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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Neuroscience 108 571 518 323 285 254 59778

Arnold R. Kriegstein publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Arnold R. Kriegstein between 1974 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Arnold R. Kriegstein published across 52 years, from 1974 to 2025, averaging 6.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2023. 27 of the 322 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1974 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2023. 1974: 1 publication 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 4 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 21 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 28 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 13 publications
1974 2025

322 publications in total across all disciplines

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Arnold R. Kriegstein: publications per year, 1974 to 2025
Year Publications
1974 1
1975 0
1976 0
1977 2
1978 0
1979 0
1980 1
1981 0
1982 1
1983 2
1984 1
1985 1
1986 4
1987 5
1988 2
1989 2
1990 2
1991 6
1992 3
1993 0
1994 0
1995 4
1996 3
1997 5
1998 2
1999 5
2000 5
2001 3
2002 4
2003 5
2004 6
2005 6
2006 8
2007 8
2008 10
2009 6
2010 9
2011 8
2012 8
2013 10
2014 12
2015 6
2016 13
2017 16
2018 14
2019 12
2020 21
2021 13
2022 12
2023 28
2024 14
2025 13
Total 322
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Arnold R. Kriegstein publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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 Arnold R. Kriegstein sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 887+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 539. Most scientists, 539, have 98–107 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 248–257 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 18 scientists 48–57 publications: 79 scientists 58–67 publications: 193 scientists 68–77 publications: 323 scientists 78–87 publications: 406 scientists 88–97 publications: 452 scientists 98–107 publications: 539 scientists 108–117 publications: 505 scientists 118–127 publications: 522 scientists 128–137 publications: 469 scientists 138–147 publications: 456 scientists 148–157 publications: 459 scientists 158–167 publications: 397 scientists 168–177 publications: 383 scientists 178–187 publications: 350 scientists 188–197 publications: 302 scientists 198–207 publications: 306 scientists 208–217 publications: 262 scientists 218–227 publications: 242 scientists 228–237 publications: 220 scientists 238–247 publications: 203 scientists 248–257 publications: 174 scientists 258–267 publications: 176 scientists 268–277 publications: 175 scientists 278–287 publications: 125 scientists 288–297 publications: 116 scientists 298–307 publications: 127 scientists 308–317 publications: 128 scientists 318–327 publications: 99 scientists 328–337 publications: 89 scientists 338–347 publications: 78 scientists 348–357 publications: 96 scientists 358–367 publications: 66 scientists 368–377 publications: 59 scientists 378–387 publications: 65 scientists 388–397 publications: 54 scientists 398–407 publications: 48 scientists 408–417 publications: 49 scientists 418–427 publications: 34 scientists 428–437 publications: 31 scientists 438–447 publications: 30 scientists 448–457 publications: 31 scientists 458–467 publications: 36 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 35 scientists 488–497 publications: 30 scientists 498–507 publications: 23 scientists 508–517 publications: 26 scientists 518–527 publications: 20 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 20 scientists 548–557 publications: 20 scientists 558–567 publications: 17 scientists 568–577 publications: 14 scientists 578–587 publications: 20 scientists 588–597 publications: 20 scientists 598–607 publications: 19 scientists 608–617 publications: 18 scientists 618–627 publications: 17 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 11 scientists 648–657 publications: 11 scientists 658–667 publications: 8 scientists 668–677 publications: 7 scientists 678–687 publications: 11 scientists 688–697 publications: 10 scientists 698–707 publications: 4 scientists 708–717 publications: 6 scientists 718–727 publications: 5 scientists 728–737 publications: 5 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 9 scientists 758–767 publications: 3 scientists 768–777 publications: 7 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 6 scientists 798–807 publications: 2 scientists 808–817 publications: 2 scientists 818–827 publications: 7 scientists 828–837 publications: 0 scientists 838–847 publications: 9 scientists 848–857 publications: 3 scientists 858–867 publications: 1 scientist 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 887+

