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Michael V. Sofroniew

Active 1978–2024

128
Papers
49,536
Citations
99
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Citations

Citations per year for Michael V. Sofroniew1967: 1 citations1972: 1 citations1978: 6 citations1979: 6 citations1980: 19 citations1981: 38 citations1982: 42 citations1983: 59 citations1984: 47 citations1985: 76 citations1986: 86 citations1987: 80 citations1988: 60 citations1989: 66 citations1990: 76 citations1991: 52 citations1992: 53 citations1993: 69 citations1994: 49 citations1995: 58 citations1996: 59 citations1997: 54 citations1998: 54 citations1999: 59 citations2000: 61 citations2001: 107 citations2002: 83 citations2003: 87 citations2004: 131 citations2005: 162 citations2006: 221 citations2007: 214 citations2008: 257 citations2009: 307 citations2010: 324 citations2011: 408 citations2012: 412 citations2013: 459 citations2014: 613 citations2015: 637 citations2016: 574 citations2017: 689 citations2018: 613 citations2019: 1,809 citations2020: 2,047 citations2021: 2,303 citations2022: 1,959 citations2023: 1,591 citations2024: 2,091 citations2025: 1,155 citations2026: 19 citations1968–1971: no citations, so these years are not shown1973–1977: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 5,538 citing papers, 29.5% of this breakdownChina: 2,400 citing papers, 12.8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,116 citing papers, 5.9% of this breakdownGermany: 1,038 citing papers, 5.5% of this breakdownCanada: 867 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownItaly: 749 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownJapan: 574 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownFrance: 560 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownSpain: 556 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownAustralia: 436 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownNetherlands: 403 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 397 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Neuroscience42.7%
  • Medicine30.4%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18.3%
  • Psychology3.1%
  • Immunology and Microbiology1.9%
  • Materials Science1%
  • Other2.6%

Topics

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms9.3%
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms6.2%
  • Nerve injury and regeneration4.5%
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research4.2%
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research3.3%
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments2.9%
  • Other69.6%

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  1. Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Authors: Carole Escartin, Elena Galea, András Lakatos, James P. O’Callaghan, Gabor C. Petzold, Alberto Serrano‐Pozo, Christian Steinhäuser, Andrea Volterra, Giorgio Carmignoto, Amit Agarwal, Nicola J. Allen, Alfonso Araque, Luis Barbeito, Ari Barzilai, Dwight E. Bergles, Gilles Bonvento, Arthur M. Butt, Wei-Ting Chen, Martine Cohen‐Salmon, Colm Cunningham, Benjamin Deneen, Bart De Strooper, Blanca Díaz‐Castro, Cinthia Farina, Marc Freeman, Vittorio Gallo, J. E. Goldman, Steven A. Goldman, Magdalena Götz, Antonia Gutiérrez, Philip G. Haydon, Dieter Henrik Heiland, Elly M. Hol, Matthew G. Holt, Masamitsu Iino, Ksenia V. Kastanenka, Helmut Kettenmann, Baljit S. Khakh, Schuichi Koizumi, C. Justin Lee, Shane A. Liddelow, Brian A. MacVicar, Pierre J. Magistretti, Albee Messing, Anusha Mishra, Anna V. Molofsky, Keith K. Murai, Christopher M. Norris, Seiji Okada, Stéphane H. R. Oliet, João Filipe Oliveira, Aude Panatier, Vladimir Parpura, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Luc Pellerin, Gertrudis Perea, Beatriz Gomez Perez‐Nievas, Frank W. Pfrieger, Kira E. Poskanzer, Francisco J. Quintana, Richard M. Ransohoff, Miriam Riquelme‐Perez, Stefanie Robel, Christine R. Rose, Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Nathalie Rouach, David H. Rowitch, Alexey Semyanov, Swetlana Sirko, Harald Sontheimer, Raymond A. Swanson, Javier Vitórica, I. Wanner, Levi B. Wood, Jiaqian Wu, Binhai Zheng, Eduardo R. Zimmer, Robert Zorec, Michael V. Sofroniew, Alexei Verkhratsky - Nature Neuroscience 2021 cited by 2,366

