Wolfgang Baumeister

53.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
481 papers, 38.8k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Baumeister is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Baumeister has authored 481 papers receiving a total of 38.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 319 papers in Molecular Biology, 129 papers in Structural Biology and 85 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Baumeister's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (129 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (113 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (77 papers). Wolfgang Baumeister is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (129 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (113 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (77 papers). Wolfgang Baumeister collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Wolfgang Baumeister's co-authors include Peter Zwickl, Jürgen M. Plitzko, Friedrich Förster, Dieter Voges, R. Hegerl, Erika Seemüller, Vladan Lučić, Jochen Walz, Günter Pfeifer and Radostin Danev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Baumeister

480 papers receiving 38.2k citations

Hit Papers

The 26S Proteasome: A Molecular Machine Designed for Cont... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1999 1995 1998 1998 2002 500 1000 1.5k
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 26S Proteasome: A Molecular Machine Designed for Controlled Proteolysis
    1999 1.5k citations Wolfgang Baumeister et al. profile →
  2. Crystal Structure of the 20 S Proteasome from the Archaeon T. acidophilum at 3.4 Å Resolution
    1995 1.3k citations Wolfgang Baumeister et al. Science profile →
  3. The Proteasome: Paradigm of a Self-Compartmentalizing Protease
    1998 1.3k citations Wolfgang Baumeister et al. profile →
  4. A Subcomplex of the Proteasome Regulatory Particle Required for Ubiquitin-Conjugate Degradation and Related to the COP9-Signalosome and eIF3
    1998 725 citations Wolfgang Baumeister et al. profile →
  5. Macromolecular Architecture in Eukaryotic Cells Visualized by Cryoelectron Tomography
    2002 623 citations Ohad Medalia, I.T. Weber et al. Science profile →
  6. STRUCTURAL STUDIES BY ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY: From Cells to Molecules
    2005 521 citations Friedrich Förster, Wolfgang Baumeister et al. profile →
  7. Phase separation of a yeast prion protein promotes cellular fitness
    2018 516 citations Andrei Pozniakovsky, Julia Mahamid et al. Science profile →
  8. Phase-plate cryo-EM structure of a class B GPCR–G-protein complex
    2017 362 citations Radostin Danev, Wolfgang Baumeister et al. Nature profile →
  9. Volta potential phase plate for in-focus phase contrast transmission electron microscopy
    2014 352 citations Radostin Danev, Jürgen M. Plitzko et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. In Situ Structure of Neuronal C9orf72 Poly-GA Aggregates Reveals Proteasome Recruitment
    2018 287 citations Qiang Guo, Antonio Martínez-Sánchez 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
Wolfgang Baumeister Germany 109 28.2k 8.6k 6.9k 4.5k 4.4k 481 38.8k
David A. Agard United States 90 24.7k 0.9× 3.5k 0.4× 6.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.4× 4.3k 1.0× 326 37.3k
Wah Chiu United States 88 16.8k 0.6× 5.3k 0.6× 2.4k 0.3× 934 0.2× 5.2k 1.2× 470 29.2k
Sjors H. W. Scheres United Kingdom 72 19.8k 0.7× 5.5k 0.6× 2.3k 0.3× 1.0k 0.2× 2.9k 0.7× 143 29.4k
Yifan Cheng United States 67 16.6k 0.6× 3.8k 0.4× 2.8k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 2.2k 0.5× 213 25.5k
Thomas D. Goddard United States 13 30.2k 1.1× 1.6k 0.2× 3.6k 0.5× 3.3k 0.7× 4.6k 1.0× 13 47.2k
Joachim Frank United States 94 20.7k 0.7× 7.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.2× 702 0.2× 3.1k 0.7× 401 27.8k
Gregory S. Couch United States 8 28.6k 1.0× 1.4k 0.2× 3.3k 0.5× 3.1k 0.7× 4.3k 1.0× 11 44.5k
Xiaowei Zhuang United States 95 21.2k 0.8× 5.3k 0.6× 3.1k 0.4× 658 0.1× 2.7k 0.6× 196 41.2k
Nikolaus Grigorieff United States 64 12.3k 0.4× 4.1k 0.5× 2.0k 0.3× 581 0.1× 2.0k 0.5× 134 18.6k
Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz United States 118 30.2k 1.1× 3.6k 0.4× 17.5k 2.5× 1.7k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 289 51.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Baumeister

