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Urs Albrecht

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
29601
World Ranking
5464
National Ranking
107

Urs Albrecht 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 Urs Albrecht sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 174 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Urs Albrecht 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 Urs Albrecht sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Urs Albrecht is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant involvement in subfields such as endocrine and autonomic systems, plant science, physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience.

The core topics of Albrecht's work encompass circadian rhythm and melatonin, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, light effects on plants, diet and metabolism studies, sleep and wakefulness research, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, and spaceflight effects on biology.

Albrecht has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Phosphorylation and Circadian Molecular Timing (2020, Frontiers in Physiology)
  • Light affects behavioral despair involving the clock gene Period 1 (2021, PLoS Genetics)
  • Deletion of the clock gene Period2 (Per2) in glial cells alters mood-related behavior in mice (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • PER2 mediates CREB-dependent light induction of the clock gene Per1 (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • The Hepatic Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 (MCT1) Contributes to the Regulation of Food Anticipation in Mice (2021, Frontiers in Physiology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Albrecht include:

  • Jürgen A. Ripperger
  • Andrea Brenna
  • Zhihong Yang
  • Tomaž Martini
  • Gabriella Sarò

Albrecht's research has been published repeatedly in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clocks & Sleep
  • Scientific Reports
  • eLife

Best Publications

  • The mammalian circadian timing system: organization and coordination of central and peripheral clocks.

    Charna Dibner;Ulrich Schibler;Urs Albrecht

  • The orphan nuclear receptor REV-ERBalpha controls circadian transcription within the positive limb of the mammalian circadian oscillator.

    Nicolas Preitner;Francesca Damiola;Luis-Lopez-Molina;Joszef Zakany

  • Embryonic lethality and radiation hypersensitivity mediated by Rad51 in mice lacking Brca2

    Shyam K. Sharan;Masami Morimatsu;Masami Morimatsu;Urs Albrecht;Dae Sik Lim

  • Requirement for Wnt3 in vertebrate axis formation

    Pentao Liu;Maki Wakamiya;Martin J. Shea;Urs Albrecht

  • A differential response of two putative mammalian circadian regulators, mper1 and mper2, to light.

    Urs Albrecht;Zhong Sheng Sun;Gregor Eichele;Cheng Chi Lee

  • Nonredundant Roles of the mPer1 and mPer2 Genes in the Mammalian Circadian Clock

    Binhai Zheng;Urs Albrecht;Krista Kaasik;Marijke Sage

  • A steroid receptor coactivator, SRA, functions as an RNA and is present in an SRC-1 complex.

    Rainer B Lanz;Neil J McKenna;Sergio A Onate;Urs Albrecht

  • MUTATION OF THE ANGELMAN UBIQUITIN LIGASE IN MICE CAUSES INCREASED CYTOPLASMIC P53 AND DEFICITS OF CONTEXTUAL LEARNING AND LONG-TERM POTENTIATION

    Y. H. Jiang;D. Armstrong;U. Albrecht;C. M. Atkins

  • The mPer2 gene encodes a functional component of the mammalian circadian clock.

    Binhai Zheng;David W. Larkin;Urs Albrecht;Zhong Sheng Sun

  • Timing to Perfection: The Biology of Central and Peripheral Circadian Clocks

    Urs Albrecht

  • RIGUI, a putative mammalian ortholog of the Drosophila period gene.

    Zhong Sheng Sun;Urs Albrecht;Olga Zhuchenko;Jennifer Bailey

  • The clock gene Per2 influences the glutamatergic system and modulates alcohol consumption.

    Rainer Spanagel;Gurudutt N Pendyala;Carolina Abarca;Tarek Zghoul

  • Imprinted expression of the murine Angelman syndrome gene, Ube3a , in hippocampal and Purkinje neurons

    Urs Albrecht;James S. Sutcliffe;Bruce M. Cattanach;Colin V. Beechey

  • Cocaine sensitization and reward are under the influence of circadian genes and rhythm.

    Carolina Abarca;Urs Albrecht;Rainer Spanagel

  • mPer1 and mPer2 Are Essential for Normal Resetting of the Circadian Clock

    Urs Albrecht;Binhai Zheng;David Larkin;Zhong Sheng Sun

  • Regulation of Monoamine Oxidase A by Circadian-Clock Components Implies Clock Influence on Mood

    Gabriele Hampp;Jürgen A. Ripperger;Thijs Houben;Isabelle Schmutz

  • The mammalian clock component PERIOD2 coordinates circadian output by interaction with nuclear receptors

    Isabelle Schmutz;Jürgen A. Ripperger;Stéphanie Baeriswyl-Aebischer;Urs Albrecht

  • Circadian rhythms govern cardiac repolarization and arrhythmogenesis

    Darwin Jeyaraj;Saptarsi M. Haldar;Xiaoping Wan;Mark D. McCauley

  • The circadian molecular clock creates epidermal stem cell heterogeneity

    Peggy Janich;Gloria Pascual;Anna Merlos-Suárez;Eduard Batlle

  • The mammalian circadian clock.

    Urs Albrecht;Gregor Eichele

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Oster
Henrik Oster University of Lübeck
Gregor Eichele
Gregor Eichele Max Planck Society
Rainer Spanagel
Rainer Spanagel Heidelberg University
Robert Feil
Robert Feil University of Tübingen
Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst
Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Etienne Challet
Etienne Challet University of Strasbourg
Gunter Schumann
Gunter Schumann King's College London
Zhihong Yang
Zhihong Yang University of Fribourg
Allan Bradley
Allan Bradley University of Cambridge
Arthur L. Beaudet
Arthur L. Beaudet Baylor College of Medicine

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