2026 Chiara Cirelli: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	81	1550	1413	766	681	197	31520
Medicine	81	16446	15468	8270	7652	197	31515

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Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

Publications

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Neuroscience

1550

1413

766

681

197

31520

Medicine

16446

15468

8270

7652

197

31515

Neuroscience

D-Index

Citations

31520

World Ranking

1550

National Ranking

766

Medicine

D-Index

Citations

31515

World Ranking

16446

National Ranking

8270

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

2567
Citations
Sleep and the Price of Plasticity: From Synaptic and Cellular Homeostasis to Memory Consolidation and Integration

Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

2444
Citations
Correlates of Sleep and Waking in Drosophila melanogaster

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

1461
Citations
Sleep and synaptic homeostasis: a hypothesis.

Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

1399
Citations
Regional Slow Waves and Spindles in Human Sleep

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

1060
Citations
Local sleep in awake rats

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

996
Citations
Molecular and electrophysiological evidence for net synaptic potentiation in wake and depression in sleep.

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

945
Citations
Cortical firing and sleep homeostasis.

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

840
Citations
Is Sleep Essential

Chiara Cirelli;Giulio Tononi

820
Citations
Extensive and divergent effects of sleep and wakefulness on brain gene expression

Chiara Cirelli;Christina M. Gutierrez;Giulio Tononi

725
Citations
Ultrastructural evidence for synaptic scaling across the wake/sleep cycle.

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

613
Citations
Sleep Spindles in Humans: Insights from Intracranial EEG and Unit Recordings

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

601
Citations
Reduced sleep in Drosophila Shaker mutants

Chiara Cirelli;Daniel Bushey;Sean Hill;Reto Huber

542
Citations
The genetic and molecular regulation of sleep: from fruit flies to humans.

Chiara Cirelli

450
Citations
Differential Expression of Plasticity-Related Genes in Waking and Sleep and Their Regulation by the Noradrenergic System

Chiara Cirelli;Giulio Tononi

440
Citations
Gene expression in the brain across the sleep–waking cycle

Chiara Cirelli;Giulio Tononi

431
Citations
Sleep and synaptic homeostasis: structural evidence in Drosophila.

Daniel Bushey;Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

427
Citations
Widespread changes in synaptic markers as a function of sleep and wakefulness in Drosophila.

Giorgio F. Gilestro;Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

423
Citations
Sleep homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster

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

417
Citations
Sleep Loss Promotes Astrocytic Phagocytosis and Microglial Activation in Mouse Cerebral Cortex

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

383
Citations
Neuronal Gene Expression in the Waking State: A Role for the Locus Coeruleus

Chiara Cirelli;Maria Pompeiano;Giulio Tononi

350
Citations