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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
24599
World Ranking
9453
National Ranking
4171

Neuroscience

D-Index
63
Citations
24557
World Ranking
3336
National Ranking
1544

Catherine Dulac 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 Catherine Dulac sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 111 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Catherine Dulac 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 Catherine Dulac sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for deconstructing the complex behavior of parenting to the level of cell-types and their wiring, and demonstrating that the neural circuits governing both male and female-specific parenting behaviors are present in both sexes.
  • 2019 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
  • 2018 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society in recognition of her incisive studies of the molecular and circuit basis of instinctive behaviors mediated through olfactory systems in the mammalian brain
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Perl-UNC Prize, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Discovery of Chemosensitive Circuits that Regulate Social Behaviors.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences for her major contributions in the perception and behavioral translation of pheromones in mammals.
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Catherine Dulac is a researcher affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States, focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology. Their broader scientific interests encompass subfields such as Social Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Neurology, and Immunology.

The research topics that recurrently appear in Dulac's work include:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Gene expression and cancer classification

Dulac's recent publications demonstrate an integration of molecular techniques and neuroscience, exemplified by the following papers:

  • "Multi-animal pose estimation, identification and tracking with DeepLabCut," 2022, Nature Methods
  • "Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution," 2022, Cell
  • "Characterizing spatial gene expression heterogeneity in spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomic data with nonuniform cellular densities," 2021, Genome Research
  • "The Mind of a Mouse," 2020, Cell
  • "A preoptic neuronal population controls fever and appetite during sickness," 2022, Nature

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Dulac include:

  • Mohammed Mostafizur Rahman
  • Jessy Lauer
  • Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis
  • Alexander Mathis
  • Venkatesh N. Murthy

The researcher's work has been disseminated predominantly through high-impact and specialized scientific venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • Cell
  • Nature

A number of awards and honors have been conferred on Dulac recognizing contributions to neuroscience and molecular biology, including:

  • Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2021) for detailed analysis of the neural circuits underlying parenting behaviors across sexes
  • Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience (2019)
  • Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society (2018) for studies on molecular and circuit mechanisms of instinctive behaviors
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2015)
  • Perl-UNC Prize, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2010) for discovery of chemosensitive circuits regulating social behaviors
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009)
  • Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences (2006) for work on pheromone perception and behavioral translation
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004)

Best Publications

  • Visualizing an Olfactory Sensory Map

    Peter Mombaerts;Fan Wang;Catherine Dulac;Steve K Chao

  • Molecular, spatial, and functional single-cell profiling of the hypothalamic preoptic region.

    Jeffrey R. Moffitt;Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku;Dhananjay Bambah-Mukku;Stephen W. Eichhorn;Eric Vaughn;Eric Vaughn

  • A novel family of genes encoding putative pheromone receptors in mammals

    Catherine Dulac;Richard Axel

  • Loss of sex discrimination and male-male aggression in mice deficient for TRP2.

    Lisa Stowers;Timothy E. Holy;Markus Meister;Catherine Dulac

  • A Novel Family of Putative Pheromone Receptors in Mammals with a Topographically Organized and Sexually Dimorphic Distribution

    Gilles Herrada;Catherine Dulac

  • Mapping of Brain Activity by Automated Volume Analysis of Immediate Early Genes

    Nicolas Renier;Eliza L. Adams;Christoph Kirst;Zhuhao Wu

  • Molecular detection of pheromone signals in mammals: from genes to behaviour.

    Catherine Dulac;A. Thomas Torello

  • Superresolution Imaging of Chemical Synapses in the Brain

    Adish Dani;Bo Huang;Bo Huang;Joseph Bergan;Joseph Bergan;Catherine Dulac;Catherine Dulac

  • High-Resolution Analysis of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Mouse Brain

    Christopher Gregg;Jiangwen Zhang;Brandon Weissbourd;Brandon Weissbourd;Shujun Luo

  • Galanin neurons in the medial preoptic area govern parental behaviour

    Zheng Wu;Anita E. Autry;Joseph F. Bergan;Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida

  • A functional circuit underlying male sexual behaviour in the female mouse brain

    Tali Kimchi;Jennings Xu;Catherine Dulac

  • TRP2: A candidate transduction channel for mammalian pheromone sensory signaling

    Emily R. Liman;David P. Corey;Catherine Dulac

  • Genomic Imprinting and Physiological Processes in Mammals.

    Valter Tucci;Anthony R. Isles;Gavin Kelsey;Gavin Kelsey;Anne C. Ferguson-Smith

  • Neural control of maternal and paternal behaviors

    Catherine Dulac;Lauren Lauren O'Connell;Zheng Wu

  • Olfactory Inputs to Hypothalamic Neurons Controlling Reproduction and Fertility

    Hayan Yoon;Lynn William Enquist;Catherine Dulac

  • Functional circuit architecture underlying parental behaviour.

    Johannes Kohl;Benedicte M. Babayan;Nimrod D. Rubinstein;Anita E. Autry

  • Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution

    Unknown

  • Sex-Specific Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Mouse Brain

    Christopher Gregg;Jiangwen Zhang;James E. Butler;James E. Butler;David Haig

  • Identification of a Signaling Network in Lateral Nucleus of Amygdala Important for Inhibiting Memory Specifically Related to Learned Fear

    Gleb P. Shumyatsky;Evgeny Tsvetkov;Gaël Malleret;Svetlana Vronskaya

  • Brain function and chromatin plasticity

    Catherine Dulac

  • Functional Expression of Murine V2R Pheromone Receptors Involves Selective Association with the M10 and M1 Families of MHC Class Ib Molecules

    Jennifer Loconto;Fabio Papes;Ernie Chang;Lisa Stowers

  • A map of pheromone receptor activation in the mammalian brain.

    Leonardo Belluscio;Georgy Koentges;Richard Axel;Catherine Dulac

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Axel
Richard Axel Columbia University
Xiaowei Zhuang
Xiaowei Zhuang Harvard University
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Venkatesh N. Murthy
Venkatesh N. Murthy Harvard University
Alexander Mathis
Alexander Mathis École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Pamela J. Bjorkman
Pamela J. Bjorkman California Institute of Technology
David Haig
David Haig Harvard University
Gavin Kelsey
Gavin Kelsey Babraham Institute
Amar Sahay
Amar Sahay Harvard University

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