Albert J. Becker

25.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
259 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Albert J. Becker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert J. Becker has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Molecular Biology, 106 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 69 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Albert J. Becker's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (97 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (68 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (38 papers). Albert J. Becker is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (97 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (68 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (38 papers). Albert J. Becker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Albert J. Becker's co-authors include Christian E. Elger, Heinz Beck, Susanne Schoch, Johannes Schramm, Ingmar Blümcke, Christian G. Bien, Horst Urbach, Julika Pitsch, Michael Majores and Д. Г. Сочивко and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Albert J. Becker

250 papers receiving 10.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Immunopathology of autoantibody-associated encephalitides: clues for pathogenesis

2012 470 citations Albert J. Becker, Jan Bauer et al. Brain profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Albert J. Becker Germany	58	4.1k	3.8k	3.3k	1.6k	1.5k	259	10.2k
Maria Thom United Kingdom	51	3.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	4.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	207	8.2k
Íscia Lopes‐Cendes Brazil	43	4.4k 1.1×	3.5k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	260	8.2k
Antonio Gambardella Italy	48	3.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	4.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	329	8.8k
Ingmar Blümcke Germany	72	5.4k 1.3×	5.0k 1.3×	5.9k 1.8×	2.1k 1.3×	3.3k 2.2×	333	16.0k
Holger Lerche Germany	54	3.8k 0.9×	4.7k 1.3×	2.5k 0.8×	701 0.4×	789 0.5×	241	8.8k
Alon Friedman Israel	60	4.5k 1.1×	3.1k 0.8×	3.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	203	12.3k
Silvana Franceschetti Italy	47	2.5k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	954 0.6×	231	6.9k
G. Avanzini Italy	49	3.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.5×	4.0k 1.2×	967 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	199	8.3k
Peter C. van Rijen Netherlands	46	2.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	2.7k 0.8×	574 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	131	6.8k
Miriam H. Meisler United States	65	5.3k 1.3×	8.9k 2.4×	3.3k 1.0×	897 0.5×	662 0.4×	248	14.3k

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Witt, Juri‐Alexander, et al.. (2025). Hyperphosphorylated Tau and Cognition in Epilepsy. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(2). 514–514.

Hoppe, Christian, Anna Tietze, Valeri Borger, et al.. (2025). Association of Cortical Atrophy Patterns With Clinical Phenotypes and Histopathological Findings in Patients With Rasmussen Syndrome. Neurology. 104(10). e213629–e213629. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Hyun-Tae, Laura A. Ewell, Sandra Blaess, et al.. (2024). Paroxysmal dystonia results from the loss of RIM4 in Purkinje cells. Brain. 147(9). 3171–3188. 1 indexed citations

Roll, Wolfgang, Jan Bauer, Andre Dik, et al.. (2024). [18F]DPA-714-PET-MRI reveals pronounced innate immunity in human anti-LGI1 and anti-CASPR2 limbic encephalitis. Journal of Neurology. 271(6). 3653–3659. 2 indexed citations

Adler, Sophie, Konrad Wagstyl, Leonie Henschel, et al.. (2023). Artificial intelligence for the detection of focal cortical dysplasia: Challenges in translating algorithms into clinical practice. Epilepsia. 64(5). 1093–1112. 21 indexed citations

Diers, Kersten, Juri‐Alexander Witt, Valeri Borger, et al.. (2023). A novel geometry‐based analysis of hippocampal morphometry in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Human Brain Mapping. 44(12). 4467–4479. 1 indexed citations

Ulas, Thomas, Marc Beyer, Thoralf Opitz, et al.. (2022). Circuit-selective cell-autonomous regulation of inhibition in pyramidal neurons by Ste20-like kinase. Cell Reports. 41(10). 111757–111757. 2 indexed citations

Schoch, Susanne, Karen M. J. van Loo, T. Kelly, et al.. (2021). Ste20-like Kinase Is Critical for Inhibitory Synapse Maintenance and Its Deficiency Confers a Developmental Dendritopathy. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(39). 8111–8125. 5 indexed citations

Serth, Jürgen, Inga Peters, Natalia Dubrowinskaja, et al.. (2020). Age-, tumor-, and metastatic tissue-associated DNA hypermethylation of a T-box brain 1 locus in human kidney tissue. Clinical Epigenetics. 12(1). 33–33. 10 indexed citations

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Dębski, Konrad J., Nicholas Ceglia, Antoine Ghestem, et al.. (2020). The circadian dynamics of the hippocampal transcriptome and proteome is altered in experimental temporal lobe epilepsy. Science Advances. 6(41). 52 indexed citations

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Müller, Johannes Alexander, et al.. (2016). Identification of Synaptotagmin 10 as Effector of NPAS4-Mediated Protection from Excitotoxic Neurodegeneration. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(9). 2561–2570. 37 indexed citations

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Hölzel, Michael, Jennifer Landsberg, Nicole Glodde, et al.. (2015). A Preclinical Model of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor-like Melanoma Is Characterized by Infiltrating Mast Cells. Cancer Research. 76(2). 251–263. 30 indexed citations

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Chen, Fuyi, Albert J. Becker, & Joseph J. LoTurco. (2014). Contribution of Tumor Heterogeneity in a New Animal Model of CNS Tumors. Molecular Cancer Research. 12(5). 742–753. 24 indexed citations

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Loo, Karen M. J. van, Christina Schaub, Katharina Pernhorst, et al.. (2012). Transcriptional Regulation of T-type Calcium Channel CaV3.2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(19). 15489–15501. 59 indexed citations

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Müller, Tim, Marco Gessi, Anke Waha, et al.. (2012). Nuclear Exclusion of TET1 Is Associated with Loss of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in IDH1 Wild-Type Gliomas. American Journal Of Pathology. 181(2). 675–683. 93 indexed citations

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Wilcke, Arndt, Carolin Ligges, Jana Burkhardt, et al.. (2011). Imaging genetics of FOXP2 in dyslexia. European Journal of Human Genetics. 20(2). 224–229. 40 indexed citations

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Becker, Johanna Sabine, Andreas Matusch, Bei Wu, et al.. (2011). Mass spectrometric imaging (MSI) of metals using advanced BrainMet techniques for biomedical research. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 307(1-3). 3–15. 36 indexed citations

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Pernhorst, Katharina, Pitt Niehusmann, Karen M. J. van Loo, et al.. (2011). Promoter Variants Determine γ-Aminobutyric Acid Homeostasis-Related Gene Transcription in Human Epileptic Hippocampi. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 70(12). 1080–1088. 16 indexed citations

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Lu, Zen Huat, Albert J. Becker, Enrico Brugnera, et al.. (2006). Chlamydiales in Guinea‐pigs and Their Zoonotic Potential. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A. 53(4). 185–193. 41 indexed citations

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Chen, Jian, Д. Г. Сочивко, Heinz Beck, et al.. (2001). Activity-Induced Expression of Common Reference Genes in Individual CNS Neurons. Laboratory Investigation. 81(6). 913–916. 65 indexed citations

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