Gavin P. Schmitz

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 893 citations indexed

About

Gavin P. Schmitz is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gavin P. Schmitz has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 893 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Gavin P. Schmitz's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers) and Psychedelics and Drug Studies (3 papers). Gavin P. Schmitz is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers) and Psychedelics and Drug Studies (3 papers). Gavin P. Schmitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Gavin P. Schmitz's co-authors include Michael R. Bruchas, Ream Al‐Hasani, Jordan G. McCall, Gunchul Shin, Yan Shi, Yihui Zhang, Daniel Y. Hong, Xia Li, Shuo Li and Wilson Z. Ray and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Neuron and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Gavin P. Schmitz

9 papers receiving 885 citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Wireless Optofluidic Systems for Programmable In Vivo Pharmacology and Optogenetics

2015 387 citations Jae‐Woong Jeong, Jordan G. McCall et al. Cell profile →
Structures of the entire human opioid receptor family

2023 106 citations Yue Wang, Youwen Zhuang et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gavin P. Schmitz United States	7	621	305	235	186	70	11	893
Ali Jahanshahi Netherlands	26	883 1.4×	254 0.8×	180 0.8×	379 2.0×	84 1.2×	97	1.8k
Daniel Y. Hong United States	7	486 0.8×	140 0.5×	233 1.0×	236 1.3×	68 1.0×	20	926
Gerard Joey Broussard United States	11	742 1.2×	547 1.8×	75 0.3×	312 1.7×	58 0.8×	13	1.2k
Po‐Han Chiang Taiwan	14	403 0.6×	153 0.5×	290 1.2×	82 0.4×	108 1.5×	21	771
Vladimir Rančić Canada	9	376 0.6×	196 0.6×	272 1.2×	83 0.4×	68 1.0×	16	767
Ao Dong China	11	434 0.7×	248 0.8×	73 0.3×	191 1.0×	59 0.8×	18	823
Aaron J. Norris United States	15	608 1.0×	418 1.4×	204 0.9×	251 1.3×	86 1.2×	21	1.2k
Jenny-Marie T. Wong United States	7	461 0.7×	360 1.2×	83 0.4×	244 1.3×	35 0.5×	8	898
Galit Pelled United States	21	473 0.8×	166 0.5×	97 0.4×	348 1.9×	28 0.4×	53	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gavin P. Schmitz

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Schmitz, Gavin P., et al.. (2025). Psychedelic compounds directly excite 5-HT2A layer V medial prefrontal cortex neurons through 5-HT2A Gq activation. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 381–381.

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Wang, Yue, Youwen Zhuang, Jeffrey F. DiBerto, et al.. (2023). Structures of the entire human opioid receptor family. Cell. 186(2). 413–427.e17. 106 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Schmitz, Gavin P. & Bryan L. Roth. (2023). G protein-coupled receptors as targets for transformative neuropsychiatric therapeutics. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 325(1). C17–C28. 7 indexed citations

4.

Schmitz, Gavin P., Manish K. Jain, Samuel T. Slocum, & Bryan L. Roth. (2022). 5-HT_2A SNPs Alter the Pharmacological Signaling of Potentially Therapeutic Psychedelics. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 13(16). 2386–2398. 22 indexed citations

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Al‐Hasani, Ream, Raajaram Gowrishankar, Gavin P. Schmitz, et al.. (2021). Ventral tegmental area GABAergic inhibition of cholinergic interneurons in the ventral nucleus accumbens shell promotes reward reinforcement. Nature Neuroscience. 24(10). 1414–1428. 57 indexed citations

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Al‐Hasani, Ream, Omar S. Mabrouk, Jordan G. McCall, et al.. (2018). In vivo detection of optically-evoked opioid peptide release. eLife. 7. 54 indexed citations

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Al‐Hasani, Ream, Jordan G. McCall, Omar S. Mabrouk, et al.. (2017). Circuit dynamics of in vivo dynorphn release in the nucleus accumbens. Alcohol. 60. 220–220. 1 indexed citations

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Al‐Hasani, Ream, Jordan G. McCall, Gunchul Shin, et al.. (2015). Distinct Subpopulations of Nucleus Accumbens Dynorphin Neurons Drive Aversion and Reward. Neuron. 87(5). 1063–1077. 256 indexed citations

9.

Jeong, Jae‐Woong, Jordan G. McCall, Gunchul Shin, et al.. (2015). Wireless Optofluidic Systems for Programmable In Vivo Pharmacology and Optogenetics. Cell. 162(3). 662–674. 387 indexed citations breakdown →

10.

Bonnet, Jacques, Felix W. Frueh, Philìppe Bertrand, et al.. (2003). Pharmacogenetics: From Bench to Bedside. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 41(4). 610–4. 2 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Gavin P.. (1998). Microsoft Liquid Motion by Design: An Example-packed Guide to Creting Web Animations Using Microsoft Liquid Motion. 1 indexed citations

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