Thomas Euler

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas Euler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Euler has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 66 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 25 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas Euler's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (74 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (53 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (35 papers). Thomas Euler is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (74 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (53 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (35 papers). Thomas Euler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Euler's co-authors include Tom Baden, Heinz Wässle, Philipp Berens, Timm Schubert, Peter B. Detwiler, Winfried Denk, Silke Haverkamp, Matthias Bethge, Katrin Franke and Richard H. Masland and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Euler

94 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

The functional diversity of retinal ganglion cells in the... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 200 400 600
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. The functional diversity of retinal ganglion cells in the mouse
    2016 629 citations Tom Baden, Philipp Berens et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Euler Germany 42 4.7k 4.4k 1.8k 494 428 97 6.7k
Robert E. Marc United States 49 5.5k 1.2× 4.7k 1.1× 747 0.4× 1.5k 3.0× 455 1.1× 121 7.4k
Michael C. Crair United States 44 2.8k 0.6× 4.2k 1.0× 2.7k 1.5× 252 0.5× 207 0.5× 77 6.1k
Rachel Wong United States 55 7.8k 1.7× 7.5k 1.7× 2.0k 1.1× 1.1k 2.2× 176 0.4× 151 11.6k
Tom Baden United Kingdom 26 2.0k 0.4× 1.8k 0.4× 967 0.5× 178 0.4× 262 0.6× 66 3.4k
Helga Kolb United States 53 8.0k 1.7× 6.6k 1.5× 2.1k 1.2× 1.7k 3.4× 248 0.6× 181 9.9k
Silke Haverkamp Germany 39 4.9k 1.0× 4.2k 0.9× 619 0.3× 542 1.1× 107 0.3× 97 5.7k
Richard H. Masland United States 55 9.6k 2.1× 7.8k 1.8× 2.1k 1.2× 2.2k 4.4× 363 0.8× 110 12.2k
Dennis M. Dacey United States 43 4.7k 1.0× 3.3k 0.7× 3.6k 2.1× 1.2k 2.4× 172 0.4× 112 7.6k
Eric A. Bushong United States 40 2.9k 0.6× 3.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 223 0.5× 128 0.3× 74 9.2k
Reto Weiler Germany 43 5.1k 1.1× 4.0k 0.9× 612 0.3× 358 0.7× 47 0.1× 138 6.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Euler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Euler

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Qiu, Yongrong, et al.. (2025). Photoreceptor degeneration has heterogeneous effects on functional retinal ganglion cell types. The Journal of Physiology. 603(21). 6599–6621.
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Ran, Yanli, et al.. (2025). Task-specific regional circuit adaptations in distinct mouse retinal ganglion cells. Science Advances. 11(17). eadp7075–eadp7075. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhijian, et al.. (2024). Nitric oxide modulates contrast suppression in a subset of mouse retinal ganglion cells. eLife. 13. 3 indexed citations
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Szatko, Klaudia P., Christian Behrens, Yongrong Qiu, et al.. (2024). A chromatic feature detector in the retina signals visual context changes. eLife. 13. 6 indexed citations
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Yan, Jie, Christian Melle, Frank Schwede, et al.. (2022). Redefining the role of Ca2+-permeable channels in photoreceptor degeneration using diltiazem. Cell Death and Disease. 13(1). 47–47. 18 indexed citations
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Janiak, Filip, Philipp Bartel, Michael R. Bale, et al.. (2022). Non-telecentric two-photon microscopy for 3D random access mesoscale imaging. Nature Communications. 13(1). 544–544. 11 indexed citations
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Strauß, Sarah, Maria M. Korympidou, Yanli Ran, et al.. (2022). Center-surround interactions underlie bipolar cell motion sensitivity in the mouse retina. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5574–5574. 30 indexed citations
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Behrens, Christian, Maria M. Korympidou, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2021). Retinal horizontal cells use different synaptic sites for global feedforward and local feedback signaling. Current Biology. 32(3). 545–558.e5. 12 indexed citations
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Behrens, Christian, Cornelius Schröder, Thomas Euler, et al.. (2020). Bayesian inference for biophysical neuron models enables stimulus optimization for retinal neuroprosthetics. eLife. 9. 17 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhijian, David Klindt, André Maia Chagas, et al.. (2020). The temporal structure of the inner retina at a single glance. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4399–4399. 16 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhijian, et al.. (2019). Bayesian hypothesis testing and experimental design for two-photon imaging data. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(8). e1007205–e1007205. 4 indexed citations
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Behrens, Christian, et al.. (2017). Connectomics of synaptic microcircuits: lessons from the outer retina. The Journal of Physiology. 595(16). 5517–5524. 4 indexed citations
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Klindt, David, Alexander S. Ecker, Thomas Euler, & Matthias Bethge. (2017). Neural system identification for large populations separating “what” and “where”. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 30. 3506–3516. 18 indexed citations
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Behrens, Christian, et al.. (2017). Local Signals in Mouse Horizontal Cell Dendrites. Current Biology. 27(23). 3603–3615.e5. 19 indexed citations
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Schultz, Konrad, et al.. (2014). Differential Regulation of Cone Calcium Signals by Different Horizontal Cell Feedback Mechanisms in the Mouse Retina. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(35). 11826–11843. 41 indexed citations
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Arango‐González, Blanca, Dragana Trifunović, Ayse Sahaboglu, et al.. (2014). Identification of a Common Non-Apoptotic Cell Death Mechanism in Hereditary Retinal Degeneration. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112142–e112142. 163 indexed citations
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Puller, Christian, Elena Ivanova, Thomas Euler, Silke Haverkamp, & Timm Schubert. (2013). OFF bipolar cells express distinct types of dendritic glutamate receptors in the mouse retina. Neuroscience. 243. 136–148. 45 indexed citations
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Breuninger, Tobias, Christian Puller, Silke Haverkamp, & Thomas Euler. (2009). Chromatic Pathways in the Mouse Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 50(13). 3476–3476. 1 indexed citations
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Haverkamp, Silke, et al.. (2004). Chloride imaging in ON-type bipolar cells of a Clomeleon indicator mouse line. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 1324–1324. 2 indexed citations
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Euler, Thomas. (2001). Dendritic processing. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 11(4). 415–422. 47 indexed citations

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