Marc Freeman

13.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Marc Freeman is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Freeman has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Marc Freeman's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (27 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (18 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (14 papers). Marc Freeman is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (27 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (18 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (14 papers). Marc Freeman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Marc Freeman's co-authors include Amy E. Sheehan, Johnna Doherty, Junhyong Kim, John R. Carlson, Michael P. Coleman, Tobias Stork, Coral G. Warr, Derek Lessing, Peter J. Clyne and Ozge E. Tasdemir-Yilmaz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Marc Freeman

97 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Novel Family of Divergent Seven-Transmembrane Proteins

1999 880 citations Marc Freeman, Junhyong Kim et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marc Freeman United States	49	4.2k	2.6k	1.3k	1.3k	956	100	7.7k
Randall R. Reed United States	59	5.0k 1.2×	7.2k 2.8×	560 0.4×	250 0.2×	599 0.6×	112	13.2k
Scott W. Rogers United States	33	2.8k 0.7×	6.9k 2.7×	734 0.6×	692 0.6×	195 0.2×	84	9.6k
Takashi Nishimura Japan	33	1.8k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	373 0.3×	277 0.2×	431 0.5×	104	4.7k
Yun Li China	45	1.2k 0.3×	4.4k 1.7×	748 0.6×	661 0.5×	947 1.0×	177	7.6k
Gabriel Corfas United States	58	4.1k 1.0×	4.3k 1.7×	414 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	2.1k 2.2×	109	11.0k
Paul M. Salvaterra United States	38	3.6k 0.9×	3.5k 1.4×	313 0.2×	306 0.2×	339 0.4×	72	6.5k
John Drago Australia	47	4.0k 1.0×	5.9k 2.3×	865 0.7×	296 0.2×	772 0.8×	109	10.2k
Thomas L. Schwarz United States	63	6.9k 1.7×	12.2k 4.7×	629 0.5×	631 0.5×	502 0.5×	120	17.1k
Nancy M. Bonini United States	57	5.8k 1.4×	9.3k 3.6×	455 0.4×	968 0.8×	168 0.2×	124	14.0k
Marten P. Smidt Netherlands	42	3.5k 0.8×	4.4k 1.7×	385 0.3×	234 0.2×	844 0.9×	118	7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Marc Freeman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marc Freeman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Freeman

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Freeman, Marc, et al.. (2025). Structural basis of lipid transfer by a bridge-like lipid-transfer protein. Nature. 642(8066). 242–249. 7 indexed citations

Guttenplan, Kevin A., et al.. (2025). GPCR signaling gates astrocyte responsiveness to neurotransmitters and control of neuronal activity. Science. 388(6748). 763–768. 8 indexed citations

Abalde-Atristain, Leire, et al.. (2024). Astrocyte-dependent local neurite pruning in Beat-Va neurons. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(1).

Yip, Steven, Michael Kolinsky, Kosuke Takemura, et al.. (2023). 1799P Real-world (RW) treatment (tx) patterns of metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa) with enhanced access to homologous recombination repair (HRR) genomic testing and poly ADP ribose polymerase inhibitor (PARPi). Annals of Oncology. 34. S972–S972. 1 indexed citations

Sheehan, Amy E., et al.. (2022). Discoidin domain receptor regulates ensheathment, survival and caliber of peripheral axons. Development. 149(23). 10 indexed citations

Jay, Taylor R., et al.. (2021). An ELISA-based method for rapid genetic screens in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(43). 1 indexed citations

Bis‐Brewer, Dana M., Amy E. Sheehan, Daniel C. Maddison, et al.. (2021). TSG101 negatively regulates mitochondrial biogenesis in axons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(20). 18 indexed citations

Peters, Owen M., Alexandra Weiss, Jake Metterville, et al.. (2021). Genetic diversity of axon degenerative mechanisms in models of Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 155. 105368–105368. 20 indexed citations

Ackerman, Sarah D., et al.. (2021). Astrocytes close a motor circuit critical period. Nature. 592(7854). 414–420. 51 indexed citations

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Kant, Shashi, Siobhan M. Craige, Kai Chen, et al.. (2019). Neural JNK3 regulates blood flow recovery after hindlimb ischemia in mice via an Egr1/Creb1 axis. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4223–4223. 26 indexed citations

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He, Jiang, Ruobo Zhou, Zhuhao Wu, et al.. (2016). Prevalent presence of periodic actin–spectrin-based membrane skeleton in a broad range of neuronal cell types and animal species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(21). 6029–6034. 121 indexed citations

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Barres, Ben A., et al.. (2015). Glia : a subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 1 indexed citations

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Stork, Tobias, Amy E. Sheehan, Ozge E. Tasdemir-Yilmaz, & Marc Freeman. (2014). Neuron-Glia Interactions through the Heartless FGF Receptor Signaling Pathway Mediate Morphogenesis of Drosophila Astrocytes. Neuron. 83(2). 388–403. 169 indexed citations

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Kim, Jayoung, Dolores Di Vizio, Taek‐Kyun Kim, et al.. (2012). Correction: The Response of the Prostate to Circulating Cholesterol: Activating Transcription Factor 3 (ATF3) as a Prominent Node in a Cholesterol-Sensing Network. PLoS ONE. 7(8). 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bing, Marc Freeman, & Scott Waddell. (2010). Drosophila neurobiology : a laboratory manual. 41 indexed citations

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Emery, Patrick & Marc Freeman. (2007). Glia Got Rhythm. Neuron. 55(3). 337–339. 4 indexed citations

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Freeman, Marc. (2007). A Look Inside. PubMed. 3(1). 1–3. 44 indexed citations

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Dimitrakov, Jordan D., Steven A. Kaplan, Kurt Kroenke, Jeffrey L. Jackson, & Marc Freeman. (2006). Management of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: An evidence-based approach. Urology. 67(5). 881–888. 27 indexed citations

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Freeman, Marc, Jeffrey J. Delrow, Junhyong Kim, Eric A. Johnson, & Chris Q. Doe. (2003). Unwrapping Glial Biology. Neuron. 38(4). 567–580. 307 indexed citations

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Freeman, Marc. (1969). Uniform Approximation on a Real-Analytic Manifold. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 143. 545–545. 1 indexed citations

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