Christian Göritz

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
30 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Christian Göritz is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Göritz has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christian Göritz's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (15 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (7 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers). Christian Göritz is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (15 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (7 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers). Christian Göritz collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, France and United States. Christian Göritz's co-authors include Jonas Frisén, Frank W. Pfrieger, David O. Dias, Stefan Schumacher, Albrecht Otto, Oleg Shupliakov, N.V. Tomilin, Mariano Barbacid, Hanna Sabelström and Fanie Barnabé‐Heider and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christian Göritz

30 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

CNS Synaptogenesis Promoted by Glia-Derived Cholesterol

2001 1.3k citations Christian Göritz, Frank W. Pfrieger et al. Science profile →
A Pericyte Origin of Spinal Cord Scar Tissue

2011 656 citations Christian Göritz, David O. Dias et al. Science profile →
Forebrain ependymal cells are Notch-dependent and generate neuroblasts and astrocytes after stroke

2009 352 citations Marie Carlén, Konstantinos Meletis et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Göritz Sweden	22	2.1k	2.0k	1.9k	1.1k	731	30	5.2k
Takuya Shimazaki Japan	32	2.7k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	706 0.6×	451 0.6×	61	5.1k
Theo Hagg United States	43	1.8k 0.9×	3.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	805 0.7×	970 1.3×	103	5.6k
Joshua E. Burda United States	15	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	17	4.4k
Anne Baron‐Van Evercooren France	42	2.8k 1.3×	2.9k 1.5×	3.9k 2.0×	1.3k 1.1×	881 1.2×	99	7.0k
Jason R. Plemel Canada	30	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.9k 2.5×	54	4.2k
Gennadij Raivich Germany	56	2.9k 1.4×	4.1k 2.1×	2.1k 1.1×	2.8k 2.5×	615 0.8×	103	9.1k
Scott R. Whittemore United States	53	2.7k 1.3×	4.2k 2.1×	3.1k 1.6×	917 0.8×	2.4k 3.2×	162	8.1k
Rashmi Bansal United States	45	3.0k 1.4×	1.5k 0.7×	2.8k 1.5×	788 0.7×	388 0.5×	95	5.6k
Bernard Rogister Belgium	40	2.2k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	437 0.4×	433 0.6×	138	5.3k
Stephen P.J. Fancy United States	31	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.7×	1.9k 1.6×	943 1.3×	40	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Göritz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Göritz

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Holl, Daniel, Anaïs Julien, Soniya Savant, et al.. (2024). Distinct origin and region-dependent contribution of stromal fibroblasts to fibrosis following traumatic injury in mice. Nature Neuroscience. 27(7). 1285–1298. 15 indexed citations

Testini, Chiara, Feifei Xu, Antoine Giraud, et al.. (2024). Macrophages upregulate mural cell-like markers and support healing of ischemic injury by adopting functions important for vascular support. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 3(6). 685–700. 2 indexed citations

Julien, Anaïs, et al.. (2024). Multimodal analyses of immune cells during bone repair identify macrophages as a therapeutic target in musculoskeletal trauma. Bone Research. 12(1). 56–56. 11 indexed citations

Guimarães, Eduardo Linck Machado, David O. Dias, Anaïs Julien, et al.. (2024). Corpora cavernosa fibroblasts mediate penile erection. Science. 383(6683). eade8064–eade8064. 15 indexed citations

Grommisch, David, Harald Lund, Evelien Eenjes, et al.. (2024). Regionalized cell and gene signatures govern esophageal epithelial homeostasis. Developmental Cell. 60(2). 320–336.e9. 3 indexed citations

Holl, Daniel & Christian Göritz. (2023). Decoding fibrosis in the human central nervous system. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 325(6). C1415–C1420. 7 indexed citations

Lund, Harald, Matthew A. Hunt, Katalin Sándor, et al.. (2023). CD163+ macrophages monitor enhanced permeability at the blood–dorsal root ganglion barrier. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 221(2). 23 indexed citations

Stenudd, Moa, Hanna Sabelström, Enric Llorens-Bobadilla, et al.. (2022). Identification of a discrete subpopulation of spinal cord ependymal cells with neural stem cell properties. Cell Reports. 38(9). 110440–110440. 25 indexed citations

Dias, David O., Cynthia Pérez Estrada, Jemal Tatarishvili, et al.. (2021). Pericyte-derived fibrotic scarring is conserved across diverse central nervous system lesions. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5501–5501. 130 indexed citations

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Dias, David O., et al.. (2021). Astrocyte-derived neurons provide excitatory input to the adult striatal circuitry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(33). 7 indexed citations

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Aida, Tomomi, et al.. (2018). Glutamate transporter Slc1a3 mediates inter‐niche stem cell activation during skin growth. The EMBO Journal. 37(9). 32 indexed citations

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Dias, David O., Hoseok Kim, Daniel Holl, et al.. (2018). Reducing Pericyte-Derived Scarring Promotes Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury. Cell. 173(1). 153–165.e22. 268 indexed citations

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Dias, David O. & Christian Göritz. (2018). Fibrotic scarring following lesions to the central nervous system. Matrix Biology. 68-69. 561–570. 113 indexed citations

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Göritz, Christian & Jonas Frisén. (2012). Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis in the Adult. Cell stem cell. 10(6). 657–659. 82 indexed citations

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Fukuda, Nanaho, et al.. (2011). In neurons, activity-dependent association of dendritically transported mRNA transcripts with the transacting factor CBF-A is mediated by A2RE/RTS elements. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(11). 1864–1877. 35 indexed citations

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Nomura, Tadashi, Christian Göritz, Timothy Catchpole, Mark Henkemeyer, & Jonas Frisén. (2010). EphB Signaling Controls Lineage Plasticity of Adult Neural Stem Cell Niche Cells. Cell stem cell. 7(6). 730–743. 81 indexed citations

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Carlén, Marie, Konstantinos Meletis, Christian Göritz, et al.. (2009). Forebrain ependymal cells are Notch-dependent and generate neuroblasts and astrocytes after stroke. Nature Neuroscience. 12(3). 259–267. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

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Göritz, Christian, Ola Hermanson, Carmen López‐Iglesias, et al.. (2008). In Cultured Oligodendrocytes the A/B-type hnRNP CBF-A Accompanies MBP mRNA Bound to mRNA Trafficking Sequences. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(7). 3008–3019. 45 indexed citations

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Ślęzak, Michał, Christian Göritz, Jonas Frisén, et al.. (2007). Transgenic mice for conditional gene manipulation in astroglial cells. Glia. 55(15). 1565–1576. 126 indexed citations

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Göritz, Christian, Luc‐Henri Tessier, Katja Nieweg, et al.. (2007). Glia‐induced neuronal differentiation by transcriptional regulation. Glia. 55(11). 1108–1122. 32 indexed citations

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