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Helmut Kettenmann 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 Helmut Kettenmann sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 444 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.

Helmut Kettenmann 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 Helmut Kettenmann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 125 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2007 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2003 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences

Overview

Helmut Kettenmann is affiliated with the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Immunology and Microbiology, with a particular emphasis on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including Neurology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Physiology. Key research topics covered in their work include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Chemokine receptors and signaling
  • Connexins and lens biology

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to scientific venues such as:

  • Glia
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports

Among recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Helmut Kettenmann are:

  • "Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads," 2022, Neuron
  • "Microglia sense neuronal activity via GABA in the early postnatal hippocampus," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Neuroinflammatory alterations in trait anxiety: modulatory effects of minocycline," 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Synergistic Toll-like Receptor 3/9 Signaling Affects Properties and Impairs Glioma-Promoting Activity of Microglia," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience

Frequently collaborating researchers include Susanne A. Wolf, Marcus Semtner, Bilge Ugursu, Edyta Motta, and Pengfei Xia.

Helmut Kettenmann has also contributed to books published by notable outlets. Their book publications include:

  • "Die Macht des Kontextes: Sprache(n) und Kommunikation," 2022, Peter Lang
  • "De fabrica systematis nervosi evertebratorum," 2021, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Throughout their career, they have received several awards and honors, such as being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2007 and election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2003 under the Neurosciences section.

Best Publications

  • Microglia: active sensor and versatile effector cells in the normal and pathologic brain

    Uwe-Karsten Hanisch;Helmut Kettenmann

  • Physiology of Microglia

    Helmut Kettenmann;Uwe-Karsten Hanisch;Mami Noda;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

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  • The role of microglia and macrophages in glioma maintenance and progression

    Dolores Hambardzumyan;David H Gutmann;Helmut Kettenmann

  • Importance of a novel GABAA receptor subunit for benzodiazepine pharmacology.

    Dolan B. Pritchett;Harald Sontheimer;Brenda D. Shivers;Sanie Ymer

  • Microglia in Physiology and Disease

    Susanne A Wolf;H W G M Boddeke;Helmut Kettenmann

  • Microglia: new roles for the synaptic stripper

    Helmut Kettenmann;Frank Kirchhoff;Alexei Verkhratsky;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Neuronal or Glial Progeny: Regional Differences in Radial Glia Fate

    Paolo Malatesta;Michael A. Hack;Eva Hartfuss;Helmut Kettenmann

  • Glial Calcium: Homeostasis and Signaling Function

    Alexej Verkhratsky;Richard K. Orkand;Helmut Kettenmann

  • Microdomains for neuron-glia interaction: Parallel fiber signaling to Bergmann glial cells

    Jens Grosche;Vitali Matyash;Thomas Möller;Alexej Verkhratsky

  • Neurotransmitter receptors on microglia.

    Jennifer M Pocock;Helmut Kettenmann

  • The brain tumor microenvironment.

    Nikki A. Charles;Eric C. Holland;Richard Gilbertson;Rainer Glass

  • Subpopulation of nestin-expressing progenitor cells in the adult murine hippocampus shows electrophysiological and morphological characteristics of astrocytes.

    Vitali Filippov;Golo Kronenberg;Golo Kronenberg;Tatjyana Pivneva;Katja Reuter

  • GFAP promoter-controlled EGFP-expressing transgenic mice: A tool to visualize astrocytes and astrogliosis in living brain tissue

    Christiane Nolte;Marina Matyash;Tatjyana Pivneva;Carola G. Schipke

  • Calcium signalling in glial cells

    Alexej Verkhratsky;Helmut Kettenmann

  • Functional Impairment of Microglia Coincides with Beta-Amyloid Deposition in Mice with Alzheimer-Like Pathology

    Grietje Krabbe;Annett Halle;Vitali Matyash;Jan L. Rinnenthal

  • Segregated expression of AMPA-type glutamate receptors and glutamate transporters defines distinct astrocyte populations in the mouse hippocampus.

    Katja Matthias;Frank Kirchhoff;Gerald Seifert;Kerstin Hüttmann

  • Heterogeneity in astrocyte morphology and physiology.

    Vitali Matyash;Helmut Kettenmann

  • Transcriptional and Translational Differences of Microglia from Male and Female Brains.

    Dilansu Guneykaya;Andranik Ivanov;Daniel Perez Hernandez;Verena Haage

  • Type-2 cells as link between glial and neuronal lineage in adult hippocampal neurogenesis.

    Barbara Steiner;Friederike Klempin;Friederike Klempin;Liping Wang;Monika Kott

  • Calcium signalling in glial cells

    J.W. Deitmer;A.J. Verkhratsky;C. Lohr

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Kirchhoff
Frank Kirchhoff University of Ulm
Golo Kronenberg
Golo Kronenberg University of Leicester
Gerd Kempermann
Gerd Kempermann German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Thomas Möller
Thomas Möller Oslo University Hospital
Marco Prinz
Marco Prinz University of Freiburg
Harald Sontheimer
Harald Sontheimer University of Virginia
Hendrikus W. G. M. Boddeke
Hendrikus W. G. M. Boddeke University Medical Center Groningen
Bruce R. Ransom
Bruce R. Ransom University of Washington
Karen Gertz
Karen Gertz Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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