Highly cited: Seven DZNE experts among the world’s most influential researchers
Researchers whose studies are widely quoted in scientific journals are considered influential – because a quotation by peers indicates that their work is regarded to be significant. In light of this, “Clarivate”, a company specialized in data analysis, compiles an annual list of the most highly cited researchers worldwide: a kind of “who’s who”. The current directory comprises more than 6,300 scientists from all continents, categorized into several scientific fields. Seven DZNE scientists are listed: They do research on neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s, the immune system, and also on healthy aging.
The analysis of Clarivate is based on tens of thousands of publications in scientific journals that appeared between January 2009 and December 2019. Only those “papers” were considered that belong to the top one percent of the most cited publications. Based on these criteria, these DZNE scientists were identified as “Highly Cited Researchers 2020”:
Prof. Monique Breteler, director of the DZNE’s Population Health Sciences and the DZNE’s “Rhineland Study”, a prospective cohort study that investigates how protective and risk factors influence the health of adults up to old age. The study aims to involve up to 30,000 individuals from the Bonn area and follow their health development over decades. In this context, special attention is paid to the brain and its development in the course of life. Breteler is a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of the Netherlands and member of the National Academy of Sciences “Leopoldina” in Germany.
Prof. Dieter Edbauer, focuses on molecular mechanisms (in particular unusual aggregating proteins) associated with frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to develop novel therapeutic approaches. He is a research group leader at the DZNE’s Munich site and a professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munched.
Prof. Christian Haass, an expert on mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease. He is the speaker of the DZNE’s Munich site, a research group leader and a professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. In 2018, he received the “Brain Prize”, which is the world’s most prestigious award for brain research. Haass is a member of the National Academy of Sciences “Leopoldina” in Germany.
Prof. Michael Heneka, his research centers on inflammatory mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Heneka heads a research group at the DZNE's Bonn site and directs the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Gerontopsychiatry at Bonn’s University Hospital.
Prof. Eicke Latz, an expert in immunology. Latz is a senior scientist at the DZNE’s Bonn site and director of the Institute of Innate Immunity at the University of Bonn. His research focuses on inflammatory mechanisms that are relevant, for example, for diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. In 2018 he was awarded the renowned “Leibniz Prize”. Latz is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences “Leopoldina”.
Prof. Joachim Schultze, an immunologist and genome scientist. He is director of Systems Medicine at the DZNE and a professor at the University of Bonn. Schultz focuses on mechanisms at the single-cell level and on bioinformatics.
Prof. Michael Wagner, neuropsychologist and dementia researcher. Wagner is a research group leader at the DZNE and a senior physician in the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Gerontopsychiatry at Bonn’s University Hospital.
Note: A previous version of this news mentioned six DZNE scientists. We have updated this information.
November 2020