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Michael Sendtner

Michael Sendtner

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Biology and Biochemistry
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Neuroscience 104 658 592 45 42 326 54347
Medicine 104 6926 6515 394 378 327 54348
Biology and Biochemistry 104 1229 1097 80 74 318 54327

Michael Sendtner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael Sendtner between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael Sendtner published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 9 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2007. 27 of the 358 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2007. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 10 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 12 publications
1986 2025

358 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael Sendtner: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 3
1989 4
1990 7
1991 6
1992 6
1993 9
1994 8
1995 7
1996 10
1997 6
1998 6
1999 8
2000 10
2001 13
2002 11
2003 7
2004 11
2005 15
2006 7
2007 17
2008 9
2009 9
2010 13
2011 13
2012 16
2013 4
2014 11
2015 7
2016 9
2017 7
2018 11
2019 7
2020 12
2021 12
2022 9
2023 10
2024 15
2025 12
Total 358
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Michael Sendtner 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 Michael Sendtner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 887+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 539. Most scientists, 539, have 98–107 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 318–327 publications, is where this scientist sits. 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 scientist 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 887+

This scientist: 326 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 18
48–57 79
58–67 193
68–77 323
78–87 406
88–97 452
98–107 539
108–117 505
118–127 522
128–137 469
138–147 456
148–157 459
158–167 397
168–177 383
178–187 350
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174
258–267 176
268–277 175
278–287 125
288–297 116
298–307 127
308–317 128
318–327 99 326
328–337 89
338–347 78
348–357 96
358–367 66
368–377 59
378–387 65
388–397 54
398–407 48
408–417 49
418–427 34
428–437 31
438–447 30
448–457 31
458–467 36
468–477 40
478–487 35
488–497 30
498–507 23
508–517 26
518–527 20
528–537 23
538–547 20
548–557 20
558–567 17
568–577 14
578–587 20
588–597 20
598–607 19
608–617 18
618–627 17
628–637 11
638–647 11
648–657 11
658–667 8
668–677 7
678–687 11
688–697 10
698–707 4
708–717 6
718–727 5
728–737 5
738–747 9
748–757 9
758–767 3
768–777 7
778–787 7
788–797 6
798–807 2
808–817 2
818–827 7
828–837 0
838–847 9
848–857 3
858–867 1
868–877 3
878–886 6
887+ 100
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Michael Sendtner 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 Michael Sendtner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 68 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 512. Most scientists, 512, have 46–47 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 104–105 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
30–31 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 42
32–33 172
34–35 296
36–37 435
38–39 459
40–41 456
42–43 467
44–45 478
46–47 512
48–49 435
50–51 425
52–53 418
54–55 392
56–57 357
58–59 334
60–61 328
62–63 260
64–65 278
66–67 239
68–69 250
70–71 210
72–73 200
74–75 189
76–77 170
78–79 146
80–81 113
82–83 126
84–85 100
86–87 84
88–89 99
90–91 84
92–93 85
94–95 72
96–97 76
98–99 45
100–101 49
102–103 43
104–105 32 104
106–107 45
108–109 50
110–111 32
112–113 39
114–115 32
116–117 29
118–119 27
120–121 19
122–123 23
124–125 27
126–127 16
128–129 24
130–131 13
132–133 21
134–135 17
136–137 14
138–139 15
140–141 10
142–143 10
144–145 13
146–147 9
148–149 8
150–151 6
152–153 6
154–155 7
156–157 7
158–159 10
160–161 4
162 8
163+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Michael Sendtner is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research encompasses multiple fields, predominantly Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these main fields, Sendtner's work further specializes in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Cell Biology.

Their research topics include:

  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Sendtner has contributed to numerous scientific publications across various respected venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BioEssays
  • Nature Communications
  • Translational Neurodegeneration
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Sendtner are:

  • Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Loss of Tdp-43 disrupts the axonal transcriptome of motoneurons accompanied by impaired axonal translation and mitochondria function, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • The FTLD Risk Factor TMEM106B Regulates the Transport of Lysosomes at the Axon Initial Segment of Motoneurons, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Regulation of TrkB cell surface expression-a mechanism for modulation of neuronal responsiveness to brain-derived neurotrophic factor, 2020, Cell and Tissue Research
  • Therapy development for spinal muscular atrophy: perspectives for muscular dystrophies and neurodegenerative disorders, 2022, Neurological Research and Practice

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Sendtner include:

  • Michael Briese
  • Patrick Lüningschrör
  • Sibylle Jablonka
  • Mehri Moradi
  • Abdolhossein Zare

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

    Alan E. Renton;Elisa Majounie;Adrian James Waite;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

  • Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

    Elisa Majounie;Alan E. Renton;Kin Mok;Elise G. P. Dopper;Elise G. P. Dopper

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents the degeneration of motor neurons after axotomy

    Michael Sendtner;Georg W. Kreutzberg;Hans Thoenen

  • Association of transcription factor APRF and protein kinase Jak1 with the interleukin-6 signal transducer gp130.

