Simon Hametner

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Simon Hametner is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Hametner has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Simon Hametner's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (38 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (16 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (15 papers). Simon Hametner is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (38 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (16 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (15 papers). Simon Hametner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Simon Hametner's co-authors include Hans Lassmann, Isabella Wimmer, Lukas Haider, Tobias Zrzavy, Wolfgang Brück, Francesca Bagnato, Sabine Pfeifenbring, Siegfried Trattnig, Romana Höftberger and Oleg Butovsky and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Simon Hametner

63 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Loss of ‘homeostatic’ microglia and patterns of their activation in active multiple sclerosis

2017 483 citations Tobias Zrzavy, Simon Hametner et al. Brain profile →
Iron and neurodegeneration in the multiple sclerosis brain

2013 391 citations Simon Hametner, Isabella Wimmer et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Slow expansion of multiple sclerosis iron rim lesions: pathology and 7 T magnetic resonance imaging

2016 313 citations Assunta Dal‐Bianco, Günther Grabner et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Hametner Austria	27	2.2k	1.2k	1.0k	825	780	66	4.0k
David Pitt United States	31	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	751 0.9×	583 0.7×	64	4.5k
Josa M. Frischer Austria	22	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	302 0.4×	1.0k 1.3×	58	4.2k
Alexandra Kutzelnigg Austria	19	2.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	722 0.7×	477 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	28	4.0k
Helmut Rauschka Austria	15	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	896 0.9×	405 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	30	4.1k
Corline J.A. De Groot Netherlands	32	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	463 0.6×	554 0.7×	52	4.3k
Ricarda Diem Germany	31	1.2k 0.5×	758 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	210 0.3×	503 0.6×	80	3.3k
Carl Bjartmar United States	18	1.4k 0.6×	584 0.5×	682 0.7×	322 0.4×	574 0.7×	30	2.9k
Jacob A. Sloane United States	25	881 0.4×	667 0.6×	651 0.6×	329 0.4×	286 0.4×	72	2.7k
Ansi Chang United States	23	2.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	2.1k 2.1×	502 0.6×	884 1.1×	25	6.4k
Shanu F. Roemer United States	13	1.8k 0.8×	654 0.6×	576 0.6×	176 0.2×	1.3k 1.7×	22	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Hametner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Hametner

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Bormann, Daniel, Giulia Testa, Thomas Berger, et al.. (2025). Inflammation alters myeloid cell and oligodendroglial iron-handling in multiple sclerosis. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 13(1). 124–124.

Badia-i-Mompel, Pau, Ricardo O. Ramirez Flores, Philipp Schäfer, et al.. (2024). Cell type mapping reveals tissue niches and interactions in subcortical multiple sclerosis lesions. Nature Neuroscience. 27(12). 2354–2365. 14 indexed citations

Bergsland, Niels, Dejan Jakimovski, Simon Hametner, et al.. (2024). Association between paramagnetic rim lesions and pulvinar iron depletion in persons with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 93. 106187–106187. 1 indexed citations

Hametner, Simon, et al.. (2024). Iron scavenging and myeloid cell polarization. Trends in Immunology. 45(8). 625–638. 5 indexed citations

Wiggermann, Vanessa, Verena Endmayr, Enedino Hernández‐Torres, et al.. (2023). Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging reflects different levels of histologically determined myelin densities in multiple sclerosis, including remyelination in inactive multiple sclerosis lesions. Brain Pathology. 33(6). e13150–e13150. 11 indexed citations

Krajnc, Nik, Assunta Dal‐Bianco, Tobias Zrzavy, et al.. (2023). Myeloid cell iron uptake pathways and paramagnetic rim formation in multiple sclerosis. Acta Neuropathologica. 146(5). 707–724. 22 indexed citations

Weinhofer, Isabelle, Markus Kunze, Zsófia Pálfi, et al.. (2022). Peroxisomal very long-chain fatty acid transport is targeted by herpesviruses and the antiviral host response. Communications Biology. 5(1). 944–944. 9 indexed citations

Magliozzi, Roberta, Giulia Fadda, Robert A. Brown, et al.. (2022). “Ependymal‐in” Gradient of Thalamic Damage in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Annals of Neurology. 92(4). 670–685. 36 indexed citations

Krajnc, Nik, Gabriel Bsteh, Gregor Kasprian, et al.. (2022). Peripheral Hemolysis in Relation to Iron Rim Presence and Brain Volume in Multiple Sclerosis. Frontiers in Neurology. 13. 928582–928582. 7 indexed citations

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Dal‐Bianco, Assunta, Günther Grabner, Gisela Pußwald, et al.. (2021). Iron Rims in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis as Neurodegenerative Marker? A 7-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Study. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 632749–632749. 25 indexed citations

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Filippi, Massimo, Wolfgang Brück, Declan Chard, et al.. (2019). Association between pathological and MRI findings in multiple sclerosis. The Lancet Neurology. 18(2). 198–210. 155 indexed citations

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Kau, Thomas, Simon Hametner, Verena Endmayr, et al.. (2018). Microvessels may Confound the “Swallow Tail Sign” in Normal Aged Midbrains: A Postmortem 7 T SW‐MRI Study. Journal of Neuroimaging. 29(1). 65–69. 15 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Torres, Enedino, Vanessa Wiggermann, Lindsay Machan, et al.. (2018). Increased mean R2* in the deep gray matter of multiple sclerosis patients: Have we been measuring atrophy?. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 50(1). 201–208. 32 indexed citations

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Popescu, Bogdan F. Gh., Josa M. Frischer, Samuel M. Webb, et al.. (2017). Pathogenic implications of distinct patterns of iron and zinc in chronic MS lesions. Acta Neuropathologica. 134(1). 45–64. 97 indexed citations

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Schweser, Ferdinand, Jesper Hagemeier, Fuchun Lin, et al.. (2017). Mapping of thalamic magnetic susceptibility in multiple sclerosis indicates decreasing iron with disease duration: A proposed mechanistic relationship between inflammation and oligodendrocyte vitality. NeuroImage. 167. 438–452. 72 indexed citations

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Dal‐Bianco, Assunta, Günther Grabner, Claudia Kronnerwetter, et al.. (2016). Slow expansion of multiple sclerosis iron rim lesions: pathology and 7 T magnetic resonance imaging. Acta Neuropathologica. 133(1). 25–42. 313 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haider, Lukas, Tobias Zrzavy, Simon Hametner, et al.. (2016). The topograpy of demyelination and neurodegeneration in the multiple sclerosis brain. Brain. 139(3). 807–815. 300 indexed citations

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Yao, Bing, Simon Hametner, Peter van Gelderen, et al.. (2014). 7 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Detect Cortical Pathology in Multiple Sclerosis. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e108863–e108863. 65 indexed citations

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Wimmer, Isabella, Simon Hametner, Lukas Haider, et al.. (2014). Oxidative tissue injury in multiple sclerosis is only partly reflected in experimental disease models. Acta Neuropathologica. 128(2). 247–266. 92 indexed citations

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Filippi, Massimo, Maria A. Rocca, Mark A. Horsfield, et al.. (2013). Imaging Cortical Damage and Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis. JAMA Neurology. 70(5). 556–556. 21 indexed citations

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