Dorothy P. Schafer

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Also affiliated with Neuropsychiatric Research Institute

NeuroscienceImmunology and Microbiology

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 1 indexed paper attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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Papers

Driven by 21 papers. Top paper: “A Developmental Analysis of Juxtavascular Microglia Dynamics and Interactions with the Vasculature”.

A Developmental Analysis of Juxtavascular Microglia Dynamics and Interactions with the Vasculature

The Journal of Neuroscience(2020)10.1523/jneurosci.3006-19.2020

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4.2DataRank · unranked

161 citations

Shannon C. Becker, Amanda G. Kautzman, Martina Schifferer, Christina E. Baer, Jiapei Chen +4 more

The choroid plexus links innate immunity to CSF dysregulation in hydrocephalus

Cell(2023)10.1016/j.cell.2023.01.017

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2.7DataRank · unranked

145 citations

Benjamin C. Reeves, Emre Kiziltug, Phan Q. Duy, Jason K. Karimy, M. Shahid Mansuri +32 more

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease

Nature reviews. Immunology(2024)10.1038/s41577-024-01104-7

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0.921DataRank · unranked

464 citations

Frank Jessen, Jeroen Hoozemanns, Dietmar Rudolf Thal, Delphine Boche, Frederic Brosseron +65 more

Synaptic injury in the inner plexiform layer of the retina is associated with progression in multiple sclerosis

Cell Reports Medicine(2024)10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101490

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0.740DataRank · unranked

25 citations

Sebastian Werneburg, Ahmed Abdelhak, Daniel J. Bennett, Alexandra Beaudry‐Richard, Greg J. Duncan +38 more

4D marmoset brain map reveals MRI and molecular signatures for onset of multiple sclerosis–like lesions

Science(2025)10.1126/science.adp6325

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0.662DataRank · unranked

24 citations

Alexis Brake, Maxime Donadieu, Amanda J. Lee, Ginger Smith, Kevin Hu +8 more

Diversity and Function of Glial Cell Types in Multiple Sclerosis

Trends in Immunology(2021)10.1016/j.it.2021.01.005

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0.659DataRank · unranked

80 citations

Dorothy P. Schafer, Theresa Bartels, David H. Rowitch, Peter A. Calabresi, Lucas Schirmer

Lipofuscin-like autofluorescence within microglia and its impact on studying microglial engulfment

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-42809-y

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0.601DataRank · unranked

54 citations

Francisco Mendes Lopes, Jing‐Ping Lin, Kevin Hu, Daniel S. Reich, Dorothy P. Schafer +1 more

West Nile Virus-Induced Expression of Senescent Gene Lgals3bp Regulates Microglial Phenotype within Cerebral Cortex

Biomolecules(2024)10.3390/biom14070808

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0.467DataRank · unranked

11 citations

Violeta Durán‐Laforet, Shenjian Ai, Loris L. Ferrari, Robert Murphy, Dorothy P. Schafer +2 more

Lymphoid gene expression supports neuroprotective microglia function

Nature(2025)10.1038/s41586-025-09662-z

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0.457DataRank · unranked

20 citations

Jessica M. Crowley, Matthew F. Challman, Vinaya Sahasrabuddhe, Maud Gratuze, Sebastian Werneburg +31 more

IL-6 boosts synaptogenesis STAT!

Immunity(2021)10.1016/j.immuni.2021.10.010

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Dorothy P. Schafer, Travis E. Faust

Non-Coding Genetic Analysis Implicates Interleukin 18 Receptor Accessory Protein 3′UTR in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.06.03.446863

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0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Aviad Siany, Elad Barkan, Tsviya Olender, Kristel R. van Eijk, Matthieu Moisse +39 more

Neuronal signal-regulatory protein alpha drives microglial phagocytosis by limiting microglial interaction with CD47 in the retina

Immunity(2022)10.1016/j.immuni.2022.10.018

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0DataRank · unranked

61 citations

Courtney A. Burger, Viktor Akhanov, Justine H. Liang, Robert D. Mackin, Nicholas E. Albrecht +4 more

Nucleic acid sensing in the central nervous system: Implications for neural circuit development, function, and degeneration

Immunological Reviews(2024)10.1111/imr.13420

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0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Tsuyoshi Kiniwa, Dorothy P. Schafer, Jacob M. Stillman

Expression of ALS-PFN1 impairs vesicular degradation in iPSC-derived microglia

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.06.01.541136

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0DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Del Hayden Gadd, Michelle Mosqueda, Jianjun Zhong, Jonathan Jung, Shankaracharya +15 more

Senescent-like microglia limit remyelination through the senescence associated secretory phenotype

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-57632-w

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0DataRank · unranked

43 citations

Violeta Durán‐Laforet, Low Tone Ho, George S. Melchor, Sameera Zia, Zeeba Manavi +10 more

Lipofuscin-like autofluorescence within microglia and its impact on studying microglial engulfment

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.02.28.530224

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0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Francis M. Lopes, Jing‐Ping Lin, Kevin Hu, Daniel S. Reich, Dorothy P. Schafer +1 more

Aging in mice alters regionally enriched striatal astrocytes

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-63429-8

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0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Violeta Durán‐Laforet, Matthias Ollivier, Xinzhu Yu, Dorothy P. Schafer, Baljit S. Khakh +1 more

A glial circadian gene expression atlas reveals cell-type and disease-specific reprogramming in response to amyloid pathology or aging

Nature Neuroscience(2025)10.1038/s41593-025-02067-1

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0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Stuart B. Fass, Darshan Sapkota, Sylvia Kang, Henry C Hollis, Jennifer H. Lawrence +8 more

Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk regulates synapse remodeling via Wnt signaling

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.02.08.579178

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0DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Yi‐Han Lee, C. David O’Connor, M BOYLE, Georgia Gunner, Ana Badimon +4 more

A lymphocyte–microglia–astrocyte axis in chronic active multiple sclerosis

Nature(2021)10.1038/s41586-021-03892-7

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0DataRank · unranked

768 citations

Dragan Maric, Marjan Gharagozloo, Thomas Garton, Matthew D. Smith, Jing Jin +11 more

Expression of ALS-PFN1 impairs vesicular degradation in iPSC-derived microglia

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-46695-w

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0DataRank · unranked

23 citations

Jonathan Jung, Del Hayden Gadd, Michelle Mosqueda, Jianjun Zhong, Shankaracharya +19 more