Max Koppers

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Max Koppers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Koppers has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Neurology and 9 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Max Koppers's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (10 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (8 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers). Max Koppers is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (10 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (8 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (6 papers). Max Koppers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Max Koppers's co-authors include R. Jeroen Pasterkamp, Anna M. Blokhuis, Ewout J. N. Groen, Leonard H. van den Berg, Christine E. Holt, Jean-Michel Cioni, Jan H. Veldink, Julie Qiaojin Lin, Toshiaki Shigeoka and William A. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Max Koppers

22 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Protein aggregation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2013 434 citations Anna M. Blokhuis, Ewout J. N. Groen et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →
Late Endosomes Act as mRNA Translation Platforms and Sustain Mitochondria in Axons

2019 294 citations Jean-Michel Cioni, Julie Qiaojin Lin et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Max Koppers Netherlands	15	1.0k	921	612	332	293	23	1.8k
Asako Otomo Japan	20	822 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	639 1.0×	352 1.1×	388 1.3×	44	1.9k
Dairín Kieran United Kingdom	11	906 0.9×	986 1.1×	558 0.9×	331 1.0×	255 0.9×	13	1.8k
Shinji Hadano Japan	24	788 0.8×	792 0.9×	432 0.7×	260 0.8×	254 0.9×	63	1.6k
Elisa Onesto Italy	17	819 0.8×	715 0.8×	411 0.7×	337 1.0×	208 0.7×	18	1.3k
Yubing Lu United States	14	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	687 1.1×	367 1.1×	126 0.4×	29	1.8k
Chantelle F. Sephton Canada	16	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	709 1.2×	209 0.6×	119 0.4×	28	1.9k
Emma L. Clayton United Kingdom	16	1.1k 1.0×	688 0.7×	384 0.6×	515 1.6×	646 2.2×	22	1.7k
Alexander Hruscha Germany	9	1.0k 1.0×	752 0.8×	482 0.8×	170 0.5×	237 0.8×	12	1.6k
Brian D. Freibaum United States	15	1.9k 1.9×	1.7k 1.8×	1.0k 1.7×	444 1.3×	255 0.9×	20	2.9k
Daniel A. Mordes United States	20	1.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	401 0.7×	355 1.1×	241 0.8×	37	2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Koppers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Max Koppers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Max Koppers 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 Max Koppers. Max Koppers 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

Koppers, Max, et al.. (2025). Chimeric antigen receptor-macrophages: Emerging next-generation cell therapy for brain cancer. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 7(1). vdaf059–vdaf059. 2 indexed citations

Bauer, Vance K. & Max Koppers. (2025). Multi-organelle-mediated mRNA localization in neurons and links to disease. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 92. 102332–102332.

Koppers, Max, Janine McCaughey, Riccardo Stucchi, et al.. (2024). Axonal endoplasmic reticulum tubules control local translation via P180/RRBP1-mediated ribosome interactions. Developmental Cell. 59(16). 2053–2068.e9. 10 indexed citations

Koppers, Max, et al.. (2024). Endoplasmic reticulum – condensate interactions in protein synthesis and secretion. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 88. 102357–102357. 4 indexed citations

Koppers, Max, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal proteomics reveals the biosynthetic lysosomal membrane protein interactome in neurons. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10829–10829. 6 indexed citations

Koppers, Max & Ginny G. Farı́as. (2021). Organelle distribution in neurons: Logistics behind polarized transport. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 71. 46–54. 21 indexed citations

Koppers, Max, Nalan Liv, Judith Klumperman, et al.. (2021). ER – lysosome contacts at a pre-axonal region regulate axonal lysosome availability. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4493–4493. 38 indexed citations

Koppers, Max, et al.. (2020). Complex Interactions Between Membrane-Bound Organelles, Biomolecular Condensates and the Cytoskeleton. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 8. 618733–618733. 32 indexed citations

Koppers, Max, Roberta Cagnetta, Toshiaki Shigeoka, et al.. (2019). Receptor-specific interactome as a hub for rapid cue-induced selective translation in axons. eLife. 8. 46 indexed citations

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Shigeoka, Toshiaki, Max Koppers, Hovy Ho‐Wai Wong, et al.. (2019). On-Site Ribosome Remodeling by Locally Synthesized Ribosomal Proteins in Axons. Cell Reports. 29(11). 3605–3619.e10. 114 indexed citations

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Cioni, Jean-Michel, Julie Qiaojin Lin, Anne Holtermann, et al.. (2019). Late Endosomes Act as mRNA Translation Platforms and Sustain Mitochondria in Axons. Cell. 176(1-2). 56–72.e15. 294 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cioni, Jean-Michel, Max Koppers, & Christine E. Holt. (2018). Molecular control of local translation in axon development and maintenance. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 51. 86–94. 88 indexed citations

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Blokhuis, Anna M., Max Koppers, Ewout J. N. Groen, et al.. (2016). Comparative interactomics analysis of different ALS-associated proteins identifies converging molecular pathways. Acta Neuropathologica. 132(2). 175–196. 103 indexed citations

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Groen, Ewout J. N., Katsumi Fumoto, Anna M. Blokhuis, et al.. (2013). ALS-associated mutations in FUS disrupt the axonal distribution and function of SMN. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(18). 3690–3704. 113 indexed citations

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Blokhuis, Anna M., Ewout J. N. Groen, Max Koppers, Leonard H. van den Berg, & R. Jeroen Pasterkamp. (2013). Protein aggregation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Acta Neuropathologica. 125(6). 777–794. 434 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blitterswijk, Marka van, Michael A. van Es, Max Koppers, et al.. (2012). VAPB and C9orf72 mutations in 1 familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient. Neurobiology of Aging. 33(12). 2950.e1–2950.e4. 67 indexed citations

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Koppers, Max, Ewout J. N. Groen, Paul W.J. van Vught, et al.. (2012). Screening for rare variants in the coding region of ALS-associated genes at 9p21.2 and 19p13.3. Neurobiology of Aging. 34(5). 1518.e5–1518.e7. 14 indexed citations

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Groen, Ewout J. N., Wouter van Rheenen, Max Koppers, et al.. (2012). CGG-repeat expansion in FMR1 is not associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Aging. 33(8). 1852.e1–1852.e3. 6 indexed citations

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Koppers, Max, Marka van Blitterswijk, Lotte Vlam, et al.. (2011). VCP mutations in familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Aging. 33(4). 837.e7–837.e13. 108 indexed citations

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Diekstra, Frank P., Paul W.J. van Vught, Wouter van Rheenen, et al.. (2011). UNC13A is a modifier of survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Aging. 33(3). 630.e3–630.e8. 84 indexed citations

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