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Hessel Franssen

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
7407
World Ranking
6730
National Ranking
187

Hessel Franssen 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 Hessel Franssen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 150 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Hessel Franssen 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 Hessel Franssen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Hessel Franssen is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions in the subfields of neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work is largely centered on topics such as peripheral neuropathies and disorders, hereditary neurological disorders, multiple sclerosis research studies, peripheral nerve disorders, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, RNA modifications and cancer, and congenital anomalies and fetal surgery.

Franssen has published multiple papers, with notable recent works including:

  • "Electrodiagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome in the International GBS Outcome Study: Differences in methods and reference values" (2022) published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Excitability of motor and sensory axons in multifocal motor neuropathy" (2020) published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Longitudinal prospective cohort study to assess peripheral motor function with extensive electrophysiological techniques in patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA): the SMA Motor Map protocol" (2023) published in BMC Neurology
  • "Impact of stimulus duration on motor unit thresholds and alternation in compound muscle action potential scans" (2020) published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Motor unit integrity in multifocal motor neuropathy: A systematic evaluation with CMAP scans" (2021) published in Muscle & Nerve

Their frequent coauthors include Boudewijn T.H.M. Sleutjes, H. Stephan Goedee, Maria O. Kovalchuk, Leonard J. van Schelven, and Peter Van den Bergh.

Franssen's publications have appeared predominantly in journals such as Clinical Neurophysiology, BMC Neurology, Muscle & Nerve, Clinical Neurophysiology Practice, and Pharmacology Research & Perspectives.

Best Publications

  • A randomized sequential trial of creatine in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Geert Jan Groeneveld;Jan H. Veldink;Ingeborg van der Tweel;Sandra Kalmijn

  • Treatment of multifocal motor neuropathy with high dose intravenous immunoglobulins: a double blind, placebo controlled study.

    L. H. Van Den Berg;H. Kerkhoff;P. L. Oey;H. Franssen

  • Multifocal motor neuropathy: diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment strategies

    Lotte Vlam;W.-Ludo van der Pol;Elisabeth A. Cats;Dirk C. Straver

  • Chronic idiopathic polyneuropathy presenting in middle or old age: a clinical and electrophysiological study of 75 patients.

    N. C. Notermans;J. H. J. Wokke;H. Franssen;Y. Van Der Graaf

  • Correlates of outcome and response to IVIg in 88 patients with multifocal motor neuropathy

    E.A. Cats;W.L. van der Pol;S. Piepers;H. Franssen

  • Multifocal motor neuropathy: Diagnostic criteria that predict the response to immunoglobulin treatment

    R. M. Van Den Berg-Vos;H. Franssen;J. H. J. Wokke;H. W. Van Es

  • Multifocal motor neuropathy: long-term clinical and electrophysiological assessment of intravenous immunoglobulin maintenance treatment.

    R M Van den Berg-Vos;H Franssen;J H J Wokke;L H Van den Berg

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of the brachial plexus in patients with multifocal motor neuropathy

    H. W. Van Es;L. H. Van den Berg;H. Franssen;T. D. Witkamp

  • Multifocal motor neuropathy

    Jan-Thies H Van Asseldonk;Hessel Franssen;Renske M Van den Berg-Vos;John H J Wokke

  • Diagnostic value of sonography in treatment-naive chronic inflammatory neuropathies

    Unknown

  • Multifocal inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy: A distinct clinical entity?

    R.M. Van den Berg-Vos;L.H. Van den Berg;H. Franssen;M. Vermeulen

  • Demyelination and axonal loss in multifocal motor neuropathy: distribution and relation to weakness.

    J T H Van Asseldonk;L H Van den Berg;R M Van den Berg-Vos;G H Wieneke

  • The long-term effect of intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in multifocal motor neuropathy

    L. H. Van Den Berg;H. Franssen;J. H. J. Wokke

  • Nerve conduction and temperature: Necessary warming time

    Hessel Franssen;George H. Wieneke

  • Disease course and prognostic factors of progressive muscular atrophy.

    Jeldican Visser;Renske M. van den Berg-Vos;Hessel Franssen;Leonard H. van den Berg

  • Mycophenolate mofetil as adjunctive therapy for MMN patients: a randomized, controlled trial.

    Sanne Piepers;Renske Van den Berg-Vos;W-Ludo Van der Pol;Hessel Franssen

  • Chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy: a five year follow up.

    Unknown

  • Comparison of maximal voluntary isometric contraction and hand-held dynamometry in measuring muscle strength of patients with progressive lower motor neuron syndrome

    J Visser;E Mans;M de Visser;R.M van den Berg-Vos

  • Chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy and successful aging of the peripheral nervous system in elderly people.

    Alexander F. J. E. Vrancken;Hessel Franssen;John H. J. Wokke;Laurien L. Teunissen

  • Polyneuropathy associated with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. A prospective study of the prognostic value of clinical and laboratory abnormalities.

    Unknown

  • A Long-term Prospective Study of the Natural Course of Sporadic Adult-Onset Lower Motor Neuron Syndromes

    Renske M. Van den Berg-Vos;Jeldican Visser;Sandra Kalmijn;Kathelijn Fischer

  • Diagnostic criteria for demyelinating polyneuropathy associated with monoclonal gammopathy.

    N.C. Notermans;H. Franssen;M. Eurelings;Y. Van der Graaf

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: clinical and radiological correlations.

    Dénes L. J. Tavy;G. Louis Wagner;Ruud W. M. Keunen;A. Rolf Wattendorff

  • Differentiation of hereditary spastic paraparesis from primary lateral sclerosis in sporadic adult-onset upper motor neuron syndromes.

    Frans Brugman;Jan H. Veldink;Hessel Franssen;Marianne de Visser

  • The spectrum of lower motor neuron syndromes.

    R M Van Den Berg-Vos;L H Van Den Berg;J Visser;M de Visser

  • The influence of temperature on conduction block

    Hessel Franssen;George H. Wieneke;John H.J. Wokke

  • Criteria for demyelination based on the maximum slowing due to axonal degeneration, determined after warming in water at 37°C: diagnostic yield in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

    J T H Van Asseldonk;L H Van den Berg;S Kalmijn;J H J Wokke

  • Pharmacokinetics of intravenous immunoglobulin in multifocal motor neuropathy.

    Lotte Vlam;Elisabeth A Cats;Eline Willemse;Hessel Franssen

  • Chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy Comparison of patients with and without monoclonal gammopathy

    N. C. Notermans;J. H. J. Wokke;L. H. van den Berg;Y. van der Graaf

  • Interhemispheric reorganization of motor hand function to the primary motor cortex predicted with functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Geert-Jan M. Rutten;Nick F. Ramsey;Peter C. Van Rijen;Hessel Franssen

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonard H. van den Berg
Leonard H. van den Berg Utrecht University
Jan H. Veldink
Jan H. Veldink Utrecht University
Michel J. A. M. van Putten
Michel J. A. M. van Putten University of Twente
Bart C. Jacobs
Bart C. Jacobs Erasmus University Rotterdam
Marinus Vermeulen
Marinus Vermeulen University of Amsterdam
Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren
Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren Leiden University Medical Center
Nick F. Ramsey
Nick F. Ramsey Utrecht University
Peter C. van Rijen
Peter C. van Rijen Utrecht University
Jos A. G. van Strijp
Jos A. G. van Strijp Utrecht University
Frank Baas
Frank Baas Leiden University Medical Center

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