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Chiara Cirelli 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 Chiara Cirelli sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 197 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chiara Cirelli 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 Chiara Cirelli sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 81 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Chiara Cirelli is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their primary field of study is Neuroscience, with a focus on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The scientist's research encompasses multiple key topics such as Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, and Sleep and related disorders.

Selected recent publications by Chiara Cirelli include:

  • The why and how of sleep-dependent synaptic down-selection, 2021, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Effects of sleep and waking on the synaptic ultrastructure, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Other notable recent papers linked to coauthors or the broader research network include:

  • The evolving view of replay and its functions in wake and sleep, 2020, SLEEP Advances
  • Net decrease in spine-surface GluA1-containing AMPA receptors after post-learning sleep in the adult mouse cortex, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Only what exists can cause: An intrinsic view of free will, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Chiara Cirelli has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Giulio Tononi
  • William Marshall
  • Christof Koch
  • Graham Findlay
  • William G. P. Mayner

The scientist has published multiple works in various venues, with frequent contributions in:

  • SLEEP
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • iScience
  • eNeuro

Best Publications

  • Sleep function and synaptic homeostasis.

    Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

  • Sleep and the Price of Plasticity: From Synaptic and Cellular Homeostasis to Memory Consolidation and Integration

    Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

  • Correlates of Sleep and Waking in Drosophila melanogaster

    Paul J. Shaw;Chiara Cirelli;Ralph J. Greenspan;Giulio Tononi

  • Sleep and synaptic homeostasis: a hypothesis.

    Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

  • Regional Slow Waves and Spindles in Human Sleep

    Yuval Nir;Richard J. Staba;Thomas Andrillon;Thomas Andrillon;Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy

  • Local sleep in awake rats

    Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy;Umberto Olcese;Umberto Olcese;Erin C. Hanlon;Yuval Nir

  • Molecular and electrophysiological evidence for net synaptic potentiation in wake and depression in sleep.

    Vladyslav V Vyazovskiy;Chiara Cirelli;Martha Pfister-Genskow;Ugo Faraguna

  • Cortical firing and sleep homeostasis.

    Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy;Umberto Olcese;Umberto Olcese;Yaniv M. Lazimy;Ugo Faraguna

  • Is Sleep Essential

    Chiara Cirelli;Giulio Tononi

  • Extensive and divergent effects of sleep and wakefulness on brain gene expression

    Chiara Cirelli;Christina M. Gutierrez;Giulio Tononi

  • Ultrastructural evidence for synaptic scaling across the wake/sleep cycle.

    Luisa de Vivo;Michele Bellesi;Michele Bellesi;William Marshall;Eric A. Bushong

  • Sleep Spindles in Humans: Insights from Intracranial EEG and Unit Recordings

    Thomas Andrillon;Yuval Nir;Richard J. Staba;Fabio Ferrarelli

  • Reduced sleep in Drosophila Shaker mutants

    Chiara Cirelli;Daniel Bushey;Sean Hill;Reto Huber

  • The genetic and molecular regulation of sleep: from fruit flies to humans.

    Chiara Cirelli

  • Differential Expression of Plasticity-Related Genes in Waking and Sleep and Their Regulation by the Noradrenergic System

    Chiara Cirelli;Giulio Tononi

  • Gene expression in the brain across the sleep–waking cycle

    Chiara Cirelli;Giulio Tononi

  • Sleep and synaptic homeostasis: structural evidence in Drosophila.

    Daniel Bushey;Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

  • Widespread changes in synaptic markers as a function of sleep and wakefulness in Drosophila.

    Giorgio F. Gilestro;Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

  • Sleep homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster

    Reto Huber;Sean L Hill;Carie Holladay;Melissa Biesiadecki

  • Sleep Loss Promotes Astrocytic Phagocytosis and Microglial Activation in Mouse Cerebral Cortex

    Michele Bellesi;Luisa de Vivo;Mattia Chini;Francesca Gilli

  • Neuronal Gene Expression in the Waking State: A Role for the Locus Coeruleus

    Chiara Cirelli;Maria Pompeiano;Giulio Tononi

Frequent Co-Authors

Giulio Tononi
Giulio Tononi University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy
Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy University of Oxford
Yuval Nir
Yuval Nir Tel Aviv University
Reto Huber
Reto Huber University of Zurich
Maria Felice Ghilardi
Maria Felice Ghilardi City University of New York
Itzhak Fried
Itzhak Fried University of California, Los Angeles
Ruth M. Benca
Ruth M. Benca University of California, Irvine
Brady A. Riedner
Brady A. Riedner University of Wisconsin–Madison
Pietro Pietrini
Pietro Pietrini IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Emiliano Ricciardi
Emiliano Ricciardi IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca

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