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Eberhart Zrenner

Eberhart Zrenner

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
95
Citations
34328
World Ranking
10042
National Ranking
550

Eberhart Zrenner publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 701 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Eberhart Zrenner D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 95 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Eberhart Zrenner is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and specializes in research areas spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work notably intersects molecular biology, ophthalmology, and various subfields of neuroscience including cellular and molecular neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research extensively covers retinal development and disorders, retinal diseases and treatments, neuroscience and neural engineering, as well as photoreceptor and optogenetics research. Additional topics include ophthalmology and visual impairment studies, visual perception and processing mechanisms, and retinal and optic conditions.

Among the recent publications authored by Zrenner are the following papers:

  • Safety and Vision Outcomes of Subretinal Gene Therapy Targeting Cone Photoreceptors in Achromatopsia, 2020, JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Genetic architecture of inherited retinal degeneration in Germany: A large cohort study from a single diagnostic center over a 9-year period, 2020, Human Mutation
  • Bioengineering strategies for restoring vision, 2022, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • HDAC inhibition ameliorates cone survival in retinitis pigmentosa mice, 2020, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Spatial and temporal resolution of the photoreceptors rescue dynamics after treatment with voretigene neparvovec, 2021, British Journal of Ophthalmology

Zrenner has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Katarína Štingl, Susanne Kohl, Bernd Wissinger, Fadi Nasser, and Torsten Straßer. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications and shared investigations in their fields of expertise.

The scientist regularly publishes in certain venues, with repeated contributions to the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Translational Vision Science & Technology, Acta Ophthalmologica, and JAMA Ophthalmology.

Best Publications

  • Will retinal implants restore vision

    Eberhart Zrenner

  • Subretinal electronic chips allow blind patients to read letters and combine them to words

    Eberhart Zrenner;Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt;Heval Benav;Dorothea Besch

  • Standard for clinical electroretinography

    Michael F. Marmor;Geoffrey B. Arden;Sven-Erik Nilsson;Eberhart Zrenner

  • Mutations in RPE65 cause Leber's congenital amaurosis

    Marlhens F;Bareil C;Griffoin Jm;Zrenner E

  • An L-type calcium-channel gene mutated in incomplete X-linked congenital stationary night blindness

    Tim M. Strom;Gerald Nyakatura;Eckart Apfelstedt-Sylla;Heide Hellebrand

  • A gene (RPGR) with homology to the RCC1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor is mutated in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP3).

    A. Meindl;K. Dry;K. Herrmann;F. Manson

  • Standard for clinical electro-oculography

    Michael F. Marmor;Eberhart Zrenner

  • Standard for Clinical Electroretinography: International Standardization Committee

    Michael F. Marmor;Geoffrey B. Arden;Sven Erik G. Nilsson;Eberhart Zrenner

  • Artificial vision with wirelessly powered subretinal electronic implant alpha-IMS.

    Katarina Stingl;Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt;Dorothea Besch;Angelika Braun

  • Standard for clinical electroretinography (1999 update)

    Michael F. Marmor;Eberhart Zrenner

  • Total colourblindness is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the alpha-subunit of the cone photoreceptor cGMP-gated cation channel.

    Susanne Kohl;Tim Marx;Ian Giddings;Herbert Jägle

  • Can subretinal microphotodiodes successfully replace degenerated photoreceptors

    E. Zrenner;A. Stett;S. Weiss;R.B. Aramant

  • Subretinal Visual Implant Alpha IMS - Clinical trial interim report

    Katarina Stingl;Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt;Dorothea Besch;Caroline K. Chee

  • Selective loss of cone function in mice lacking the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel CNG3

    Martin Biel;Mathias Seeliger;Alexander Pfeifer;Konrad Kohler

  • Electrical multisite stimulation of the isolated chicken retina.

    Alfred Stett;Wolfgang Barth;Stefan Weiss;Hugo Haemmerle

  • CNGA3 Mutations in Hereditary Cone Photoreceptor Disorders

    Bernd Wissinger;Daphne Gamer;Herbert Jägle;Roberto Giorda

  • Photoreceptor Cell Death Mechanisms in Inherited Retinal Degeneration

    Javier Sancho-Pelluz;Blanca Arango-Gonzalez;Stefan Kustermann;Francisco Javier Romero

  • Inter-individual variability in the dynamics of natural accommodation in humans: relation to age and refractive errors.

    F Schaeffel;H Wilhelm;E Zrenner

  • Genetics and phenotypes of RPE65 mutations in inherited retinal degeneration

    D. A. Thompson;P. Gyurus;L. L. Fleischer;E. L. Bingham

  • The Development of Subretinal Microphotodiodes for Replacement of Degenerated Photoreceptors

    E. Zrenner;K.-D. Miliczek;V.P. Gabel;H.G. Graf

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne Kohl
Susanne Kohl University of Tübingen
Bernd Wissinger
Bernd Wissinger University of Tübingen
marius ueffing
marius ueffing University of Tübingen
Mathias W. Seeliger
Mathias W. Seeliger University of Tübingen
José-Alain Sahel
José-Alain Sahel University of Pittsburgh
Samuel G. Jacobson
Samuel G. Jacobson University of Pennsylvania
David G. Birch
David G. Birch The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Frans P.M. Cremers
Frans P.M. Cremers Radboud University
Sheila K. West
Sheila K. West University of Pennsylvania
Martin Biel
Martin Biel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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