  2. Astrocytes: biology and pathology

    Authors: Michael V. Sofroniew, Harry V. Vinters - Acta Neuropathologica 2009 cited by 5,144

  3. Astrocyte Reactivity: Subtypes, States, and Functions in CNS Innate Immunity

    Authors: Michael V. Sofroniew - Trends in Immunology 2020 cited by 720

  4. Astrocyte scar formation aids central nervous system axon regeneration

    Authors: Mark A. Anderson, Joshua E. Burda, Yilong Ren, Yan Ao, Timothy M. O’Shea, Riki Kawaguchi, Giovanni Coppola, Baljit S. Khakh, Timothy J. Deming, Michael V. Sofroniew - Nature 2016 cited by 1,918

  5. Molecular dissection of reactive astrogliosis and glial scar formation

    Authors: Michael V. Sofroniew - Trends in Neurosciences 2009 cited by 2,583

  6. Astrocytes in human central nervous system diseases: a frontier for new therapies

    Authors: Alexei Verkhratsky, Arthur M. Butt, Baoman Li, Péter Illés, Robert Zorec, Alexey Semyanov, Yong Tang, Michael V. Sofroniew - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy 2023 cited by 398

  7. Astrocyte barriers to neurotoxic inflammation

    Authors: Michael V. Sofroniew - Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2015 cited by 1,202

  8. Diversity of astrocyte functions and phenotypes in neural circuits

    Authors: Baljit S. Khakh, Michael V. Sofroniew - Nature Neuroscience 2015 cited by 1,240

  9. Reactive Gliosis and the Multicellular Response to CNS Damage and Disease

    Authors: Joshua E. Burda, Michael V. Sofroniew - Neuron 2014 cited by 1,421

  10. Spinal cord repair: advances in biology and technology

    Authors: Grégoire Courtine, Michael V. Sofroniew - Nature Medicine 2019 cited by 498

  11. Required growth facilitators propel axon regeneration across complete spinal cord injury

    Authors: Mark A. Anderson, Timothy M. O’Shea, Joshua E. Burda, Yan Ao, Sabry L. Barlatey, Alexander M. Bernstein, Jae H. Kim, Nicholas D. James, Alexandra Rogers, Brian Kato, Alexander Wollenberg, Riki Kawaguchi, Giovanni Coppola, Chen Wang, Timothy J. Deming, Zhigang He, Grégoire Courtine, Michael V. Sofroniew - Nature 2018 cited by 537

  12. Astrocyte-derived VEGF-A drives blood-brain barrier disruption in CNS inflammatory disease

    Authors: Azeb Tadesse Argaw, Linnéa Asp, Jingya Zhang, Kristina Navrazhina, Trinh Pham, John N. Mariani, Sean S. Mahase, Dipankar J. Dutta, Jeremy Seto, Elisabeth G. Kramer, Napoleone Ferrara, Michael V. Sofroniew, Gareth John - Journal of Clinical Investigation 2012 cited by 732

  13. Glial Scar Borders Are Formed by Newly Proliferated, Elongated Astrocytes That Interact to Corral Inflammatory and Fibrotic Cells via STAT3-Dependent Mechanisms after Spinal Cord Injury

    Authors: I. Wanner, Mark A. Anderson, Bao‐Liang Song, Joel M. Levine, Ana Patricia Fernández, Zachary Thompson, Y. Ao, Michael V. Sofroniew - Journal of Neuroscience 2013 cited by 834

  14. Cell biology of spinal cord injury and repair

    Authors: Timothy M. O’Shea, Joshua E. Burda, Michael V. Sofroniew - Journal of Clinical Investigation 2017 cited by 614

