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Wolfgang Maier

Wolfgang Maier

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Medicine
Germany
2026

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Medicine

D-Index
158
Citations
134188
World Ranking
831
National Ranking
38

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2000 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences

Overview

Wolfgang Maier is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and works primarily within the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Health, Physiology, and Geriatrics and Gerontology.

The main research topics Maier has contributed to include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Among recent papers associated with Maier's work are:

  • "Prevalence Estimates of Amyloid Abnormality Across the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Spectrum," 2022, JAMA Neurology
  • "Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank," 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response," 2021, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • "Social Support and Functional Decline in the Oldest Old," 2021, Gerontology
  • "Do self-reported hearing and visual impairments predict longitudinal dementia in older adults?" 2021, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as UNC Libraries, BMJ Open, Gerontology, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, and Aging & Mental Health, with multiple publications in each.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Martin Scherer
  • Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
  • Birgitt Wiese
  • Hans-Helmut König
  • Siegfried Weyerer

Wolfgang Maier has been recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina with an award in the field of Neurosciences in the year 2000.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (1088-1093))

    D Harold;R Abraham;P Hollingworth;R Sims

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis.

    Willemijn J. Jansen;Rik Ossenkoppele;Dirk L. Knol;Betty M. Tijms

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Mind reading: neural mechanisms of theory of mind and self-perspective.

    Kai Vogeley;Patrick Bussfeld;Albert Newen;S. Herrmann

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genome Scan Meta-Analysis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, Part II: Schizophrenia

    Cathryn M. Lewis;Douglas F. Levinson;Lesley H. Wise;Lynn E. DeLisi

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Identification of loci associated with schizophrenia by genome-wide association and follow-up

    Michael C. O'Donovan;Nicholas Craddock;Nadine Norton;Hywel Williams

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Oxytocin Enhances Amygdala-Dependent, Socially Reinforced Learning and Emotional Empathy in Humans

    René Hurlemann;Alexandra Patin;Oezguer A. Onur;Michael X. Cohen

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimertextquotesingles disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Wagner
Michael Wagner TU Dresden
Frank Jessen
Frank Jessen University of Cologne
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Steffi G. Riedel-Heller Leipzig University
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Siegfried Weyerer
Siegfried Weyerer Heidelberg University
Birgitt Wiese
Birgitt Wiese Hannover Medical School
Hans-Helmut König
Hans-Helmut König Universität Hamburg
Wolfgang Gaebel
Wolfgang Gaebel Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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