Urs Meyer

40.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
378 papers, 31.4k citations indexed

About

Urs Meyer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Urs Meyer has authored 378 papers receiving a total of 31.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Molecular Biology, 116 papers in Pharmacology and 76 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Urs Meyer's work include Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (111 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (76 papers) and Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (56 papers). Urs Meyer is often cited by papers focused on Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (111 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (76 papers) and Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (56 papers). Urs Meyer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Urs Meyer's co-authors include Joram Feldon, Frank J. Gonzalez, Benjamin K. Yee, Ulrich M. Zanger, Markus H. Heim, Christoph Handschin, Thomas Kronbach, Manfred Schedlowski, Juliet Richetto and Denis M. Grant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Urs Meyer

364 papers receiving 30.5k citations

Hit Papers

The major genetic defect responsible for the polymor... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1994 1994 2006 1988 1989 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. The major genetic defect responsible for the polymorphism of S-mephenytoin metabolism in humans.
    1994 793 citations Urs Meyer et al. profile →
  2. Identification of a new genetic defect responsible for the polymorphism of (S)-mephenytoin metabolism in Japanese.
    1994 649 citations Urs Meyer et al. profile →
  3. The Time of Prenatal Immune Challenge Determines the Specificity of Inflammation-Mediated Brain and Behavioral Pathology
    2006 634 citations Urs Meyer, Andrea Engler et al. profile →
  4. Characterization of the common genetic defect in humans deficient in debrisoquine metabolism
    1988 548 citations Frank J. Gonzalez, Morio Umeno et al. profile →
  5. Oxidation of midazolam and triazolam by human liver cytochrome P450IIIA4.
    1989 481 citations Frank J. Gonzalez, Urs Meyer et al. profile →
  6. Cyclosporine metabolism in human liver: Identification of a cytochrome P-450III gene family as the major cyclosporine-metabolizing enzyme explains interactions of cyclosporine with other drugs
    1988 465 citations Urs Meyer et al. profile →
  7. Cytochrome P-450 hPCN3, a Novel Cytochrome P-450 IIIA Gene Product That Is Differentially Expressed in Adult Human Liver
    1989 434 citations Urs Meyer, Harry V. Gelboin et al. profile →
  8. PARENCHYMAL CELLS FROM ADULT RAT LIVER IN NONPROLIFERATING MONOLAYER CULTURE
    1973 374 citations Urs Meyer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Urs Meyer Switzerland 101 10.2k 8.9k 5.8k 5.6k 4.0k 378 31.4k
Salvatore Cuzzocrea Italy 97 2.2k 0.2× 14.0k 1.6× 3.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.2× 1.1k 0.3× 923 43.4k
Osamu Hayaishi Japan 98 1.3k 0.1× 13.6k 1.5× 4.0k 0.7× 2.7k 0.5× 597 0.1× 531 30.5k
Richard M. Weinshilboum United States 77 5.0k 0.5× 8.7k 1.0× 3.3k 0.6× 829 0.1× 2.9k 0.7× 408 23.9k
Julius Axelrod United States 105 2.4k 0.2× 12.6k 1.4× 1.0k 0.2× 844 0.2× 1.7k 0.4× 347 37.3k
Toshitaka Nabeshima Japan 77 745 0.1× 9.3k 1.0× 718 0.1× 3.0k 0.5× 1.0k 0.3× 790 25.0k
Mark A. Smith United States 134 511 0.0× 23.8k 2.7× 2.2k 0.4× 3.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.3× 733 61.9k
Julio Licínio United States 76 830 0.1× 5.4k 0.6× 547 0.1× 4.7k 0.8× 779 0.2× 315 21.2k
Ahmad Reza Dehpour Iran 54 1.1k 0.1× 4.4k 0.5× 1.0k 0.2× 1.2k 0.2× 977 0.2× 874 16.8k
Vincenzo Di Marzo Italy 139 1.1k 0.1× 11.0k 1.2× 781 0.1× 1.8k 0.3× 2.6k 0.7× 894 76.7k
Dietmar Fuchs Austria 87 459 0.0× 6.8k 0.8× 2.0k 0.3× 8.9k 1.6× 773 0.2× 797 32.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Urs Meyer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Parvez, Md Sorwer Alam, Souichi Oe, Liang Yuan, et al.. (2025). Maternal immune activation followed by peripubertal stress combinedly produce reactive microglia and confine cerebellar cognition. Communications Biology. 8(1). 296–296. 3 indexed citations
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Ivanov, Andranik, Daniele Mattei, J. Patrick Pett, et al.. (2022). Analyses of circRNA Expression throughout the Light-Dark Cycle Reveal a Strong Regulation of Cdr1as, Associated with Light Entrainment in the SCN. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(20). 12347–12347. 5 indexed citations