This scientist: 254 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 18
48–57 79
58–67 193
68–77 323
78–87 406
88–97 452
98–107 539
108–117 505
118–127 522
128–137 469
138–147 456
148–157 459
158–167 397
168–177 383
178–187 350
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174 254
258–267 176
268–277 175
278–287 125
288–297 116
298–307 127
308–317 128
318–327 99
328–337 89
338–347 78
348–357 96
358–367 66
368–377 59
378–387 65
388–397 54
398–407 48
408–417 49
418–427 34
428–437 31
438–447 30
448–457 31
458–467 36
468–477 40
478–487 35
488–497 30
498–507 23
508–517 26
518–527 20
528–537 23
538–547 20
548–557 20
558–567 17
568–577 14
578–587 20
588–597 20
598–607 19
608–617 18
618–627 17
628–637 11
638–647 11
648–657 11
658–667 8
668–677 7
678–687 11
688–697 10
698–707 4
708–717 6
718–727 5
728–737 5
738–747 9
748–757 9
758–767 3
768–777 7
778–787 7
788–797 6
798–807 2
808–817 2
818–827 7
828–837 0
838–847 9
848–857 3
858–867 1
868–877 3
878–886 6
887+ 100
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Arnold R. Kriegstein D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arnold R. Kriegstein sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 68 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 512. Most scientists, 512, have 46–47 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 108–109 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 172 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 296 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 435 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 459 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 456 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 467 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 478 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 512 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 435 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 425 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 418 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 392 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 357 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 334 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 328 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 260 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 278 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 239 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 250 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 210 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 200 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 189 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 170 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 146 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 113 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 126 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 100 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 99 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 84 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 85 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 72 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 76 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 45 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 43 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 32 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 45 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 50 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 32 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 39 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 27 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 19 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 23 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 16 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 24 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 14 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 15 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 10 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 10 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 13 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 8 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 6 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 6 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 7 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 7 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 10 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162 D-Index: 8 scientists 163+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30–31 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 42
32–33 172
34–35 296
36–37 435
38–39 459
40–41 456
42–43 467
44–45 478
46–47 512
48–49 435
50–51 425
52–53 418
54–55 392
56–57 357
58–59 334
60–61 328
62–63 260
64–65 278
66–67 239
68–69 250
70–71 210
72–73 200
74–75 189
76–77 170
78–79 146
80–81 113
82–83 126
84–85 100
86–87 84
88–89 99
90–91 84
92–93 85
94–95 72
96–97 76
98–99 45
100–101 49
102–103 43
104–105 32
106–107 45
108–109 50 108
110–111 32
112–113 39
114–115 32
116–117 29
118–119 27
120–121 19
122–123 23
124–125 27
126–127 16
128–129 24
130–131 13
132–133 21
134–135 17
136–137 14
138–139 15
140–141 10
142–143 10
144–145 13
146–147 9
148–149 8
150–151 6
152–153 6
154–155 7
156–157 7
158–159 10
160–161 4
162 8
163+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Arnold R. Kriegstein is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Neurology. Their work also intersects areas such as Cancer Research and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, mechanisms of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, RNA research and splicing, epigenetics and DNA methylation, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, pluripotent stem cells research, and microRNA involvement in disease regulation.

Prominent recent papers document a range of investigative efforts:

  • Cell stress in cortical organoids impairs molecular subtype specification (2020, Nature)
  • Single-Cell Analyses Identify Brain Mural Cells Expressing CD19 as Potential Off-Tumor Targets for CAR-T Immunotherapies (2020, Cell)
  • Single-cell atlas of early human brain development highlights heterogeneity of human neuroepithelial cells and early radial glia (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Outer Radial Glia-like Cancer Stem Cells Contribute to Heterogeneity of Glioblastoma (2020, Cell stem cell)
  • An atlas of cortical arealization identifies dynamic molecular signatures (2021, Nature)

The scientist collaborates frequently with researchers such as Aparna Bhaduri, Li Wang, Tomasz J. Nowakowski, Madeline G. Andrews, and Eric J. Huang. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of work across multiple publications.

