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Johannes Kornhuber

Johannes Kornhuber

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
123
Citations
70246
World Ranking
3298
National Ranking
178

Johannes Kornhuber publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Johannes Kornhuber sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,139 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Johannes Kornhuber D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Johannes Kornhuber sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Johannes Kornhuber is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, neurology, and clinical psychology.

Their research output covers a wide range of topics, with a focus on sphingolipid metabolism and signaling, dementia and cognitive impairment research, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments. Other main topics include tryptophan and brain disorders, receptor mechanisms and signaling, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, as well as stress responses and cortisol.

Johannes Kornhuber's frequent co-authors include:

  • Christiane Mühle
  • Bernd Lenz
  • Erich Gulbins
  • Jens Wiltfang
  • Christian P. Müller

The venues where they have published most frequently are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (15 publications)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia (9 publications)
  • Molecular Psychiatry (8 publications)
  • Journal of Neural Transmission (8 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Prevalence Estimates of Amyloid Abnormality Across the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Spectrum," 2022, JAMA Neurology
  • "Pharmacological Inhibition of Acid Sphingomyelinase Prevents Uptake of SARS-CoV-2 by Epithelial Cells," 2020, Cell Reports Medicine
  • "Genome-wide meta-analysis for Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers," 2022, Acta Neuropathologica
  • "The acid sphingomyelinase/ceramide system in COVID-19," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Plasma neurofilament light and phosphorylated tau 181 as biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease pathology and clinical disease progression," 2021, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (1088-1093))

    D Harold;R Abraham;P Hollingworth;R Sims

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis.

    Willemijn J. Jansen;Rik Ossenkoppele;Dirk L. Knol;Betty M. Tijms

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Genetic evidence implicates the immune system and cholesterol metabolism in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease.

    Lesley Jones;Peter A. Holmans;Marian L. Hamshere;Denise Harold

  • Therapeutic approaches to Alzheimer's disease.

    Hans-Wolfgang Klafki;Matthias Staufenbiel;Johannes Kornhuber;Jens Wiltfang

  • Acid sphingomyelinase-ceramide system mediates effects of antidepressant drugs

    Erich Gulbins;Erich Gulbins;Monica Palmada;Martin Reichel;Anja Lüth

  • Aminoadamantanes as NMDA receptor antagonists and antiparkinsonian agents : Preclinical studies

    W. Danysz;C.G. Parsons;J. Kornhuber;W.J. Schmidt

  • Elevated levels of tau-protein in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

    Markus Otto;Jens Wiltfang;Hayrettin Tumani;Inga Zerr

  • BOLD fMRI deactivation of limbic and temporal brain structures and mood enhancing effect by transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation.

    T. Kraus;K. Hösl;O. Kiess;A. Schanze

  • Amantadine and memantine are NMDA receptor antagonists with neuroprotective properties.

    Kornhuber J;Weller M;Schoppmeyer K;Riederer P

  • Prevalence and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease at the mild cognitive impairment stage.

    Stephanie J B Vos;Frans Verhey;Lutz Frölich;Johannes Kornhuber

  • Neurochemical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia by CSF Aβ42, Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio and total tau

    Piotr Lewczuk;Hermann Esselmann;Markus Otto;Juan Manuel Maler

  • Effects of the 1-amino-adamantanes at the MK-801-binding site of the NMDA-receptor-gated ion channel: a human postmortem brain study.

    Johannes Kornhuber;Joachim Bormann;Marianne Hübers;Kristin Rusche

  • Functional Inhibitors of Acid Sphingomyelinase (FIASMAs): a novel pharmacological group of drugs with broad clinical applications.

    Johannes Kornhuber;Philipp Tripal;Martin Reichel;Christiane Mühle

  • Memantine displaces [3H]MK-801 at therapeutic concentrations in postmortem human frontal cortex.

    Johannes Kornhuber;Joachim Bormann;Wolfgang Retz;Marianne Hübers

  • Memantine in moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease.

    Stefan Bleich;Jens Wiltfang;Johannes Kornhuber

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimertextquotesingles disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Wiltfang
Jens Wiltfang University of Göttingen
Frank Jessen
Frank Jessen University of Cologne
Oliver Peters
Oliver Peters German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Erich Gulbins
Erich Gulbins University of Duisburg-Essen
Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier University of Bonn
Lutz Frölich
Lutz Frölich Heidelberg University
Harald Hampel
Harald Hampel Eisai (United States)
Michael Wagner
Michael Wagner TU Dresden
Peter Riederer
Peter Riederer University of Würzburg
Hermann Esselmann
Hermann Esselmann University of Duisburg-Essen

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