John C. Gensel

8.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
76 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

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John C. Gensel is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Gensel has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in John C. Gensel's work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (41 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (19 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers). John C. Gensel is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Cord Injury Research (41 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (19 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers). John C. Gensel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. John C. Gensel's co-authors include Phillip G. Popovich, Bei Zhang, Daniel P. Ankeny, Dustin J. Donnelly, Jessica K. Alexander, Kristina A. Kigerl, Michael B. Orr, William M. Bailey, Timothy J. Kopper and Andrew N. Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

John C. Gensel

71 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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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.

Identification of Two Distinct Macrophage Subsets with Divergent Effects Causing either Neurotoxicity or Regeneration in the Injured Mouse Spinal Cord

2009 1.8k citations Kristina A. Kigerl, John C. Gensel et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Macrophage activation and its role in repair and pathology after spinal cord injury

2015 601 citations John C. Gensel, Bei Zhang profile →
Spinal Cord Injury Scarring and Inflammation: Therapies Targeting Glial and Inflammatory Responses

2018 447 citations Michael B. Orr, John C. Gensel profile →
Cytosolic phospholipase A2 in infiltrating monocyte derived macrophages does not impair recovery after spinal cord injury in female mice

2025 145 citations Ethan P. Glaser, Timothy J. Kopper et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Gensel United States	34	2.4k	2.0k	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	76	6.4k
Jan M. Schwab Germany	48	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	125	7.9k
Steve Lacroix Canada	41	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	69	6.0k
Nikolaos Grigoriadis Greece	43	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	665 0.6×	221	7.0k
Aileen J. Anderson United States	45	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	2.9k 1.8×	2.2k 1.5×	601 0.5×	98	7.6k
Doron Merkler Switzerland	51	2.2k 0.9×	3.0k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	2.4k 1.6×	3.9k 3.2×	152	10.1k
Xijing He China	42	1.9k 0.8×	777 0.4×	1000 0.6×	3.0k 2.1×	471 0.4×	409	7.8k
Adam R. Ferguson United States	44	2.7k 1.1×	941 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	904 0.6×	275 0.2×	175	6.4k
Armin Schneider Germany	41	553 0.2×	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	2.7k 1.8×	846 0.7×	101	7.3k
Craig S. Moore Canada	37	1.3k 0.5×	3.7k 1.8×	711 0.4×	2.1k 1.4×	2.6k 2.1×	94	7.5k
Alastair Compston United Kingdom	45	6.1k 2.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	2.9k 2.0×	3.3k 2.7×	128	12.0k

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Fouad, Karim, Romana Vavrek, Monique C. Surles-Zeigler, et al.. (2024). A practical guide to data management and sharing for biomedical laboratory researchers. Experimental Neurology. 378. 114815–114815. 5 indexed citations

Vavrek, Romana, Vance Lemmon, John L. Bixby, et al.. (2024). Data reporting quality and semantic interoperability increase with community-based data elements (CoDEs). Analysis of the open data commons for spinal cord injury (ODC-SCI). Experimental Neurology. 385. 115100–115100.

Stewart, Andrew N., et al.. (2024). Nonresolving Neuroinflammation Regulates Axon Regeneration in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(1). e1017242024–e1017242024. 5 indexed citations

Glaser, Ethan P., et al.. (2023). Effects of Acute Ethanol Intoxication on Spinal Cord Injury Outcomes in Female Mice. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(23-24). 2541–2551. 4 indexed citations

Stewart, Andrew N., Ethan P. Glaser, William M. Bailey, & John C. Gensel. (2022). Immunoglobulin G Is Increased in the Injured Spinal Cord in a Sex- and Age-Dependent Manner. Journal of Neurotrauma. 39(15-16). 1090–1098. 6 indexed citations

Stewart, Andrew N., Ethan P. Glaser, Ryan K. Shahidehpour, et al.. (2021). Acute inflammatory profiles differ with sex and age after spinal cord injury. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 18(1). 113–113. 59 indexed citations

Bailey, William M., et al.. (2020). Effect of Sex on Motor Function, Lesion Size, and Neuropathic Pain after Contusion Spinal Cord Injury in Mice. Journal of Neurotrauma. 37(18). 1983–1990. 30 indexed citations

Zhang, Bei, Timothy J. Kopper, Xiaodong Liu, et al.. (2019). Macrolide derivatives reduce proinflammatory macrophage activation and macrophage‐mediated neurotoxicity. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 25(5). 591–600. 27 indexed citations

Gensel, John C., Renée R. Donahue, William M. Bailey, & Bradley K. Taylor. (2019). Sexual Dimorphism of Pain Control: Analgesic Effects of Pioglitazone and Azithromycin in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 36(15). 2372–2376. 31 indexed citations

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Haydar, Dalia, Lakshman Chelvarajan, Himi Tripathi, et al.. (2018). Azithromycin therapy reduces cardiac inflammation and mitigates adverse cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction: Potential therapeutic targets in ischemic heart disease. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0200474–e0200474. 37 indexed citations

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Simkin, Jennifer, Thomas R. Gawriluk, John C. Gensel, & Ashley W. Seifert. (2017). Macrophages are necessary for epimorphic regeneration in African spiny mice. eLife. 6. 146 indexed citations

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Lerch, Jessica K., Jessica K. Alexander, Kathryn M. Madalena, et al.. (2017). Stress Increases Peripheral Axon Growth and Regeneration through Glucocorticoid Receptor-Dependent Transcriptional Programs. eNeuro. 4(4). ENEURO.0246–17.2017. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bei, et al.. (2016). Age increases reactive oxygen species production in macrophages and potentiates oxidative damage after spinal cord injury. Neurobiology of Aging. 47. 157–167. 76 indexed citations

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Ye, Shaojing, Zhengshi Yang, Jennifer Simkin, et al.. (2016). Cardiac Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer MR Imaging Tracking of Cell Survival or Rejection in Mouse Models of Cell Therapy. Radiology. 282(1). 131–138. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bei, William M. Bailey, Timothy J. Kopper, et al.. (2015). Azithromycin drives alternative macrophage activation and improves recovery and tissue sparing in contusion spinal cord injury. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 12(1). 218–218. 79 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bei, et al.. (2015). Age decreases macrophage IL-10 expression: Implications for functional recovery and tissue repair in spinal cord injury. Experimental Neurology. 273. 83–91. 101 indexed citations

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Gensel, John C., et al.. (2014). Is neuroinflammation in the injured spinal cord different than in the brain? Examining intrinsic differences between the brain and spinal cord. Experimental Neurology. 258. 112–120. 63 indexed citations

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Kigerl, Kristina A., John C. Gensel, Daniel P. Ankeny, et al.. (2009). Identification of Two Distinct Macrophage Subsets with Divergent Effects Causing either Neurotoxicity or Regeneration in the Injured Mouse Spinal Cord. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(43). 13435–13444. 1751 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gensel, John C., et al.. (2009). Macrophages Promote Axon Regeneration with Concurrent Neurotoxicity. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(12). 3956–3968. 186 indexed citations

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Gensel, John C., et al.. (2008). Does Chronic Remyelination Occur for All Spared Axons after Spinal Cord Injury in Mouse?. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(34). 8385–8386. 3 indexed citations

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