. Hastings 17.7k 1.4× 6.6k 1.2× 2.9k 0.6× 6.8k 1.8× 4.1k 1.4× 231 22.2k
Fred W. Turek 15.9k 1.3× 8.2k 1.5× 2.3k 0.5× 4.2k 1.1× 5.3k 1.8× 335 23.1k
Satchidananda Panda 17.8k 1.4× 13.5k 2.4× 6.6k 1.3× 4.1k 1.1× 1.9k 0.6× 170 27.6k
Elizabeth S. Maywood 13.6k 1.1× 5.2k 0.9× 2.2k 0.4× 4.9k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 113 16.2k
Amita Sehgal 9.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 3.1k 0.6× 7.7k 2.0× 2.8k 0.9× 188 15.8k
Martha Hotz Vitaterna 7.4k 0.6× 3.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 2.1k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 85 10.7k
Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst 6.4k 0.5× 3.5k 0.6× 6.9k 1.4× 2.2k 0.6× 824 0.3× 167 15.0k
David C. Klein 13.4k 1.1× 3.2k 0.6× 8.6k 1.7× 8.5k 2.3× 3.1k 1.1× 362 23.5k
Michael Menaker 17.6k 1.4× 6.4k 1.1× 2.1k 0.4× 7.6k 2.0× 4.0k 1.4× 201 20.9k
Joseph Bass 10.5k 0.8× 7.9k 1.4× 2.4k 0.5× 1.3k 0.3× 1.7k 0.6× 86 15.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Urs Albrecht

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All Works

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Delezie, Julien, Pål O. Westermark, Danilo Ritz, et al.. (2024). More than the clock: distinct regulation of muscle function and metabolism by PER2 and RORα. The Journal of Physiology. 602(23). 6373–6402. 4 indexed citations
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Albrecht, Urs, et al.. (2024). Arginase-II gene deficiency reduces skeletal muscle aging in mice. Aging. 16(22). 13563–13587.
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Brenna, Andrea, Jürgen A. Ripperger, Dominique A. Glauser, et al.. (2024). Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) activity is modulated by light and gates rapid phase shifts of the circadian clock. eLife. 13. 4 indexed citations
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Ripperger, Jürgen A., et al.. (2023). Deletion of the Circadian Clock Gene Per2 in the Whole Body, but Not in Neurons or Astroglia, Affects Sleep in Response to Sleep Deprivation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 204–225. 3 indexed citations
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Peng, Zhong, Panos G. Ziros, Xiao-Hui Liao, et al.. (2023). ASIC1a affects hypothalamic signaling and regulates the daily rhythm of body temperature in mice. Communications Biology. 6(1). 857–857. 2 indexed citations
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Cederroth, Christopher R., Urs Albrecht, Joseph Bass, et al.. (2019). Medicine in the Fourth Dimension. Cell Metabolism. 30(2). 238–250. 250 indexed citations
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Mang, Géraldine M., et al.. (2016). Altered Sleep Homeostasis inRev-erbα Knockout Mice. SLEEP. 39(3). 589–601. 43 indexed citations
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Kowalska, E, Juergen Ripperger, Pascal Bruegger, et al.. (2012). NONO couples the circadian clock to the cell cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(5). 1592–1599. 194 indexed citations
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Daan, Serge, Kamiel Spoelstra, Urs Albrecht, et al.. (2011). Lab Mice in the Field: Unorthodox Daily Activity and Effects of a Dysfunctional Circadian Clock Allele. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 26(2). 118–129. 109 indexed citations
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Maronde, Erik, Arndt F. Schilling, Sebastian Seitz, et al.. (2010). The Clock Genes Period 2 and Cryptochrome 2 Differentially Balance Bone Formation. PLoS ONE. 5(7). e11527–e11527. 95 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Zhe Fang, Corinne Jud, et al.. (2008). Fragile X-Related Proteins Regulate Mammalian Circadian Behavioral Rhythms. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 83(1). 43–52. 100 indexed citations
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Langmesser, Sonja, et al.. (2008). Interaction of circadian clock proteins PER2 and CRY with BMAL1 and CLOCK. BMC Molecular Biology. 9(1). 41–41. 110 indexed citations
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Ripperger, Jürgen A., Thijs Houben, Isabelle Schmutz, et al.. (2008). Regulation of Monoamine Oxidase A by Circadian-Clock Components Implies Clock Influence on Mood. Current Biology. 18(9). 678–683. 319 indexed citations
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Feillet, Céline, Jürgen A. Ripperger, Maria Chiara Magnone, et al.. (2006). Lack of Food Anticipation in Per2 Mutant Mice. Current Biology. 16(20). 2016–2022. 175 indexed citations
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Preitner, Nicolas, Francesca Damiola, Luis Lopez‐Molina, et al.. (2002). The Orphan Nuclear Receptor REV-ERBα Controls Circadian Transcription within the Positive Limb of the Mammalian Circadian Oscillator. Cell. 110(2). 251–260. 1773 indexed citations breakdown →
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Albrecht, Urs. (2001). Circadian rhythms: A fine c(l)ocktail!. Current Biology. 11(13). R517–R519. 5 indexed citations
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Morris, Shelli M., et al.. (1998). The lissencephaly gene product Lis1, a protein involved in neuronal migration, interacts with a nuclear movement protein, NudC. Current Biology. 8(10). 603–606. 120 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhong Sheng, Urs Albrecht, Olga Zhuchenko, et al.. (1997). RIGUI, a Putative Mammalian Ortholog of the Drosophila period Gene. Cell. 90(6). 1003–1011. 563 indexed citations breakdown →
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Albrecht, Urs, Radwan Abu‐Issa, Mitsuharu Hattori, et al.. (1996). Platelet-Activating Factor Acetylhydrolase Expression and Activity Suggest a Link between Neuronal Migration and Platelet-Activating Factor. Developmental Biology. 180(2). 579–593. 74 indexed citations

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