Wieland Β. Huttner

46.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
345 papers, 35.5k citations indexed

About

Wieland Β. Huttner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wieland Β. Huttner has authored 345 papers receiving a total of 35.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 261 papers in Molecular Biology, 144 papers in Cell Biology and 88 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wieland Β. Huttner's work include Cellular transport and secretion (88 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (88 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (58 papers). Wieland Β. Huttner is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (88 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (88 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (58 papers). Wieland Β. Huttner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Wieland Β. Huttner's co-authors include Magdalena Götz, Denis Corbeil, Paul Greengard, Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Federico Calegari, Patrizia Rosa, Pietro De Camilli, Patrick A. Baeuerle, Marta Florio and Wulf Haubensak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wieland Β. Huttner

341 papers receiving 34.9k citations

Hit Papers

The cell biology of neuro... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2005 1983 2015 2004 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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 cell biology of neurogenesis
    2005 1.6k citations Wieland Β. Huttner et al. profile →
  2. Synapsin I (protein I), a nerve terminal-specific phosphoprotein. III. Its association with synaptic vesicles studied in a highly purified synaptic vesicle preparation.
    1983 1.0k citations Wieland Β. Huttner, W Schiebler et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  3. Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development
    2015 767 citations J. Gray Camp, Marta Florio et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Neurons arise in the basal neuroepithelium of the early mammalian telencephalon: A major site of neurogenesis
    2004 741 citations Wulf Haubensak, Alessio Attardo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling
    2010 589 citations Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Denis Corbeil et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  6. The Cell Biology of Neurogenesis: Toward an Understanding of the Development and Evolution of the Neocortex
    2014 551 citations Wieland Β. Huttner et al. profile →
  7. Synapsin I (Protein I), a nerve terminal-specific phosphoprotein. II. Its specific association with synaptic vesicles demonstrated by immunocytochemistry in agarose-embedded synaptosomes.
    1983 472 citations Pietro De Camilli, Wieland Β. Huttner et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  8. Organoid single-cell genomic atlas uncovers human-specific features of brain development
    2019 445 citations Sabina Kanton, Michael Heide et al. profile →
  9. Neural progenitors, neurogenesis and the evolution of the neocortex
    2014 437 citations Marta Florio, Wieland Β. Huttner Development profile →
  10. Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion
    2015 408 citations Marta Florio, Mareike Albert et al. profile →
  11. Transcriptomes of germinal zones of human and mouse fetal neocortex suggest a role of extracellular matrix in progenitor self-renewal
    2012 241 citations Robert Lachmann, Holger Brandl et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. Human TKTL1 implies greater neurogenesis in frontal neocortex of modern humans than Neanderthals
    2022 76 citations Anneline Pinson, Lei Xing 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
Wieland Β. Huttner Germany 103 24.7k 11.5k 7.6k 7.3k 4.1k 345 35.5k
Joshua R. Sanes United States 127 35.0k 1.4× 10.1k 0.9× 5.0k 0.7× 22.7k 3.1× 3.9k 1.0× 347 55.1k
Melitta Schachner Germany 106 22.0k 0.9× 9.6k 0.8× 11.2k 1.5× 19.5k 2.7× 2.3k 0.6× 631 42.1k
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba Japan 99 23.5k 1.0× 8.6k 0.7× 4.6k 0.6× 13.6k 1.9× 2.6k 0.6× 553 37.0k
Rüdiger Klein Germany 97 17.0k 0.7× 5.8k 0.5× 7.6k 1.0× 19.9k 2.7× 2.1k 0.5× 218 35.0k
Christopher A. Walsh United States 94 17.7k 0.7× 5.1k 0.4× 7.1k 0.9× 6.5k 0.9× 7.6k 1.9× 273 29.3k
Jonathan A. Cooper United States 91 22.4k 0.9× 6.3k 0.6× 3.0k 0.4× 3.6k 0.5× 3.4k 0.8× 237 32.3k
Juergen A. Knoblich Austria 74 19.3k 0.8× 7.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.4× 4.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 149 27.3k
Louis F. Reichardt United States 95 15.9k 0.6× 5.3k 0.5× 8.2k 1.1× 18.9k 2.6× 2.4k 0.6× 207 35.6k
Ryoichiro Kageyama Japan 95 20.8k 0.8× 2.9k 0.3× 6.0k 0.8× 4.2k 0.6× 4.0k 1.0× 277 28.3k
Kozo Kaibuchi Japan 123 37.8k 1.5× 19.6k 1.7× 2.5k 0.3× 9.6k 1.3× 2.9k 0.7× 510 56.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Wieland Β. Huttner

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Wieland Β. Huttner's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Wieland Β. Huttner with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Wieland Β. Huttner more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Wieland Β. Huttner

