Harm J. Krugers

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
119 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Harm J. Krugers is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Harm J. Krugers has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 49 papers in Social Psychology and 42 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Harm J. Krugers's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (86 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (43 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (39 papers). Harm J. Krugers is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (86 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (43 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (39 papers). Harm J. Krugers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom. Harm J. Krugers's co-authors include Marian Joëls, Paul J. Lucassen, Olof Wiegert, Melly S. Oitzl, Zhenwei Pu, Deborah N. Alfarez, Sylvie L. Lesuis, Michael J. Meaney, Henk Karst and Danielle L. Champagne and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Nature Genetics and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Harm J. Krugers

117 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Learning under stress: how does it work?

2006 727 citations Marian Joëls, Zhenwei Pu et al. Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →
Maternal Care and Hippocampal Plasticity: Evidence for Experience-Dependent Structural Plasticity, Altered Synaptic Functioning, and Differential Responsiveness to Glucocorticoids and Stress

2008 516 citations E. R. de Kloet, Marian Joëls et al. profile →
Dynamic Microtubules Regulate Dendritic Spine Morphology and Synaptic Plasticity

2009 508 citations Harm J. Krugers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harm J. Krugers Netherlands	44	3.7k	2.1k	1.7k	1.2k	1.0k	119	7.0k
Marianne B. Müller Germany	48	3.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	868 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	134	7.3k
Henk Karst Netherlands	41	4.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	971 0.8×	856 0.8×	87	7.0k
Russell D. Romeo United States	45	3.7k 1.0×	3.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	685 0.6×	838 0.8×	114	7.9k
Bruce S. McEwen United States	35	3.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	920 0.8×	825 0.8×	50	8.6k
Cheryl D. Conrad United States	47	4.6k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	78	7.1k
Alon Chen Israel	55	3.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	824 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	159	8.5k
Mohamed Kabbaj United States	42	2.8k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	603 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	94	6.0k
Ana Marı́a Magariños United States	28	3.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	40	5.7k
Christopher R. Pryce Switzerland	48	3.6k 1.0×	3.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	893 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	134	7.0k
Francesca Cirulli Italy	47	1.9k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	884 0.8×	707 0.7×	172	6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harm J. Krugers

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Vogel, Jacob W., Anna C. van Loenhoud, Niccoló Tesi, et al.. (2025). A novel approach to resilience and its links with education and Alzheimer's disease genetics. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(7). e70379–e70379. 1 indexed citations

Ridderinkhof, K. Richard, et al.. (2025). A cross-sectional network analysis of successful aging in a resilience-based framework. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0315445–e0315445. 1 indexed citations

Simon, Carla Sasso, et al.. (2023). Early life stress lastingly alters the function and AMPA ‐receptor composition of glutamatergic synapses in the hippocampus of male mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 35(12). e13346–e13346. 4 indexed citations

Lesuis, Sylvie L., et al.. (2023). Elevated corticosterone after fear learning impairs remote auditory memory retrieval and alters brain network connectivity. Learning & Memory. 30(7). 125–132. 4 indexed citations

Ridderinkhof, K. Richard, et al.. (2023). Are older individuals predisposed to habitual control more resilient?. Current Psychology. 43(9). 7826–7842. 3 indexed citations

Ridderinkhof, K. Richard, et al.. (2023). Resilience Among Older Individuals in the Face of Adversity: How Demographic and Trait Factors Affect Mental-Health Constructs and Their Temporal Dynamics. Clinical Psychological Science. 12(4). 563–585. 8 indexed citations

Lesuis, Sylvie L., et al.. (2023). Shaping Memories via Stress: A Synaptic Engram Perspective. Biological Psychiatry. 95(8). 721–731. 8 indexed citations

Buurstede, Jacobus C., Oihane Abiega, Carlos P. Fitzsimons, et al.. (2021). An emerging role for microglia in stress‐effects on memory. European Journal of Neuroscience. 55(9-10). 2491–2518. 31 indexed citations

Lesuis, Sylvie L., Lianne Hoeijmakers, Anikó Kőrösi, et al.. (2018). Vulnerability and resilience to Alzheimer's disease: Early life conditions modulate neuropathology and determine cognitive reserve 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1109 Neurosciences 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences 1701 Psychology Rik Ossenkoppele. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 10(1). 1 indexed citations

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Lesuis, Sylvie L., et al.. (2018). Effects of corticosterone on mild auditory fear conditioning and extinction; role of sex and training paradigm. Learning & Memory. 25(10). 544–549. 20 indexed citations

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Vogel, Susanne, Floris Klumpers, Marijn C. W. Kroes, et al.. (2015). A Stress-Induced Shift From Trace to Delay Conditioning Depends on the Mineralocorticoid Receptor. Biological Psychiatry. 78(12). 830–839. 35 indexed citations

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Xiong, Hui & Harm J. Krugers. (2015). Tuning hippocampal synapses by stress-hormones: Relevance for emotional memory formation. Brain Research. 1621. 114–120. 15 indexed citations

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Krugers, Harm J. & Marian Joëls. (2014). Long-lasting Consequences of Early Life Stress on Brain Structure, Emotion and Cognition. Current topics in behavioral neurosciences. 18. 81–92. 27 indexed citations

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Marlatt, Michael W., Ingrid H.C.H.M. Philippens, Erik M. M. Manders, et al.. (2011). Distinct structural plasticity in the hippocampus and amygdala of the middle-aged common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Experimental Neurology. 230(2). 291–301. 48 indexed citations

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Joëls, Marian, Harm J. Krugers, & Henk Karst. (2007). Stress-induced changes in hippocampal function. Progress in brain research. 167. 3–15. 86 indexed citations

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Krugers, Harm J., et al.. (2007). Dissociation between apoptosis, neurogenesis, and synaptic potentiation in the dentate gyrus of adrenalectomized rats. Synapse. 61(4). 221–230. 22 indexed citations

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Joëls, Marian, Zhenwei Pu, Olof Wiegert, Melly S. Oitzl, & Harm J. Krugers. (2006). Learning under stress: how does it work?. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 10(4). 152–158. 727 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alfarez, Deborah N., Marian Joëls, & Harm J. Krugers. (2003). Chronic unpredictable stress impairs long‐term potentiation in rat hippocampal CA1 area and dentate gyrus in vitro. European Journal of Neuroscience. 17(9). 1928–1934. 224 indexed citations

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Joëls, Marian, Harm J. Krugers, E. R. de Kloet, et al.. (2002). Corticosteroid actions on electrical activity in the brain. Hormones and Behavior. 601–626. 1 indexed citations

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Werf, Ysbrand D. van der, et al.. (1998). Altered expression of the cell cycle regulatory protein cyclin D1 in the rat dentate gyrus after adrenalectomy-induced granular cell loss. Neuroscience Letters. 241(2-3). 107–110. 6 indexed citations

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