Neuroscience 1.3M citations
27.0k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms Papers in i Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 8.9k Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology 2.6k Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior 2.1k Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 2.1k show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Neuroscience
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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 602.7k Developmental Neuroscience 97.6k Behavioral Neuroscience 84.5k Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 115.5k Neurology 132.1k Neuroscience Letters United States
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About Neuroscience The 27.0k papers published in Neuroscience in the last decades have received a total of 1.3M indexed citations . Papers published in Neuroscience usually cover Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (15.1k papers), Developmental Neuroscience (2.4k papers), Behavioral Neuroscience (1.7k papers), Neurology (3.3k papers) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (2.6k papers) specifically the topics of Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8.9k papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (2.6k papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (2.5k papers), Ion channel regulation and function (2.2k papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (2.2k papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (2.1k papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (2.1k papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (2.1k papers). The most active scholars publishing in Neuroscience are R.E. Passingham , Per Brodal , V. Hugh Perry , Harry W.M. Steinbusch , Yehezkel Ben‐Ari , Mircea Steriade , Anthony A. Grace , Tomas Hökfelt , Tamás F. Freund and Richard L. M. Faull .
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