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wieland Β. Huttner. 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 Wieland Β. Huttner. The network helps show where Wieland Β. Huttner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wieland Β. Huttner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wieland Β. Huttner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wieland Β. Huttner 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 Wieland Β. Huttner. Wieland Β. Huttner 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
1.
Haffner, Christiane, et al.. (2025). A dyad of human-specific NBPF14 and NOTCH2NLB orchestrates cortical progenitor abundance crucial for human neocortex expansion. Science Advances. 11(13). eads7543–eads7543. 2 indexed citations
2.
Xing, Lei, Anni I. Nieminen, Ronald Naumann, et al.. (2024). Functional synergy of a human-specific and an ape-specific metabolic regulator in human neocortex development. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3468–3468. 13 indexed citations
3.
Xing, Lei, Takashi Namba, Anneline Pinson, et al.. (2021). Expression of human‐specific ARHGAP11B in mice leads to neocortex expansion and increased memory flexibility. The EMBO Journal. 40(13). e107093–e107093. 35 indexed citations
4.
Vaid, Samir, J. Gray Camp, Lena Hersemann, et al.. (2018). A novel population of Hopx-dependent basal radial glial cells in the developing mouse neocortex. Development. 145(20). 66 indexed citations
5.
Albert, Mareike, Nereo Kalebic, Marta Florio, et al.. (2017). Epigenome profiling and editing of neocortical progenitor cells during development. The EMBO Journal. 36(17). 2642–2658. 78 indexed citations
6.
Terré, Berta, Sandra Segura‐Bayona, Gabriel Gil‐Gómez, et al.. (2016). GEMC 1 is a critical regulator of multiciliated cell differentiation. The EMBO Journal. 35(9). 942–960. 76 indexed citations
7.
Lange, Christian, Miguel Turrero Garcίa, Ilaria Decimo, et al.. (2016). Relief of hypoxia by angiogenesis promotes neural stem cell differentiation by targeting glycolysis. The EMBO Journal. 35(9). 924–941. 149 indexed citations
8.
Camp, J. Gray, Marta Florio, Sabina Kanton, et al.. (2015). Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(51). 15672–15677. 767 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Wilsch‐Bräuninger, Michaela, Jula Peters, Judith T.M.L. Paridaen, & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2011). Basolateral rather than apical primary cilia on neuroepithelial cells committed to delamination. Development. 139(1). 95–105. 81 indexed citations
10.
Jászai, József, Lilla Farkas, Christine A. Fargeas, et al.. (2010). Prominin-2 is a novel marker of distal tubules and collecting ducts of the human and murine kidney. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 133(5). 527–539. 23 indexed citations
11.
Pulvers, Jeremy N. & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2009). Brca1 is required for embryonic development of the mouse cerebral cortex to normal size by preventing apoptosis of early neural progenitors. Development. 136(11). 1859–1868. 57 indexed citations
12.
Dubreuil, Véronique, Anne‐Marie Marzesco, Denis Corbeil, Wieland Β. Huttner, & Michaela Wilsch‐Bräuninger. (2007). Midbody and primary cilium of neural progenitors release extracellular membrane particles enriched in the stem cell marker prominin-1. The Journal of Cell Biology. 176(4). 483–495. 229 indexed citations
13.
Fargeas, Christine A., Wieland Β. Huttner, & Denis Corbeil. (2007). Nomenclature of prominin‐1 (CD133) splice variants – an update. Tissue Antigens. 69(6). 602–606. 92 indexed citations
14.
Kessler, Jessica D., Tracy‐Ann Read, Constanze Kaiser, et al.. (2005). Isolation of neural stem cells from the postnatal cerebellum. Nature Neuroscience. 8(6). 723–729. 366 indexed citations
15.
Kania, Gabriela, Denis Corbeil, Jörg Fuchs, et al.. (2005). The somatic stem cell marker prominin-1/CD133 is expressed in embryonic stem cell-derived progenitors. European Journal of Cell Biology. 84. 76–76. 5 indexed citations
16.
Haubensak, Wulf, Alessio Attardo, Winfried Denk, & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2004). Neurons arise in the basal neuroepithelium of the early mammalian telencephalon: A major site of neurogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(9). 3196–3201. 741 indexed citations breakdown →
17.
Mahata, Sushil K., Christine A. Kozak, Josiane Szpirer, et al.. (1996). Dispersion of Chromogranin/Secretogranin Secretory Protein Family Loci in Mammalian Genomes. Genomics. 33(1). 135–139. 21 indexed citations
18.
Tooze, Sharon A. & Wieland Β. Huttner. (1990). Cell-free protein sorting to the regulated and constitutive secretory pathways. Cell. 60(5). 837–847. 254 indexed citations
19.
Rosa, Patrizia, Antonio Greco, Annette Hille, et al.. (1989). Immunohistochemical localization of secretogranin II in the rat cerebellum. Neuroscience. 28(2). 423–441. 67 indexed citations
20.
Huttner, Wieland Β., et al.. (1983). シナプシンI(たんぱく質I),神経終末特異的りんたんぱく質 III 高度に純化したシナプス小胞標本において研究された,シナプス小胞とシナプシンIの関連. The Journal of Cell Biology. 96(5). 1374–1388. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Joshua R. Sanes Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Melitta Schachner Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Katsuhiko Mikoshiba Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Rüdiger Klein Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christopher A. Walsh Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jonathan A. Cooper Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Juergen A. Knoblich Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Louis F. Reichardt Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ryoichiro Kageyama Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kozo Kaibuchi
Rankless by CCL
2026