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Schalbetter, Sina M., Flavia S. Mueller, Juliet Richetto, et al.. (2021). Oral application of clozapine-N-oxide using the micropipette-guided drug administration (MDA) method in mouse DREADD systems. Lab Animal. 50(3). 69–75. 16 indexed citations
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Richetto, Juliet, Annamaria Cattaneo, Marie A. Labouesse, et al.. (2016). Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiling and Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Maternal Immune Activation Model of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Cerebral Cortex. 27(6). 3397–3413. 53 indexed citations
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Labouesse, Marie A., Wolfgang Langhans, & Urs Meyer. (2015). Abnormal context–reward associations in an immune-mediated neurodevelopmental mouse model with relevance to schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry. 5(9). e637–e637. 21 indexed citations
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Shahabi, Payman, Gérard Siest, Urs Meyer, & Sophie Visvikis‐Siest. (2014). Human cytochrome P450 epoxygenases: Variability in expression and role in inflammation-related disorders. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 144(2). 134–161. 75 indexed citations
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Giovanoli, Sandra, Harald Engler, Andrea Engler, et al.. (2013). Stress in Puberty Unmasks Latent Neuropathological Consequences of Prenatal Immune Activation in Mice. Science. 339(6123). 1095–1099. 375 indexed citations
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Meyer, Urs, Joram Feldon, & S. Hossein Fatemi. (2009). In-vivo rodent models for the experimental investigation of prenatal immune activation effects in neurodevelopmental brain disorders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 33(7). 1061–1079. 290 indexed citations
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Meyer, Urs, et al.. (2006). Transmedialität : zur Ästhetik paraliterarischer Verfahren. Wallstein eBooks.
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Gnerre, Carmela, Gertrud U. Schuster, Adrian Roth, et al.. (2005). LXR deficiency and cholesterol feeding affect the expression and phenobarbital-mediated induction of cytochromes P450 in mouse liver. Journal of Lipid Research. 46(8). 1633–1642. 25 indexed citations
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Hintermann, Edith, et al.. (2000). Purification, Cloning, and Characterization of a Second Arylalkylamine N-Acetyltransferase from Drosophila melanogaster. DNA and Cell Biology. 19(11). 697–705. 50 indexed citations
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Lindberg, Raija L.P., Rudolf Martini, Matthias R. Baumgartner, et al.. (1999). Motor neuropathy in porphobilinogen deaminase–deficient mice imitates the peripheral neuropathy of human acute porphyria. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 103(8). 1127–1134. 84 indexed citations
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Meyer, Urs, et al.. (1999). Drug regimen compliance : issues in clinical trials and patient management. Wiley eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Hintermann, Edith, Paul Jenö, & Urs Meyer. (1995). Isolation and characterization of an arylalkylamine N‐acetyltransferase from Drosophila melanogaster. FEBS Letters. 375(1-2). 148–150. 39 indexed citations
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Wintergerst, Uwe, Urs Meyer, K. Remberger, & B. H. Belohradsky. (1989). [Graft versus host reaction in an infant with DiGeorge syndrome].. PubMed. 137(6). 345–7. 8 indexed citations
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Gonzalez, Frank J., Morio Umeno, O. Wesley McBride, et al.. (1988). Human P450PCN1: Sequence, Chromosome Localization, and Direct Evidence through cDNA Expression That P450PCN1 Is Nifedipine Oxidase. DNA. 7(2). 79–86. 148 indexed citations
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Gonzalez, Frank J., Tamihide Matsunaga, Kiyoshi Nagata, et al.. (1987). Debrisoquine 4-Hydroxylase: Characterization of a New P450 Gene Subfamily, Regulation, Chromosomal Mapping, and Molecular Analysis of the DA Rat Polymorphism. DNA. 6(2). 149–161. 124 indexed citations
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Bonkovsky, Herbert L., et al.. (1985). Cytochrome P450 of small intestinal epithelial cells. Gastroenterology. 88(2). 458–467. 20 indexed citations
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Meyer, Urs, et al.. (1964). Advances in Drug Research. Academic Press eBooks. 471 indexed citations

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