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Silke Haverkamp

Silke Haverkamp

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
44
Citations
8591
World Ranking
7118
National Ranking
598

Silke Haverkamp 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 Silke Haverkamp sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 112 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Silke Haverkamp 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 Silke Haverkamp sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Silke Haverkamp is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology subfields. Their work also intersects with Ophthalmology, Ecology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist has a strong research interest in retinal biology, specifically in retinal development and disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, as well as neuroscience and neuropharmacology. Additional topics covered include glaucoma and retinal disorders, neurobiology and insect physiology, marine animal studies, and studies on melanin and skin pigmentation.

Recent publications include:

  • Double Cones and the Diverse Connectivity of Photoreceptors and Bipolar Cells in an Avian Retina (2021, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Retinal horizontal cells use different synaptic sites for global feedforward and local feedback signaling (2021, Current Biology)
  • Species-specific circuitry of double cone photoreceptors in two avian retinas (2024, Communications Biology)
  • Expression of cell markers and transcription factors in the avian retina compared with that in the marmoset retina (2021, The Journal of Comparative Neurology)
  • Immunohistochemical characterization of bipolar cells in four distantly related avian species (2022, The Journal of Comparative Neurology)

Frequent co-authors of Haverkamp include Karin Dedek, Thomas Euler, Anja Günther, Stephan Irsen, and Kevin L. Briggman.

The scientist has published regularly in venues such as:

  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Preprints.org
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Immunocytochemical analysis of the mouse retina

    Silke Haverkamp;Heinz Wässle

  • Retinal bipolar cells: elementary building blocks of vision.

    Thomas Euler;Silke Haverkamp;Timm Schubert;Thomas Baden

  • Cone Contacts, Mosaics, and Territories of Bipolar Cells in the Mouse Retina

    Heinz Wässle;Christian Puller;Frank Müller;Silke Haverkamp

  • Types of bipolar cells in the mouse retina.

    Krishna K. Ghosh;Sascha Bujan;Silke Haverkamp;Andreas Feigenspan

  • The Primordial, Blue-Cone Color System of the Mouse Retina

    Silke Haverkamp;Heinz Wässle;Jens Duebel;Thomas Kuner

  • Immunocytochemical description of five bipolar cell types of the mouse retina

    Silke Haverkamp;Krishna K. Ghosh;Arlene A. Hirano;Heinz Wässle

  • The Cone Pedicle, a Complex Synapse in the Retina

    Silke Haverkamp;Ulrike Grünert;Ulrike Grünert;Heinz Wässle

  • MAP1B is required for axon guidance and Is involved in the development of the central and peripheral nervous system.

    Arabella Meixner;Silke Haverkamp;Heinz Wässle;Susanne Führer

  • The gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABAAR)-associated protein GABARAP interacts with gephyrin but is not involved in receptor anchoring at the synapse.

    Matthias Kneussel;Silke Haverkamp;Jens C. Fuhrmann;Hongbing Wang

  • Two-Photon Imaging Reveals Somatodendritic Chloride Gradient in Retinal ON-Type Bipolar Cells Expressing the Biosensor Clomeleon

    Jens Duebel;Silke Haverkamp;Wolfram Schleich;Guoping Feng

  • A comparison of immunocytochemical markers to identify bipolar cell types in human and monkey retina.

    Silke Haverkamp;Francoise Haeseleer;Anita Hendrickson

  • Impaired Channel Targeting and Retinal Degeneration in Mice Lacking the Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel Subunit CNGB1

    Sabine Hüttl;Stylianos Michalakis;Mathias Seeliger;Dong Gen Luo

  • HCN channels are expressed differentially in retinal bipolar cells and concentrated at synaptic terminals

    Frank Müller;Alexander Scholten;Elena Ivanova;Silke Haverkamp

  • Reduced synaptic clustering of GABA and glycine receptors in the retina of the gephyrin null mutant mouse.

    Frauke Fischer;Matthias Kneussel;Hartmut Tintrup;Silke Haverkamp

  • Characterization of an amacrine cell type of the mammalian retina immunoreactive for vesicular glutamate transporter 3.

    Silke Haverkamp;Heinz Wässle

  • Chromatic Bipolar Cell Pathways in the Mouse Retina

    Tobias Breuninger;Christian Puller;Silke Haverkamp;Thomas Euler

  • Glycinergic transmission in the Mammalian retina.

    Heinz Wässle;Liane Heinze;Elena Ivanova;Elena Ivanova;Sriparna Majumdar;Sriparna Majumdar

  • Impaired opsin targeting and cone photoreceptor migration in the retina of mice lacking the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel CNGA3

    Stylianos Michalakis;Heidi Geiger;Silke Haverkamp;Franz Hofmann

  • The Synaptic Architecture of AMPA Receptors at the Cone Pedicle of the Primate Retina

    Silke Haverkamp;Ulrike Grünert;Heinz Wässle

  • Localization of kainate receptors at the cone pedicles of the primate retina.

    Silke Haverkamp;Ulrike Grünert;Heinz Wässle

  • Author response: Connectivity map of bipolar cells and photoreceptors in the mouse retina

    Christian Behrens;Timm Schubert;Silke Haverkamp;Thomas Euler

  • The cone pedicle a complex synapse in the retina

    Heinz Wassle;Silke Haverkamp;Ulrike Grunert

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Wässle
Heinz Wässle Max Planck Society
Ulrike Grünert
Ulrike Grünert University of Sydney
Thomas Euler
Thomas Euler University of Tübingen
Martin Biel
Martin Biel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Birgit Lorenz
Birgit Lorenz University of Giessen
Mathias W. Seeliger
Mathias W. Seeliger University of Tübingen
Ulrike Müller
Ulrike Müller Heidelberg University
Nikos K. Logothetis
Nikos K. Logothetis Chinese Academy of Sciences
Robert J. Harvey
Robert J. Harvey University of the Sunshine Coast
Peter Humphries
Peter Humphries Trinity College Dublin

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