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Peter W. Baas 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 Peter W. Baas sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 194 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter W. Baas 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 Peter W. Baas sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Peter W. Baas is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States and has a research focus primarily spanning the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience. Their work covers various subfields, including Cell Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

Their contributions to scientific literature frequently address topics such as microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, mitochondrial function and pathology, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, cellular transport and secretion, and nerve injury and regeneration.

Peter W. Baas has published research in several scientific journals, with notable venues including:

  • Cytoskeleton
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Life Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Peter W. Baas include:

  • Resurrecting the Mysteries of Big Tau, 2020, Trends in Neurosciences
  • Chronic neuronal activation increases dynamic microtubules to enhance functional axon regeneration after dorsal root crush injury, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mini-review: Microtubule sliding in neurons, 2021, Neuroscience Letters
  • A cellular approach to understanding and treating Gulf War Illness, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Boston biorepository, recruitment and integrative network (BBRAIN): A resource for the Gulf War Illness scientific community, 2021, Life Sciences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Liang Qiang
  • Xiaohuan Sun
  • Kimberly Sullivan
  • Ankita Patil
  • Philip L. Yates

Best Publications

  • Polarity orientation of microtubules in hippocampal neurons: uniformity in the axon and nonuniformity in the dendrite

    Peter W. Baas;Jeffrey S. Deitch;Mark M. Black;Gary A. Banker

  • Individual microtubules in the axon consist of domains that differ in both composition and stability.

    P W Baas;M M Black

  • Partial interruption of axonal transport due to microtubule breakage accounts for the formation of periodic varicosities after traumatic axonal injury

    Min D. Tang-Schomer;Victoria E. Johnson;Peter W. Baas;William Stewart;William Stewart

  • Changes in microtubule polarity orientation during the development of hippocampal neurons in culture.

    Peter W. Baas;Mark M. Black;Gary A. Banker

  • The Microtubule-severing Proteins Spastin and Katanin Participate Differently in the Formation of Axonal Branches

    Wenqian Yu;Liang Qiang;Joanna M. Solowska;Arzu Karabay;Arzu Karabay

  • Reorganization and movement of microtubules in axonal growth cones and developing interstitial branches.

    Erik W. Dent;John L. Callaway;Györgyi Szebenyi;Peter W. Baas

  • An essential role for katanin in severing microtubules in the neuron.

    Fridoon J. Ahmad;Wenqian Yu;Francis J. McNally;Peter W. Baas

  • Stability properties of neuronal microtubules.

    Peter W. Baas;Anand N. Rao;Andrew J. Matamoros;Lanfranco Leo

  • Tau protects microtubules in the axon from severing by katanin.

    Liang Qiang;Wenqian Yu;Athena Andreadis;Minhua Luo

  • Tau-dependent microtubule disassembly initiated by prefibrillar β-amyloid

    Michelle E. King;Ho-Man Kan;Peter W. Baas;Alev Erisir

  • Hooks and comets: The story of microtubule polarity orientation in the neuron.

    Peter W. Baas;Shen Lin

  • Changes in microtubule number and length during axon differentiation

    Wenqian Yu;Peter W. Baas

  • Role of cytoplasmic dynein in the axonal transport of microtubules and neurofilaments

    Yan He;Franto Francis;Kenneth A. Myers;Wenqian Yu

  • Microtubules and neuronal polarity: lessons from mitosis.

    Peter W Baas

  • Acetylation of Microtubules Influences Their Sensitivity to Severing by Katanin in Neurons and Fibroblasts

    Haruka Sudo;Peter W. Baas

  • Kinesin-5 regulates the growth of the axon by acting as a brake on its microtubule array

    Kenneth A. Myers;Peter W. Baas

  • Microtubule fragmentation and partitioning in the axon during collateral branch formation

    Wenqian Yu;F. J. Ahmad;P. W. Baas

  • Microtubule dynamics in axons and dendrites.

    P. W. Baas;T. Slaughter;A. Brown;M. M. Black

  • Tau Does Not Stabilize Axonal Microtubules but Rather Enables Them to Have Long Labile Domains

    Liang Qiang;Liang Qiang;Xiaohuan Sun;Xiaohuan Sun;Timothy O. Austin;Hemalatha Muralidharan

  • Hereditary spastic paraplegia SPG4: what is known and not known about the disease.

    Joanna M. Solowska;Peter W. Baas

  • The basis of polarity in neurons

    Mark M. Black;Peter W. Baas

  • Neuronal microtubules: when the MAP is the roadblock

    Peter W. Baas;Liang Qiang

  • Microtubules released from the neuronal centrosome are transported into the axon

    Fridoon J. Ahmad;Peter W. Baas

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred C. Bosveld
Fred C. Bosveld Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Albert A. M. Holtslag
Albert A. M. Holtslag Wageningen University & Research
Gert-Jan Steeneveld
Gert-Jan Steeneveld Wageningen University & Research
Christophe Genthon
Christophe Genthon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gerardo Morfini
Gerardo Morfini University of Illinois at Chicago
Jielun Sun
Jielun Sun National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jennifer D. Knoepp
Jennifer D. Knoepp US Forest Service
Michael W. Davidson
Michael W. Davidson Florida State University
Matthew D. Wallenstein
Matthew D. Wallenstein Colorado State University
Daniel Markewitz
Daniel Markewitz University of Georgia

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