2026 Menno P. Witter: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	109	553	501	3	3	304	52391

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Norway Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Norway Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Norway Leader Award
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biology
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biology

Overview

Menno P. Witter is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research expertise spans various areas within neuroscience, with a particular focus on the medial temporal lobe and the entorhinal cortex. Witter's work contributes to the understanding of neural dynamics, brain function, and memory mechanisms.

Witter's main field of study is Neuroscience, with substantial contributions totaling 137 publications. Their research covers subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Physiology, and Neurology. The main topics Witter investigates include:

Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Witter has frequently published in these venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Journal of Comparative Neurology
eLife
Cell Reports
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Witter include:

The entorhinal cortex of the monkey: VI. Organization of projections from the hippocampus, subiculum, presubiculum, and parasubiculum, 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Densities and numbers of calbindin and parvalbumin positive neurons across the rat and mouse brain, 2020, iScience
A Brainstem Locomotor Circuit Drives the Activity of Speed Cells in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex, 2020, Cell Reports
Re-emphasizing early Alzheimer's disease pathology starting in select entorhinal neurons, with a special focus on mitophagy, 2021, Ageing Research Reviews
Dissociating distinct cortical networks associated with subregions of the human medial temporal lobe using precision neuroimaging, 2023, Neuron

Witter often collaborates with a range of co-authors across neuroscience research, including:

Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen
Rajeevkumar Raveendran Nair
Clifford G. Kentros
Maximiliano José Nigro
Christian F. Doeller

The scientist has been recognized as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the field of Biology.

Best Publications

The three-dimensional organization of the hippocampal formation: a review of anatomical data.

David G Amaral;M. P. Witter

3003
Citations
Functional organization of the hippocampal longitudinal axis

Bryan A. Strange;Menno P. Witter;Ed S. Lein;Edvard I. Moser

1904
Citations
Conjunctive Representation of Position, Direction, and Velocity in Entorhinal Cortex

Francesca Sargolini;Marianne Fyhn;Torkel Hafting;Bruce L. McNaughton;Bruce L. McNaughton

1822
Citations
Spatial Representation in the Entorhinal Cortex

Marianne Fyhn;Sturla Molden;Menno P. Witter;Menno P. Witter;Edvard I. Moser

1737
Citations
Schemas and memory consolidation

Dorothy Tse;Rosamund F. Langston;Masaki Kakeyama;Ingrid Bethus

1470
Citations
The anatomy of memory : an interactive overview of the parahippocampal-hippocampal network

N. M. van Strien;N. L. M. Cappaert;M. P. Witter

1276
Citations
Distribution of hippocampal CA1 and subicular efferents in the prefrontal cortex of the rat studied by means of anterograde transport of Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin.

Thérèse M. Jay;Menno P. Witter

1235
Citations
Functional organization of the extrinsic and intrinsic circuitry of the parahippocampal region

M.P. Witter;H.J. Groenewegen;F.H. Lopes da Silva;A.H.M. Lohman

1158
Citations
Trans-Synaptic Spread of Tau Pathology In Vivo

Li Liu;Valerie Drouet;Jessica W. Wu;Menno P. Witter

1132
Citations
The intralaminar and midline nuclei of the thalamus. Anatomical and functional evidence for participation in processes of arousal and awareness

Ysbrand D Van der Werf;Menno P Witter;Henk J Groenewegen

1113
Citations
A pathophysiological framework of hippocampal dysfunction in ageing and disease

Scott A. Small;Scott A. Schobel;Richard B. Buxton;Menno P. Witter

1037
Citations
Organization of the projections from the subiculum to the ventral striatum in the rat. A study using anterograde transport of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin.

H.J. Groenewegen;E. Vermeulen-Van der Zee;A. te Kortschot;M.P. Witter

1034
Citations
Finite Scale of Spatial Representation in the Hippocampus

Kirsten Brun Kjelstrup;Trygve Solstad;Vegard Heimly Brun;Torkel Hafting

891
Citations
Place cells and place recognition maintained by direct entorhinal-hippocampal circuitry.

Vegard H. Brun;Mona K. Otnæss;Sturla Molden;Hill-Aina Steffenach

849
Citations
Anatomical organization of the parahippocampal-hippocampal network.

Menno P. Witter;Floris G. Wouterlood;Pieterke A. Naber;Theo Van Haeften

786
Citations
Organization of the entorhinal—hippocampal system: A review of current anatomical data

Menno P. Witter

765
Citations
Development of the Spatial Representation System in the Rat

Rosamund F. Langston;James A. Ainge;James A. Ainge;Jonathan J. Couey;Cathrin B. Canto

758
Citations
Perirhinal and postrhinal cortices of the rat: A review of the neuroanatomical literature and comparison with findings from the monkey brain

Rebecca D. Burwell;Menno P. Witter;David G. Amaral

716
Citations
Grid cells in pre- and parasubiculum

Charlotte N Boccara;Francesca Sargolini;Francesca Sargolini;Veslemøy Hult Thoresen;Trygve Solstad

655
Citations
Entorhinal cortex of the monkey: V. Projections to the dentate gyrus, hippocampus, and subicular complex

Menno P. Witter;David G. Amaral

633
Citations