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Christoph Schmitz

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Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
13368
World Ranking
4659
National Ranking
140

Christoph Schmitz publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christoph Schmitz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 183 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Christoph Schmitz D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

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

  • Neuropathological findings in autism

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

  • The Developmental Neurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder

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

  • Minicolumnar abnormalities in autism

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

  • 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

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

    Giuseppe Lauria;Mayienne Bakkers;Christoph Schmitz;Raffaella Lombardi

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Christoph Schmitz;Patrick R Hof

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

    Pawel Kreczmanski;Helmut Heinsen;Valentina Mantua;Fritz Woltersdorf

  • Stereologic investigation of the posterior part of the hippocampus in schizophrenia.

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Micaela Santos;Neha Uppal;Camilla Butti;Bridget Wicinski

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

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

  • Protection of nigral cell death by bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation

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

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry W.M. Steinbusch
Harry W.M. Steinbusch Maastricht University
Bart P. F. Rutten
Bart P. F. Rutten Maastricht University Medical Centre
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Arjan Blokland
Arjan Blokland Maastricht University
Helmut Heinsen
Helmut Heinsen University of Würzburg
Yasin Temel
Yasin Temel Maastricht University
Veerle Visser-Vandewalle
Veerle Visser-Vandewalle University of Cologne
Thomas A. Bayer
Thomas A. Bayer University of Göttingen
Oliver Wirths
Oliver Wirths University of Göttingen
Manuel F. Casanova
Manuel F. Casanova University of South Carolina

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Patrick R. Hof

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Oliver Wirths

Oliver Wirths

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Andrea Schmitt

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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Thomas A. Bayer

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Giuseppe Lauria

University of Milan

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Peter Falkai

Peter Falkai

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Publications: 40

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Rayaz A. Malik

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Publications: 36

Ayman El-Baz

Ayman El-Baz

University of Louisville

Publications: 33

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Peter Carmeliet

KU Leuven

Publications: 32

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Helmut Heinsen

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Publications: 30

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Johann Steiner

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Publications: 28

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Hans-Gert Bernstein

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Publications: 25

Lea T. Grinberg

Lea T. Grinberg

University of California, San Francisco

Publications: 24

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Bart P. F. Rutten

Maastricht University Medical Centre

Publications: 22

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