Annette Schenck made significant contributions to science at all career stages, as documented by her publications (15 PhD publications, among them first authors in Neuron and PNAS, a postdoctoral first-author in Cell, and a continuous track record of high impact publications since). Her H-index is 30. Her papers have an average Impact factor of 10 and have been cited 60 times on average.

In the international evaluation of her VICI grant, she was ranked to be among the top 10%, if not 3-5%, of her peers (world leader; has pushed the boundaries; creative and innovative; impressive record; even as a Ph.D and postdoctoral worker, her science has been markedly different from the usual track of her mentors; in high esteem by the international scientific community). Her research was praised as fearless, collaborative and highly original.