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axon guidance and neuronal signaling

Last updated June 11, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
R. Weber
University of Zurich
80
2
Alexandre Dumoulin
University of Zurich
60
3
Esther T. Stoeckli
University of Zurich
50
4
Thomas J. Krzystek
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
40
5
Yuebing Wang
Waseda University
20
6
Toshio Ohshima
Waseda University
10

Rising Stars Papers

1
Opposing roles for GSK3β and ERK1-dependent phosphorylation of huntingtin during neuronal dysfunction and cell death in Huntington’s disease
Cell Death and Disease|2025
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Emmet Huang-Hobbs
Baylor College of Medicine
99
2
Céline Delpech
Université Grenoble Alpes
90
3
Gergely Nagy
Centre for Human Genetics
80
4
Jakub Žiak
Johns Hopkins University
70
5
Ruslan Rust
University of Southern California
70
6
Zheng Liu
Zunyi Medical University
60
7
Huize Chen
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
50
8
Namsuk Kim
Korea Brain Research Institute
40
9
Simone Treccarichi
Oasi Maria SS
30
10
Yu Chen
Xi'an Jiaotong University
20

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Remote neuronal activity drives glioma progression through SEMA4F
Nature|2023
167 cit.
2
Xeno-free induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells for in vivo applications
Journal of Translational Medicine|2022
36 cit.
3
Axon guidance during mouse central nervous system regeneration is required for specific brain innervation
Developmental Cell|2024
23 cit.
4
Structure and function of Semaphorin-5A glycosaminoglycan interactions
Nature Communications|2024
21 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Homaira Nawabi
Inserm
99
2
Alex L. Kolodkin
Johns Hopkins Medicine
99
3
Crissy Dudgeon
Rutgers Cancer Institute
90
4
Cornelia I. Bargmann
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
90
5
Samie R. Jaffrey
Cornell University
80
6
Mu‐ming Poo
University of California, Berkeley
70
7
Jian-Guo Geng
Chinese Academy of Sciences
60
8
Kun‐Liang Guan
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
50
9
Samuel L. Pfaff
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
40
10
Tibor Harkany
University of Aberdeen
30

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
mTOR: a pharmacologic target for autophagy regulation
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2015
2.1k cit.
2
Mechanisms of Hippo pathway regulation
Genes & Development|2016
1.7k cit.
3
The Hippo pathway: regulators and regulations
Genes & Development|2013
1.2k cit.
4
Cell detachment activates the Hippo pathway via cytoskeleton reorganization to induce anoikis
Genes & Development|2012
794 cit.
5
Growth suppression by p18, a p16INK4/MTS1- and p14INK4B/MTS2-related CDK6 inhibitor, correlates with wild-type pRb function.
Genes & Development|1994
728 cit.
6
The Hippo signaling pathway in stem cell biology and cancer
EMBO Reports|2014
687 cit.
7
MAP4K family kinases act in parallel to MST1/2 to activate LATS1/2 in the Hippo pathway
Nature Communications|2015
531 cit.
8
RAP2 mediates mechanoresponses of the Hippo pathway
Nature|2018
377 cit.
9
Protein kinase A activates the Hippo pathway to modulate cell proliferation and differentiation
Genes & Development|2013
339 cit.
10
Endocannabinoids regulate interneuron migration and morphogenesis by transactivating the TrkB receptor
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2005
288 cit.

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