Michael A. Hack

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Hack is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Hack has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Hack's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (3 papers). Michael A. Hack is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (3 papers). Michael A. Hack collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Michael A. Hack's co-authors include Magdalena Götz, Paolo Malatesta, Masato Nakafuku, Eva Hartfuss, Helmut Kettenmann, Wolfgang E. F. Klinkert, Frank Kirchhoff, Kerry L. Tucker, Prisca Chapouton and Nico Heins and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Nature Neuroscience and Development.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Hack

8 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Glial cells generate neurons: the role of the transcription factor Pax6

2002 613 citations Nico Heins, Paolo Malatesta et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Neuronal or Glial Progeny

2003 588 citations Paolo Malatesta, Michael A. Hack 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
Michael A. Hack Germany	8	1.6k	1.3k	806	430	336	8	2.2k
Bernard Zalc France	30	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	629 0.8×	275 0.6×	348 1.0×	58	2.2k
Kirsten Obernier United States	18	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	545 0.7×	342 0.8×	322 1.0×	20	2.1k
Kerren Murray France	18	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	685 0.8×	258 0.6×	375 1.1×	23	2.3k
Sergio Gascón Germany	18	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	276 0.6×	530 1.6×	24	2.7k
João R.L. Menezes Brazil	19	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	223 0.5×	422 1.3×	30	2.5k
Matthew Fogarty United Kingdom	5	1.2k 0.8×	836 0.6×	604 0.7×	352 0.8×	352 1.0×	5	1.7k
J Ray United States	10	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	248 0.6×	321 1.0×	12	2.9k
Françoise Jamen France	17	1.3k 0.8×	978 0.7×	899 1.1×	412 1.0×	590 1.8×	19	2.4k
Samuel Weiss Canada	5	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	805 1.0×	218 0.5×	237 0.7×	7	1.9k
Ronald R. Waclaw United States	26	877 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	569 0.7×	284 0.7×	198 0.6×	47	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael A. Hack

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Berninger, Benedikt, Michael A. Hack, & Magdalena Götz. (2006). Neural Stem Cells: On Where They Hide, in Which Disguise, and How We May Lure Them Out. Handbook of experimental pharmacology. 319–360. 13 indexed citations

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Park, Kook In, Michael A. Hack, Jitka Ourednik, et al.. (2006). Acute injury directs the migration, proliferation, and differentiation of solid organ stem cells: Evidence from the effect of hypoxia–ischemia in the CNS on clonal “reporter” neural stem cells. Experimental Neurology. 199(1). 156–178. 105 indexed citations

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Hack, Michael A., Armen Saghatelyan, Antoine de Chevigny, et al.. (2005). Neuronal fate determinants of adult olfactory bulb neurogenesis. Nature Neuroscience. 8(7). 865–872. 479 indexed citations

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Koutmani, Yassemi, Evangelia Patsavoudi, Michael A. Hack, et al.. (2004). BM88 is an early marker of proliferating precursor cells that will differentiate into the neuronal lineage. European Journal of Neuroscience. 20(10). 2509–2523. 30 indexed citations

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Hack, Michael A., Michiya Sugimori, Cecilia Lundberg, Masato Nakafuku, & Magdalena Götz. (2004). Regionalization and fate specification in neurospheres: the role of Olig2 and Pax6. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 25(4). 664–678. 227 indexed citations

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Malatesta, Paolo, Michael A. Hack, Eva Hartfuss, et al.. (2003). Neuronal or Glial Progeny. Neuron. 37(5). 751–764. 588 indexed citations breakdown →

7.

Hartfuss, Eva, Eckart Förster, Hans H. Bock, et al.. (2003). Reelin signaling directly affects radial glia morphology and biochemical maturation. Development. 130(19). 4597–4609. 192 indexed citations

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Heins, Nico, Paolo Malatesta, Francesco Cecconi, et al.. (2002). Glial cells generate neurons: the role of the transcription factor Pax6. Nature Neuroscience. 5(4). 308–315. 613 indexed citations breakdown →

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