Walter Becker

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
136 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Walter Becker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Becker has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 27 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Walter Becker's work include Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (27 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (17 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (13 papers). Walter Becker is often cited by papers focused on Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (27 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (17 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (13 papers). Walter Becker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Africa and Spain. Walter Becker's co-authors include Hans‐Georg Joost, Francisco J. Tejedor, Robert M. Chanock, Kenneth McIntosh, Klaus Apel, Ulf Soppa, Jane H. Dees, Wolfgang Sippl, H. Kentrup and Albert Z. Kapikian and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Walter Becker

130 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Recovery in tracheal organ cultures of novel viruses from patients with respiratory disease.

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Author						Papers	Cites
Walter Becker	3.2k	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	949	136	6.8k
Simon J. Foote	2.5k 0.8×	2.8k 2.0×	731 0.7×	949 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	143	7.7k
Thomas G. Wood	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	419 0.4×	377 0.4×	114	5.7k
Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen	3.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	384 0.4×	686 0.7×	370 0.4×	81	6.4k
Scott G. Morham	3.4k 1.1×	557 0.4×	553 0.5×	842 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	50	9.1k
Akemi Suzuki	3.4k 1.1×	738 0.5×	652 0.6×	288 0.3×	462 0.5×	194	5.7k
Kohji Moriishi	2.4k 0.7×	537 0.4×	968 0.9×	1.8k 1.7×	519 0.5×	145	5.8k
José‐Enrique O’Connor	2.2k 0.7×	436 0.3×	519 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	309 0.3×	138	5.6k
Ramneek Gupta	4.7k 1.5×	383 0.3×	493 0.5×	575 0.6×	503 0.5×	62	7.1k
Zahra Zakeri	3.2k 1.0×	592 0.4×	247 0.2×	1.1k 1.1×	362 0.4×	116	5.3k
Shawn J. Green	1.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	367 0.3×	842 0.8×	374 0.4×	47	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Becker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Becker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Becker

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Babendreyer, Aaron, et al.. (2024). Differential regulation of expression of the protein kinases DYRK1A and DYRK1B in cancer cells. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 23926–23926. 1 indexed citations

Foley, Christopher, Breland E. Smith, Aaron Babendreyer, et al.. (2024). Discovery and Functional Characterization of a Potent, Selective, and Metabolically Stable PROTAC of the Protein Kinases DYRK1A and DYRK1B. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(19). 17259–17289. 6 indexed citations

Detro‐Dassen, Silvia, et al.. (2024). Functional characterization of two DYRK1B variants causative of AOMS3. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 19(1). 233–233.

Babendreyer, Aaron, et al.. (2024). Elevated expression levels of the protein kinase DYRK1B induce mesenchymal features in A549 lung cancer cells. BMC Cancer. 24(1). 1341–1341.

Gabr, Moustafa T., Ahmed K. ElHady, Alireza Abadi, et al.. (2021). Discovery of Hydroxybenzothiazole Urea Compounds as Multitargeted Agents Suppressing Major Cytotoxic Mechanisms in Neurodegenerative Diseases. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 12(22). 4302–4318. 6 indexed citations

Abdel‐Halim, Mohammad, et al.. (2018). Development of novel amide–derivatized 2,4-bispyridyl thiophenes as highly potent and selective Dyrk1A inhibitors. Part II: Identification of the cyclopropylamide moiety as a key modification. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 158. 270–285. 18 indexed citations

Panstruga, Ralph, et al.. (2015). Novel harmine analogues and the effect on dual specificity kinase activity of DYRK1A. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations

Soppa, Ulf & Walter Becker. (2015). DYRK protein kinases. Current Biology. 25(12). R488–R489. 50 indexed citations

Birner‐Gruenberger, Ruth, et al.. (2013). Mechanism of dual specificity kinase activity of DYRK1A. FEBS Journal. 280(18). 4495–4511. 56 indexed citations

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Graaf, Katrin de, Paul Hekerman, Oliver Spelten, et al.. (2004). Characterization of Cyclin L2, a Novel Cyclin with an Arginine/Serine-rich Domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(6). 4612–4624. 98 indexed citations

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Conraths, Franz J., C. Bauer, & Walter Becker. (1996). Nachweis von Antikörpern gegen Neospora caninum bei Kühen in hessischen Betrieben mit Abort- und Fruchtbarkeitsproblemen. OpenAgrar. 6 indexed citations

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Becker, Walter, et al.. (1996). cDNA cloning and characterization of rat Clk3, a LAMMER kinase predominately expressed in testis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1312(1). 63–67. 13 indexed citations

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Schürmann, Annette, et al.. (1995). Cloning of a Novel Family of Mammalian GTP-binding Proteins (RagA, RagBs, RagB1) with Remote Similarity to the Ras-related GTPases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(48). 28982–28988. 103 indexed citations

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Becker, Walter, et al.. (1993). Heterogeneity of insulin receptors in rat tissues as detected with the partial agonist B29,B29'-suberoyl-insulin.. Molecular Pharmacology. 44(2). 271–276. 5 indexed citations

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Bhigjee, Ahmed Iqbal, I. Windsor, Girish Modi, et al.. (1990). MYELOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN T CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE I (HTLV-I) IN NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA. Brain. 113(5). 1307–1320. 39 indexed citations

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Becker, Walter. (1972). Das Sterilisationsproblem im neuen Strafgesetzentwurf. Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik. 16(1). 329–337. 2 indexed citations

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Kipps, A., et al.. (1967). Fatal disseminated primary herpes-virus infection in children: epidemiology based on 93 non-neonatal cases.. South African Medical Journal. 41(26). 19 indexed citations

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Becker, Walter. (1966). The Epidemiology of Herpesvirus Infection in Three Racial Communities in Cape Town.. South African Medical Journal. 40(6). 15 indexed citations

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Becker, Walter. (1964). Das uneheliche Kind. Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik. 8(1). 179–183. 1 indexed citations

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Becker, Walter. (1963). Schund- Schmutz- Jugendschutz. Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik. 7(1). 179–184. 1 indexed citations

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