2026 Graham Knott: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	67	2841	2597	75	72	194	21476

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Overview

Graham Knott is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple fields centered around medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, where they have contributed to significant areas of study in neuroscience and molecular biology.

The main areas of study for Knott include:

Medicine
Neuroscience
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields within these broader topics are focused on:

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Neurology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cell Biology

Knott's research topics frequently revolve around:

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Urinary Tract Infections Management
Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Cellular transport and secretion

The scientist has authored several notable papers, including:

The process of Lewy body formation, rather than simply α-synuclein fibrillization, is one of the major drivers of neurodegeneration (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Impairment of Glycolysis-Derived l-Serine Production in Astrocytes Contributes to Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease (2020, Cell Metabolism)
Mitofusin-2 in the Nucleus Accumbens Regulates Anxiety and Depression-like Behaviors Through Mitochondrial and Neuronal Actions (2020, Biological Psychiatry)
Dynamic persistence of UPEC intracellular bacterial communities in a human bladder-chip model of urinary tract infection (2021, eLife)
ADAMTS18+ villus tip telocytes maintain a polarized VEGFA signaling domain and fenestrations in nutrient-absorbing intestinal blood vessels (2022, Nature Communications)

Frequent co-authors contributing to their collaborative work are:

Jérôme Blanc
Catherine Maclachlan
Kunal Sharma
Vivek V. Thacker
John D. McKinney

The venues in which Knott has frequently published include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
eLife
Science Advances
Communications Biology

Best Publications

Long-term in vivo imaging of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in adult cortex

Joshua T. Trachtenberg;Brian E. Chen;Graham W. Knott;Guoping Feng

2378
Citations
Transient and Persistent Dendritic Spines in the Neocortex In Vivo

Anthony J.G.D. Holtmaat;Joshua T. Trachtenberg;Linda Wilbrecht;Gordon M. Shepherd

1358
Citations
Long-term, high-resolution imaging in the mouse neocortex through a chronic cranial window

Anthony Holtmaat;Anthony Holtmaat;Tobias Bonhoeffer;David K Chow;Jyoti Chuckowree

1155
Citations
Serial section scanning electron microscopy of adult brain tissue using focused ion beam milling.

Graham Knott;Herschel Marchman;David Wall;Ben Lich

828
Citations
Experience-dependent and cell-type-specific spine growth in the neocortex.

Anthony Holtmaat;Linda Wilbrecht;Graham W. Knott;Egbert Welker

750
Citations
Experience and activity-dependent maturation of perisomatic GABAergic innervation in primary visual cortex during a postnatal critical period.

Bidisha Chattopadhyaya;Graziella Di Cristo;Hiroyuki Higashiyama;Graham W. Knott

695
Citations
The process of Lewy body formation, rather than simply α-synuclein fibrillization, is one of the major drivers of neurodegeneration

Anne-Laure Mahul-Mellier;Johannes Burtscher;Niran Maharjan;Laura Weerens

685
Citations
Spine growth precedes synapse formation in the adult neocortex in vivo.

Graham W Knott;Anthony Holtmaat;Linda Wilbrecht;Egbert Welker

664
Citations
Formation of dendritic spines with GABAergic synapses induced by whisker stimulation in adult mice.

Graham W. Knott;Charles Quairiaux;Christel Genoud;Egbert Welker

552
Citations
Synaptic proximity enables NMDAR signalling to promote brain metastasis

Qiqun Zeng;Iacovos P. Michael;Peng Zhang;Sadegh Saghafinia

503
Citations
Cell Type-Specific Structural Plasticity of Axonal Branches and Boutons in the Adult Neocortex

Vincenzo De Paola;Anthony Holtmaat;Graham Knott;Sen Song

497
Citations
Ultrastructural analysis of adult mouse neocortex comparing aldehyde perfusion with cryo fixation

Natalya Korogod;Carl C H Petersen;Graham W Knott

427
Citations
GAD67-Mediated GABA Synthesis and Signaling Regulate Inhibitory Synaptic Innervation in the Visual Cortex

Bidisha Chattopadhyaya;Bidisha Chattopadhyaya;Graziella Di Cristo;Cai Zhi Wu;Graham Knott

369
Citations
Connexin 30 sets synaptic strength by controlling astroglial synapse invasion

Ulrike Pannasch;Dominik Freche;Glenn Dallérac;Grégory Ghézali

350
Citations
Plasticity of Astrocytic Coverage and Glutamate Transporter Expression in Adult Mouse Cortex

Christel Genoud;Charles Quairiaux;Pascal Steiner;Pascal Steiner;Harald Hirling

336
Citations
Rapid Functional Maturation of Nascent Dendritic Spines

Karen Zito;Volker Scheuss;Graham Knott;Travis Hill

297
Citations
Impairment of Glycolysis-Derived l-Serine Production in Astrocytes Contributes to Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease.

Juliette Le Douce;Marianne Maugard;Julien Veran;Julien Veran;Marco Matos;Marco Matos

297
Citations
The relationship between PSD-95 clustering and spine stability in vivo.

Michele Cane;Bohumil Maco;Graham Knott;Anthony Holtmaat

248
Citations
Induction of Spine Growth and Synapse Formation by Regulation of the Spine Actin Cytoskeleton

Karen Zito;Graham Knott;Gordon M.G. Shepherd;Shirish Shenolikar

243
Citations
PSD-95 promotes synaptogenesis and multiinnervated spine formation through nitric oxide signaling

Irina Nikonenko;Irina Nikonenko;Bernadett Boda;Sylvain Steen;Graham Knott;Graham Knott

206
Citations