Rolf Backofen

475 total papers · 23.9k total citations
258 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Rolf Backofen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf Backofen has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 222 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Genetics and 29 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Rolf Backofen’s work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (140 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (89 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (74 papers). Rolf Backofen is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (140 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (89 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (74 papers). Rolf Backofen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Denmark. Rolf Backofen's co-authors include Sebastian Will, Andreas S. Richter, Martin Mann, Patrick R. Wright, Peter F. Stadler, Anke Busch, Ivo L. Hofacker, Daniel Maticzka, Björn Grüning and Wolfgang R. Hess and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rolf Backofen

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

Rolf Backofen

251 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Rolf Backofen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Rolf Backofen

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