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Alexander Zimprich

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
17540
World Ranking
13584
National Ranking
124

Alexander Zimprich publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 147 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexander Zimprich 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 Alexander Zimprich sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alexander Zimprich is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Neurology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

Alexander Zimprich has published extensively in a variety of venues, with notable frequent publication outlets including:

  • npj Parkinson's Disease
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Movement Disorders
  • Neurology
  • BMC Nephrology

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on Parkinson's disease, with key publications such as:

  • "Multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of Parkinson's disease," 2023, Nature Genetics
  • "Mitochondrial damage-associated inflammation highlights biomarkers in PRKN/PINK1 parkinsonism," 2020, Brain
  • "Genome-wide Association and Meta-analysis of Age at Onset in Parkinson Disease," 2022, Neurology
  • "Mendelian Randomisation Study of Smoking, Alcohol, and Coffee Drinking in Relation to Parkinson's Disease," 2021, Journal of Parkinson's Disease
  • "Development of a multiplexed targeted mass spectrometry assay for LRRK2-phosphorylated Rabs and Ser910/Ser935 biomarker sites," 2020, Biochemical Journal

Collaborative work is a significant part of their research output. Frequent coauthors include Thomas Gasser, Enza Maria Valente, Jean-Christophe Corvol, Esther Sammler, and Alexis Brice, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in LRRK2 Cause Autosomal-Dominant Parkinsonism with Pleomorphic Pathology

    Alexander Zimprich;Alexander Zimprich;Saskia Biskup;Petra Leitner;Peter Lichtner

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • A Mutation in VPS35, Encoding a Subunit of the Retromer Complex, Causes Late-Onset Parkinson Disease

    Alexander Zimprich;Anna Benet-Pagès;Walter Struhal;Elisabeth Graf

  • Genome-wide association study of restless legs syndrome identifies common variants in three genomic regions

    Juliane Winkelmann;Barbara Schormair;Peter Lichtner;Stephan Ripke

  • Mutations in the gene encoding epsilon-sarcoglycan cause myoclonus-dystonia syndrome.

    Alexander Zimprich;Monika Grabowski;Friedrich Asmus;Markus Naumann

  • Genetic structure of Europeans: a view from the North-East

    Mari Nelis;Mari Nelis;Tõnu Esko;Tõnu Esko;Reedik Mägi;Fritz Zimprich

  • Type and frequency of mutations in the LRRK2 gene in familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease*

    Daniela Berg;Katherine J. Schweitzer;Petra Leitner;Alexander Zimprich

  • Autosomal dominant parkinsonism associated with variable synuclein and tau pathology

    Zbigniew K. Wszolek;R. F. Pfeiffer;Y. Tsuboi;R. J. Uitti

  • PTPRD (protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type delta) is associated with restless legs syndrome.

    Barbara Schormair;David Kemlink;Darina Roeske;Gertrud Eckstein

  • Multiple regions of alpha-synuclein are associated with Parkinson's disease.

    Jakob C. Mueller;Julia Fuchs;Anne Hofer;Alexander Zimprich

  • Variant in the sequence of the LINGO1 gene confers risk of essential tremor.

    Hreinn Stefansson;Stacy Steinberg;Hjorvar Petursson;Omar Gustafsson

  • Cloning and expression of an isoform of the rat μ opioid receptor (rMOR1B) which differs in agonist induced desensitization from rMOR1

    Alexander Zimprich;Tatiana Simon;Volker Höllt

  • The PARK8 Locus in Autosomal Dominant Parkinsonism: Confirmation of Linkage and Further Delineation of the Disease-Containing Interval

    Alexander Zimprich;Bertram Müller-Myhsok;Matthew Farrer;Petra Leitner

  • Association of an ABCB1 gene haplotype with pharmacoresistance in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    F. Zimprich;R. Sunder-Plassmann;E. Stogmann;A. Gleiss

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel restless legs syndrome susceptibility loci on 2p14 and 16q12.1.

    Juliane Winkelmann;Darina Czamara;Barbara Schormair;Franziska Knauf

  • The epsilon-sarcoglycan gene (SGCE), mutated in myoclonus-dystonia syndrome, is maternally imprinted

    Monika Grabowski;Alexander Zimprich;Bettina Lorenz-Depiereux;Vera Kalscheuer

  • Myoclonus-dystonia syndrome: epsilon-sarcoglycan mutations and phenotype.

    Friedrich Asmus;Alexander Zimprich;Sophie Tezenas Du Montcel;Christian Kabus

  • The Parkinson's disease VPS35[D620N] mutation enhances LRRK2-mediated Rab protein phosphorylation in mouse and human.

    Rafeeq Mir;Francesca Tonelli;Pawel Lis;Thomas Macartney

  • Mitochondrial damage-associated inflammation highlights biomarkers in PRKN/PINK1 parkinsonism.

    Max Borsche;Inke R König;Sylvie Delcambre;Simona Petrucci;Simona Petrucci

  • An allelic variation in the human prodynorphin gene promoter alters stimulus-induced expression.

    Alexander Zimprich;Jürgen Kraus;Michael Wöltje;Peter Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich
Thomas Gasser
Thomas Gasser University of Tübingen
Peter Lichtner
Peter Lichtner Technical University of Munich
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Juliane Winkelmann
Juliane Winkelmann Technical University of Munich
Matthew J. Farrer
Matthew J. Farrer University of Florida
Claudia Trenkwalder
Claudia Trenkwalder University of Göttingen
Tim M. Strom
Tim M. Strom Technical University of Munich
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Eduard Auff
Eduard Auff Medical University of Vienna

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