Nicky Scheefhals

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 746 citations indexed

About

Nicky Scheefhals is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicky Scheefhals has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 746 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nicky Scheefhals's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (2 papers). Nicky Scheefhals is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (2 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (2 papers). Nicky Scheefhals collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and United States. Nicky Scheefhals's co-authors include Harold D. MacGillavry, Marjolein A. M. Sneeboer, Oliver Harschnitz, Paul R. Ormel, Henk Karst, Leonard H. van den Berg, R. Jeroen Pasterkamp, Elly M. Hol, René S. Kahn and Roland E. van Dijk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The EMBO Journal and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Nicky Scheefhals

8 papers receiving 739 citations

Hit Papers

Microglia innately develop within cerebral organoids 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Microglia innately develop within cerebral organoids
    2018 433 citations Paul R. Ormel, Renata Vieira de Sá et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicky Scheefhals Netherlands 8 400 273 173 154 111 8 746
Shuijin He China 12 497 1.2× 362 1.3× 136 0.8× 150 1.0× 103 0.9× 22 1.0k
Brigham J. Hartley United States 14 789 2.0× 213 0.8× 113 0.7× 160 1.0× 143 1.3× 18 1.1k
Brad Busse United States 12 255 0.6× 278 1.0× 148 0.9× 70 0.5× 37 0.3× 17 696
Amber Berdenis van Berlekom Netherlands 10 372 0.9× 157 0.6× 390 2.3× 187 1.2× 110 1.0× 12 904
Julie Angibaud France 12 221 0.6× 342 1.3× 194 1.1× 89 0.6× 41 0.4× 18 692
Nicolás Unsain Argentina 18 377 0.9× 375 1.4× 101 0.6× 164 1.1× 39 0.4× 27 878
Jerika J. Barron United States 7 432 1.1× 241 0.9× 421 2.4× 157 1.0× 41 0.4× 9 945
Fuyi Chen United States 13 364 0.9× 160 0.6× 179 1.0× 118 0.8× 24 0.2× 25 793
Huatai Xu China 11 361 0.9× 490 1.8× 150 0.9× 182 1.2× 80 0.7× 19 992
Egor Dzyubenko Germany 16 250 0.6× 215 0.8× 261 1.5× 89 0.6× 29 0.3× 24 682

Countries citing papers authored by Nicky Scheefhals

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicky Scheefhals

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nicky Scheefhals. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Nicky Scheefhals. The network helps show where Nicky Scheefhals may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicky Scheefhals

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nicky Scheefhals. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nicky Scheefhals 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 Nicky Scheefhals. Nicky Scheefhals is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Hugte, Eline van, Elly Lewerissa, Ka Man Wu, et al.. (2023). SCN1A -deficient excitatory neuronal networks display mutation-specific phenotypes. Brain. 146(12). 5153–5167. 22 indexed citations
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Scheefhals, Nicky, et al.. (2023). mGluR5 is transiently confined in perisynaptic nanodomains to shape synaptic function. Nature Communications. 14(1). 244–244. 23 indexed citations
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Scheefhals, Nicky, et al.. (2021). Membrane trafficking and positioning of mGluRs at presynaptic and postsynaptic sites of excitatory synapses. Neuropharmacology. 200. 108799–108799. 28 indexed citations
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Portegies, Sybren, Riccardo Stucchi, J.J.A. Hummel, et al.. (2021). Centrosome‐mediated microtubule remodeling during axon formation in human iPSC‐derived neurons. The EMBO Journal. 40(10). e106798–e106798. 11 indexed citations
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Jong, Arthur P.H. de, Nicky Scheefhals, Eline J. Mertens, et al.. (2020). ORANGE: A CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing toolbox for epitope tagging of endogenous proteins in neurons. PLoS Biology. 18(4). e3000665–e3000665. 98 indexed citations
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Ormel, Paul R., Renata Vieira de Sá, Emma J. van Bodegraven, et al.. (2018). Microglia innately develop within cerebral organoids. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4167–4167. 433 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scheefhals, Nicky & Harold D. MacGillavry. (2018). Functional organization of postsynaptic glutamate receptors. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 91. 82–94. 113 indexed citations

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