Timothy Coetzee

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Timothy Coetzee is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Coetzee has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Timothy Coetzee's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (13 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (7 papers) and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (6 papers). Timothy Coetzee is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (13 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (7 papers) and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (6 papers). Timothy Coetzee collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Timothy Coetzee's co-authors include Brian Popko, Kinuko Suzuki, Andrew R. Blight, Marlene Belfort, Jeffrey L. Dupree, Nobuya Fujita, Riyi Shi, S. E. Pfeiffer, Christopher M. Taylor and Daniel Herschlag and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Timothy Coetzee

35 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Myelination in the Absence of Galactocerebroside and Sulfatide: Normal Structure with Abnormal Function and Regional Instability

1996 510 citations Timothy Coetzee, Nobuya Fujita et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy Coetzee United States	18	1.1k	408	369	326	278	36	1.9k
Charissa A. Dyer United States	22	799 0.7×	387 0.9×	274 0.7×	71 0.2×	190 0.7×	46	1.4k
Giuseppe Merla Italy	35	1.6k 1.5×	326 0.8×	168 0.5×	210 0.6×	153 0.6×	97	2.9k
John Lee United States	16	905 0.8×	387 0.9×	328 0.9×	139 0.4×	70 0.3×	30	1.7k
B. Gerstl United States	15	1.1k 1.1×	271 0.7×	336 0.9×	149 0.5×	199 0.7×	46	2.0k
Claudia Linker United States	25	1.5k 1.4×	82 0.2×	175 0.5×	133 0.4×	281 1.0×	48	3.0k
M W Kies United States	15	661 0.6×	203 0.5×	173 0.5×	331 1.0×	79 0.3×	30	1.6k
Sara Szuchet United States	22	823 0.8×	501 1.2×	506 1.4×	55 0.2×	179 0.6×	60	1.6k
Karen L. Philpott United Kingdom	19	1.3k 1.2×	82 0.2×	378 1.0×	75 0.2×	199 0.7×	23	2.3k
C. T. Uyeda United States	10	863 0.8×	450 1.1×	482 1.3×	51 0.2×	160 0.6×	13	1.7k
Birgit Weinhold Germany	25	1.4k 1.3×	348 0.9×	501 1.4×	39 0.1×	361 1.3×	47	2.3k

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Kappos, Ludwig, et al.. (2025). Composite Confirmed Disability Worsening/Progression Is a Useful Clinical Endpoint for Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trials. Neurology. 104(10). e213558–e213558.

Saidha, Shiv, Ari Green, Letizia Leocani, et al.. (2025). The use of optical coherence tomography and visual evoked potentials in the 2024 McDonald diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis. The Lancet Neurology. 24(10). 880–892. 1 indexed citations

Thompson, Alan J., Marcello Moccia, Maria Pia Amato, et al.. (2023). Do the current MS clinical course descriptors need to change and if so how? A survey of the MS community. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 29(11-12). 1363–1372. 4 indexed citations

Bebo, Bruce F., Mark Allegretta, Douglas Landsman, et al.. (2022). Pathways to cures for multiple sclerosis: A research roadmap. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 28(3). 331–345. 16 indexed citations

Jakimovski, Dejan, Katelyn Kavak, Timothy Coetzee, et al.. (2022). Improvement in time to multiple sclerosis diagnosis: 25-year retrospective analysis from New York State MS Consortium (NYSMSC). Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 29(6). 753–756. 8 indexed citations

Coetzee, Timothy & Alan J. Thompson. (2018). Unified understanding of MS course is required for drug development. Nature Reviews Neurology. 14(4). 191–192. 7 indexed citations

Zaratin, Paola, et al.. (2016). Progressive MS Alliance Industry Forum: Maximizing Collective Impact To Enable Drug Development. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 37(10). 808–810. 9 indexed citations

Coetzee, Timothy. (2015). Sharing data from MS clinical trials: Opportunities, challenges, and future directions. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 21(11). 1365–1368. 2 indexed citations

Coetzee, Timothy, et al.. (2015). Overcoming barriers in progressive multiple sclerosis research. The Lancet Neurology. 14(2). 132–133. 11 indexed citations

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Choi, Dennis W., Linda S. Brady, Timothy Coetzee, et al.. (2014). Medicines for the Mind: Policy-Based “Pull” Incentives for Creating Breakthrough CNS Drugs. Neuron. 84(3). 554–563. 51 indexed citations

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Taylor, Christopher M., Timothy Coetzee, & S. E. Pfeiffer. (2002). Detergent‐insoluble glycosphingolipid/cholesterol microdomains of the myelin membrane. Journal of Neurochemistry. 81(5). 993–1004. 101 indexed citations

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Krueger, Winfried, et al.. (2000). Expression of rab GTP-binding proteins during oligodendrocyte differentiation in culture. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 59(3). 446–453. 16 indexed citations

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Popko, Brian, et al.. (1999). Genetic Analysis of Myelin Galactolipid Function. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 468. 237–244. 7 indexed citations

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Coetzee, Timothy, Kinuko Suzuki, Klaus‐Armin Nave, & Brian Popko. (1999). Myelination in the Absence of Galactolipids and Proteolipid Proteins. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 14(1). 41–51. 22 indexed citations

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Dupree, Jeffrey L., Timothy Coetzee, Kinuko Suzuki, & Brian Popko. (1998). Myelin abnormalities in mice deficient in galactocerebroside and sulfatide. Journal of Neurocytology. 27(9). 649–659. 66 indexed citations

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Coetzee, Timothy, Jeffrey L. Dupree, & Brian Popko. (1998). Demyelination and altered expression of myelin-associated glycoprotein isoforms in the central nervous system of galactolipid-deficient mice. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 54(5). 613–622. 52 indexed citations

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Coetzee, Timothy, Nobuya Fujita, Riyi Shi, et al.. (1996). Myelination in the Absence of Galactocerebroside and Sulfatide: Normal Structure with Abnormal Function and Regional Instability. Cell. 86(2). 209–219. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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Coetzee, Timothy, Xu Li, Nobuya Fujita, et al.. (1996). Molecular Cloning, Chromosomal Mapping, and Characterization of the Mouse UDP-Galactose:Ceramide Galactosyltransferase Gene. Genomics. 35(1). 215–222. 31 indexed citations

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Coetzee, Timothy, Daniel Herschlag, & Marlene Belfort. (1994). Escherichia coli proteins, including ribosomal protein S12, facilitate in vitro splicing of phage T4 introns by acting as RNA chaperones.. Genes & Development. 8(13). 1575–1588. 139 indexed citations

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Coetzee, Timothy, et al.. (1990). Deletion-tolerance and trans-splicing of the bacteriophage T4 td intron. Journal of Molecular Biology. 211(3). 537–549. 54 indexed citations

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