Thomas Frank

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas Frank is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Frank has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Sensory Systems and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas Frank's work include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (9 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (7 papers) and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (7 papers). Thomas Frank is often cited by papers focused on Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (9 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (7 papers) and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (7 papers). Thomas Frank collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Thomas Frank's co-authors include Tobias Moser, Darina Khimich, Andreas Neef, Dietmar Riedel, Nicola Strenzke, Tina Pangršič, Mark A. Rutherford, Stefan W. Hell, Benjamin Harke and Alexander Egner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Frank

25 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

An organic artificial spiking neuron for in situ neuromorphic sensing and biointerfacing

2022 159 citations Katharina Lieberth, Thomas Frank et al. Nature Electronics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Frank Germany	16	883	534	523	445	296	26	1.6k
William F. Sewell United States	28	1.4k 1.6×	809 1.5×	535 1.0×	363 0.8×	134 0.5×	58	2.3k
Jakob Neef Germany	21	628 0.7×	311 0.6×	495 0.9×	506 1.1×	223 0.8×	31	1.4k
Nicola Strenzke Germany	32	1.3k 1.5×	756 1.4×	1.3k 2.5×	920 2.1×	616 2.1×	69	2.9k
Ruben Stepanyan United States	15	588 0.7×	124 0.2×	519 1.0×	128 0.3×	137 0.5×	28	1.3k
Régis Nouvian France	21	1.9k 2.2×	968 1.8×	849 1.6×	454 1.0×	318 1.1×	33	2.5k
Geng‐Lin Li China	24	661 0.7×	780 1.5×	798 1.5×	1.6k 3.5×	179 0.6×	51	3.4k
Ellen Reisinger Germany	19	749 0.8×	373 0.7×	961 1.8×	563 1.3×	302 1.0×	32	1.8k
Edward Soucy United States	13	405 0.5×	473 0.9×	296 0.6×	777 1.7×	174 0.6×	19	1.5k
Gwenaëlle S. G. Géléoc United States	24	2.6k 3.0×	657 1.2×	1.4k 2.8×	386 0.9×	98 0.3×	39	3.3k
Saaïd Safieddine France	28	2.1k 2.4×	697 1.3×	1.3k 2.5×	525 1.2×	298 1.0×	52	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Frank

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Frank

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

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Rupprecht, Peter, et al.. (2025). Computational functions of precisely balanced neuronal microcircuits in an olfactory memory network. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115330–115330.

Edelman, Bradley J., et al.. (2024). The COMBO window: A chronic cranial implant for multiscale circuit interrogation in mice. PLoS Biology. 22(6). e3002664–e3002664. 5 indexed citations

Lieberth, Katharina, Thomas Frank, Volker Mailaender, et al.. (2022). An organic artificial spiking neuron for in situ neuromorphic sensing and biointerfacing. Nature Electronics. 5(11). 774–783. 159 indexed citations breakdown →

Lieberth, Katharina, Thomas Frank, Volker Mailaender, et al.. (2022). Publisher Correction: An organic artificial spiking neuron for in situ neuromorphic sensing and biointerfacing. Nature Electronics. 5(11). 821–821. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Kuo‐Hua, Peter Rupprecht, Thomas Frank, et al.. (2020). A virtual reality system to analyze neural activity and behavior in adult zebrafish. Nature Methods. 17(3). 343–351. 46 indexed citations

Frank, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Associative conditioning remaps odor representations and modifies inhibition in a higher olfactory brain area. Nature Neuroscience. 22(11). 1844–1856. 20 indexed citations

Vogele, Kilian, Thomas Frank, Mathias W. Hackl, et al.. (2019). In Vesiculo Synthesis of Peptide Membrane Precursors for Autonomous Vesicle Growth. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Vogele, Kilian, Thomas Frank, Mathias W. Hackl, et al.. (2018). Towards synthetic cells using peptide-based reaction compartments. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3862–3862. 71 indexed citations

Neef, Jakob, Nicolai T. Urban, Tzu‐Lun Ohn, et al.. (2018). Quantitative optical nanophysiology of Ca2+ signaling at inner hair cell active zones. Nature Communications. 9(1). 290–290. 67 indexed citations

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Wong, Aaron B., Mark A. Rutherford, Tina Pangršič, et al.. (2014). Developmental refinement of hair cell synapses tightens the coupling of Ca ² ⁺ influx to exocytosis. The EMBO Journal. 33(3). n/a–n/a. 112 indexed citations

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Jing, Zhizi, Mark A. Rutherford, Hideki Takago, et al.. (2013). Disruption of the Presynaptic Cytomatrix Protein Bassoon Degrades Ribbon Anchorage, Multiquantal Release, and Sound Encoding at the Hair Cell Afferent Synapse. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(10). 4456–4467. 100 indexed citations

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Wong, Aaron B., Zhizi Jing, Mark A. Rutherford, et al.. (2013). Concurrent Maturation of Inner Hair Cell Synaptic Ca2+ Influx and Auditory Nerve Spontaneous Activity around Hearing Onset in Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(26). 10661–10666. 45 indexed citations

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Zhu, Peixin, Thomas Frank, & Rainer W. Friedrich. (2013). Equalization of odor representations by a network of electrically coupled inhibitory interneurons. Nature Neuroscience. 16(11). 1678–1686. 46 indexed citations

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Lehmann, Patrick, et al.. (2013). Weasel: A platform-independent streaming-optimized SATA controller. 1–4. 4 indexed citations

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Nouvian, Régis, Jakob Neef, Anna V. Bulankina, et al.. (2011). Exocytosis at the hair cell ribbon synapse apparently operates without neuronal SNARE proteins. Nature Neuroscience. 14(4). 411–413. 95 indexed citations

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Frank, Thomas, Mark A. Rutherford, Nicola Strenzke, et al.. (2010). Bassoon and the Synaptic Ribbon Organize Ca2+ Channels and Vesicles to Add Release Sites and Promote Refilling. Neuron. 68(4). 724–738. 209 indexed citations

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Pangršič, Tina, Kirsten Reuter, Hideki Takago, et al.. (2010). Hearing requires otoferlin-dependent efficient replenishment of synaptic vesicles in hair cells. Nature Neuroscience. 13(7). 869–876. 180 indexed citations

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Frank, Thomas, Darina Khimich, Andreas Neef, & Tobias Moser. (2009). Mechanisms contributing to synaptic Ca ²⁺ signals and their heterogeneity in hair cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(11). 4483–4488. 142 indexed citations

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Meyer, Alexander, Thomas Frank, Darina Khimich, et al.. (2009). Tuning of synapse number, structure and function in the cochlea. Nature Neuroscience. 12(4). 444–453. 248 indexed citations

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Frank, Thomas, et al.. (1992). Reference threshold levels for an ER-3A insert earphone.. PubMed. 3(1). 51–9. 14 indexed citations

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