World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Maarten H.P. Kole

Maarten H.P. Kole

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
6559
World Ranking
8955
National Ranking
242

Maarten H.P. Kole 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 Maarten H.P. Kole sits on this spectrum.

38–47 publications: 18 scientists 48–57 publications: 79 scientists 58–67 publications: 193 scientists 68–77 publications: 323 scientists 78–87 publications: 406 scientists 88–97 publications: 452 scientists 98–107 publications: 539 scientists 108–117 publications: 505 scientists 118–127 publications: 522 scientists 128–137 publications: 469 scientists 138–147 publications: 456 scientists 148–157 publications: 459 scientists 158–167 publications: 397 scientists 168–177 publications: 383 scientists 178–187 publications: 350 scientists 188–197 publications: 302 scientists 198–207 publications: 306 scientists 208–217 publications: 262 scientists 218–227 publications: 242 scientists 228–237 publications: 220 scientists 238–247 publications: 203 scientists 248–257 publications: 174 scientists 258–267 publications: 176 scientists 268–277 publications: 175 scientists 278–287 publications: 125 scientists 288–297 publications: 116 scientists 298–307 publications: 127 scientists 308–317 publications: 128 scientists 318–327 publications: 99 scientists 328–337 publications: 89 scientists 338–347 publications: 78 scientists 348–357 publications: 96 scientists 358–367 publications: 66 scientists 368–377 publications: 59 scientists 378–387 publications: 65 scientists 388–397 publications: 54 scientists 398–407 publications: 48 scientists 408–417 publications: 49 scientists 418–427 publications: 34 scientists 428–437 publications: 31 scientists 438–447 publications: 30 scientists 448–457 publications: 31 scientists 458–467 publications: 36 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 35 scientists 488–497 publications: 30 scientists 498–507 publications: 23 scientists 508–517 publications: 26 scientists 518–527 publications: 20 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 20 scientists 548–557 publications: 20 scientists 558–567 publications: 17 scientists 568–577 publications: 14 scientists 578–587 publications: 20 scientists 588–597 publications: 20 scientists 598–607 publications: 19 scientists 608–617 publications: 18 scientists 618–627 publications: 17 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 11 scientists 648–657 publications: 11 scientists 658–667 publications: 8 scientists 668–677 publications: 7 scientists 678–687 publications: 11 scientists 688–697 publications: 10 scientists 698–707 publications: 4 scientists 708–717 publications: 6 scientists 718–727 publications: 5 scientists 728–737 publications: 5 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 9 scientists 758–767 publications: 3 scientists 768–777 publications: 7 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 6 scientists 798–807 publications: 2 scientists 808–817 publications: 2 scientists 818–827 publications: 7 scientists 828–837 publications: 0 scientists 838–847 publications: 9 scientists 848–857 publications: 3 scientists 858–867 publications: 1 scientists 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38 publications 887+

This scientist: 62 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maarten H.P. Kole 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 Maarten H.P. Kole sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 172 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 296 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 435 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 459 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 456 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 467 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 478 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 512 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 435 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 425 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 418 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 392 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 357 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 334 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 328 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 260 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 278 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 239 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 250 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 210 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 200 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 189 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 170 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 146 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 113 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 126 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 100 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 99 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 84 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 85 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 72 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 76 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 45 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 43 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 32 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 45 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 50 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 32 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 39 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 27 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 19 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 23 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 16 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 24 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 14 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 15 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 10 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 10 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 13 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 8 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 6 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 6 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 7 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 7 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 10 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162 D-Index: 8 scientists 163+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Maarten H.P. Kole is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and molecular biology. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and neurology.

Kole's work centers on topics such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neural dynamics and brain function, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroscience and neural engineering, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, olfactory and sensory function studies, and lipid membrane structure and behavior.

Frequent publication venues for Kole include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • Science Advances
  • Brain

Among Maarten H.P. Kole's recent papers are:

  • "A role of oligodendrocytes in information processing," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Sensory input drives rapid homeostatic scaling of the axon initial segment in mouse barrel cortex," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Metachromatic leukodystrophy and transplantation: remyelination, no cross-correction," 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • "Complement-associated loss of CA2 inhibitory synapses in the demyelinated hippocampus impairs memory," 2021, Acta Neuropathologica
  • "Robust adaptive optics for localization microscopy deep in complex tissue," 2021, Nature Communications

Kole has collaborated frequently with other researchers in the field, including:

  • Nora Jamann
  • Naomi Petersen
  • Inge Huitinga
  • Sharon I. de Vries
  • Mohit Dubey

Best Publications

  • Action potential generation requires a high sodium channel density in the axon initial segment.

    Maarten H P Kole;Susanne U Ilschner;Björn M Kampa;Björn M Kampa;Stephen R Williams;Stephen R Williams

  • Signal processing in the axon initial segment.

    Maarten H.P. Kole;Greg J. Stuart

  • Axon initial segment Kv1 channels control axonal action potential waveform and synaptic efficacy.

