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Wim Robberecht

Wim Robberecht

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
36871
World Ranking
7687
National Ranking
87

Wim Robberecht 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 Wim Robberecht sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 330 publications — 23rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Wim Robberecht 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 Wim Robberecht sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research, American Academy of Neurology

Overview

Wim Robberecht is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and works primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research extensively covers areas such as Neurology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional focus on Biomaterials and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Robberecht's recent papers include:

  • Genome-wide identification of the genetic basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2022, Neuron
  • ATXN1 repeat expansions confer risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and contribute to TDP-43 mislocalization, 2020, Brain Communications
  • The SOD1-mediated ALS phenotype shows a decoupling between age of symptom onset and disease duration, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Structural variation analysis of 6,500 whole genome sequences in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2022, npj Genomic Medicine
  • Rare Variant Burden Analysis within Enhancers Identifies CAV1 as an ALS Risk Gene, 2020, Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors of Wim Robberecht include:

  • Jan H. Veldink
  • Philip Van Damme
  • Pamela J. Shaw
  • Ammar Al-Chalabi
  • Christopher E. Shaw

Their publications are often found in venues such as:

  • Brain Communications
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • npj Genomic Medicine

In recognition of their contributions to research, Wim Robberecht received the Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research from the American Academy of Neurology in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Deletion of the hypoxia-response element in the vascular endothelial growth factor promoter causes motor neuron degeneration

    B. Oosthuyse;L. Moons;E. Storkebaum;H. Beck

  • Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy after Natalizumab Therapy for Crohn's Disease

    Gert Van Assche;Marc Van Ranst;Raphael Sciot;Bénédicte Dubois

  • The changing scene of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Wim Robberecht;Thomas Philips;Thomas Philips

  • VEGF is a modifier of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice and humans and protects motoneurons against ischemic death

    Diether Lambrechts;Erik Storkebaum;Masafumi Morimoto;Jurgen Del-Favero

  • A C9orf72 promoter repeat expansion in a Flanders-Belgian cohort with disorders of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spectrum: a gene identification study.

    Ilse Gijselinck;Tim Van Langenhove;Julie van der Zee;Kristel Sleegers

  • 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

  • Neuroinflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: role of glial activation in motor neuron disease.

    Thomas Philips;Wim Robberecht

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Wouter van Rheenen;Aleksey Shatunov;Annelot M. Dekker;Russell L. McLaughlin

  • Modifiers of C9orf72 dipeptide repeat toxicity connect nucleocytoplasmic transport defects to FTD/ALS

    Ana Jovičić;Jerome Mertens;Steven Boeynaems;Steven Boeynaems;Elke Bogaert;Elke Bogaert

  • Treatment of motoneuron degeneration by intracerebroventricular delivery of VEGF in a rat model of ALS

    Erik Storkebaum;Diether Lambrechts;Mieke Dewerchin;Maria-Paz Moreno-Murciano

  • The phenotypic variability of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Bart Swinnen;Wim Robberecht

  • The role of excitotoxicity in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    L. Van Den Bosch;P. Van Damme;E. Bogaert;W. Robberecht

  • Phase Separation of C9orf72 Dipeptide Repeats Perturbs Stress Granule Dynamics

    Steven Boeynaems;Elke Bogaert;Denes Kovacs;Albert Konijnenberg

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 19p13.3 (UNC13A) and 9p21.2 as susceptibility loci for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Michael A van Es;Jan H Veldink;Christiaan G J Saris;Hylke M Blauw

  • A revision of the El Escorial criteria - 2015.

    Albert Ludolph;Vivian Drory;Orla Hardiman;Imaharu Nakano

  • Progranulin functions as a neurotrophic factor to regulate neurite outgrowth and enhance neuronal survival

    Philip van Damme;Annelies Van Hoecke;Diether Lambrechts;Peter Vanacker

  • A yeast functional screen predicts new candidate ALS disease genes

    Julien Couthouis;Michael P. Hart;James Shorter;Mariely DeJesus-Hernandez

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ammar Al-Chalabi
Ammar Al-Chalabi King's College London
Orla Hardiman
Orla Hardiman Trinity College Dublin
Leonard H. van den Berg
Leonard H. van den Berg Utrecht University
Peter M Andersen
Peter M Andersen Umeå University
Jan H. Veldink
Jan H. Veldink Utrecht University
John Landers
John Landers University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London
Roel A. Ophoff
Roel A. Ophoff University of California, Los Angeles

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