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Sandra Goebbels

Sandra Goebbels

Max Planck Society
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
14268
World Ranking
5648
National Ranking
475

Sandra Goebbels 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 Sandra Goebbels sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 86 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sandra Goebbels 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 Sandra Goebbels sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sandra Goebbels is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience. Their published work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Physiology, Neurology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics encompass several key areas:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Sandra Goebbels are:

  • "Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines: Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors" (2020, Neuron)
  • "Oligodendrocytes Provide Antioxidant Defense Function for Neurons by Secreting Ferritin Heavy Chain" (2020, Cell Metabolism)
  • "Oligodendrocytes produce amyloid-β and contribute to plaque formation alongside neurons in Alzheimer's disease model mice" (2024, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Conservation and divergence of myelin proteome and oligodendrocyte transcriptome profiles between humans and mice" (2022, eLife)
  • "Hippocampal neurons respond to brain activity with functional hypoxia" (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Klaus-Armin Nave
  • Ting Sun
  • Constanze Depp
  • Sophie B. Siems
  • Wiebke Möbius

Publications by Sandra Goebbels have appeared most often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Neuron
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Nature Neuroscience

The diversity of research and publication outlets reflects a multidisciplinary orientation towards understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms in neuroscience and related biological fields. Sandra Goebbels' work involves the investigation of molecular pathways relevant to neurodegeneration, myelination, and gene expression regulation within the nervous system.

Best Publications

  • Glycolytic oligodendrocytes maintain myelin and long-term axonal integrity

    Ursula Fünfschilling;Lotti Marianna Supplie;Don Mahad;Don Mahad;Susann Boretius

  • Disruption of Cnp1 uncouples oligodendroglial functions in axonal support and myelination

    Corinna Lappe-Siefke;Sandra Goebbels;Michel Gravel;Eva Nicksch

  • Neurotransmitter-Triggered Transfer of Exosomes Mediates Oligodendrocyte–Neuron Communication

    Carsten Frühbeis;Dominik Fröhlich;Wen Ping Kuo;Jesa Amphornrat

  • The endocannabinoid system controls key epileptogenic circuits in the hippocampus.

    Krisztina Monory;Federico Massa;Federico Massa;Michaela Egertová;Matthias Eder

  • Genetic targeting of principal neurons in neocortex and hippocampus of NEX-Cre mice

    Sandra Goebbels;Ingo Bormuth;Ulli Bode;Ola Hermanson

  • Neurod1 is essential for the survival and maturation of adult-born neurons.

    Zhengliang Gao;Kerstin Ure;Jessica L. Ables;Diane C. Lagace

  • Neuregulin-1/ErbB Signaling Serves Distinct Functions in Myelination of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System

    Bastian G. Brinkmann;Amit Agarwal;Michael W. Sereda;Michael W. Sereda;Alistair N. Garratt

  • Myelin Membrane Wrapping of CNS Axons by PI(3,4,5)P3-Dependent Polarized Growth at the Inner Tongue

    Nicolas Snaidero;Wiebke Möbius;Tim Czopka;Liesbeth H.P. Hekking

  • Role of Hippocampal Cav1.2 Ca2+ Channels in NMDA Receptor-Independent Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Memory

    Sven Moosmang;Nicole Haider;Norbert Klugbauer;Helmuth Adelsberger

  • FAK Deficiency in Cells Contributing to the Basal Lamina Results in Cortical Abnormalities Resembling Congenital Muscular Dystrophies

    Hillary E. Beggs;Dorreyah Schahin-Reed;Keling Zang;Sandra Goebbels

  • Elevated phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate in glia triggers cell-autonomous membrane wrapping and myelination.

    Sandra Goebbels;Jan H Oltrogge;Robert Kemper;Ingo Heilmann

  • Neuronal Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins (NEX and BETA2/Neuro D) Regulate Terminal Granule Cell Differentiation in the Hippocampus

    Markus H. Schwab;Angelika Bartholomae;Bernd Heimrich;Dirk Feldmeyer

  • Pancreatic β Cells Require NeuroD to Achieve and Maintain Functional Maturity

    Chunyan Gu;Gretchen H. Stein;Ning Pan;Sandra Goebbels

  • Notch1 control of oligodendrocyte differentiation in the spinal cord

    Stéphane Genoud;Corinna Lappe-Siefke;Sandra Goebbels;Freddy Radtke

  • Regulation of Rap2A by the ubiquitin ligase Nedd4-1 controls neurite development.

    Hiroshi Kawabe;Antje Neeb;Kalina Dimova;Samuel M. Young

  • Bcl-xL increases mitochondrial fission, fusion, and biomass in neurons

    Sarah B. Berman;Sarah B. Berman;Ying Bei Chen;Bing Qi;J. Michael McCaffery

  • Sip1 regulates sequential fate decisions by feedback signaling from postmitotic neurons to progenitors

    Eve Seuntjens;Anjana Nityanandam;Amaya Miquelajauregui;Joke Debruyn;Joke Debruyn

  • Pyramidal neurons of upper cortical layers generated by NEX-positive progenitor cells in the subventricular zone

    Sheng Xi Wu;Sandra Goebbels;Kouichi Nakamura;Kazuhiro Nakamura

  • β1 Integrins in Radial Glia But Not in Migrating Neurons Are Essential for the Formation of Cell Layers in the Cerebral Cortex

    Richard Belvindrah;Diana Graus-Porta;Sandra Goebbels;Klaus Armin Nave

  • Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines : Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors

    Lin Luo;Mateusz C. Ambrozkiewicz;Fritz Benseler;Cui Chen

  • Novel NG2‐CreERT2 knock‐in mice demonstrate heterogeneous differentiation potential of NG2 glia during development

    Wenhui Huang;Na Zhao;Xianshu Bai;Khalad Karram

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus-Armin Nave
Klaus-Armin Nave Max Planck Society
Wiebke Möbius
Wiebke Möbius Max Planck Society
Hannelore Ehrenreich
Hannelore Ehrenreich Central Institute of Mental Health
Frank Kirchhoff
Frank Kirchhoff University of Ulm
Mikael Simons
Mikael Simons German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Jacqueline Trotter
Jacqueline Trotter Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ueli Suter
Ueli Suter École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Matthias Klugmann
Matthias Klugmann University of New South Wales
Nils Brose
Nils Brose Max Planck Society
Danny Huylebroeck
Danny Huylebroeck Erasmus MC

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