2026 Christoph Schmitz: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	55	4659	4287	140	131	183	13368

Overview

Christoph Schmitz is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Other subfields include Physiology and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as:

Tendon Structure and Treatment
Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Research
Shoulder Injury and Treatment
Sports Injuries and Prevention
Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Christoph Schmitz has published research articles in a variety of journals and publication venues, with frequent publications in:

Preprints.org (20 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (11 publications)
Placenta (9 publications)
Cells (6 publications)
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (5 publications)

Notable recent papers include:

Safety and efficacy of treating symptomatic, partial-thickness rotator cuff tears with fresh, uncultured, unmodified, autologous adipose-derived regenerative cells (UA-ADRCs) isolated at the point of care: a prospective, randomized, controlled first-in-human pilot study, 2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of UA-ADRCs (Uncultured, Autologous, Fresh, Unmodified, Adipose Derived Regenerative Cells, Isolated at Point of Care) in Regenerative Medicine, 2020, Cells
Transmembrane protein 119 is neither a specific nor a reliable marker for microglia, 2022, Glia
Comparison of the Penetration Depth of 905 nm and 1064 nm Laser Light in Surface Layers of Biological Tissue Ex Vivo, 2023, Biomedicines
The Effects of the Exposure of Musculoskeletal Tissue to Extracorporeal Shock Waves, 2022, Biomedicines

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Christoph Schmitz include:

Eckhard Alt (21 collaborations)
Nicola Maffulli (19 collaborations)
Christopher Alt (19 collaborations)
John P. Furia (15 collaborations)
Hans-Georg Frank (15 collaborations)

Best Publications

Design-based stereology in neuroscience.

C. Schmitz;P.R. Hof

980
Citations
Neuropathological findings in autism

Saskia J. M. C. Palmen;Herman van Engeland;Patrick R. Hof;Christoph Schmitz

698
Citations
The Developmental Neurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom;Catherine Lord;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Eric Courchesne;Eric Courchesne

651
Citations
Minicolumnar abnormalities in autism

Manuel F. Casanova;Imke A. J. van Kooten;Imke A. J. van Kooten;Andrew E. Switala;Herman van Engeland

622
Citations
Treatment of motoneuron degeneration by intracerebroventricular delivery of VEGF in a rat model of ALS

Erik Storkebaum;Diether Lambrechts;Mieke Dewerchin;Maria-Paz Moreno-Murciano

611
Citations
Intraepidermal nerve fiber density at the distal leg: a worldwide normative reference study

Giuseppe Lauria;Mayienne Bakkers;Christoph Schmitz;Raffaella Lombardi

557
Citations
Massive CA1/2 Neuronal Loss with Intraneuronal and N-Terminal Truncated Aβ42 Accumulation in a Novel Alzheimer Transgenic Model

Caty Casas;Nicolas Sergeant;Jean-Michel Itier;Véronique Blanchard

534
Citations
Hippocampal neuron loss exceeds amyloid plaque load in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

Christoph Schmitz;Christoph Schmitz;Christoph Schmitz;Bart P.F. Rutten;Bart P.F. Rutten;Bart P.F. Rutten;Andrea Pielen;Stephanie Schäfer;Stephanie Schäfer

389
Citations
Recommendations for straightforward and rigorous methods of counting neurons based on a computer simulation approach.

Christoph Schmitz;Patrick R Hof

385
Citations
Delivery of peptide and protein drugs over the blood-brain barrier.

Ivona Brasnjevic;Harry W M Steinbusch;Christoph Schmitz;Pilar Martinez-Martinez

365
Citations
Neurons in the fusiform gyrus are fewer and smaller in autism

Imke A. J. van Kooten;Saskia J. M. C. Palmen;Patricia von Cappeln;Harry W. M. Steinbusch

323
Citations
The dorsal raphe nucleus--from silver stainings to a role in depression.

Kimmo A. Michelsen;Christoph Schmitz;Harry W.M. Steinbusch

280
Citations
Volume, neuron density and total neuron number in five subcortical regions in schizophrenia

Pawel Kreczmanski;Helmut Heinsen;Valentina Mantua;Fritz Woltersdorf

228
Citations
Stereologic investigation of the posterior part of the hippocampus in schizophrenia.

Andrea Schmitt;Corinna Steyskal;Hans-Gert Bernstein;Thomas Schneider-Axmann

199
Citations
Depression: reduced number of granule cells in the hippocampus of female, but not male, rats due to prenatal restraint stress.

C Schmitz;M E Rhodes;M Bludau;S Kaplan

196
Citations
Gene regulation by hypoxia and the neurodevelopmental origin of schizophrenia.

Rainald Schmidt-Kastner;Rainald Schmidt-Kastner;Jim van Os;Jim van Os;Harry W.M. Steinbusch;Harry W.M. Steinbusch;Christoph Schmitz;Christoph Schmitz

193
Citations
Von Economo neurons in autism: a stereologic study of the frontoinsular cortex in children.

Micaela Santos;Neha Uppal;Camilla Butti;Bridget Wicinski

180
Citations
Lower motor neuron loss in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Johannes Vogt;Friedemann Paul;Friedemann Paul;Orhan Aktas;Orhan Aktas;Kathrin Müller-Wielsch

171
Citations
Protection of nigral cell death by bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation

Yasin Temel;Yasin Temel;Veerle Visser-Vandewalle;Süleyman Kaplan;Ramazan Kozan

159
Citations
Extracorporeal shockwave application to the distal femur of rabbits diminishes the number of neurons immunoreactive for substance P in dorsal root ganglia L5

Jörg Hausdorf;Marijke A.M. Lemmens;Suleyman Kaplan;Cafer Marangoz

144
Citations
Age-related loss of synaptophysin immunoreactive presynaptic boutons within the hippocampus of APP751SL, PS1M146L, and APP751SL/PS1M146L transgenic mice.

Bart P.F. Rutten;Bart P.F. Rutten;Nicolien M. Van der Kolk;Nicolien M. Van der Kolk;Stephanie Schafer;Marc A.M.J. van Zandvoort

139
Citations