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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
24605
World Ranking
4502
National Ranking
2188

Johannes W. Hell publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Johannes W. Hell sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 284 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Johannes W. Hell D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Johannes W. Hell is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine. Within these areas, their work focuses notably on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Physiology.

The scientist's publication record includes a strong focus on topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Ion channel regulation and function, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and Retinal Development and Disorders.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Johannes W. Hell include:

  • CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, 2022, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • The Therapeutic Landscape of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Current State and Future Directions, 2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Intracellular β 1 -Adrenergic Receptors and Organic Cation Transporter 3 Mediate Phospholamban Phosphorylation to Enhance Cardiac Contractility, 2020, Circulation Research
  • Norepinephrine potentiates and serotonin depresses visual cortical responses by transforming eligibility traces, 2022, Nature Communications
  • AKAP5 complex facilitates purinergic modulation of vascular L-type Ca2+ channel CaV1.2, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors include Manuel F. Navedo, Madeline Nieves-Cintrón, Kwun Nok Mimi Man, Mary C. Horne, and Peter H. Bartels. These collaborations have contributed to a number of joint publications.

Johannes W. Hell has published extensively in several key research venues. These include Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science Signaling, and UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • Thrombospondins Are Astrocyte-Secreted Proteins that Promote CNS Synaptogenesis

    Karen S. Christopherson;Erik M. Ullian;Caleb C.A. Stokes;Christine E. Mullowney

  • Identification and differential subcellular localization of the neuronal class C and class D L-type calcium channel alpha 1 subunits.

    Johannes W. Hell;Ruth E. Westenbroek;Concepcion Warner;Michael K. Ahlijanian

  • Interaction with the NMDA receptor locks CaMKII in an active conformation

    K.-Ulrich Bayer;Paul De Koninck;Paul De Koninck;A. Soren Leonard;A. Soren Leonard;Johannes W. Hell;Johannes W. Hell

  • Regulation of Cardiac L-Type Calcium Channels by Protein Kinase A and Protein Kinase C

    Timothy J. Kamp;Johannes W. Hell

  • A developmental change in NMDA receptor-associated proteins at hippocampal synapses.

    Nathalie Sans;Ronald S. Petralia;Ya Xian Wang;Jaroslav Blahos

  • Biochemical properties and subcellular distribution of an N-type calcium hannel α1 subunit

    Ruth E. Westenbroek;Johannes W. Hell;Concepcion Warner;Stefan J. Dubel

  • Immunochemical identification and subcellular distribution of the alpha 1A subunits of brain calcium channels

    Ruth E. Westenbroek;Takashi Sakurai;Elicia M. Elliott;Johannes W. Hell

  • SAP97 Is Associated with the α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic Acid Receptor GluR1 Subunit

    A. Soren Leonard;Monika A. Davare;Mary C Horne;Craig C. Garner

  • Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II is associated with the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor

    A. S. Leonard;I. A. Lim;D. E. Hemsworth;Mary C Horne

  • Glutamate uptake by brain synaptic vesicles. Energy dependence of transport and functional reconstitution in proteoliposomes.

    P. R. Maycox;T. Deckwerth;Johannes W Hell;R. Jahn

  • Localization of cardiac L-type Ca2+ channels to a caveolar macromolecular signaling complex is required for β2-adrenergic regulation

    Ravi C. Balijepalli;Jason D. Foell;Duane D. Hall;Johannes W. Hell

  • Molecular cloning of the α-1 subunit of an ω-conotoxin-sensitive calcium channel

    Stefan J. Dubel;Terry V B Starr;Johannes W Hell;Michael K. Ahlijanian

  • Cyclic AMP-dependent Protein Kinase and Protein Kinase C Phosphorylate N-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptors at Different Sites

    A. Soren Leonard;Johannes W. Hell

  • Supramolecular Assemblies and Localized Regulation of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

    Shuiping Dai;Duane D. Hall;Johannes W. Hell

  • Specific phosphorylation of a site in the full-length form of the α1 subunit of the cardiac L-type calcium channel by adenosine 3'-5'-cyclic monophosphate-dependent protein kinase

    Karen S. De Jongh;Brian J. Murphy;Anita A. Colvin;Johannes W. Hell

  • NS21: Re-defined and modified supplement B27 for neuronal cultures

    Yucui Chen;Beth Stevens;Jufang Chang;Jeffrey Milbrandt

  • Amino acid neurotransmission: spotlight on synaptic vesicles

    Peter R. Maycox;Johannes W. Hell;Reinhard Jahn

  • CaMKII binding to GluN2B is critical during memory consolidation

    Amy R Halt;Robert F Dallapiazza;Yu Zhou;Ivar S Stein;Ivar S Stein

  • Role of the CaMKII/NMDA Receptor Complex in the Maintenance of Synaptic Strength

    M. Sanhueza;G. Fernandez-Villalobos;I. S. Stein;G. Kasumova

  • Regulation of GluR1 by the A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 79 (AKAP79) Signaling Complex Shares Properties with Long-Term Depression

    Steven J. Tavalin;Marcie Colledge;Johannes W. Hell;Lorene K. Langeberg

Frequent Co-Authors

William A. Catterall
William A. Catterall University of Washington
Reinhard Jahn
Reinhard Jahn Max Planck Society
Ruth E. Westenbroek
Ruth E. Westenbroek University of Washington
Donald M. Bers
Donald M. Bers University of California, Davis
Geoffrey G. Murphy
Geoffrey G. Murphy University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stefan Strack
Stefan Strack University of Iowa
Luis F. Santana
Luis F. Santana University of California, Davis
Sean M. Ward
Sean M. Ward University of Nevada Reno
G. Stanley McKnight
G. Stanley McKnight University of Washington
Richard J. Weinberg
Richard J. Weinberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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