W. Schaffner

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

W. Schaffner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Schaffner has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in W. Schaffner's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers). W. Schaffner is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers). W. Schaffner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. W. Schaffner's co-authors include Charles Weissmann, Oleg Georgiev, S M Iguchi-Ariga, Gunnar Westin, Josef Jiricny, Patrick Matthias, Michael Boshart, Friedemann Weber, B Fleckenstein and Gerhard Jahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W. Schaffner

63 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

A rapid, sensitive, and specific method for the determination of protein in dilute solution

1973 2.4k citations W. Schaffner et al. profile →
A very strong enhancer is located upstream of an immediate early gene of human cytomegalovirus

1985 1.0k citations W. Schaffner et al. profile →
Genes and spacers of cloned sea urchin histone DNA analyzed by sequencing

1978 209 citations W. Schaffner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Schaffner Switzerland	40	6.3k	2.0k	1.3k	1.3k	894	63	9.7k
Kenneth Paigen United States	47	6.2k 1.0×	2.5k 1.3×	544 0.4×	595 0.5×	476 0.5×	139	10.9k
Samson T. Jacob United States	51	8.2k 1.3×	628 0.3×	672 0.5×	952 0.7×	801 0.9×	195	11.0k
Russell M. Lebovitz United States	26	9.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	446 0.3×	2.6k 2.0×	876 1.0×	49	14.9k
Alan G. Porter Singapore	47	6.9k 1.1×	699 0.4×	424 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	105	10.9k
Patricia S. Thomas United States	11	6.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	306 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	632 0.7×	14	9.4k
G M Ringold United States	49	8.9k 1.4×	4.4k 2.3×	354 0.3×	2.0k 1.6×	1.0k 1.1×	80	12.8k
Sylvie Robine France	53	6.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	374 0.4×	112	11.9k
David M. Neville United States	55	6.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	489 0.4×	2.8k 2.2×	787 0.9×	143	13.6k
Jacques Piette Belgium	61	6.4k 1.0×	848 0.4×	360 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	205	11.2k
Robert Schimke United States	84	13.4k 2.1×	3.3k 1.7×	637 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	215	20.5k

Countries citing papers authored by W. Schaffner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Schaffner

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Chaves, Sandra S., Deborah Aragon, Nancy M. Bennett, et al.. (2013). Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza During the 2010-2011 Influenza Season: Exploring Disease Severity by Virus Type and Subtype. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 208(8). 1305–1314. 87 indexed citations

Harmeier, Anja, Christian Wozny, Benjamin R. Rost, et al.. (2009). Role of Amyloid- Glycine 33 in Oligomerization, Toxicity, and Neuronal Plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(23). 7582–7590. 84 indexed citations

Devasia, Rose, et al.. (2005). Two community hepatitis B outbreaks: An argument for vaccinating incarcerated persons. Vaccine. 24(9). 1354–1358. 5 indexed citations

Georgiev, Oleg, et al.. (2004). Metal-responsive transcription factor-1 (MTF-1) selects different types of metal response elements at low vs. high zinc concentration. Biological Chemistry. 385(7). 623–32. 47 indexed citations

Jones, Timothy F., et al.. (2003). Epidemiologic Investigation of a Restaurant-Associated Outbreak of Pontiac Fever. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 37(10). 1292–1297. 33 indexed citations

Peter, Isabelle S., et al.. (2003). A novel attenuated replication-competent adenovirus for melanoma therapy. Gene Therapy. 10(7). 530–539. 23 indexed citations

Lichtlen, Peter & W. Schaffner. (2001). The "metal transcription factor" MTF-1: biological facts and medical implications. Swiss Medical Weekly. 131(4546). 647–652. 56 indexed citations

Maur, Adrian Auf der, et al.. (1999). Characterization of the Transcription Factor MTF-1 from the Japanese Pufferfish (<I>Fugu rubripes</I>) Reveals Evolutionary Conservation of Heavy Metal Stress Response. Biological Chemistry. 380(2). 175–85. 73 indexed citations

Mayr, B., et al.. (1997). Canine Tumour Suppressor Gene p53 - Mutation in a Case of Adenoma of Circumanal Glands. Veterinary Research Communications. 21(5). 369–373. 17 indexed citations

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Escher, Dominik & W. Schaffner. (1997). Gene activation at a distance and telomeric silencing are not affected by yeast histone H1. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 256(4). 456–461. 27 indexed citations

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Hagmann, Michael, Oleg Georgiev, & W. Schaffner. (1997). The VP16 paradox: herpes simplex virus VP16 contains a long-range activation domain but within the natural multiprotein complex activates only from promoter-proximal positions. Journal of Virology. 71(8). 5952–5962. 21 indexed citations

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Schaffner, W., et al.. (1996). Gametic embryogenesis in Hypericum ssp. 2(1). 307–310. 1 indexed citations

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Kemler, Iris, Edgar Schreiber, Michael Müller, Patrick Matthias, & W. Schaffner. (1989). Octamer transcription factors bind to two different sequence motifs of the immunoglobulin heavy chain promoter.. The EMBO Journal. 8(7). 2001–2008. 125 indexed citations

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Schreiber, Edgar, Patrick Matthias, Michael Müller, & W. Schaffner. (1988). Identification of a novel lymphoid specific octamer binding protein (OTF-2B) by proteolytic clipping bandshift assay (PCBA).. The EMBO Journal. 7(13). 4221–4229. 272 indexed citations

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Schaffner, W., et al.. (1987). A purine-rich DNA sequence motif present in SV40 and lymphotropic papovavirus binds a lymphoid-specific factor and contributes to enhancer activity in lymphoid cells.. Genes & Development. 1(9). 962–972. 102 indexed citations

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Doetschman, Thomas, Achim Gossler, Edgar Serfling, et al.. (1986). Introduction of genes into mouse embryonic stem cells.. PubMed. 217A. 47–50. 4 indexed citations

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Picard, Didier & W. Schaffner. (1984). Unrearranged immunoglobulin lambda variable region is transcribed in kappa-producing myelomas.. The EMBO Journal. 3(12). 3031–3035. 24 indexed citations

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Banerji, Julian, et al.. (1983). Analysis of the Transcriptional Enhancer Effect. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 47(0). 911–919. 70 indexed citations

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Picard, Didier & W. Schaffner. (1983). Correct transcription of a cloned mouse immunoglobulin gene in vivo.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(2). 417–421. 66 indexed citations

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Rusconi, Sandro & W. Schaffner. (1981). Transformation of frog embryos with a rabbit beta-globin gene.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(8). 5051–5055. 132 indexed citations

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