Christian Geis

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
109 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Christian Geis is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Geis has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Neurology, 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christian Geis's work include Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (39 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (17 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (17 papers). Christian Geis is often cited by papers focused on Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments (39 papers), Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders (17 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (17 papers). Christian Geis collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Christian Geis's co-authors include Josep Dalmau, Claudia Sommer, Francesc Graus, Maria Schäfers, Jesús Planagumà, Francesco Mannara, Jonathan Wickel, Benedikt Grünewald, Marija Radosevic and Ha‐Yeun Chung and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Christian Geis

100 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

An update on anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis for neurologists and psychiatrists: mechanisms and models

2019 498 citations Frank Leypoldt, Christian Geis et al. profile →
Autoantibodies to Synaptic Receptors and Neuronal Cell Surface Proteins in Autoimmune Diseases of the Central Nervous System

2017 403 citations Christian Geis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Geis Germany	34	2.0k	1.1k	910	832	432	109	4.2k
Masaya Oda Japan	44	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	974 1.1×	1.5k 1.8×	243 0.6×	267	5.7k
Toshiki Mizuno Japan	37	2.0k 1.0×	685 0.6×	942 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	150 0.3×	239	4.3k
Ian Galea United Kingdom	31	1.8k 0.9×	641 0.6×	473 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	363 0.8×	108	5.3k
John D. England United States	35	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	866 1.0×	111 0.3×	105	5.0k
Charles L. Howe United States	37	822 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	577 0.6×	1.6k 1.9×	240 0.6×	94	5.0k
Patricia J. Armati Australia	33	763 0.4×	830 0.8×	670 0.7×	817 1.0×	158 0.4×	81	4.0k
Christine Tranchant France	39	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	407 0.4×	2.0k 2.4×	445 1.0×	209	5.2k
Raffaella Lombardi Italy	34	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	2.4k 2.7×	720 0.9×	208 0.5×	71	4.4k
Benedikt Volk Germany	30	642 0.3×	925 0.9×	723 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	404 0.9×	68	4.4k
Marjorie R. Grafe United States	45	835 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	779 0.9×	985 1.2×	166 0.4×	134	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Geis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Geis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Geis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Geis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christian Geis. Christian Geis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Klingner, Carsten M., Alexander Schmidt, Philipp A. Reuken, et al.. (2025). Cognitive impairment and associated neurobehavioral dysfunction in post-COVID syndrome. Psychiatry Research. 349. 116522–116522.

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Wickel, Jonathan, Jeremias Motte, Ilya Ayzenberg, et al.. (2025). Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for stiff-person syndrome: bridging innovation and clinical challenges in neuroimmunology. Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders. 18. 4243669018–4243669018.

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Kurth, Christoph, Luise Appeltshauser, Andreas Steinbrecher, et al.. (2025). Distinct Epitopes Are Associated With Clinical Phenotypes in Autoimmune Nodopathies With Anti-Contactin1 Autoantibodies. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 13(1). e200507–e200507.

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Faissner, Simon, Jeremias Motte, Christian Geis, et al.. (2024). Successful use of anti-CD19 CAR T cells in severe treatment-refractory stiff-person syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(26). e2403227121–e2403227121. 25 indexed citations

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Ritzau‐Jost, Andreas, Jacqueline Montanaro, Sarosh R. Irani, et al.. (2024). LGI1 Autoantibodies Enhance Synaptic Transmission by Presynaptic K _v 1 Loss and Increased Action Potential Broadening. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 11(5). e200284–e200284. 1 indexed citations

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Bullmann, Torsten, Andreas Ritzau‐Jost, Max Holzer, et al.. (2024). Human iPSC-Derived Neurons with Reliable Synapses and Large Presynaptic Action Potentials. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(24). e0971232024–e0971232024. 5 indexed citations

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Michalski, Kevin, Lars Schmidl, Ricardo Gómez, et al.. (2024). Structural and functional mechanisms of anti-NMDAR autoimmune encephalitis. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 31(12). 1975–1986. 11 indexed citations

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Wickel, Jonathan, Ha‐Yeun Chung, Mihai Ceangă, et al.. (2024). Repopulated microglia after pharmacological depletion decrease dendritic spine density in adult mouse brain. Glia. 72(8). 1484–1500. 5 indexed citations

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Grünewald, Benedikt, Jonathan Wickel, Nina Hahn, et al.. (2024). Targeted rescue of synaptic plasticity improves cognitive decline in sepsis-associated encephalopathy. Molecular Therapy. 32(7). 2113–2129. 11 indexed citations

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Rinke, Jenny, Thomas Ernst, Nina Hahn, et al.. (2024). µPhos: a scalable and sensitive platform for high-dimensional phosphoproteomics. Molecular Systems Biology. 20(8). 972–995. 10 indexed citations

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Winklehner, Michael, Jonathan Wickel, Ellen Gelpí, et al.. (2024). Progressive Encephalomyelitis With Rigidity and Myoclonus With Glycine Receptor and GAD65 Antibodies. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 11(6). e200298–e200298. 2 indexed citations

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Kuchling, Joseph, Betty Jurek, Jakob Kreye, et al.. (2023). Impaired functional connectivity of the hippocampus in translational murine models of NMDA-receptor antibody associated neuropsychiatric pathology. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(1). 85–96. 8 indexed citations

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Chung, Ha‐Yeun, et al.. (2023). Neurofilament light chains to assess sepsis-associated encephalopathy: Are we on the track toward clinical implementation?. Critical Care. 27(1). 19 indexed citations

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Steinke, Stephan, Philipp Kühn, Torsten Bullmann, et al.. (2022). NMDA-receptor-Fc-fusion constructs neutralize anti-NMDA receptor antibodies. Brain. 146(5). 1812–1820. 12 indexed citations

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Witte, Otto W., et al.. (2022). Network instability dynamics drive a transient bursting period in the developing hippocampus in vivo. eLife. 11. 6 indexed citations

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Chung, Ha‐Yeun, Jonathan Wickel, Marcus Oswald, et al.. (2022). Neurofilament light chain levels predict encephalopathy and outcome in community‐acquired pneumonia. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 10(2). 204–212. 6 indexed citations

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Beliu, Gerti, Ulrich Terpitz, Christian Werner, et al.. (2018). Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry Enables Site‐specific Fluorescence Labeling of Functional NMDA Receptors for Super‐Resolution Imaging. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(50). 16364–16369. 47 indexed citations

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Albrecht, G., et al.. (2018). Electroluminescence and contact formation of 1-(pyridin-2-yl)-3-(quinolin-2-yl)imidazo[1,5-a]quinoline thin films. Organic Electronics. 65. 321–326. 23 indexed citations

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Beliu, Gerti, Ulrich Terpitz, Christian Werner, et al.. (2018). Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry Enables Site‐specific Fluorescence Labeling of Functional NMDA Receptors for Super‐Resolution Imaging. Angewandte Chemie. 130(50). 16602–16607. 6 indexed citations

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Geis, Christian, Christian Ritter, Christoph Ruschil, et al.. (2014). The intrinsic pathogenic role of autoantibodies to aquaporin 4 mediating spinal cord disease in a rat passive-transfer model. Experimental Neurology. 265. 8–21. 52 indexed citations

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