    Maarten H.P. Kole;Johannes J. Letzkus;Greg J. Stuart

  • Alterations of neuroplasticity in depression: the hippocampus and beyond.

    Eberhard Fuchs;Eberhard Fuchs;Boldizsár Czéh;Maarten H.P. Kole;Thomas Michaelis

  • Long-term effects of social stress on brain and behavior: a focus on hippocampal functioning

    Bauke Buwalda;Maarten H.P. Kole;Alexa H. Veenema;Mark Huininga

  • Single Ih channels in pyramidal neuron dendrites: properties, distribution, and impact on action potential output.

    Maarten H P Kole;Stefan Hallermann;Greg J Stuart

  • The antidepressant tianeptine persistently modulates glutamate receptor currents of the hippocampal CA3 commissural associational synapse in chronically stressed rats

    Maarten H. P. Kole;Laura Swan;Eberhard Fuchs

  • Inherited cortical HCN1 channel loss amplifies dendritic calcium electrogenesis and burst firing in a rat absence epilepsy model.

    Maarten H.P. Kole;Anja U. Bräuer;Greg J. Stuart

  • An impaired neocortical Ih is associated with enhanced excitability and absence epilepsy.

    Ulf Strauss;Maarten H. P. Kole;Anja U. Bräuer;Jens Pahnke

  • Is action potential threshold lowest in the axon

    Maarten H P Kole;Greg J Stuart

  • State and location dependence of action potential metabolic cost in cortical pyramidal neurons

    Stefan Hallermann;Christiaan P J de Kock;Greg J Stuart;Maarten H P Kole;Maarten H P Kole

  • Heteromeric Kv7.2/7.3 Channels Differentially Regulate Action Potential Initiation and Conduction in Neocortical Myelinated Axons

    Arne Battefeld;Baouyen T. Tran;Jason Gavrilis;Jason Gavrilis;Edward C. Cooper

  • Dendritic patch−clamp recording

    Jenny T Davie;Maarten H P Kole;Johannes J Letzkus;Ede A Rancz

  • Saltatory Conduction along Myelinated Axons Involves a Periaxonal Nanocircuit

    Charles C.H. Cohen;Charles C.H. Cohen;Marko A. Popovic;Jan Klooster;Marie-Theres Weil;Marie-Theres Weil

  • Myelin Loss and Axonal Ion Channel Adaptations Associated with Gray Matter Neuronal Hyperexcitability

    Mustafa S Hamada;Maarten H P Kole

  • Changes in 5-HT1A and NMDA binding sites by a single rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure in rats

    Maarten H.P. Kole;Eberhard Fuchs;Ulf Ziemann;Walter Paulus

  • Bidirectional shift in the cornu ammonis 3 pyramidal dendritic organization following brief stress

    M.H.P. Kole;M.H.P. Kole;T. Costoli;J.M. Koolhaas;E. Fuchs

  • First Node of Ranvier Facilitates High-Frequency Burst Encoding

    Maarten H.P. Kole

  • A role of oligodendrocytes in information processing

    Sharlen Moore;Martin Meschkat;Martin Meschkat;Torben Ruhwedel;Andrea Trevisiol;Andrea Trevisiol

  • Myelinating satellite oligodendrocytes are integrated in a glial syncytium constraining neuronal high-frequency activity.

    Arne Battefeld;Jan Klooster;Maarten H. P. Kole;Maarten H. P. Kole

  • Covariation of axon initial segment location and dendritic tree normalizes the somatic action potential.

    Mustafa S Hamada;Mustafa S Hamada;Sarah Goethals;Sharon I de Vries;Romain Brette

Frequent Co-Authors

Greg J. Stuart
Greg J. Stuart Australian National University
Eberhard Fuchs
Eberhard Fuchs German Primate Center
Wiebke Möbius
Wiebke Möbius Max Planck Society
Johannes Hirrlinger
Johannes Hirrlinger Leipzig University
Jaap M. Koolhaas
Jaap M. Koolhaas University of Groningen
Klaus-Armin Nave
Klaus-Armin Nave Max Planck Society
Robert Nitsch
Robert Nitsch University of Münster
Ryuichi Shigemoto
Ryuichi Shigemoto Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Inge Huitinga
Inge Huitinga Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring neuroscience opens up diverse career pathways within healthcare, research, and mental health fields. Many students interested in neuroscience also consider degrees in social work or psychology to broaden their expertise and impact.

For those seeking flexibility and affordability, there are several most affordable msw programs online available. An MSW degree can prepare you for careers in healthcare support, counseling, and community services.

If you are specifically interested in behavioral analysis, enrolling in bcba programs online could be an excellent path. Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) credentials are highly valued in both clinical and educational settings.

Fast-tracked options, such as online msw programs and accelerated psychology degree online, let students complete their studies quickly—ideal for those eager to enter the workforce sooner.

By combining neuroscience with related online degrees, you can unlock rewarding, interdisciplinary career opportunities that address today’s complex mental health and behavioral challenges.

Best Scientists Citing Maarten H.P. Kole

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles