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 Melitta Schachner sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 964 publications — 99th percentile
99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melitta Schachner sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 165 D-Index — 99th percentile
99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.
Melitta Schachner is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a particular focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Cell Biology.
The work primarily addresses key topics such as neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, nerve injury and regeneration, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, axon guidance and neuronal signaling, memory and neural mechanisms, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.
Recent publications by Schachner include:
Schachner frequently publishes in the following venues:
Notable frequent co-authors include:
Schachner has received several awards during their career, among them membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for contributions in Neurosciences in 2012, fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1972, and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
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C. Claus Stolt;Stephan Rehberg;Marius Ader;Petra Lommes
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Jan Kruse;Gerhard Keilhauer;Andreas Faissner;Rupert Timpl
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Karl Peter Giese;Rudolf Martini;Greg Lemke;Philippe Soriano
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