Johannes Gräff

7.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
66 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Johannes Gräff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Johannes Gräff has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 22 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Johannes Gräff's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (17 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (15 papers). Johannes Gräff is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (17 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (15 papers). Johannes Gräff collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Johannes Gräff's co-authors include Li‐Huei Tsai, Isabelle M. Mansuy, Ji‐Song Guan, Susan C. Su, Holger Russig, Li-Huei Tsai, Jun Gao, Tamara B. Franklin, Aubin Michalon and Isabelle Weiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Johannes Gräff

60 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

A novel pathway regulates memory and plasticity via SIRT1... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2010 2012 2013 250 500 750
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.

  1. A novel pathway regulates memory and plasticity via SIRT1 and miR-134
    2010 814 citations Jun Gao, Yingwei Mao et al. Nature profile →
  2. Epigenetic Transmission of the Impact of Early Stress Across Generations
    2010 778 citations Johannes Gräff, Isabelle M. Mansuy et al. profile →
  3. An epigenetic blockade of cognitive functions in the neurodegenerating brain
    2012 638 citations Johannes Gräff, Damien Rei et al. Nature profile →
  4. Histone acetylation: molecular mnemonics on the chromatin
    2013 470 citations Johannes Gräff, Li‐Huei Tsai profile →

Peers

Johannes Gräff
Farah D. Lubin United States
Andrea Schmitt Germany
Ian Maze United States
Courtney A. Miller United States
Rajiv P. Sharma United States
Carl Ernst Canada
Vincent Prévot France
Quincey LaPlant United States
Cathy Fernandes United Kingdom
Margit Burmeister United States
Farah D. Lubin United States
Johannes Gräff
Citations per year, relative to Johannes Gräff Johannes Gräff (= 1×) peers Farah D. Lubin

Countries citing papers authored by Johannes Gräff

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Fields of papers citing papers by Johannes Gräff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johannes Gräff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Johannes Gräff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Johannes Gräff 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 Johannes Gräff. Johannes Gräff is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chiaruttini, Nicolas, Linda Maria Requie, Carmen Camarena-Delgado, et al.. (2025). ABBA+BraiAn, an integrated suite for whole-brain mapping, reveals brain-wide differences in immediate-early genes induction upon learning. Cell Reports. 44(7). 115876–115876. 6 indexed citations
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Hammerer, P., Philipp Ivanyi, Marco J. Schnabel, et al.. (2024). P260 Real-world data on treatment patterns and guideline adherence in patients with locally advanced and metastatic urothelial bladder cancer (la/mUC) in Germany. European Urology Open Science. 69. 328–329.
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Aschenbrenner, Sabine, et al.. (2024). A modular toolbox for the optogenetic deactivation of transcription. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(3). 3 indexed citations
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Gräff, Johannes, et al.. (2023). Tissue clearing applications in memory engram research. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 17. 1181818–1181818. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Sheng, M.J. Oswald, Carlo A. Beretta, et al.. (2023). Prefrontal engrams of long-term fear memory perpetuate pain perception. Nature Neuroscience. 26(5). 820–829. 24 indexed citations
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Silva, Bianca A. & Johannes Gräff. (2023). Face your fears: attenuating remote fear memories by reconsolidation-updating. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 27(4). 404–416. 6 indexed citations
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Burns, Allison M., et al.. (2022). The HDAC inhibitor CI-994 acts as a molecular memory aid by facilitating synaptic and intracellular communication after learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(22). e2116797119–e2116797119. 23 indexed citations
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Sánchez‐Mut, José V., Liliane Glauser, David Monk, & Johannes Gräff. (2020). Comprehensive analysis of PM20D1 QTL in Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical Epigenetics. 12(1). 20–20. 19 indexed citations
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Khalaf, Ossama, et al.. (2018). Reactivation of recall-induced neurons contributes to remote fear memory attenuation. Science. 360(6394). 1239–1242. 93 indexed citations
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Albo, Zimbul & Johannes Gräff. (2018). The mysteries of remote memory. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1742). 20170029–20170029. 34 indexed citations
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Gräff, Johannes. (2017). Rewrite or overwrite: identifying neuromolecular circuits of remote fear memory attenuation. Journal of Neural Transmission. 124(10). 1293–1293. 1 indexed citations
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Anda, Froylán Calderón de, Ram Madabhushi, Damien Rei, et al.. (2016). Cortical neurons gradually attain a post-mitotic state. Cell Research. 26(9). 1033–1047. 24 indexed citations
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Anda, Froylán Calderón de, Omer Durak, Tracy S. Tran, et al.. (2012). Autism spectrum disorder susceptibility gene TAOK2 affects basal dendrite formation in the neocortex. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 128 indexed citations
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Gräff, Johannes, et al.. (2012). Dynamic histone marks in the hippocampus and cortex facilitate memory consolidation. Nature Communications. 3(1). 991–991. 96 indexed citations
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Giusti‐Rodríguez, Paola, Jun Gao, Johannes Gräff, et al.. (2011). Synaptic Deficits Are Rescued in the p25/Cdk5 Model of Neurodegeneration by the Reduction of β-Secretase (BACE1). Journal of Neuroscience. 31(44). 15751–15756. 26 indexed citations
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Gao, Jun, Yingwei Mao, Johannes Gräff, et al.. (2010). A novel pathway regulates memory and plasticity via SIRT1 and miR-134. Nature. 466(7310). 1105–1109. 814 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gräff, Johannes & Isabelle M. Mansuy. (2009). Epigenetic dysregulation in cognitive disorders. European Journal of Neuroscience. 30(1). 1–8. 120 indexed citations
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Gräff, Johannes, Stephanie Jemielity, Joel D. Parker, Karen M. Parker, & Laurent Keller. (2007). Differential gene expression between adult queens and workers in the antLasius niger. Molecular Ecology. 16(3). 675–683. 71 indexed citations

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