2026 Alexander A. Borbély: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	100	755	678	14	14	252	40160

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Neuroscience

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Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Alexander A. Borbély is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, plant science, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics covered by their work include:

Sleep and wakefulness research
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Sleep and related disorders
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Plant genetic and mutation studies
Genetic and environmental crop studies
Plant parasitism and resistance

Alexander A. Borbély has contributed multiple publications across several prominent research venues:

Sleep Health (2 publications)
Journal of Sleep Research (1 publication)
eLife (1 publication)
Clinical and Translational Neuroscience (1 publication)
Mind and Matter (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alexander A. Borbély include:

The two-process model of sleep regulation: Beginnings and outlook, 2022, Journal of Sleep Research
The Two-Process Model: Origin of Its Concepts and Their Implications, 2023, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience
New Perspectives on Addiction, 2024, Mind and Matter
Modeling sleep, 2024, Sleep Health

Frequent collaborators include Monica Gagliano, Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy, Martial Depczynski, Ben Radford, and Irene Tobler.

Best Publications

A two process model of sleep regulation.

Borbély Aa

5275
Citations
Sleep homeostasis and models of sleep regulation

Alexander A. Borbély;Peter Achermann

1981
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Timing of human sleep: recovery process gated by a circadian pacemaker

Serge Daan;Domien G. M. Beersma;A. Borbély

1898
Citations
The two-process model of sleep regulation: a reappraisal

Alexander A. Borbély;Serge Daan;Anna Wirz-Justice;Tom Deboer

1626
Citations
Sleep deprivation: Effect on sleep stages and EEG power density in man

Alexander A Borbély;Fritz Baumann;Daniel Brandeis;Inge Strauch

1216
Citations
Low-frequency (< 1 Hz) oscillations in the human sleep electroencephalogram.

P Achermann;A.A Borbély

674
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A MODEL OF HUMAN SLEEP HOMEOSTASIS BASED ON EEG SLOW-WAVE ACTIVITY - QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON OF DATA AND SIMULATIONS

Peter Achermann;Derk-Jan Dijk;Daniel P. Brunner;Alexander A. Borbély

569
Citations
Sleep deprivation in rats: effects on EEG power spectra, vigilance states, and cortical temperature.

P. Franken;Derk-Jan Dijk;I. Tobler;A. A. Borbely

553
Citations
Dual electroencephalogram markers of human sleep homeostasis: correlation between theta activity in waking and slow-wave activity in sleep.

L.A Finelli;H Baumann;A.A Borbély;P Achermann

526
Citations
Electromagnetic fields, such as those from mobile phones, alter regional cerebral blood flow and sleep and waking EEG.

R. Huber;V. Treyer;A. A. Borbély;J. Schuderer

504
Citations
Effect of unilateral somatosensory stimulation prior to sleep on the sleep EEG in humans.

Herbert Kattler;Derk‐Jan Dijk;Alexander A. Borbély

487
Citations
Sleep, sleep deprivation and depression. A hypothesis derived from a model of sleep regulation

A A Borbély;A Wirz-Justice

462
Citations
Effect of sleep deprivation on sleep and EEG power spectra in the rat.

Alexander A. Borbély;Irene Tobler;Mehmet Hanagasioglu

456
Citations
Effect of age on the sleep EEG: slow-wave activity and spindle frequency activity in young and middle-aged men.

Hans-Peter Landolt;Derk-Jan Dijk;Peter Achermann;Alexander A. Borbély

447
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Mathematical models of sleep regulation

Peter Achermann;Alexander A Borbély

446
Citations
Sleep EEG in the rat as a function of prior waking.

I Tobler;A.A Borbély

427
Citations
Exposure to pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic field during waking affects human sleep EEG.

Reto Huber;Thomas Graf;Kimberly A. Cote;Lutz Wittmann

422
Citations
Pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic field affects human sleep and sleep electroencephalogram.

Alexander A Borbély;Reto Huber;Thomas Graf;Barbara Fuchs

419
Citations
All-night dynamics of the human sleep EEG.

Daniel Aeschbach;Alexander A. Borbély

411
Citations
Functional topography of the human nonREM sleep electroencephalogram.

Luca A. Finelli;Alexander A. Borbély;Peter Achermann

407
Citations