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Ernst Hafen

Ernst Hafen

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
80
Citations
35012
World Ranking
981
National Ranking
17

Ernst Hafen publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ernst Hafen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 145 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Ernst Hafen D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ernst Hafen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ernst Hafen is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed to diverse fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Business, Management and Accounting. Their research spans several subfields including Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Sociology and Political Science, Management Information Systems, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers key topics such as FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, Sports Performance and Training, Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies, Digital Economy and Work Transformation, Privacy, Security, and Data Protection, as well as Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research. Science Education and Pedagogy also feature among their areas of interest.

Among recent publications, several papers stand out:

  • "Towards Rawlsian 'property-owning democracy' through personal data platform cooperatives" (2020), published in Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
  • "Using smartphone accelerometer data to obtain scientific mechanical-biological descriptors of resistance exercise training" (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Understanding Randomness on a Molecular Level: A Diagnostic Tool" (2023), published in CBE-Life Sciences Education
  • "Genossenschaften im neuen Datenzeitalter" (2022), published in Zeitschrift für das gesamte Genossenschaftswesen
  • "Twitchy, the Drosophila orthologue of the ciliary gating protein FBF1/dyf-19, is required for coordinated locomotion and male fertility" (2021), published in Biology Open

Ernst Hafen has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Claudio Viecelli
  • David Gráf
  • David Aguayo
  • Rudolf M. Füchslin
  • Michele Loi

Their publications are often found in journals such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
  • CBE-Life Sciences Education
  • Zeitschrift für das gesamte Genossenschaftswesen
  • Biology Open

Recognized by peers, Ernst Hafen was inducted as a Member of Academia Europaea in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Extension of Life-Span by Loss of CHICO, a Drosophila Insulin Receptor Substrate Protein

    David J. Clancy;David Gems;Lawrence G. Harshman;Sean Oldham

  • Regulation of mTOR function in response to hypoxia by REDD1 and the TSC1/TSC2 tumor suppressor complex

    James Brugarolas;Kui Lei;Rebecca L. Hurley;Brendan D. Manning

  • A conserved DNA sequence in homoeotic genes of the Drosophila Antennapedia and bithorax complexes

    W. McGinnis;M. S. Levine;M. S. Levine;E. Hafen;E. Hafen;A. Kuroiwa

  • An evolutionarily conserved function of the Drosophila insulin receptor and insulin-like peptides in growth control

    Walter Brogiolo;Hugo Stocker;Tomoatsu Ikeya;Felix Rintelen

  • Insulin Activation of Rheb, a Mediator of mTOR/S6K/4E-BP Signaling, Is Inhibited by TSC1 and 2

    Attila Garami;Fried J.T Zwartkruis;Takahiro Nobukuni;Manel Joaquin

  • Autonomous Control of Cell and Organ Size by CHICO, a Drosophila Homolog of Vertebrate IRS1–4

    Ruth Böhni;Juan Riesgo-Escovar;Sean Oldham;Walter Brogiolo

  • Longer lifespan, altered metabolism, and stress resistance in Drosophila from ablation of cells making insulin-like ligands

    Susan J. Broughton;Matthew D. W. Piper;Tomoatsu Ikeya;Timothy M. Bass

  • Drosophila S6 kinase: a regulator of cell size.

    Jacques Montagne;Mary J. Stewart;Hugo Stocker;Ernst Hafen

  • Nutrient-dependent expression of insulin-like peptides from neuroendocrine cells in the CNS contributes to growth regulation in Drosophila.

    Tomoatsu Ikeya;Milos Galic;Priyanka Belawat;Knud Nairz

  • A Drosophila SH2-SH3 Adaptor Protein Implicated in Coupling the Sevenless Tyrosine Kinase to an Activator of Ras Guanine Nucleotide Exchange, Sos

    Jean Paul Olivier;Thomas Raabe;Mark Henkemeyer;Barry Dickson

  • Dispatched, a Novel Sterol-Sensing Domain Protein Dedicated to the Release of Cholesterol-Modified Hedgehog from Signaling Cells

    Richard Burke;Denise Nellen;Manolo Bellotto;Ernst Hafen

  • Long-lived Drosophila with overexpressed dFOXO in adult fat body.

    Maria E. Giannakou;Martin Goss;Martin A. Jünger;Ernst Hafen

  • The Drosophila Forkhead transcription factor FOXO mediates the reduction in cell number associated with reduced insulin signaling

    Martin A Jünger;Felix Rintelen;Hugo Stocker;Jonathan D Wasserman;Jonathan D Wasserman

  • Insulin/IGF and target of rapamycin signaling: a TOR de force in growth control.

    Sean Oldham;Ernst Hafen

  • Rheb is an essential regulator of S6K in controlling cell growth in Drosophila.

    Hugo Stocker;Thomas Radimerski;Benno Schindelholz;Franz Wittwer

  • The Drosophila phosphoinositide 3-kinase Dp110 promotes cell growth.

    S J Leevers;D Weinkove;L K MacDougall;E Hafen

  • Genetic and biochemical characterization of dTOR, the Drosophila homolog of the target of rapamycin

    Sean Oldham;Jacques Montagne;Thomas Radimerski;George Thomas

  • A gain-of-function mutation in Drosophila MAP kinase activates multiple receptor tyrosine kinase signaling pathways

    Damian Brunner;Nadja Oellers;Janos Szabad;William H. Biggs

  • Sevenless, a cell-specific homeotic gene of Drosophila, encodes a putative transmembrane receptor with a tyrosine kinase domain

    Ernst Hafen;Konrad Basler;Jan-Erik Edstroem;Gerald M. Rubin

  • Sending and Receiving the Hedgehog Signal: Control by the Drosophila Gli Protein Cubitus interruptus

    María Domínguez;Martina Brunner;Ernst Hafen;Konrad Basler

Frequent Co-Authors

Konrad Basler
Konrad Basler University of Zurich
Barry J. Dickson
Barry J. Dickson Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Linda Partridge
Linda Partridge Max Planck Society
Dirk Helbing
Dirk Helbing ETH Zurich
Bruno S. Frey
Bruno S. Frey University of Basel
Gerd Gigerenzer
Gerd Gigerenzer Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Effy Vayena
Effy Vayena ETH Zurich
Michael S. Levine
Michael S. Levine Princeton University
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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