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chakraborty, Saikat, Antonio Martínez-Sánchez, Florian Beck, et al.. (2025). Cryo-ET suggests tubulin chaperones form a subset of microtubule lumenal particles with a role in maintaining neuronal microtubules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(5). e2404017121–e2404017121. 5 indexed citations
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Bracher, Andreas, Florian Beck, William Wan, et al.. (2024). Visualizing chaperonin function in situ by cryo-electron tomography. Nature. 633(8029). 459–464. 10 indexed citations
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Riemenschneider, Henrick, Qiang Guo, Jakob M. Bader, et al.. (2022). Gel‐like inclusions of C‐terminal fragments of TDP‐43 sequester stalled proteasomes in neurons. EMBO Reports. 23(6). e53890–e53890. 39 indexed citations
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Hoek, Hugo van den, Nikolai Klena, Mareike A. Jordan, et al.. (2022). In situ architecture of the ciliary base reveals the stepwise assembly of intraflagellar transport trains. Science. 377(6605). 543–548. 84 indexed citations
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Albert, Sahradha, Wojciech Wietrzyñski, Chia‐Wei Lee, et al.. (2019). Direct visualization of degradation microcompartments at the ER membrane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(2). 1069–1080. 67 indexed citations
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Mahamid, Julia, Dimitry Tegunov, Andreas Maiser, et al.. (2019). Liquid-crystalline phase transitions in lipid droplets are related to cellular states and specific organelle association. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(34). 16866–16871. 72 indexed citations
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Mosalaganti, Shyamal, Jan Kosiński, Sahradha Albert, et al.. (2018). In situ architecture of the algal nuclear pore complex. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2361–2361. 100 indexed citations
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Albert, Sahradha, Miroslava Schaffer, Florian Beck, et al.. (2017). Proteasomes tether to two distinct sites at the nuclear pore complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(52). 13726–13731. 115 indexed citations
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Mahamid, Julia, Stefan Pfeffer, Miroslava Schaffer, et al.. (2016). Visualizing the molecular sociology at the HeLa cell nuclear periphery. Science. 351(6276). 969–972. 402 indexed citations
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Asano, Shoh, Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Florian Beck, et al.. (2015). A molecular census of 26 S proteasomes in intact neurons. Science. 347(6220). 439–442. 245 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Jeffrey B., Valeria Viscardi, Julia Mahamid, et al.. (2015). Regulated assembly of a supramolecular centrosome scaffold in vitro. Science. 348(6236). 808–812. 132 indexed citations
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Engel, Benjamin D., Miroslava Schaffer, Sahradha Albert, et al.. (2015). In situ structural analysis of Golgi intracisternal protein arrays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(36). 11264–11269. 79 indexed citations
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Bohn, Stefan, Florian Beck, Eri Sakata, et al.. (2010). Structure of the 26S proteasome from Schizosaccharomyces pombe at subnanometer resolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(49). 20992–20997. 112 indexed citations
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Garvalov, Boyan K., Benoît Zuber, Cédric Bouchet‐Marquis, et al.. (2006). Luminal particles within cellular microtubules. The Journal of Cell Biology. 174(6). 759–765. 90 indexed citations
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Nicastro, Daniela, J. Richard McIntosh, & Wolfgang Baumeister. (2005). 3D structure of eukaryotic flagella in a quiescent state revealed by cryo-electron tomography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(44). 15889–15894. 136 indexed citations
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Frangakis, Achilleas S., et al.. (2005). Cryo-Electron Tomography Reveals the Cytoskeletal Structure of Spiroplasma melliferum. Science. 307(5708). 436–438. 172 indexed citations
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Beck, Martin, Friedrich Förster, Mary Ecke, et al.. (2004). Nuclear Pore Complex Structure and Dynamics Revealed by Cryoelectron Tomography. Science. 306(5700). 1387–1390. 397 indexed citations
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Medalia, Ohad, I.T. Weber, Achilleas S. Frangakis, et al.. (2002). Macromolecular Architecture in Eukaryotic Cells Visualized by Cryoelectron Tomography. Science. 298(5596). 1209–1213. 623 indexed citations breakdown →
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Woodcock, Christopher L. & Wolfgang Baumeister. (1990). Different Representations of a Protein Structure obtained with different Negative Stains. European Journal of Cell Biology. 51(1). 45–52. 11 indexed citations
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Guckenberger, R., W. Wiegräbe, & Wolfgang Baumeister. (1988). Scanning tunnelling microscopy of biomacromolecules. Journal of Microscopy. 152(3). 795–802. 18 indexed citations

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