Werner Aufsatz

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Werner Aufsatz is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Horticulture. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner Aufsatz has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Horticulture. Recurrent topics in Werner Aufsatz's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (17 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (13 papers). Werner Aufsatz is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (17 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (13 papers). Werner Aufsatz collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Werner Aufsatz's co-authors include Marjori Matzke, Michael Florian Mette, A. J. M. Matzke, J. van der Winden, Tatsuo Kanno, Lucia Daxinger, Claudia Jonak, Marie‐Theres Hauser, Christian Luschnig and David P. Kreil and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Werner Aufsatz

28 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

  1. Transcriptional silencing and promoter methylation triggered by double-stranded RNA
    2000 665 citations Michael Florian Mette, Werner Aufsatz et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Werner Aufsatz Austria 22 3.4k 2.4k 229 142 137 28 4.1k
Todd Blevins United States 22 2.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 108 0.5× 89 0.6× 34 0.2× 34 2.6k
Curtis Palm United States 14 652 0.2× 1.4k 0.6× 143 0.6× 72 0.5× 90 0.7× 18 1.8k
J. van der Winden Austria 13 1.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 85 0.4× 115 0.8× 142 1.0× 21 1.9k
Damon Lisch United States 36 5.0k 1.5× 3.6k 1.5× 818 3.6× 63 0.4× 34 0.2× 64 5.7k
Tetsuji Kakutani Japan 42 6.3k 1.9× 4.1k 1.7× 655 2.9× 23 0.2× 55 0.4× 87 7.1k
Gregory P. Copenhaver United States 38 3.1k 0.9× 3.6k 1.5× 639 2.8× 46 0.3× 39 0.3× 86 4.4k
Benoît Piégu France 22 1.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 363 1.6× 23 0.2× 37 0.3× 70 2.1k
Simon Moxon United Kingdom 25 2.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 93 0.4× 548 3.9× 22 0.2× 55 3.0k
Steven R. Eichten United States 28 2.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 746 3.3× 231 1.6× 13 0.1× 34 3.3k
Charles W. Melnyk Sweden 28 3.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 109 0.5× 32 0.2× 43 0.3× 47 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Werner Aufsatz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Werner Aufsatz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Werner Aufsatz

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Popova, Olga V., Huy Q. Dinh, Werner Aufsatz, & Claudia Jonak. (2013). The RdDM Pathway Is Required for Basal Heat Tolerance in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 6(2). 396–410. 153 indexed citations
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Hauser, Marie‐Theres, Werner Aufsatz, Claudia Jonak, & Christian Luschnig. (2011). Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in plants. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1809(8). 459–468. 221 indexed citations
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Vrbský, Jan, Svetlana Akimcheva, J. Matthew Watson, et al.. (2010). siRNA–Mediated Methylation of Arabidopsis Telomeres. PLoS Genetics. 6(6). e1000986–e1000986. 123 indexed citations
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Popova, Olga V., Kathrin Kiok, Werner Aufsatz, et al.. (2010). Transgenerational Inheritance and Resetting of Stress-Induced Loss of Epigenetic Gene Silencing in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 3(3). 594–602. 209 indexed citations
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Aufsatz, Werner, et al.. (2007). Arabidopsis histone deacetylase 6: a green link to RNA silencing. Oncogene. 26(37). 5477–5488. 40 indexed citations
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Hüettel, Bruno, Tatsuo Kanno, Lucia Daxinger, et al.. (2006). Endogenous targets of RNA‐directed DNA methylation and Pol IV in Arabidopsis. The EMBO Journal. 25(12). 2828–2836. 221 indexed citations
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Kanno, Tatsuo, Bruno Hüettel, Michael Florian Mette, et al.. (2005). Atypical RNA polymerase subunits required for RNA-directed DNA methylation. Nature Genetics. 37(7). 761–765. 318 indexed citations
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Mette, Michael Florian, Werner Aufsatz, Tatsuo Kanno, et al.. (2005). Analysis of Double-Stranded RNA and Small RNAs Involved in RNA-Mediated Transcriptional Gene Silencing. Humana Press eBooks. 309. 61–82. 18 indexed citations
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Aufsatz, Werner, et al.. (2005). Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Protocol to Analyze Histone Modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana (PROT12). 2 indexed citations
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Kanno, Tatsuo, Michael Florian Mette, David P. Kreil, et al.. (2004). Involvement of Putative SNF2 Chromatin Remodeling Protein DRD1 in RNA-Directed DNA Methylation. Current Biology. 14(9). 801–805. 253 indexed citations
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Cao, Xiaofeng, Werner Aufsatz, Daniel Zilberman, et al.. (2003). Role of the DRM and CMT3 Methyltransferases in RNA-Directed DNA Methylation. Current Biology. 13(24). 2212–2217. 396 indexed citations
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Matzke, Marjori, Werner Aufsatz, Tatsuo Kanno, et al.. (2003). Genetic analysis of RNA-mediated transcriptional gene silencing. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1677(1-3). 129–141. 176 indexed citations
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Matzke, Marjori, Werner Aufsatz, Tatsuo Kanno, Michael Florian Mette, & A. J. M. Matzke. (2002). 8 Homology-dependent gene silencing and host defense in plants. Advances in genetics. 46. 235–275. 74 indexed citations
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Aufsatz, Werner. (2002). HDA6, a putative histone deacetylase needed to enhance DNA methylation induced by double-stranded RNA. The EMBO Journal. 21(24). 6832–6841. 257 indexed citations
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Matzke, Marjori, Werner Aufsatz, Wolfgang Gregor, et al.. (2001). Ion Transporters in the Nucleus?. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 127(1). 10–13. 8 indexed citations
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Mette, Michael Florian, Werner Aufsatz, J. van der Winden, Marjori Matzke, & A. J. M. Matzke. (2000). Transcriptional silencing and promoter methylation triggered by double-stranded RNA. The EMBO Journal. 19(19). 5194–5201. 665 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aufsatz, Werner, et al.. (1995). The hrpRS locus of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola constitutes a complex regulatory unit. Molecular Microbiology. 15(1). 155–165. 72 indexed citations
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Aufsatz, Werner, et al.. (1994). A new, pathogen-inducible gene of Arabidopsis is expressed in an ecotype-specific manner. Plant Molecular Biology. 25(2). 229–239. 14 indexed citations

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