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80
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20483
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Herwig Baier 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 Herwig Baier sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 139 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Herwig Baier 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 Herwig Baier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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

  • 2000 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Herwig Baier is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily centers on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Neuroscience.

The main subfields of study in their work include Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Their research topics cover Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Retinal Development and Disorders, Neural dynamics and brain function, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Herwig Baier has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, eLife, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, and Nature.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Evolution of neuronal cell classes and types in the vertebrate retina, 2023, Nature
  • Automated synapse-level reconstruction of neural circuits in the larval zebrafish brain, 2022, Nature Methods
  • Molecular classification of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells links genes to cell types to behavior, 2020, Neuron
  • Retinotectal circuitry of larval zebrafish is adapted to detection and pursuit of prey, 2020, eLife
  • Visual recognition of social signals by a tectothalamic neural circuit, 2022, Nature

Herwig Baier frequently collaborates with several co-authors. These include Eva Laurell, Manuel Stemmer, Inbal Shainer, Johannes Larsch, and Martin Schneider.

They were awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Optimization of a GCaMP calcium indicator for neural activity imaging.

    Jasper Akerboom;Tsai Wen Chen;Trevor J. Wardill;Lin Tian;Lin Tian

  • Pentylenetetrazole induced changes in zebrafish behavior, neural activity and C-fos expression

    S.C. Baraban;M.R. Taylor;P.A. Castro;H. Baier

  • Optogenetic control of cardiac function.

    Aristides B. Arrenberg;Didier Y. R. Stainier;Herwig Baier;Jan Huisken

  • Optogenetic dissection of a behavioural module in the vertebrate spinal cord

    Claire Wyart;Filippo Del Bene;Erica Warp;Ethan K. Scott;Ethan K. Scott

  • Genetic disorders of vision revealed by a behavioral screen of 400 essential loci in zebrafish.

    Stephan C. F. Neuhauss;Oliver Biehlmaier;Mathias W. Seeliger;Tilak Das

  • Retinal Ganglion Cell Genesis Requires lakritz, a Zebrafish atonal Homolog

    Jeremy N Kay;Karin C Finger-Baier;Tobias Roeser;Wendy Staub

  • Transactivation from Gal4-VP16 transgenic insertions for tissue-specific cell labeling and ablation in zebrafish.

    Jon M. Davison;Courtney M. Akitake;Mary G. Goll;Jerry M. Rhee

  • Targeting neural circuitry in zebrafish using GAL4 enhancer trapping

    Ethan K Scott;Lindsay Mason;Aristides B Arrenberg;Limor Ziv

  • Remote Control of Neuronal Activity with a Light-Gated Glutamate Receptor

    Stephanie Szobota;Pau Gorostiza;Filippo Del Bene;Claire Wyart

  • Axon guidance by gradients of a target-derived component.

    Herwig Baier;Friedrich Bonhoeffer

  • Visual prey capture in larval zebrafish is controlled by identified reticulospinal neurons downstream of the tectum.

    Ethan Gahtan;Paul Tanger;Herwig Baier

  • Regulation of Neurogenesis by Interkinetic Nuclear Migration through an Apical-Basal Notch Gradient

    Filippo Del Bene;Ann M. Wehman;Brian A. Link;Herwig Baier

  • Zebrafish mutations affecting retinotectal axon pathfinding.

    R. O. Karlstrom;T. Trowe;S. Klostermann;H. Baier

  • A GFP-based genetic screen reveals mutations that disrupt the architecture of the zebrafish retinotectal projection

    Tong Xiao;Tobias Roeser;Wendy Staub;Herwig Baier

  • Genetic and Physiologic Dissection of the Vertebrate Cardiac Conduction System

    Neil C Chi;Robin M Shaw;Benno Jungblut;Jan Huisken

  • A Visual Pathway for Looming-Evoked Escape in Larval Zebrafish

    Incinur Temizer;Joseph C. Donovan;Herwig Baier;Julie Lee Semmelhack

  • Forward genetic analysis of visual behavior in zebrafish.

    Akira Muto;Michael B Orger;Ann M Wehman;Matthew C Smear

  • Optical control of zebrafish behavior with halorhodopsin

    Aristides B. Arrenberg;Filippo Del Bene;Herwig Baier

  • Filtering of visual information in the tectum by an identified neural circuit.

    Filippo Del Bene;Claire Wyart;Estuardo Robles;Amanda Tran

  • Visuomotor Behaviors in Larval Zebrafish after GFP-Guided Laser Ablation of the Optic Tectum

    Tobias Roeser;Herwig Baier

  • An affective disorder in zebrafish with mutation of the glucocorticoid receptor

    Limor Ziv;Limor Ziv;Akira Muto;Akira Muto;Peter J. Schoonheim;Peter J. Schoonheim;Sebastiaan H. Meijsing;Sebastiaan H. Meijsing

  • The Retinal Projectome Reveals Brain-Area-Specific Visual Representations Generated by Ganglion Cell Diversity

    Estuardo Robles;Eva Laurell;Herwig Baier

Frequent Co-Authors

Ethan K. Scott
Ethan K. Scott University of Queensland
Ehud Y. Isacoff
Ehud Y. Isacoff University of California, Berkeley
Claire Wyart
Claire Wyart Institut du Cerveau
Didier Y. R. Stainier
Didier Y. R. Stainier Max Planck Society
Dirk Trauner
Dirk Trauner University of Pennsylvania
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics
Joachim Wittbrodt
Joachim Wittbrodt Heidelberg University
William A. Harris
William A. Harris University of Cambridge
Neil C. Chi
Neil C. Chi University of California, San Diego

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