  15. Reactive astrocytes transduce inflammation in a blood-brain barrier model through a TNF-STAT3 signaling axis and secretion of alpha 1-antichymotrypsin

    Authors: Hyosung Kim, Kun Leng, Jinhee Park, Alexander G. Sorets, Suil Kim, Alena Shostak, Rebecca Embalabala, Kate Mlouk, Ketaki A. Katdare, Indigo V.L. Rose, Sarah M. Sturgeon, Emma H. Neal, Yan Ao, Shinong Wang, Michael V. Sofroniew, Jonathan M. Brunger, Douglas G. McMahon, Matthew Schrag, Martin Kampmann, Ethan S. Lippmann - Nature Communications 2022 cited by 183

  16. Astrocyte roles in traumatic brain injury

    Authors: Joshua E. Burda, Alexander M. Bernstein, Michael V. Sofroniew - Experimental Neurology 2015 cited by 766

  17. Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

    Authors: Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna, Albee Messing, Christian Steinhäuser, Jin‐Moo Lee, Vladimir Parpura, Elly M. Hol, Michael V. Sofroniew, Alexei Verkhratsky - Acta Neuropathologica 2015 cited by 760

  18. Reactive Astrocytes Protect Tissue and Preserve Function after Spinal Cord Injury

    Authors: Jill Faulkner, Julia Herrmann, Michael J. Woo, Keith E. Tansey, Ngan Doan, Michael V. Sofroniew - Journal of Neuroscience 2004 cited by 1,629

  19. STAT3 is a Critical Regulator of Astrogliosis and Scar Formation after Spinal Cord Injury

    Authors: Julia Herrmann, Tetsuya Imura, Bingbing Song, Jingwei Qi, Yan Ao, Thu K. Nguyen, Rose A. Korsak, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shizuo Akira, Michael V. Sofroniew - Journal of Neuroscience 2008 cited by 948

  20. Divergent transcriptional regulation of astrocyte reactivity across disorders

    Authors: Joshua E. Burda, Timothy M. O’Shea, Yan Ao, Keshav B. Suresh, Shinong Wang, Alexander M. Bernstein, Ashu Chandra, Sandeep Deverasetty, Riki Kawaguchi, Jae H. Kim, Sarah McCallum, Alexandra Rogers, Shalaka Wahane, Michael V. Sofroniew - Nature 2022 cited by 163

  21. Recovery of walking after paralysis by regenerating characterized neurons to their natural target region

    Authors: Jordan W. Squair, Marco Milano, Alexandra de Coucy, Matthieu Gautier, Michael A. Skinnider, Nicholas D. James, Newton Cho, Anna Lasne, Claudia Kathe, Thomas H. Hutson, Steven Ceto, Laetitia Baud, Katia Galan, Viviana Aureli, Achilleas Laskaratos, Quentin Barraud, Timothy J. Deming, Richie E. Kohman, Bernard L. Schneider, Zhigang He, Jocelyne Bloch, Michael V. Sofroniew, Grégoire Courtine, Mark A. Anderson - Science 2023 cited by 137

  22. CRISPRi screens in human iPSC-derived astrocytes elucidate regulators of distinct inflammatory reactive states

    Authors: Kun Leng, Indigo V.L. Rose, Hyosung Kim, Wenlong Xia, Wilber Romero‐Fernandez, Brenda L. Rooney, Mark Koontz, Emmy Li, Yan Ao, Shinong Wang, Mitchell C. Krawczyk, Julia TCW, Alison Goate, Ye Zhang, Erik M. Ullian, Michael V. Sofroniew, Stephen P.J. Fancy, Matthew Schrag, Ethan S. Lippmann, Martin Kampmann - Nature Neuroscience 2022 cited by 159

  23. Astrogliosis

    Authors: Michael V. Sofroniew - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 2014 cited by 660

  24. Dissecting spinal cord regeneration

    Authors: Michael V. Sofroniew - Nature 2018 cited by 375