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Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets

Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Netherlands

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
48
Citations
6207
World Ranking
6277
National Ranking
176

Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets 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 Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 90 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets 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 Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

The scientist's research record does not include specific recent papers, frequent co-authors, or dominant publication venues. Similarly, no detailed data on book publications, main fields of study, subfields, or core topics are available to further outline their research focus.

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Best Publications

  • Catecholamine systems in the brain of vertebrates: new perspectives through a comparative approach.

    Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets;Agustin González

  • Evolution of the basal ganglia in tetrapods: a new perspective based on recent studies in amphibians

    Oscar Marı́n;Wilhelmus J.A.J Smeets;Agustı́n González

  • Evolution of the basal ganglia: new perspectives through a comparative approach.

    Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets;Oscar Marín;Agustín González

  • The Central Nervous System of Cartilaginous Fishes

    Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets;Rudolf Nieuwenhuys;Barry L. Roberts

  • Comparative analysis of dopamine and tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivities in the brain of two amphibians, the anuran Rana ridibunda and the urodele Pleurodeles waltlii.

    Agustin Gonzalez;Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets

  • Integration and segregation of limbic cortico-striatal loops at the thalamic level: an experimental tracing study in rats.

    Henk J Groenewegen;Yvonne Galis-de Graaf;Wilhelmus J.A.J Smeets

  • Basal ganglia organization in amphibians: Afferent connections to the striatum and the nucleus accumbens

    Oscar Marín;Agustin González;Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets

  • Distribution of choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in the brain of anuran (Rana perezi, Xenopus laevis) and urodele (Pleurodeles waltl) amphibians.

    Oscar Marín;Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets;Agustín González

  • The distribution of dopamine immunoreactivity in the forebrain and midbrain of the lizard Gekko gecko: an immunohistochemical study with antibodies against dopamine

    Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets;Piet V. Hoogland;Pieter Voorn

  • Basal ganglia organization in amphibians: chemoarchitecture.

    Oscar Marín;Oscar Marín;Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets;Agustín González

  • A forebrain atlas of the lizard gekko gecko

    Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets;Piet V. Hoogland;Anthony H. M. Lohman

  • Distribution of noradrenaline immunoreactivity in the forebrain and midbrain of the lizard Gekko gecko

    Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets;Harry W. M. Steinbusch

  • Distribution of choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in the brain of the lizard Gallotia galloti.

    Loreta Medina;Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets;Piet V. Hoogland;Luis Puelles

  • Distribution of tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine immunoreactivities in the brain of the South African clawed frog Xenopus laevis.

    Agustín González;Rienk Tuinhof;Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets

  • Ontogeny of catecholamine systems in the central nervous system of anuran amphibians: an immunohistochemical study with antibodies against tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine.

    Agustín González;Oscar Marín;Rienk Tuinhof;Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets

  • Basal ganglia organization in amphibians: Catecholaminergic innervation of the striatum and the nucleus accumbens

    Oscar Marín;Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets;Agustín González

  • Comparative analysis of the vasotocinergic and mesotocinergic cells and fibers in the brain of two amphibians, the anuran Rana ridibunda and the urodele Pleurodeles waltlii.

    Agustin González;Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets

  • Distribution of dopamine in the forebrain and midbrain of the red-eared turtle, Pseudemys scripta elegans, reinvestigated using antibodies against dopamine.

    Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets;Allert J. Jonker;Piet V. Hoogland

  • Distribution of vasotocin- and mesotocin-like immunoreactivities in the brain of the South African clawed frog Xenopus-laevis.

    Agustin González;Wilhelmus J.A.J. Smeets

  • Noradrenaline in the brain of the South African clawed frog Xenopus laevis : a study with antibodies against noradrenaline and dopamine-β-hydroxylase

    Agustín González;Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets

  • New insights into the reptilian catecholaminergic systems as revealed by antibodies against the neurotransmitters and their synthetic enzymes.

    W J Smeets;H W Steinbusch

Frequent Co-Authors

Agustín González
Agustín González Complutense University of Madrid
Oscar Marín
Oscar Marín King's College London
Loreta Medina
Loreta Medina University of Lleida
Eric W. Roubos
Eric W. Roubos Radboud University
H.J. ten Donkelaar
H.J. ten Donkelaar Radboud University
Luis Puelles
Luis Puelles University of Murcia
Gloria E. Meredith
Gloria E. Meredith Binghamton University
Pieter Voorn
Pieter Voorn VU University Medical Center
Henk J. Groenewegen
Henk J. Groenewegen Amsterdam UMC
Lucas Domínguez
Lucas Domínguez Complutense University of Madrid

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