Frederik J. Steyn

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
96 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Frederik J. Steyn is a scholar working on Neurology, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederik J. Steyn has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Neurology, 34 papers in Genetics and 25 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Frederik J. Steyn's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (45 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (34 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (25 papers). Frederik J. Steyn is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (45 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (34 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (25 papers). Frederik J. Steyn collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Frederik J. Steyn's co-authors include Shyuan T. Ngo, Pamela McCombe, Chen Chen, Timothy J. Tracey, Johannes D. Veldhuis, Ernst J. Wolvetang, Robert D. Henderson, David R. Grattan, Greg M. Anderson and Allan E. Herbison and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, The Journal of Immunology and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Frederik J. Steyn

92 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gender differences in autoimmune disease

2014 704 citations Shyuan T. Ngo, Frederik J. Steyn et al. profile →
Neuronal Lipid Metabolism: Multiple Pathways Driving Functional Outcomes in Health and Disease

2018 279 citations Timothy J. Tracey, Frederik J. Steyn et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frederik J. Steyn Australia	33	978	814	678	620	603	96	3.7k
Shyuan T. Ngo Australia	31	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	503 0.7×	783 1.3×	261 0.4×	80	3.4k
Roberto Salvatori United States	41	515 0.5×	936 1.1×	813 1.2×	560 0.9×	4.1k 6.8×	260	6.3k
Nicholas A. Tritos United States	38	320 0.3×	870 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	253 0.4×	2.1k 3.5×	128	6.3k
Ting Lei China	30	487 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	266 0.4×	523 0.8×	559 0.9×	234	3.3k
Peter Trainer United Kingdom	55	574 0.6×	886 1.1×	702 1.0×	497 0.8×	7.7k 12.8×	205	9.5k
Susan M. Webb Spain	47	330 0.3×	804 1.0×	573 0.8×	488 0.8×	5.5k 9.1×	287	7.5k
Anthony P. Goldstone United Kingdom	55	441 0.5×	2.6k 3.3×	2.0k 3.0×	877 1.4×	881 1.5×	144	10.5k
Simon McArthur United Kingdom	29	450 0.5×	1.6k 2.0×	598 0.9×	89 0.1×	281 0.5×	57	3.6k
Antoine Tabarin France	50	957 1.0×	592 0.7×	522 0.8×	399 0.6×	5.9k 9.8×	187	8.3k
A. J. van der Lely Netherlands	43	455 0.5×	689 0.8×	1.9k 2.8×	299 0.5×	3.7k 6.1×	165	7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederik J. Steyn

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Zhu, Xiangyun, Sicong Tu, Shyuan T. Ngo, et al.. (2025). An Annotated Multi-Site and Multi-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Dataset for the study of the Human Tongue Musculature. Scientific Data. 12(1). 790–790.

McCann, Heather, et al.. (2025). Long-term fixation impact on archived human nervous tissues for sequencing-based transcriptomics. Brain Communications. 7(6). fcaf428–fcaf428.

Shaw, Thomas B., et al.. (2025). Deciphering hypothalamic pathology in ALS: insights into non-motor symptoms and disease progression. EBioMedicine. 118. 105845–105845. 1 indexed citations

Lv, Jinglei, Christine C. Guo, Saskia Bollmann, et al.. (2025). An fMRI dataset for appetite neural correlates in people living with Motor Neuron Disease. Scientific Data. 12(1). 466–466.

Blazev, Ronnie, Craig A. Goodman, Magdalene K. Montgomery, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the skeletal muscle arginine methylome in health and disease reveals remodeling in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The FASEB Journal. 38(10). e23647–e23647. 2 indexed citations

Lafont, Chrystel, Pierre Fontanaud, Davide Calebiro, et al.. (2023). TSH Pulses Finely Tune Thyroid Hormone Release and TSH Receptor Transduction. Endocrinology. 165(1). 2 indexed citations

Shaw, Thomas B., Pamela McCombe, Robert D. Henderson, et al.. (2022). Lower hypothalamic volume with lower body mass index is associated with shorter survival in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology. 30(1). 57–68. 22 indexed citations

Steyn, Frederik J., Shyuan T. Ngo, Robert D. Henderson, et al.. (2022). Open-Source Hypothalamic-ForniX (OSHy-X) Atlases andSegmentation Tool for 3T and 7T. The Journal of Open Source Software. 7(76). 4368–4368. 4 indexed citations

Ngo, Shyuan T., Hao Wang, Robert D. Henderson, Cyril Y. Bowers, & Frederik J. Steyn. (2021). Ghrelin as a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 33(7). e12938–e12938. 11 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Daniel G., Frederik J. Steyn, Xiaoqing Zhou, et al.. (2021). An exercise “sweet spot” reverses cognitive deficits of aging by growth-hormone-induced neurogenesis. iScience. 24(11). 103275–103275. 17 indexed citations

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Steyn, Frederik J., Shyuan T. Ngo, Susan Heggie, et al.. (2021). Monocyte CD14 and HLA-DR expression increases with disease duration and severity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 23(5-6). 430–437. 10 indexed citations

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Toufaily, Chirine, Jérôme Fortin, Évelyne Lapointe, et al.. (2021). Addition of a carboxy-terminal tail to the normally tailless gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor impairs fertility in female mice. eLife. 10. 7 indexed citations

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Steyn, Frederik J., Rui Li, Tesfaye Wolde Tefera, et al.. (2020). Altered skeletal muscle glucose-fatty acid flux in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain Communications. 2(2). fcaa154–fcaa154. 39 indexed citations

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Steyn, Frederik J., Shyuan T. Ngo, Susan Heggie, et al.. (2020). Monocytes and neutrophils are associated with clinical features in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain Communications. 2(1). fcaa013–fcaa013. 27 indexed citations

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McCombe, Pamela, Robert D. Henderson, Aven Lee, et al.. (2019). Gut microbiota in ALS: possible role in pathogenesis?. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 19(9). 785–805. 38 indexed citations

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Varamini, Pegah, et al.. (2017). Development of New Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Modified Dendrimer Platforms with Direct Antiproliferative and Gonadotropin Releasing Activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 60(20). 8309–8320. 7 indexed citations

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Manthey, Helga D., Frederik J. Steyn, Weiyu Chen, et al.. (2016). The Complement C3a Receptor Contributes to Melanoma Tumorigenesis by Inhibiting Neutrophil and CD4+ T Cell Responses. The Journal of Immunology. 196(11). 4783–4792. 102 indexed citations

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Tan, H. Y., Frederik J. Steyn, Lili Huang, et al.. (2016). Hyperphagia in male melanocortin 4 receptor deficient mice promotes growth independently of growth hormone. The Journal of Physiology. 594(24). 7309–7326. 18 indexed citations

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Ngo, Shyuan T., Johannes D. Veldhuis, Penny L. Jeffery, et al.. (2015). Effect of deletion of Ghrelin-O-Acyltransferase on the pulsatile release of growth hormone in mice. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2 indexed citations

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Steyn, Frederik J., Greg M. Anderson, & David R. Grattan. (2006). Differential Effects of Centrally‐Administered Oestrogen Antagonist ICI‐182,780 on Oestrogen‐Sensitive Functions in the Hypothalamus. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 19(1). 26–33. 14 indexed citations

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