Matthis Synofzik

22.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
267 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Matthis Synofzik is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthis Synofzik has authored 267 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 110 papers in Molecular Biology and 100 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Matthis Synofzik's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (110 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (74 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (45 papers). Matthis Synofzik is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (110 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (74 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (45 papers). Matthis Synofzik collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Matthis Synofzik's co-authors include Gottfried Vosgerau, Lüdger Schöls, Albert Newen, Axel Lindner, Winfried Ilg, Rebecca Schüle, Peter Thier, Martin A. Giese, Walter Maetzler and Thomas E. Schläepfer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Matthis Synofzik

259 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

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Author						Papers	Cites
Matthis Synofzik	2.5k	2.4k	2.0k	1.9k	1.2k	267	7.6k
Gorazd Rosoklija	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	885 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	82	6.9k
Frank A. Middleton	2.6k 1.1×	3.5k 1.5×	1.9k 1.0×	3.9k 2.0×	2.0k 1.6×	156	12.2k
Mario Manto	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	2.7k 2.2×	204	8.2k
Fortunato Battaglia	3.2k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	733 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	2.5k 2.0×	96	9.0k
Peg Nopoulos	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	3.8k 1.9×	557 0.5×	216	11.1k
Adrian Danek	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	214	6.6k
John H. Xuereb	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	996 0.8×	96	6.9k
Golo Kronenberg	3.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	471 0.2×	989 0.5×	2.4k 1.9×	133	9.2k
Peter A. Silburn	1.5k 0.6×	968 0.4×	3.9k 2.0×	1.3k 0.6×	749 0.6×	204	7.0k
Nellie Georgiou‐Karistianis	2.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	728 0.6×	233	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthis Synofzik

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Deuschle, Christian, Luis Concha‐Marambio, A. Bernhardt, et al.. (2025). High Agreement Across Laboratories Between Different Alpha‐Synuclein Seed Amplification Protocols. European Journal of Neurology. 32(4). e70165–e70165. 4 indexed citations

Fogel, Brent L., Thomas Klopstock, David R. Lynch, et al.. (2025). Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxias: Translating Genes to Therapies. Annals of Neurology. 98(3). 448–470. 1 indexed citations

Potashman, Michele, Evan Popoff, Lauren Powell, et al.. (2025). Measurement Properties of the Friedreich Ataxia Rating Scale in Patients with Spinocerebellar Ataxia. Neurology and Therapy. 14(2). 527–545.

Lauffer, Marlen C., Kimberly Amburgey, Danique Beijer, et al.. (2025). Screening rare genetic diagnoses for amenability to bespoke antisense oligonucleotide therapy development: A retrospective cohort study. Genetics in Medicine. 28(1). 101597–101597.

Gablentz, Janina von der, Dagmar Timmann, Christos Ganos, et al.. (2024). Postural control in episodic ataxia type 2: no evidence for increased vestibular excitability. European Journal of Neurology. 32(1). e16520–e16520. 1 indexed citations

Hooker, Andrew C., et al.. (2024). Item performance of the scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia in rare and ultra‐rare genetic ataxias. CPT Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology. 13(8). 1327–1340. 4 indexed citations

Ugga, Lorenzo, Mirco Cosottini, Ivana Ricca, et al.. (2024). MRI‐ARSACS: An Imaging Index for Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix‐Saguenay (ARSACS) Identification Based on the Multicenter PROSPAX Study. Movement Disorders. 39(8). 1343–1351. 2 indexed citations

Synofzik, Matthis, et al.. (2024). Advancing ASO therapies from development to implementation. Nature Medicine. 30(10). 2725–2726. 3 indexed citations

Grobe‐Einsler, Marcus, et al.. (2023). SARAspeech—Feasibility of automated assessment of ataxic speech disturbance. npj Digital Medicine. 6(1). 43–43. 6 indexed citations

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Kern, Jan Marco, Judith Böhringer, Dagmar Timmann, et al.. (2023). Clinical, Imaging, Genetic, and Disease Course Characteristics in Patients With GM2 Gangliosidosis. Neurology. 102(1). e207898–e207898. 2 indexed citations

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Aartsma‐Rus, Annemieke, Willeke van Roon‐Mom, Marlen C. Lauffer, et al.. (2023). Development of tailored splice-switching oligonucleotides for progressive brain disorders in Europe: development, regulation, and implementation considerations. RNA. 29(4). 446–454. 17 indexed citations

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Mengel, David, et al.. (2023). Blood levels of neurofilament light are associated with disease progression in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 16(9). 3 indexed citations

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Hahn, Lisa, Simon B. Eickhoff, Karsten Mueller, et al.. (2023). Resting-state alterations in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia are related to the distribution of monoamine and GABA neurotransmitter systems. eLife. 13. 4 indexed citations

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Keßler, Christoph, Lina María Serna-Higuita, Carlo Wilke, et al.. (2022). Characteristics of serum neurofilament light chain as a biomarker in hereditary spastic paraplegia type 4. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 9(3). 326–338. 6 indexed citations

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Synofzik, Matthis, Willeke van Roon‐Mom, Georg Marckmann, et al.. (2021). Preparing n-of-1 Antisense Oligonucleotide Treatments for Rare Neurological Diseases in Europe: Genetic, Regulatory, and Ethical Perspectives. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 32(2). 83–94. 52 indexed citations

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Ilg, Winfried, Martin A. Giese, Andreas Traschütz, et al.. (2020). Real-life gait assessment in degenerative cerebellar ataxia. Neurology. 95(9). e1199–e1210. 59 indexed citations

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Ballarini, Tommaso, Franziska Albrecht, Karsten Mueller, et al.. (2019). Disentangling brain functional network remodeling in corticobasal syndrome – A multimodal MRI study. NeuroImage Clinical. 25. 102112–102112. 11 indexed citations

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Klenk, Jochen, Karin Srulijes, Cornelia Schatton, et al.. (2016). Ambulatory Activity Components Deteriorate Differently across Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Sensor-Based Study. Neurodegenerative Diseases. 16(5-6). 317–323. 10 indexed citations

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Klenk, Jochen, Lars Schwickert, Luca Palmerini, et al.. (2016). The FARSEEING real-world fall repository: a large-scale collaborative database to collect and share sensor signals from real-world falls. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity. 13(1). 8–8. 66 indexed citations

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Schicks, Julia, Jennifer Müller vom Hagen, Peter Bauer, et al.. (2013). Niemann-Pick type C is frequent in adult ataxia with cognitive decline and vertical gaze palsy. Neurology. 80(12). 1169–1170. 24 indexed citations

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