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Vincent Timmerman

Vincent Timmerman

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
36903
World Ranking
13911
National Ranking
173

Genetics

D-Index
86
Citations
36304
World Ranking
1239
National Ranking
17

Vincent Timmerman publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vincent Timmerman sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 275 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Vincent Timmerman D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Vincent Timmerman is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers multiple specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Neurology, and Genetics. Their research topics prominently include Hereditary Neurological Disorders, Heat Shock Proteins Research, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Neurological Diseases and Metabolism, and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Vincent Timmerman's recent publications demonstrate active engagement in advancing understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms related to neurological and genetic conditions. Selected recent research papers are:

  • A reference human induced pluripotent stem cell line for large-scale collaborative studies (2022), published in Cell Stem Cell
  • Profiling peripheral nerve macrophages reveals two macrophage subsets with distinct localization, transcriptome and response to injury (2020), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • Small heat shock proteins in neurodegenerative diseases (2020), published in Cell Stress and Chaperones
  • The chaperone-assisted selective autophagy complex dynamics and dysfunctions (2023), published in Autophagy
  • Small heat shock proteins operate as molecular chaperones in the mitochondrial intermembrane space (2023), published in Nature Cell Biology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Brain, European Journal of Human Genetics, Autophagy, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Cell Stem Cell.

Their frequent coauthors include Bob Asselbergh, Jonathan Baets, Jonas Van Lent, Elias Adriaenssens, and Leen Vendredy, highlighting collaborative efforts in related research areas.

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

  • Mutations in the mitochondrial GTPase mitofusin 2 cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 2A.

    Stephan Züchner;Stephan Züchner;Irina V Mersiyanova;Maria Muglia;Nisrine Bissar-Tadmouri;Nisrine Bissar-Tadmouri

  • DNA/RNA Helicase Gene Mutations in a Form of Juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS4)

    Ying Zhang Chen;Craig L. Bennett;Huy M. Huynh;Ian P. Blair

  • The hnRNP family: insights into their role in health and disease

    Thomas Geuens;Delphine Bouhy;Vincent Timmerman

  • Duplication in chromosome 17p11.2 in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 1a (CMT 1a). The HMSN Collaborative Research Group.

    P Raeymaekers;V Timmerman;E Nelis;P De Jonghe

  • Mutant small heat-shock protein 27 causes axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and distal hereditary motor neuropathy

    Oleg V Evgrafov;Irena Mersiyanova;Joy Irobi;Ludo Van Den Bosch

  • Mutations in the Small GTP-ase Late Endosomal Protein RAB7 Cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 2B Neuropathy

    Kristien Verhoeven;Peter De Jonghe;Katrien Coen;Nathalie Verpoorten

  • HDAC6 inhibitors reverse axonal loss in a mouse model of mutant HSPB1–induced Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

    Constantin van Outryve d'Ydewalle;Jyothsna Krishnan;Driss Chiheb;Philip Van Damme

  • Hot-spot residue in small heat-shock protein 22 causes distal motor neuropathy.

    Joy Irobi;Katrien Van Impe;Pavel Seeman;Albena Jordanova

  • The peripheral myelin protein gene PMP-22 is contained within the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A duplication.

    V. Timmerman;E. Nelis;W. Van Hui;B. W. Nieuwenhuijsen

  • MFN2 mutation distribution and genotype/phenotype correlation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2.

    Kristien Verhoeven;Kristl G. Claeys;Stephan Züchner;Stephan Züchner;J. Michael Schröder

  • Heterozygous missense mutations in BSCL2 are associated with distal hereditary motor neuropathy and Silver syndrome

    Christian Windpassinger;Michaela Auer-Grumbach;Joy Irobi;Heema Patel

  • Disrupted function and axonal distribution of mutant tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase in dominant intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy.

    Albena Jordanova;Albena Jordanova;Joy Irobi;Florian P Thomas;Patrick Van Dijck

  • Axonal neuropathy with optic atrophy is caused by mutations in mitofusin 2.

    Stephan Züchner;Peter De Jonghe;Albena Jordanova;Albena Jordanova;Kristl G. Claeys

  • Mutations in the pleckstrin homology domain of dynamin 2 cause dominant intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

    Stephan Züchner;Stephan Züchner;Maher Noureddine;Marina Kennerson;Kristien Verhoeven

  • Mutations in the neurofilament light chain gene (NEFL) cause early onset severe Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

    A. Jordanova;P. De Jonghe;C. F. Boerkoel;H. Takashima

  • A de novo gain-of-function mutation in SCN11A causes loss of pain perception

    Enrico Leipold;Lutz Liebmann;G Christoph Korenke;Theresa Heinrich

  • Mutations in SEPT9 cause hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy.

    Gregor Kuhlenbäumer;Gregor Kuhlenbäumer;Mark C Hannibal;Eva Nelis;Anja Schirmacher

  • Molecular biological characterization of an azole-resistant Candida glabrata isolate.

    P Marichal;H Vanden Bossche;F C Odds;G Nobels

  • Genetics of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Disease within the Frame of the Human Genome Project Success

    Vincent Timmerman;Alleene V. Strickland;Stephan Züchner

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter De Jonghe
Peter De Jonghe University of Antwerp
Albena Jordanova
Albena Jordanova University of Antwerp
Christine Van Broeckhoven
Christine Van Broeckhoven University of Antwerp
Garth A. Nicholson
Garth A. Nicholson University of Sydney
Sophie Janssens
Sophie Janssens Ghent University
Stephan Züchner
Stephan Züchner University of Miami
James R. Lupski
James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine
Jeffery M. Vance
Jeffery M. Vance University of Miami

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