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Brian R. Christie

Brian R. Christie

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Neuroscience 68 2702 2469 154 137 184 26273

Brian R. Christie publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Brian R. Christie between 1988 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Brian R. Christie published across 39 years, from 1988 to 2026, averaging 5.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2016. 15 of the 218 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2016. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 4 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 14 publications 2026: 1 publication
1988 2026

218 publications in total across all disciplines

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Brian R. Christie: publications per year, 1988 to 2026
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 1
1991 1
1992 2
1993 1
1994 4
1995 3
1996 5
1997 1
1998 1
1999 2
2000 1
2001 3
2002 1
2003 4
2004 2
2005 5
2006 11
2007 5
2008 4
2009 8
2010 5
2011 9
2012 5
2013 8
2014 13
2015 6
2016 16
2017 10
2018 9
2019 12
2020 12
2021 10
2022 3
2023 10
2024 9
2025 14
2026 1
Total 218
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Brian R. Christie 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 Brian R. Christie 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, 178–187 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: 184 publications — 57th percentile

57% 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
178–187 350 184
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174
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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Brian R. Christie 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 Brian R. Christie sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
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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, 68–69 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: 68 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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 68
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
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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Overview

Brian R. Christie is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and neuroscience, producing a significant body of work focused on brain injury, neuroplasticity, and related fields.

The scientist's research primarily contributes to the following fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

The following subfields highlight more specific areas of their expertise:

  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Epidemiology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Brian R. Christie's main research topics include:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Their publication record shows a frequent presence in several scientific journals, including:

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Nature Metabolism
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Collaborations have been notable with several co-authors presenting repeated joint authorship, such as:

  • Hannah Reid
  • Taylor Snowden
  • Justin Brand
  • Sandy R. Shultz
  • Eric Eyolfson

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian R. Christie include the following:

  • Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function (2021), published in Nature Metabolism
  • Does Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Increase the Risk for Dementia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2020), published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Interplay between hormones and exercise on hippocampal plasticity across the lifespan (2020), published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Chronic AdipoRon Treatment Mimics the Effects of Physical Exercise on Restoring Hippocampal Neuroplasticity in Diabetic Mice (2021), published in Molecular Neurobiology
  • AdipoRon Treatment Induces a Dose-Dependent Response in Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Running enhances neurogenesis, learning, and long-term potentiation in mice

    H M van Praag;B R Christie;T J Sejnowski;F H Gage

  • Functional neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    Henriette van Praag;Alejandro F. Schinder;Brian R. Christie;Brian R. Christie;Nicolas Toni

  • Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

    Andrew I R Maas;David K Menon;P David Adelson;Nada Andelic

  • Effects of voluntary exercise on synaptic plasticity and gene expression in the dentate gyrus of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats in vivo.

    J Farmer;X Zhao;H van Praag;K Wodtke

  • Environmental enrichment and voluntary exercise massively increase neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus via dissociable pathways.

    Andrea K. Olson;Brennan D. Eadie;Carl Ernst;Brian R. Christie

  • Active properties of neuronal dendrites

    Daniel Johnston;Jeffrey C. Magee;Costa M. Colbert;Brian R. Christie

  • Voluntary exercise alters the cytoarchitecture of the adult dentate gyrus by increasing cellular proliferation, dendritic complexity, and spine density

    Brennan D. Eadie;Van A. Redila;Brian R. Christie

  • Antidepressant effects of exercise: evidence for an adult-neurogenesis hypothesis?

    Carl Ernst;Andrea K Olson;John P J Pinel;Raymond W Lam

  • Dopamine D1/D5 receptor modulation of excitatory synaptic inputs to layer V prefrontal cortex neurons

    Jeremy K. Seamans;Daniel Durstewitz;Brian R. Christie;Charles F. Stevens

  • Mice lacking methyl-CpG binding protein 1 have deficits in adult neurogenesis and hippocampal function

    Xinyu Zhao;Tetsuya Ueba;Tetsuya Ueba;Brian R. Christie;Basam Barkho

  • Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function.

    Mohammad R Islam;Sophia Valaris;Michael F Young;Erin B Haley

  • Beneficial microbial allelopathies in the root zone: the management of soil quality and plant disease with rhizobacteria

    A.V Sturz;B.R Christie

  • Physical exercise-induced hippocampal neurogenesis and antidepressant effects are mediated by the adipocyte hormone adiponectin

    Suk Yu Yau;Ang Li;Ruby L C Hoo;Yick Pang Ching

  • Neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    Brian R. Christie;Heather A. Cameron

  • Active dendrites, potassium channels and synaptic plasticity

    Daniel Johnston;Brian R. Christie;Brian R. Christie;Andreas Frick;Richard A Gray

  • Exercise-induced changes in dendritic structure and complexity in the adult hippocampal dentate gyrus

    V.A. Redila;B.R. Christie

  • Associations of bacterial endophyte populations from red clover and potato crops with potential for beneficial allelopathy

    A V Sturz;B R Christie;B G Matheson

  • Different Ca2+ Channels in Soma and Dendrites of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons Mediate Spike-Induced Ca2+ Influx

    Brian R. Christie;Lise S. Eliot;Ken-Ichi Ito;Hiroyoshi Miyakawa

  • Hippocampal long-term depression mediates acute stress-induced spatial memory retrieval impairment.

    Tak Pan Wong;John G. Howland;Julie M. Robillard;Yuan Ge

  • A Comparison of the Different Animal Models of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Their Use in Studying Complex Behaviors

    Anna R. Patten;Christine J. Fontaine;Brian R. Christie

  • Subthreshold synaptic activation of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels mediates a localized Ca2+ influx into the dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons

    J. C. Magee;G. Christofi;H. Miyakawa;B. Christie

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Grandes
Pedro Grandes University of the Basque Country
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston The University of Texas at Austin
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Kwok-Fai So
Kwok-Fai So University of Hong Kong
Sandy R. Shultz
Sandy R. Shultz Monash University
Wickliffe C. Abraham
Wickliffe C. Abraham University of Otago
Jeffrey C. Magee
Jeffrey C. Magee Baylor College of Medicine
Yu Tian Wang
Yu Tian Wang University of British Columbia
Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Tatia M.C. Lee
Tatia M.C. Lee University of Hong Kong

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