Jörg Ruschel

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Jörg Ruschel is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörg Ruschel has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 2 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Jörg Ruschel's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (4 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (2 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (2 papers). Jörg Ruschel is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (4 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (2 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (2 papers). Jörg Ruschel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Jörg Ruschel's co-authors include Frank Bradke, Farida Hellal, Kevin C. Flynn, John L. Bixby, Andrés Hurtado, Casper C. Hoogenraad, Lukas C. Kapitein, Vance Lemmon, Armin Blesch and David A. Elliott and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Jörg Ruschel

6 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Microtubule Stabilization Reduces Scarring and Causes Axo... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2015 100 200 300 400
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. Microtubule Stabilization Reduces Scarring and Causes Axon Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury
    2011 471 citations Farida Hellal, Andrés Hurtado et al. Science profile →
  2. Systemic administration of epothilone B promotes axon regeneration after spinal cord injury
    2015 343 citations Jörg Ruschel, Farida Hellal et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jörg Ruschel Germany 6 643 340 272 267 176 6 1.0k
Richard Fairless Germany 23 597 0.9× 315 0.9× 518 1.9× 297 1.1× 138 0.8× 39 1.4k
Marc A. DePaul United States 8 697 1.1× 353 1.0× 270 1.0× 468 1.8× 142 0.8× 11 1.2k
Radhika Puttagunta Germany 18 609 0.9× 313 0.9× 535 2.0× 231 0.9× 68 0.4× 24 1.1k
Katalin Bartus United Kingdom 13 488 0.8× 191 0.6× 243 0.9× 380 1.4× 132 0.8× 16 914
Nozomu Yoshioka Japan 14 428 0.7× 172 0.5× 327 1.2× 116 0.4× 203 1.2× 27 852
Craig J. Serpe United States 13 528 0.8× 249 0.7× 226 0.8× 100 0.4× 165 0.9× 17 1.0k
Yevgeniya A. Mironova United States 14 549 0.9× 350 1.0× 378 1.4× 140 0.5× 240 1.4× 17 1.1k
Stephanie Redmond United States 9 542 0.8× 891 2.6× 515 1.9× 193 0.7× 157 0.9× 11 1.5k
Sonia R. Mayoral United States 13 379 0.6× 693 2.0× 390 1.4× 203 0.8× 97 0.6× 14 1.3k
Rüdiger Schweigreiter Austria 16 858 1.3× 434 1.3× 523 1.9× 81 0.3× 128 0.7× 25 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Jörg Ruschel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jörg Ruschel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jörg Ruschel

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Ruschel, Jörg & Frank Bradke. (2017). Systemic administration of epothilone D improves functional recovery of walking after rat spinal cord contusion injury. Experimental Neurology. 306. 243–249. 46 indexed citations
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Ruschel, Jörg, Farida Hellal, Kevin C. Flynn, et al.. (2015). Systemic administration of epothilone B promotes axon regeneration after spinal cord injury. Science. 348(6232). 347–352. 343 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hellal, Farida, Andrés Hurtado, Jörg Ruschel, et al.. (2011). Microtubule Stabilization Reduces Scarring and Causes Axon Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury. Science. 331(6019). 928–931. 471 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fenzl, Thomas, Chadi Touma, Jörg Ruschel, et al.. (2011). Sleep disturbances in highly stress reactive mice: Modeling endophenotypes of major depression. BMC Neuroscience. 12(1). 29–29. 44 indexed citations
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Langwieser, N., Jörg Ruschel, A. Klug, et al.. (2010). Electrical Activity Suppresses Axon Growth through Cav1.2 Channels in Adult Primary Sensory Neurons. Current Biology. 20(13). 1154–1164. 74 indexed citations
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Touma, Chadi, Thomas Fenzl, Jörg Ruschel, et al.. (2009). Rhythmicity in Mice Selected for Extremes in Stress Reactivity: Behavioural, Endocrine and Sleep Changes Resembling Endophenotypes of Major Depression. PLoS ONE. 4(1). e4325–e4325. 61 indexed citations

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