    Claudia Lütticken;Ursula M. Wegenka;Juping Yuan;Jan Buschmann

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor

    Piotr Masiakowski;Vivien Wong;Nikos Panayotatos;Hans Friedrich Erwin Thoenen

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents the death of motoneurons in newborn rats after nerve section.

    M Sendtner;B Holtmann;R Kolbeck;H Thoenen

  • The human centromeric survival motor neuron gene (SMN2) rescues embryonic lethality in Smn–/– mice and results in a mouse with spinal muscular atrophy

    Umrao R. Monani;Michael Sendtner;Daniel D. Coovert;D. William Parsons

  • Inactivation of the survival motor neuron gene, a candidate gene for human spinal muscular atrophy, leads to massive cell death in early mouse embryos

    Bertold Schrank;Rudolf Götz;Jennifer M. Gunnersen;Janice M. Ure

  • The Notch target genes Hey1 and Hey2 are required for embryonic vascular development

    Andreas Fischer;Nina Schumacher;Manfred Maier;Michael Sendtner

  • Smn, the spinal muscular atrophy–determining gene product, modulates axon growth and localization of β-actin mRNA in growth cones of motoneurons

    Wilfried Rossoll;Sibylle Jablonka;Catia Andreassi;Ann-Kathrin Kröning

  • Na+-D-glucose Cotransporter SGLT1 is Pivotal for Intestinal Glucose-Absorption and Glucose-Dependent Incretin Secretion

    Valentin Gorboulev;Annette Schürmann;Volker Vallon;Helmut Kipp

  • Survival effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on chick embryonic motoneurons in culture: comparison with other neurotrophic factors and cytokines.

    Yoshihiro Arakawa;Michael Sendtner;Hans Thoenen

  • Disruption of the CNTF gene results in motor neuron degeneration.

    Yasuo Masu;Eckhard Wolf;Bettina Holtmann;Michael Sendtner

  • Molecular cloning, expression and regional distribution of rat ciliary neurotrophic factor

    K. A. Stöckli;F. Lottspeich;M. Sendtner;P. Masiakowski

  • Molecular pathways of motor neuron injury in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Laura Ferraiuolo;Janine Kirby;Andrew J. Grierson;Michael Sendtner

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents degeneration of motor neurons in mouse mutant progressive motor neuronopathy

    M. Sendtner;H. Schmalbruch;K. A. Stöckli;P. Carroll

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Wouter van Rheenen;Aleksey Shatunov;Annelot M. Dekker;Russell L. McLaughlin

  • Mutations in the Matrin 3 gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Janel O Johnson;Erik P Pioro;Ashley Boehringer;Ruth Chia

  • Gene disruption discloses role of selenoprotein P in selenium delivery to target tissues

    Lutz Schomburg;Ulrich Schweizer;Bettina Holtmann;Leopold Flohé

  • The human centromeric survival motor neuron gene (SMN2) rescues embryonic lethality in Smn(-/-) mice and results in a mouse with spinal muscular atrophy (vol 9, pg 333, 2000)

    UR Monani;M Sendtner;DD Coovert;DW Parsons

  • Na + -D-glucose Cotransporter SGLT1 is Pivotal for Intestinal Glucose Absorption and Glucose-Dependent

    Valentin Gorboulev;Annette Schürmann;Volker Vallon;Helmut Kipp

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Thoenen
Hans Thoenen Max Planck Society
Klaus V. Toyka
Klaus V. Toyka University of Würzburg
Pamela J. Shaw
Pamela J. Shaw University of Sheffield
Adriano Chiò
Adriano Chiò University of Turin
Bryan J. Traynor
Bryan J. Traynor National Institutes of Health
Andrea Calvo
Andrea Calvo University of Turin
Peter M Andersen
Peter M Andersen Umeå University
Karen E. Morrison
Karen E. Morrison University of Southampton
Friedrich Lottspeich
Friedrich Lottspeich Max Planck Society
Thomas Meitinger
Thomas Meitinger Technical University of Munich

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