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Frauke Zipp 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 Frauke Zipp sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 446 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frauke Zipp 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 Frauke Zipp sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2011 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences

Overview

Frauke Zipp is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in pathology and forensic medicine, neurology, immunology, oncology, and molecular biology.

The main topics of their scientific work include:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frauke Zipp are:

  • Stefan Bittner
  • Sven G. Meuth
  • Felix Luessi
  • Sergiu Groppa
  • Falk Steffen

They have published extensively in several scientific journals, with recurring appearances in these venues:

  • Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Brain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Translational Medicine

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Frauke Zipp include:

  • "Cytokines as emerging regulators of central nervous system synapses," 2023, Immunity
  • "Multiple sclerosis," 2023, The Lancet
  • "The potential of serum neurofilament as biomarker for multiple sclerosis," 2021, Brain
  • "Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Consensus Group (MSTCG): position statement on disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis (white paper)," 2021, Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
  • "Clinical implications of serum neurofilament in newly diagnosed MS patients: A longitudinal multicentre cohort study," 2020, EBioMedicine

The scientist has been recognized with memberships and awards that include:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2017)
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften for Neurosciences (2011)

Best Publications

  • Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

    Stephen Sawcer;Garrett Hellenthal;Matti Pirinen;Chris C. A. Spencer

  • Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates peripheral immune cells and microglia in susceptibility

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  • Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

    Ashley H. Beecham;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos;Dionysia K. Xifara;Mary F. Davis

  • Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score: Using disability and disease duration to rate disease severity

    R. H.S.R. Roxburgh;S. R. Seaman;T. Masterman;A. E. Hensiek

  • ECTRIMS/EAN guideline on the pharmacological treatment of people with multiple sclerosis.

    X. Montalban;R. Gold;A. J. Thompson;S. Otero‐Romero

  • Genetic Cell Ablation Reveals Clusters of Local Self-Renewing Microglia in the Mammalian Central Nervous System.

    Julia Bruttger;Khalad Karram;Simone Wörtge;Tommy Regen

  • Comprehensive research synopsis and systematic meta-analyses in Parkinson's disease genetics: the PDGene database.

    Christina M. Lill;Johannes T. Roehr;Johannes T. Roehr;Matthew B. McQueen;Fotini K. Kavvoura;Fotini K. Kavvoura;Fotini K. Kavvoura

  • Sirt1 contributes critically to the redox-dependent fate of neural progenitors

    Timour Prozorovski;Ulf Schulze-Topphoff;Robert Glumm;Jan Baumgart

  • Immunoneuropsychiatry - novel perspectives on brain disorders.

    Katrin Pape;Ryad Tamouza;Ryad Tamouza;Marion Leboyer;Marion Leboyer;Frauke Zipp

  • The brain as a target of inflammation: common pathways link inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases.

    Frauke Zipp;Orhan Aktas

  • Class II HLA interactions modulate genetic risk for multiple sclerosis

    L Moutsianas;L Jostins;A H Beecham;A T Dilthey

  • Green Tea Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Mediates T Cellular NF-κB Inhibition and Exerts Neuroprotection in Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Orhan Aktas;Timour Prozorovski;Alina Smorodchenko;Nicolai E. Savaskan

  • Mechanisms of Disease: aquaporin-4 antibodies in neuromyelitis optica

    Sven Jarius;Friedemann Paul;Diego Franciotta;Patrick Waters

  • Human brain-cell death induced by tumour-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)

    Robert Nitsch;Ingo Bechmann;Rudolf A Deisz;Dorit Haas

  • Treatment of Relapsing Paralysis in Experimental Encephalomyelitis by Targeting Th1 Cells through Atorvastatin

    Orhan Aktas;Sonia Waiczies;Alina Smorodchenko;Jan Dörr

  • MR-elastography reveals degradation of tissue integrity in multiple sclerosis

    Jens Wuerfel;Friedemann Paul;Bernd Beierbach;Uwe Hamhaber

  • In vivo imaging of partially reversible th17 cell-induced neuronal dysfunction in the course of encephalomyelitis.

    Volker Siffrin;Helena Radbruch;Robert Glumm;Raluca Niesner

  • Indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase is expressed in the CNS and down-regulates autoimmune inflammation

    Erik Kwidzinski;Jörg Bunse;Orhan Aktas;Daniel Richter

  • Microglia-blood vessel interactions: a double-edged sword in brain pathologies.

    Nevenka Dudvarski Stankovic;Nevenka Dudvarski Stankovic;Marcin Teodorczyk;Robert Ploen;Frauke Zipp

  • Neuronal damage in brain inflammation

    Orhan Aktas;Oliver Ullrich;Carmen Infante-Duarte;Robert Nitsch

  • Changes in cerebral perfusion precede plaque formation in multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal perfusion MRI study

    Jens Wuerfel;Judith Bellmann-Strobl;Peter Brunecker;Orhan Aktas

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedemann Paul
Friedemann Paul Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Heinz Wiendl
Heinz Wiendl University of Münster
Ralf Gold
Ralf Gold Ruhr University Bochum
Sergiu Groppa
Sergiu Groppa Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Bernhard Hemmer
Bernhard Hemmer Technical University of Munich
Roland Martin
Roland Martin University of Zurich
Robert Nitsch
Robert Nitsch University of Münster
Stephen Sawcer
Stephen Sawcer University of Cambridge
Xavier Montalban
Xavier Montalban Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ulf Ziemann
Ulf Ziemann University of Tübingen

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