The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Borst sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 231 publications — 70th percentile
70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Borst sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 81 D-Index — 84th percentile
84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.
Alexander Borst is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, Borst's work focuses on several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Cognitive Neuroscience.
The main topics covered in Borst's research include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Retinal Development and Disorders, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.
Borst has published extensively, with recent papers highlighting various aspects of neural function and sensory processing. Notable publications include:
Frequent co-authors collaborating with Borst include Lukas N. Groschner, Étienne Serbe, Maria-Bianca Leonte, Eleni Samara, and Inês Ribeiro. Their cooperation spans multiple research projects and publications.
Core publication venues for Borst's work encompass bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, PLoS ONE, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, and PLoS Computational Biology. These journals and repositories have hosted the majority of Borst's scientific contributions.
Borst's scientific career has been recognized with several awards. Among these are membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, awarded in 2011 with a citation in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, the International Balzan Prize received in 1996, and an affiliation as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
Alexander Borst;Frédéric E. Theunissen
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Martin Heisenberg;Alexander Borst;Sibylle Wagner;Duncan Byers
Alexander Borst;Martin Egelhaaf
Marco Mank;Alexandre Ferrão Santos;Stephan Direnberger;Thomas D Mrsic-Flogel
R. F. Stocker;M. C. Lienhard;A. Borst;K. F. Fischbach
Hermann Cuntz;Friedrich Forstner;Alexander Borst;Michael Häusser
Maximilian Joesch;Bettina Schnell;Shamprasad Varija Raghu;Dierk F. Reiff
Alexander Borst;Juergen Haag;Dierk F Reiff
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Martin Egelhaaf;Alexander Borst;Werner Reichardt
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Sandra Single;Alexander Borst
Dierk F. Reiff;Alexandra Ihring;Giovanna Guerrero;Ehud Y. Isacoff
Alexander Borst;Moritz Helmstaedter
Maximilian Joesch;Johannes Plett;Alexander Borst;Dierk F. Reiff
Martin Egelhaaf;Alexander Borst
Alexander Borst;Juergen Haag
Thomas Hendel;Marco Mank;Bettina Schnell;Oliver Griesbeck
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