Ralf Paus

59.3k citations
600 papers · 41.3k · 11 hit papers · h-index 107

Impact in

  • Urology top 0.01%
    • Hair Growth and Disorders
  • Dermatology top 0.01%
    • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
    • Dermatologic Treatments and Research
    • Skin Protection and Aging

Papers in

    • Hair Growth and Disorders 390
    • Dermatology and Skin Diseases 107
    • Skin Protection and Aging 60
    • Dermatologic Treatments and Research 57

Ralf Paus

586 papers receiving 40.2k citations

Ralf Paus's Hit Papers

Endocrine Controls of Skin Aging 2025 · 20 citations
200+9+18Years since publication2505007501000

Peers

Ralf Paus
Comparison fields: 5 of 182
  • Urology 20.1k
  • Dermatology 14.8k
  • Cell Biology 11.4k
  • Rehabilitation 3.0k
  • Sensory Systems 1.5k
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All Works

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1
Controls of Hair Follicle Cycling
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20011164
2
A Comprehensive Guide for the Accurate Classification of Murine Hair Follicles in Distinct Hair Cycle Stages
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20011075
3
The Biology of Hair Follicles
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19991014
4
The Hair Follicle as a Dynamic Miniorgan
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2009796
5
Sonic hedgehog signaling is essential for hair development
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1998649
6
Corticotropin Releasing Hormone and Proopiomelanocortin Involvement in the Cutaneous Response to Stress
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2000622
7
Genome-wide association study in alopecia areata implicates both innate and adaptive immunity
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2010549
8 2005428
9
Human hair follicles display a functional equivalent of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axis and synthesize cortisol
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2005419
10
Alopecia Areata
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2012406
11 2005381
12
How UV Light Touches the Brain and Endocrine System Through Skin, and Why
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2018356
13 2006343
14 1999333
15 2016316
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Analysis of apoptosis during hair follicle regression (catagen)
1997309
17 2006303
18 2000292
19 2006277
20 2009274

About Ralf Paus

Ralf Paus is a scholar working on Urology, Dermatology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Immunology, having authored 600 papers that have together received 41.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hair Growth and Disorders (390 papers), melanin and skin pigmentation (117 papers), Skin and Cellular Biology Research (116 papers), Dermatology and Skin Diseases (107 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (60 papers), Dermatologic Treatments and Research (57 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (47 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (45 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Urology (20.1k citations), Dermatology (14.8k citations), Cell Biology (11.4k citations), Rehabilitation (3.0k citations) and Sensory Systems (1.5k citations). Ralf Paus has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Andrzej Słomiński, Kurt S. Stenn, Vladimir A. Botchkarev, Desmond J. Tobin, Ruth Schmidt‐Ullrich, Kerstin Foitzik, George Cotsarelis, Bori Handjiski, Eva M.J. Peters and Petra Arck. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Experimental Dermatology, British Journal of Dermatology, American Journal Of Pathology and The FASEB Journal.

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