2026 Josef Bischofberger: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	41	7762	7164	178	164	86	10121

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Overview

Josef Bischofberger is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biochemistry, and Biological Psychiatry.

The research topics covered by Josef Bischofberger include:

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
RNA Research and Splicing
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
RNA regulation and disease
Neural dynamics and brain function
Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism

Josef Bischofberger has contributed to publications in several frequent venues such as:

Cell Reports
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Neuron
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Bischofberger include:

Targeted proteoform mapping uncovers specific Neurexin-3 variants required for dendritic inhibition, 2022, Neuron
A cell-type-specific alternative splicing regulator shapes synapse properties in a trans-synaptic manner, 2023, Cell Reports
GABAB Receptor-Mediated Regulation of Dendro-Somatic Synergy in Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
d-Cycloserine enhances the bidirectional range of NMDAR-dependent hippocampal synaptic plasticity, 2024, Translational Psychiatry
Sparsification of AP firing in adult-born hippocampal granule cells via voltage-dependent α5-GABAA receptors, 2021, Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Josef Bischofberger include:

Jan M. Schulz
Meredith Lodge
Stefan Vestring
Dietmar Schreiner
Peter Scheiffele

Best Publications

Enhanced synaptic plasticity in newly generated granule cells of the adult hippocampus

Christoph Schmidt-Hieber;Peter Jonas;Josef Bischofberger

1577
Citations
Enhanced synaptic plasticity in newly generated granule cells of the adult hippocampus.

Christoph Schmidt-Hieber;Peter Jonas;Josef Bischofberger

1566
Citations
Corelease of two fast neurotransmitters at a central synapse

Peter Jonas;Josef Bischofberger;Jürgen Sandkühler

904
Citations
BKCa-Cav channel complexes mediate rapid and localized Ca2+-activated K+ signaling

Henrike Berkefeld;Claudia A. Sailer;Wolfgang Bildl;Volker Rohde

481
Citations
BKCa-Cav Channel Complexes Mediate Rapid and Localized Ca2+-Activated K+ Signaling

Henrike Berkefeld;Claudia A. Sailer;Wolfgang Bildl;Volker Rohde

460
Citations
Patch-clamp recording from mossy fiber terminals in hippocampal slices

J Bischofberger;Dominique Engel;L Li

370
Citations
Interneuron Diversity series: Fast in, fast out – temporal and spatial signal processing in hippocampal interneurons

Peter Jonas;Josef Bischofberger;Desdemona Fricker;Richard Miles

347
Citations
Synaptic Integration of Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons Is Locally Controlled by Astrocytes.

Sébastien Sultan;Liyi Li;Jonathan Moss;Francesco Petrelli

296
Citations
Enhanced long-term synaptic depression in an animal model of depression.

Roman Holderbach;Kristin Clark;Jean-Luc Moreau;Josef Bischofberger

250
Citations
Differential Gating and Recruitment of P/Q-, N-, and R-Type Ca2+ Channels in Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Boutons

Liyi Li;Josef Bischofberger;Peter Jonas

230
Citations
Subthreshold dendritic signal processing and coincidence detection in dentate gyrus granule cells

Christoph Schmidt-Hieber;Peter Jonas;Josef Bischofberger

198
Citations
Timing and Efficacy of Ca2+ Channel Activation in Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Boutons

Josef Bischofberger;Jörg R. P. Geiger;Peter Jonas

191
Citations
Action potential propagation into the presynaptic dendrites of rat mitral cells.

Josef Bischofberger;Peter Jonas

171
Citations
Fast Sodium Channel Gating Supports Localized and Efficient Axonal Action Potential Initiation

Christoph Schmidt-Hieber;Josef Bischofberger

151
Citations
Synaptic dysfunction, memory deficits and hippocampal atrophy due to ablation of mitochondrial fission in adult forebrain neurons

Bjorn Oettinghaus;J. M. Schulz;L. M. Restelli;M. Licci

147
Citations
Targeted transgene expression in neuronal precursors: watching young neurons in the old brain

Sebastien Couillard-Despres;Beate Winner;Claudia Karl;Gudrun Lindemann

145
Citations
A small number of open Ca2+ channels trigger transmitter release at a central GABAergic synapse

Iancu Bucurenciu;Josef Bischofberger;Josef Bischofberger;Peter Jonas

141
Citations
Timing and efficacy of transmitter release at mossy fiber synapses in the hippocampal network

Josef Bischofberger;Dominique Engel;Michael Frotscher;Peter Jonas

135
Citations
GABA suppresses neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus through GABAB receptors

Claudio Giachino;Michael Barz;Jan S. Tchorz;Mercedes Tome

131
Citations
New neurons in the adult mammalian brain: synaptogenesis and functional integration.

Hongjun Song;Gerd Kempermann;Linda Overstreet Wadiche;Chunmei Zhao

130
Citations
Upregulation of inward rectifier K+ (Kir2) channels in dentate gyrus granule cells in temporal lobe epilepsy

Christina C. Young;Christina C. Young;Michael Stegen;Michael Stegen;René Bernard;Martin Müller;Martin Müller

121
Citations
mTORC1 Inhibition Corrects Neurodevelopmental and Synaptic Alterations in a Human Stem Cell Model of Tuberous Sclerosis

Veronica Costa;Stefan Aigner;Mirko Vukcevic;Evelyn Sauter

112
Citations