W. Schaffner
Impact in
- Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.5%
- Trace Elements in Health
Papers in
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- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 10
- RNA Research and Splicing 9
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 8
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 5
- Genetics 12
- Virus-based gene therapy research 7
- Co-authors
- Charles Weissmann (1 shared paper)Oleg Georgiev (14 shared papers)S M Iguchi-Ariga (1 shared paper)Gunnar Westin (3 shared papers)Josef Jiricny (3 shared papers)Patrick Matthias (5 shared papers)Gerhard Jahn (1 shared paper)B Fleckenstein (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- The EMBO Journal (19 papers)Biological Chemistry (5 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)Genes & Development (4 papers)Cell (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- SwitzerlandUnited StatesSweden
In The Last Decade
W. Schaffner
62 papers receiving 9.2k citations
W. Schaffner's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 146
- Molecular Biology 6.2k
- Nutrition and Dietetics 1.3k
- Genetics 1.9k
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 849
- Immunology 1.2k
Countries citing papers authored by W. Schaffner
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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Schaffner
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside W. Schaffner, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 62 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A rapid, sensitive, and specific method for the determination of protein in dilute solution Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 2403 |
| 2 | A very strong enhancer is located upstream of an immediate early gene of human cytomegalovirus Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 1015 |
| 3 | 1989 | 480 | |
| 4 | 1994 | 406 | |
| 5 | 1993 | 333 | |
| 6 | 1992 | 317 | |
| 7 | 1988 | 272 | |
| 8 | 1988 | 270 | |
| 9 | 1988 | 254 | |
| 10 | 1996 | 253 | |
| 11 | 1987 | 247 | |
| 12 | 1987 | 242 | |
| 13 | 1980 | 226 | |
| 14 | Genes and spacers of cloned sea urchin histone DNA analyzed by sequencing Hit paper breakdown → | 1978 | 209 |
| 15 | 1985 | 170 | |
| 16 | 1988 | 170 | |
| 17 | Placenta growth factor gene expression is induced by hypoxia in fibroblasts: a central role for metal transcription factor-1. | 2001 | 161 |
| 18 | 1990 | 141 | |
| 19 | 1981 | 132 | |
| 20 | 1989 | 125 |
About W. Schaffner
W. Schaffner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Epidemiology and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 62 papers that have together received 9.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers), Trace Elements in Health (8 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (7 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (5 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (5 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (6.2k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (1.3k citations), Genetics (1.9k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (849 citations) and Immunology (1.2k citations). W. Schaffner has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Charles Weissmann, Oleg Georgiev, S M Iguchi-Ariga, Gunnar Westin, Josef Jiricny, Patrick Matthias, Gerhard Jahn, B Fleckenstein, Friedemann Weber and Michael Boshart. Their work appears in journals such as The EMBO Journal, Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Genes & Development and Cell.
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