Markus Morawski

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Markus Morawski is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Morawski has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Cell Biology and 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Markus Morawski's work include Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (34 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (17 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (16 papers). Markus Morawski is often cited by papers focused on Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (34 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (17 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (16 papers). Markus Morawski collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Hungary. Markus Morawski's co-authors include Thomas Arendt, Gert Brückner, Carsten Jäger, Russell T. Matthews, Martina K. Brückner, Anne Suttkus, Gudrun Seeger, T. Reinert, Katja Reimann and Stefan Geyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Markus Morawski

105 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Myelin and iron concentration in the human brain: A quantitative study of MRI contrast

2014 457 citations Markus Morawski, Katja Reimann et al. NeuroImage profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Morawski Germany	35	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	778	586	108	4.1k
Robby M. Weimer United States	37	2.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	681 0.9×	262 0.4×	61	4.7k
Jens Grosche Germany	41	3.2k 2.2×	1.2k 0.9×	2.9k 2.5×	521 0.7×	643 1.1×	99	7.1k
Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng United States	31	1.9k 1.3×	809 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	440 0.6×	204 0.3×	77	3.7k
Concepción Lillo United States	30	2.9k 1.9×	952 0.7×	972 0.8×	940 1.2×	175 0.3×	72	4.5k
Moritz J. Rossner Germany	39	2.9k 2.0×	626 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	617 0.8×	202 0.3×	115	6.1k
Beth Friedman United States	31	1.5k 1.0×	396 0.3×	969 0.8×	355 0.5×	559 1.0×	56	4.2k
Sang H. Lee United States	33	2.6k 1.7×	667 0.5×	2.2k 1.9×	323 0.4×	185 0.3×	62	4.7k
Tomoaki Shirao Japan	45	2.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	2.7k 2.3×	1.1k 1.4×	113 0.2×	135	5.4k
Annie Andrieux France	39	2.7k 1.8×	2.2k 1.7×	1.0k 0.9×	425 0.5×	210 0.4×	108	4.9k
Anthony Frankfurter United States	38	3.1k 2.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.9k 1.7×	1.0k 1.3×	170 0.3×	65	6.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Morawski

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Pampel, André, et al.. (2025). An unconstrained four pool model analysis of proton relaxation and magnetization transfer in ex vivo white matter. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 4354–4354. 1 indexed citations

Müller, G.A., et al.. (2025). Hemispheric Asymmetry of Intracortical Myelin Orientation in the Mouse Auditory Cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience. 61(2). e16675–e16675. 2 indexed citations

Kirilina, Evgeniya, Denis Chaimow, Christian Schneider, et al.. (2025). Short association fibres form topographic sheets in the human V1–V2 processing stream. Imaging Neuroscience. 3. 1 indexed citations

Eichner, Cornelius, Michael Paquette, Christa Müller-Axt, et al.. (2024). Detailed mapping of the complex fiber structure and white matter pathways of the chimpanzee brain. Nature Methods. 21(6). 1122–1130. 10 indexed citations

Grunwald, Martin, Jens Stieler, Max Holzer, et al.. (2024). Number of Facial Hair Corresponds to Frequency of Spontaneous Face‐Touch in Humans. Advanced Biology. 9(2). e2400243–e2400243. 1 indexed citations

Kirilina, Evgeniya, Anneke Alkemade, Pierre‐Louis Bazin, et al.. (2022). Swallow Tail Sign: Revisited. Radiology. 305(3). 674–677. 13 indexed citations

Müller-Axt, Christa, Cornelius Eichner, Louise Kauffmann, et al.. (2021). Mapping the human lateral geniculate nucleus and its cytoarchitectonic subdivisions using quantitative MRI. NeuroImage. 244. 118559–118559. 11 indexed citations

Lachmann, Ingolf, et al.. (2020). Aggrecan modulates the expression and phosphorylation of tau in a novel bigenic TauP301L ‐ Acan mouse model. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(12). 3889–3904. 7 indexed citations

Papazoglou, Sebastian, Kerrin Pine, Luke Edwards, et al.. (2019). Biophysically motivated efficient estimation of the spatially isotropic component from a single gradient‐recalled echo measurement. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 82(5). 1804–1811. 4 indexed citations

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Morawski, Markus, et al.. (2019). The protein tyrosine phosphatase RPTPζ/phosphacan is critical for perineuronal net structure. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(4). 955–968. 18 indexed citations

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Oppermann, Henry, et al.. (2018). Carnosine selectively inhibits migration of IDH-wildtype glioblastoma cells in a co-culture model with fibroblasts. Cancer Cell International. 18(1). 111–111. 14 indexed citations

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Morawski, Markus, Evgeniya Kirilina, Nico Scherf, et al.. (2017). Developing 3D microscopy with CLARITY on human brain tissue: Towards a tool for informing and validating MRI-based histology. NeuroImage. 182. 417–428. 66 indexed citations

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Höfling, Corinna, Natalia Kulesskaya, Külli Jaako, et al.. (2016). Deficiency of prolyl oligopeptidase in mice disturbs synaptic plasticity and reduces anxiety-like behaviour, body weight, and brain volume. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 26(6). 1048–1061. 29 indexed citations

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Morawski, Markus, T. Reinert, Wolfram Meyer‐Klaucke, et al.. (2015). Ion exchanger in the brain: Quantitative analysis of perineuronally fixed anionic binding sites suggests diffusion barriers with ion sorting properties. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16471–16471. 86 indexed citations

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Sonntag, Mandy, et al.. (2015). Perineuronal nets in the auditory system. Hearing Research. 329. 21–32. 40 indexed citations

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Morawski, Markus, et al.. (2011). Involvement of Perineuronal and Perisynaptic Extracellular Matrix in Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology. Brain Pathology. 22(4). 547–561. 134 indexed citations

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Morawski, Markus, T. Reinert, Wolfram Meyer‐Klaucke, et al.. (2009). Aggrecan-based extracellular matrix provides cationic binding. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 1 indexed citations

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Morawski, Markus, Gert Brückner, Carsten Jäger, et al.. (2009). Aggrecan-based extracellular matrix shows unique cortical features and conserved subcortical principles of mammalian brain organization in the Madagascan lesser hedgehog tenrec (Echinops telfairi Martin, 1838). Neuroscience. 165(3). 831–849. 25 indexed citations

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Morawski, Markus, Sanja Pavlica, Gudrun Seeger, et al.. (2008). Perineuronal nets are largely unaffected in Alzheimer model Tg2576 mice. Neurobiology of Aging. 31(7). 1254–1256. 42 indexed citations

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Brückner, Gert, Markus Morawski, & Thomas Arendt. (2007). Aggrecan-based extracellular matrix is an integral part of the human basal ganglia circuit. Neuroscience. 151(2). 489–504. 83 indexed citations

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