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Felix Naef

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
15476
World Ranking
10142
National Ranking
181

Felix Naef publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Felix Naef sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 149 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Felix Naef D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Felix Naef is a researcher affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their work primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology, Aging, and Plant Science.

Their research topics include:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Naef has published extensively in several venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Science.

Some recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Felix Naef are:

  • Systematic analysis of differential rhythmic liver gene expression mediated by the circadian clock and feeding rhythms, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Sex-dimorphic and age-dependent organization of 24-hour gene expression rhythms in humans, 2023, Science
  • Space-time logic of liver gene expression at sub-lobular scale, 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • The Effects of Time-Restricted Eating versus Standard Dietary Advice on Weight, Metabolic Health and the Consumption of Processed Food: A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial in Community-Based Adults, 2021, Nutrients
  • Spatiotemporal Metabolic Liver Zonation and Consequences on Pathophysiology, 2023, Annual Review of Pathology Mechanisms of Disease

Frequent collaborators include Cédric Gobet, Lorenzo Figà Talamanca, Nicholas E. Phillips, Clémence Hurni, and Tinh-Hai Collet.

Felix Naef has been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting a standing within the molecular biology research community.

Best Publications

  • Circadian gene expression in individual fibroblasts: cell-autonomous and self-sustained oscillators pass time to daughter cells.

    Emi Nagoshi;Camille Saini;Christoph Bauer;Thierry Laroche

  • Mammalian genes are transcribed with widely different bursting kinetics

    David M. Suter;Nacho Molina;David Gatfield;David Gatfield;Kim Schneider

  • Molecular signature of human embryonic stem cells and its comparison with the mouse

    Noboru Sato;Ignacio Munoz Sanjuan;Michael Heke;Makiko Uchida

  • TRANSPORT AND CONSERVATION LAWS

    X. Zotos;F. Naef;P. Prelovsek

  • Circadian regulation of gene expression systems in the Drosophila head

    Adam Claridge-Chang;Herman Wijnen;Felix Naef;Catharine Boothroyd

  • Genome-wide and phase-specific DNA-binding rhythms of BMAL1 control circadian output functions in mouse liver.

    Guillaume Rey;François Cesbron;Jacques Rougemont;Jacques Rougemont;Hans Reinke;Hans Reinke;Hans Reinke

  • The nodal precursor acting via activin receptors induces mesoderm by maintaining a source of its convertases and BMP4.

    Nadav Ben-Haim;Cindy Lu;Marcela Guzman-Ayala;Luca Pescatore

  • Circadian clock-dependent and -independent rhythmic proteomes implement distinct diurnal functions in mouse liver.

    Daniel Mauvoisin;Jingkui Wang;Céline Jouffe;Céline Jouffe;Eva Martin;Eva Martin

  • The Circadian Clock Coordinates Ribosome Biogenesis

    Céline Jouffe;Gaspard Cretenet;Laura Symul;Eva Martin

  • Guidelines for Genome-Scale Analysis of Biological Rhythms

    Michael E. Hughes;Katherine C. Abruzzi;Ravi Allada;Ron Anafi

  • Chemotaxis Behavior Mediated by Single Larval Olfactory Neurons in Drosophila

    Elane Fishilevich;Ana I. Domingos;Kenta Asahina;Félix Naef;Félix Naef

  • Solving the riddle of the bright mismatches: labeling and effective binding in oligonucleotide arrays.

    Felix Naef;Marcelo O. Magnasco

  • Cold-Inducible RNA-Binding Protein Modulates Circadian Gene Expression Posttranscriptionally

    Joerg Morf;Guillaume Rey;Kim Schneider;Markus Stratmann

  • The Mouse Microbiome Is Required for Sex-Specific Diurnal Rhythms of Gene Expression and Metabolism

    Benjamin D. Weger;Cédric Gobet;Jake Yeung;Eva Martin

  • A Self-Regulatory System of Interlinked Signaling Feedback Loops Controls Mouse Limb Patterning

    Jean-Denis Bénazet;Mirko Bischofberger;Eva Tiecke;Alexandre Gonçalves

  • Circadian and feeding rhythms differentially affect rhythmic mRNA transcription and translation in mouse liver

    Florian Atger;Cédric Gobet;Julien Marquis;Eva Martin

  • Robust synchronization of coupled circadian and cell cycle oscillators in single mammalian cells

    Jonathan Bieler;Rosamaria Cannavo;Kyle Gustafson;Cedric Gobet

  • Absolute mRNA concentrations from sequence-specific calibration of oligonucleotide arrays.

    Doeke Hekstra;Alexander R. Taussig;Marcelo Magnasco;Felix Naef

  • Genome-wide RNA polymerase II profiles and RNA accumulation reveal kinetics of transcription and associated epigenetic changes during diurnal cycles.

    Gwendal Le Martelot;Donatella Canella;Laura Symul;Eugenia Migliavacca

  • A process based assessment of the potential to reduce flood runoff by land use change

    Felix Naef;Simon Scherrer;Markus Weiler

Frequent Co-Authors

Ueli Schibler
Ueli Schibler University of Geneva
Mauro Delorenzi
Mauro Delorenzi University of Lausanne
Ioannis Xenarios
Ioannis Xenarios University of Lausanne
Bart Deplancke
Bart Deplancke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Nouria Hernandez
Nouria Hernandez University of Lausanne
Denis Duboule
Denis Duboule Collège de France
Michael W. Young
Michael W. Young Rockefeller University
David Shore
David Shore University of Geneva
Philipp Bucher
Philipp Bucher École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Paul Franken
Paul Franken University of Lausanne

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