Key venues where their work has appeared include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Cell
  • Cell stem cell
  • Science

Arnold R. Kriegstein was recognized by election as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2008.

Best Publications

  • The glial nature of embryonic and adult neural stem cells

    Arnold Kriegstein;Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

  • Cortical neurons arise in symmetric and asymmetric division zones and migrate through specific phases

    Stephen C Noctor;Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño;Lidija Ivic;Arnold R Kriegstein

  • Neurons derived from radial glial cells establish radial units in neocortex

    Stephen C. Noctor;Alexander C. Flint;Tamily A. Weissman;Ryan S. Dammerman

  • Glutamate neurotoxicity in cortical cell culture

    Dennis W. Choi;Margaret Maulucci-Gedde;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • Is there more to gaba than synaptic inhibition

    David F. Owens;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • Human hippocampal neurogenesis drops sharply in children to undetectable levels in adults

    Shawn F. Sorrells;Mercedes F. Paredes;Arantxa Cebrian-Silla;Kadellyn Sandoval

  • Neurogenic radial glia in the outer subventricular zone of human neocortex

    David V. Hansen;Jan H. Lui;Philip R. L. Parker;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • Development and Evolution of the Human Neocortex

    Jan H. Lui;David V. Hansen;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • GABA and glutamate depolarize cortical progenitor cells and inhibit DNA synthesis

    Joseph J. LoTurco;David F. Owens;Mark J.S. Heath;Marion B.E. Davis

  • Whole cell recording from neurons in slices of reptilian and mammalian cerebral cortex.

    Mark G. Blanton;Joseph J. Lo Turco;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • Excitatory GABA Responses in Embryonic and Neonatal Cortical Slices Demonstrated by Gramicidin Perforated-Patch Recordings and Calcium Imaging

    David F. Owens;Leslie H. Boyce;Marion B. E. Davis;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • Low-coverage single-cell mRNA sequencing reveals cellular heterogeneity and activated signaling pathways in developing cerebral cortex.

    Alex A Pollen;Tomasz J Nowakowski;Joe Shuga;Xiaohui Wang

  • Spatiotemporal gene expression trajectories reveal developmental hierarchies of the human cortex

    Tomasz J. Nowakowski;Aparna Bhaduri;Alex A. Pollen;Beatriz Alvarado

  • Single-cell genomics identifies cell type-specific molecular changes in autism.

    Dmitry Velmeshev;Lucas Schirmer;Lucas Schirmer;Diane Jung;Maximilian Haeussler

  • Patterns of neuronal migration in the embryonic cortex

    Arnold R Kriegstein;Stephen C Noctor

  • Molecular Identity of Human Outer Radial Glia during Cortical Development

    Alex A. Pollen;Tomasz J. Nowakowski;Jiadong Chen;Hanna Retallack

  • The use of brain organoids to investigate neural development and disease

    Elizabeth Di Lullo;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • Patterns of neural stem and progenitor cell division may underlie evolutionary cortical expansion

    Arnold Kriegstein;Stephen C Noctor;Veronica Martinez-Cerdeno

  • Developmental genetics of vertebrate glial–cell specification

    David H. Rowitch;Arnold R. Kriegstein

  • Dividing precursor cells of the embryonic cortical ventricular zone have morphological and molecular characteristics of radial glia.

    Stephen C. Noctor;Alexander C. Flint;Tamily A. Weissman;Winston S. Wong

  • ErratumDevelopment and Evolution of the Human Neocortex

    Jan H. Lui;David V. Hansen;Arnold R. Kriegstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla University of California, San Francisco
Stephen C. Noctor
Stephen C. Noctor University of California, Davis
John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño
Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño University of California, Davis
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Sarah A. Teichmann
Sarah A. Teichmann University of Cambridge
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Maximilian Haeussler
Maximilian Haeussler University of California, Santa Cruz
Wolf Reik
Wolf Reik Babraham Institute

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