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26877
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Steven S. Scherer publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven S. Scherer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 259 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Steven S. Scherer D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven S. Scherer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 95 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Steven S. Scherer is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields related to neurological and genetic disorders, with a primary focus on hereditary neurological diseases and peripheral neuropathies.

The main fields of study covered by Scherer include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields frequently addressed in their work are:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

The core topics they investigate involve:

  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Neurological Diseases and Metabolism
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Scherer has contributed notably to various scientific publications. Among their recent papers are:

  • "Biallelic mutations in SORD cause a common and potentially treatable hereditary neuropathy with implications for diabetes," 2020, published in Nature Genetics
  • "Natural history of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A: a large international multicentre study," 2020, Brain
  • "Axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: from Common Pathogenic Mechanisms to Emerging Treatment Opportunities," 2021, Neurotherapeutics
  • "A longitudinal study of CMT1A using Rasch analysis based CMT neuropathy and examination scores," 2020, Neurology
  • "Genetic analysis and natural history of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease CMTX1 due to GJB1 variants," 2023, Brain

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Mary M. Reilly
  • Michael E. Shy
  • Davide Pareyson
  • David N. Herrmann
  • Joshua Burns

Steven S. Scherer's research is regularly published in journals such as:

  • Brain
  • Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System
  • Neurology
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Nature Genetics

Best Publications

  • Connexin mutations in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

    J Bergoffen;SS Scherer;S Wang;MO Scott

  • A Common Ankyrin-G-Based Mechanism Retains KCNQ and NaV Channels at Electrically Active Domains of the Axon

    Zongming Pan;Tingching Kao;Zsolt Horvath;Julia Lemos

  • Investigations of caspr2, an autoantigen of encephalitis and neuromyotonia.

    Eric Lancaster;Maartje G. M. Huijbers;Vered Bar;Anna Boronat

  • Connexin32 is a myelin-related protein in the PNS and CNS

    Steven S. Scherer;Suzanne M. Deschênes;Yi-Tian Xu;Judith B. Grinspan

  • KCNQ2 is a nodal K+ channel.

    Jérôme J. Devaux;Kleopas A. Kleopa;Edward C. Cooper;Steven S. Scherer

  • Disease mechanisms in inherited neuropathies

    Ueli Suter;Steven S. Scherer

  • Released form of CNTF receptor alpha component as a soluble mediator of CNTF responses

    Samuel Davis;Thomas H. Aldrich;Nancy Y. Ip;Neil Stahl

  • The Axonal Membrane Protein Caspr, a Homologue of Neurexin IV, Is a Component of the Septate-like Paranodal Junctions That Assemble during Myelination

    Steven Einheber;George Zanazzi;William Ching;Steven Scherer

  • Regulation of ciliary neurotrophic factor expression in myelin-related Schwann cells in vivo

    Beth Friedman;Steven S. Scherer;John S. Rudge;Maureen Helgren

  • Loss of plectin causes epidermolysis bullosa with muscular dystrophy: cDNA cloning and genomic organization.

    W. H. I. Mclean;L. Pulkkinen;F. J. D. Smith;E. L. Rugg

  • On the molecular architecture of myelinated fibers.

    Edgardo J. Arroyo;Steven S. Scherer

  • Axonal Interactions Regulate Schwann Cell Apoptosis in Developing Peripheral Nerve: Neuregulin Receptors and the Role of Neuregulins

    Judith B. Grinspan;Mark A. Marchionni;Matthew Reeves;Markella Coulaloglou

  • Functional Gap Junctions in the Schwann Cell Myelin Sheath

    Rita J. Balice-Gordon;Linda J. Bone;Steven S. Scherer

  • Connexins Are Critical for Normal Myelination in the CNS

    Daniela M. Menichella;Daniel A. Goodenough;Erich Sirkowski;Steven S. Scherer

  • Reliability of the CMT neuropathy score (second version) in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

    Sine´ad M. Murphy;David N. Herrmann;Michael P. McDermott;Steven S. Scherer

  • CMT subtypes and disease burden in patients enrolled in the Inherited Neuropathies Consortium natural history study: a cross-sectional analysis

    V Fridman;B Bundy;M M Reilly;D Pareyson

  • Retrograde axonal transport of LIF is increased by peripheral nerve injury: Correlation with increased LIF expression in distal nerve

    Rory Curtis;Steven S. Scherer;Robert Somogyi;Krystyna M. Adryan

  • Connexin32‐null mice develop demyelinating peripheral neuropathy

    Steven S. Scherer;Yi-Tian Xu;Eric Nelles;Kenneth Fischbeck

  • Tst-1/Oct-6/SCIP regulates a unique step in peripheral myelination and is required for normal respiration.

    John R. Bermingham;Steven S. Scherer;Shawn O'Connell;Edgardo Arroyo

  • Gap junctions couple astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.

    Jennifer L. Orthmann-Murphy;Charles K. Abrams;Steven S. Scherer

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Shy
Michael E. Shy University of Iowa
Mary M. Reilly
Mary M. Reilly University College London
Stephan Züchner
Stephan Züchner University of Miami
Kenneth H. Fischbeck
Kenneth H. Fischbeck National Institutes of Health
John Kamholz
John Kamholz University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Elior Peles
Elior Peles Weizmann Institute of Science
Lawrence Wrabetz
Lawrence Wrabetz University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
David L. Paul
David L. Paul Harvard University
Henry Houlden
Henry Houlden University College London

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