Matthijs Verhage

23.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
190 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Matthijs Verhage is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthijs Verhage has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Molecular Biology, 127 papers in Cell Biology and 92 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Matthijs Verhage's work include Cellular transport and secretion (118 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (73 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (71 papers). Matthijs Verhage is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (118 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (73 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (71 papers). Matthijs Verhage collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Matthijs Verhage's co-authors include Ruud F. Toonen, Jakob B. Sørensen, Heidi de Wit, Thomas C. Südhof, Wim E. J. M. Ghijsen, Sophie van der Sluis, Arjen B. Brussaard, L. Niels Cornelisse, Conor V. Dolan and Emmeke Aarts and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Matthijs Verhage

187 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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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.

Synaptic Assembly of the Brain in the Absence of Neurotransmitter Secretion

2000 1.0k citations Matthijs Verhage, Ruud F. Toonen et al. Science profile →
A solution to dependency: using multilevel analysis to accommodate nested data

2014 428 citations Matthijs Verhage et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthijs Verhage Netherlands	53	6.0k	5.1k	4.0k	1.2k	951	190	9.8k
Yukiko Goda Japan	43	5.0k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	5.3k 1.3×	940 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	98	9.0k
Flavia Valtorta Italy	58	5.9k 1.0×	4.1k 0.8×	5.2k 1.3×	1000 0.9×	767 0.8×	155	9.7k
Zhiping P. Pang United States	42	6.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.4×	3.3k 0.8×	937 0.8×	603 0.6×	135	9.2k
Michela Matteoli Italy	66	7.0k 1.2×	3.1k 0.6×	5.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.6×	880 0.9×	185	14.5k
Ege T. Kavalali United States	60	7.2k 1.2×	3.7k 0.7×	7.7k 1.9×	1.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.9×	156	13.9k
Nicole Calakos United States	28	3.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	693 0.6×	891 0.9×	49	5.5k
Wen‐Cheng Xiong United States	72	9.7k 1.6×	3.1k 0.6×	5.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	584 0.6×	241	15.9k
Christian Rosenmund Germany	72	13.9k 2.3×	8.5k 1.7×	10.9k 2.7×	1.6k 1.3×	2.7k 2.8×	147	19.9k
J. Troy Littleton United States	46	4.9k 0.8×	3.9k 0.8×	4.2k 1.0×	628 0.5×	255 0.3×	120	7.4k
Miriam H. Meisler United States	65	8.9k 1.5×	1.7k 0.3×	5.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	649 0.7×	248	14.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthijs Verhage

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bruining, Hilgo, et al.. (2025). ‘You constantly have to be switched on’: A qualitative interview study of parents of children with STXBP1-related disorders in the Netherlands. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 20(1). 89–89.

Toonen, Ruud F., et al.. (2024). Reduced synaptic depression in human neurons carrying homozygous disease-causing STXBP1 variant L446F. Human Molecular Genetics. 33(11). 991–1000. 3 indexed citations

Barbagallo, Paola, et al.. (2023). Microcircuit failure in STXBP1 encephalopathy leads to hyperexcitability. Cell Reports Medicine. 4(12). 101308–101308. 5 indexed citations

Toonen, Ruud F., et al.. (2023). Mapping localization of 21 endogenous proteins in the Golgi apparatus of rodent neurons. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2871–2871. 5 indexed citations

Limone, Francesco, Irune Guerra San Juan, Jana M. Mitchell, et al.. (2023). Efficient generation of lower induced motor neurons by coupling Ngn2 expression with developmental cues. Cell Reports. 42(1). 111896–111896. 17 indexed citations

Nölle, Anna, Margherita Farina, Truus E. M. Abbink, et al.. (2022). Neuron‐specific translational control shift ensures proteostatic resilience during ER stress. The EMBO Journal. 41(16). e110501–e110501. 17 indexed citations

Miyazaki, Taisuke, Megumi Morimoto‐Tomita, Yoav Noam, et al.. (2021). Excitatory and inhibitory receptors utilize distinct post- and trans-synaptic mechanisms in vivo. eLife. 10. 10 indexed citations

Koopmans, Frank, Ning Chen, Ka Wan Li, et al.. (2019). SALM 1 controls synapse development by promoting F‐actin/PIP2‐dependent Neurexin clustering. The EMBO Journal. 38(17). e101289–e101289. 31 indexed citations

Emperador-Melero, Javier, et al.. (2018). Vti1a/b regulate synaptic vesicle and dense core vesicle secretion via protein sorting at the Golgi. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3421–3421. 42 indexed citations

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Gonzalez‐Lozano, Miguel A., Sven Stringer, Kyoko Watanabe, et al.. (2018). MIR137 schizophrenia-associated locus controls synaptic function by regulating synaptogenesis, synapse maturation and synaptic transmission. Human Molecular Genetics. 27(11). 1879–1891. 53 indexed citations

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Knabbe, Johannes, et al.. (2018). Secretory vesicle trafficking in awake and anaesthetized mice: differential speeds in axons versus synapses. The Journal of Physiology. 596(16). 3759–3773. 17 indexed citations

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Moro, Alessandro, Margherita Farina, Jurjen H. Broeke, et al.. (2018). Pool size estimations for dense‐core vesicles in mammalian CNS neurons. The EMBO Journal. 37(20). 49 indexed citations

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Meijer, Marieke, Hanna C. A. Lammertse, Chrysanthi Blithikioti, et al.. (2017). Tyrosine phosphorylation of Munc18‐1 inhibits synaptic transmission by preventing SNARE assembly. The EMBO Journal. 37(2). 300–320. 27 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Sabine, Christian Kortleven, Tim Kroon, et al.. (2016). Presynaptic inhibition upon CB 1 or mG lu2/3 receptor activation requires ERK / MAPK phosphorylation of Munc18‐1. The EMBO Journal. 35(11). 1236–1250. 33 indexed citations

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Walter, Alexander M., Heidi de Wit, Trine L. Toft‐Bertelsen, et al.. (2014). The SNARE protein vti1a functions in dense‐core vesicle biogenesis. The EMBO Journal. 33(15). 1681–1697. 33 indexed citations

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Nair, Ramya, Sangyong Jung, Nancy E. Cooke, et al.. (2012). Neurobeachin regulates neurotransmitter receptor trafficking to synapses. The Journal of Cell Biology. 200(1). 61–80. 64 indexed citations

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Groffen, Alexander J., Sascha Martens, L. Niels Cornelisse, et al.. (2010). Doc2b Is a High-Affinity Ca ²⁺ Sensor for Spontaneous Neurotransmitter Release. Science. 327(5973). 1614–1618. 253 indexed citations

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Mohrmann, Ralf, Heidi de Wit, Matthijs Verhage, Erwin Neher, & Jakob B. Sørensen. (2010). Fast Vesicle Fusion in Living Cells Requires at Least Three SNARE Complexes. Science. 330(6003). 502–505. 243 indexed citations

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Gerber, Stefan, Jong‐Cheol Rah, Sang-Won Min, et al.. (2008). Conformational Switch of Syntaxin-1 Controls Synaptic Vesicle Fusion. Science. 321(5895). 1507–1510. 224 indexed citations

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Toonen, Ruud F., et al.. (2005). Munc18–1 stabilizes syntaxin 1, but is not essential for syntaxin 1 targeting and SNARE complex formation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 93(6). 1393–1400. 72 indexed citations

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