Josef T. Kittler

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Josef T. Kittler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Josef T. Kittler has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 20 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Josef T. Kittler's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (59 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (17 papers). Josef T. Kittler is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (59 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (17 papers). Josef T. Kittler collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Josef T. Kittler's co-authors include Stephen J. Moss, Andrew F. MacAskill, Michael J. Devine, I. Lorena Arancibia‐Cárcamo, Trevor G. Smart, Guillermo López‐Doménech, James Muir, Jasmina N. Jovanovic, Philip Thomas and Nicol Birsa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Josef T. Kittler

102 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Miro1 Is a Calcium Sensor for Glutamate Receptor-Dependent Localization of Mitochondria at Synapses

2009 521 citations Alison E. Twelvetrees, James Muir et al. Neuron profile →
Mitochondria at the neuronal presynapse in health and disease

2018 428 citations Michael J. Devine, Josef T. Kittler profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Josef T. Kittler United Kingdom	53	5.4k	4.4k	1.4k	875	683	103	8.2k
Christian A. Hübner Germany	48	4.4k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	889 1.0×	570 0.8×	154	7.9k
Dorit Ron United States	55	4.9k 0.9×	4.8k 1.1×	873 0.6×	965 1.1×	574 0.8×	130	9.2k
Michisuke Yuzaki Japan	51	4.4k 0.8×	4.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	488 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	163	7.7k
Heng‐Ye Man United States	44	4.0k 0.7×	3.9k 0.9×	717 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	881 1.3×	107	7.7k
Jeremy M. Henley United Kingdom	58	8.5k 1.6×	8.1k 1.8×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	249	12.8k
Rüdiger W. Veh Germany	49	4.7k 0.9×	4.3k 1.0×	948 0.7×	791 0.9×	475 0.7×	156	8.0k
Lidong Liu Canada	31	3.6k 0.7×	4.4k 1.0×	687 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	915 1.3×	61	7.6k
Donald C. Lo United States	40	4.1k 0.7×	4.7k 1.1×	846 0.6×	638 0.7×	545 0.8×	103	8.7k
Craig Blackstone United States	56	7.3k 1.3×	5.8k 1.3×	2.9k 2.1×	1.5k 1.7×	1.7k 2.5×	117	12.2k
Kelsey C. Martin United States	45	5.7k 1.1×	5.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	873 1.0×	838 1.2×	79	10.3k

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Nieto‐Rostro, Manuela, et al.. (2025). Hexokinase 2 interacts with PINK1 to facilitate mitophagy in astrocytes and restrain inflammation-induced neurotoxicity. Cell Reports. 44(6). 115809–115809.

Lesept, Flavie, et al.. (2023). Physics-Based Deep Learning for Imaging Neuronal Activity via Two-Photon and Light Field Microscopy. IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging. 9. 565–580. 4 indexed citations

López‐Doménech, Guillermo, Christian Covill‐Cooke, Jigna V. Patel, et al.. (2021). Loss of neuronal Miro1 disrupts mitophagy and induces hyperactivation of the integrated stress response. The EMBO Journal. 40(14). e100715–e100715. 50 indexed citations

Covill‐Cooke, Christian, et al.. (2020). Peroxisomal fission is modulated by the mitochondrial Rho‐GTPases, Miro1 and Miro2. EMBO Reports. 21(2). e49865–e49865. 41 indexed citations

Covill‐Cooke, Christian, et al.. (2020). Regulation of peroxisomal trafficking and distribution. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78(5). 1929–1941. 18 indexed citations

Ivankovic, Davor, James Drew, Flavie Lesept, et al.. (2019). Axonal autophagosome maturation defect through failure of ATG9A sorting underpins pathology in AP-4 deficiency syndrome. Autophagy. 16(3). 391–407. 56 indexed citations

Halff, Els F., et al.. (2019). SNX27-Mediated Recycling of Neuroligin-2 Regulates Inhibitory Signaling. Cell Reports. 29(9). 2599–2607.e6. 18 indexed citations

López‐Doménech, Guillermo, Christian Covill‐Cooke, Davor Ivankovic, et al.. (2018). Miro proteins coordinate microtubule‐ and actin‐dependent mitochondrial transport and distribution. The EMBO Journal. 37(3). 321–336. 240 indexed citations

Devine, Michael J., et al.. (2016). Miro1‐dependent mitochondrial positioning drives the rescaling of presynaptic Ca ²⁺ signals during homeostatic plasticity. EMBO Reports. 18(2). 231–240. 94 indexed citations

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Norkett, Rosalind, Souvik Modi, Nicol Birsa, et al.. (2015). DISC1-dependent Regulation of Mitochondrial Dynamics Controls the Morphogenesis of Complex Neuronal Dendrites. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(2). 613–629. 86 indexed citations

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Pathania, Manav, Elizabeth C. Davenport, James Muir, et al.. (2014). The autism and schizophrenia associated gene CYFIP1 is critical for the maintenance of dendritic complexity and the stabilization of mature spines. Translational Psychiatry. 4(3). e374–e374. 142 indexed citations

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Duffney, Lara J., Jing Wei, Jia Cheng, et al.. (2013). Shank3 Deficiency Induces NMDA Receptor Hypofunction via an Actin-Dependent Mechanism. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(40). 15767–15778. 91 indexed citations

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Atkin, Talia A. & Josef T. Kittler. (2012). DISC1 and the aggresome. Autophagy. 8(5). 851–852. 11 indexed citations

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Jing, Wei, Ping Zhong, Jia Cheng, et al.. (2011). Impaired α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) Receptor Trafficking and Function by Mutant Huntingtin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(39). 33719–33728. 47 indexed citations

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Kittler, Josef T.. (2006). Censoring the Editor in Transient Forebrain Ischemia. Neuron. 49(5). 646–648. 2 indexed citations

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Kittler, Josef T., et al.. (2006). Methods for Uncovering the Mechanisms of AMPA Receptor Trafficking -- The Dynamic Synapse: Molecular Methods in Ionotropic Receptor Biology. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e106960–e106960. 1 indexed citations

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Kanematsu, Takashi, Yoshito Mizoguchi, Josef T. Kittler, et al.. (2006). Modulation of GABAA Receptor Phosphorylation and Membrane Trafficking by Phospholipase C-related Inactive Protein/Protein Phosphatase 1 and 2A Signaling Complex Underlying Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor-dependent Regulation of GABAergic Inhibition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(31). 22180–22189. 66 indexed citations

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Kittler, Josef T., et al.. (2004). Palmitoylation regulates the clustering and cell surface stability of GABAA receptors. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 26(2). 251–257. 86 indexed citations

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Bedford, Fiona K., Josef T. Kittler, Émilie Muller, et al.. (2001). GABAA receptor cell surface number and subunit stability are regulated by the ubiquitin-like protein Plic-1. Nature Neuroscience. 4(9). 908–916. 186 indexed citations

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Zhuang, Shou-yuan, Josef T. Kittler, Elena Grigorenko, et al.. (1998). Effects of long-term exposure to Δ9-THC on the expression of CB1 receptor mRNA in different rat brain regions. 3 indexed citations

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