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Clifford B. Saper 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 Clifford B. Saper sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 480 publications — 94th percentile

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

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

Clifford B. Saper 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 Clifford B. Saper sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 158 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Clifford B. Saper is affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with a substantial body of work across several related subfields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these, more specific subfields of investigation include:

  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Neurology

The research topics covered by their publications illustrate interests in:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Prominent venues where Clifford B. Saper has published multiple papers include:

  • Annals of Neurology
  • SLEEP
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Selected recent papers and their publication years and venues are:

  • Orexin neurons inhibit sleep to promote arousal, 2022, Nature Communications
  • EP3R-Expressing Glutamatergic Preoptic Neurons Mediate Inflammatory Fever, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Role of serotonergic dorsal raphe neurons in hypercapnia-induced arousals, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Median preoptic GABA and glutamate neurons exert differential control over sleep behavior, 2022, Current Biology
  • Hypothalamic Hamartomas, 2021, Neurology

Collaborations are a significant component of this scientist's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Natalia Machado
  • Sathyajit S. Bandaru
  • Roberto De Luca
  • Elda Arrigoni
  • Satvinder Kaur

Recognized honors include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2009
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2003
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Narcolepsy in orexin knockout mice: Molecular genetics of sleep regulation

    Richard M. Chemelli;Jon T. Willie;Christopher M. Sinton;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Hypothalamic regulation of sleep and circadian rhythms

    Clifford B. Saper;Thomas E. Scammell;Jun Lu

  • The sleep switch: hypothalamic control of sleep and wakefulness

    Clifford B Saper;Thomas C Chou;Thomas E Scammell

  • Differential expression of orexin receptors 1 and 2 in the rat brain.

    Jacob N. Marcus;Carl J. Aschkenasi;Charlotte E. Lee;Richard M. Chemelli

  • Sleep State Switching

    Clifford B. Saper;Patrick M. Fuller;Nigel P. Pedersen;Jun Lu

  • From lesions to leptin: hypothalamic control of food intake and body weight.

    Joel K Elmquist;Carol Fuzeti Elias;Clifford B Saper

  • The need to feed: Homeostatic and hedonic control of eating

    Clifford B. Saper;Thomas C. Chou;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Direct hypothalamo-autonomic connections.

    C.B. Saper;A.D. Loewy;L.W. Swanson;W.M. Cowan

  • Efferent connections of the parabrachial nucleus in the rat.

    C.B. Saper;C.B. Saper;A.D. Loewy;A.D. Loewy

  • Distributions of leptin receptor mRNA isoforms in the rat brain.

    Joel K. Elmquist;Christian Bjørbæk;Rexford S. Ahima;Jeffrey S. Flier

  • A putative flip–flop switch for control of REM sleep

    Jun Lu;David Sherman;Marshall Devor;Marshall Devor;Clifford B. Saper

  • Activation of Ventrolateral Preoptic Neurons During Sleep

    J. E. Sherin;P. J. Shiromani;R. W. McCarley;C. B. Saper

  • Expression of ghrelin receptor mRNA in the rat and the mouse brain.

    Jeffrey M. Zigman;Juli E. Jones;Charlotte E. Lee;Clifford B. Saper

  • The alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist dexmedetomidine converges on an endogenous sleep-promoting pathway to exert its sedative effects.

    Laura E. Nelson;Jun Lu;Tianzhi Guo;Clifford B. Saper

  • Subnuclear organization of the efferent connections of the parabrachial nucleus in the rat.

    Carl E. Fulwiler;Clifford B. Saper

  • Efferent projections of the infralimbic cortex of the rat.

    Karen M. Hurley;Horst Herbert;Margaret M. Moga;Clifford B. Saper

  • Pathophysiology of REM sleep behaviour disorder and relevance to neurodegenerative disease

    B. F. Boeve;M. H. Silber;C. B. Saper;T. J. Ferman

  • Leptin Differentially Regulates NPY and POMC Neurons Projecting to the Lateral Hypothalamic Area

    Carol F Elias;Carl Aschkenasi;Charlotte Lee;Joseph Kelly

  • Cortical projections arising from the basal forebrain: a study of cholinergic and noncholinergic components employing combined retrograde tracing and immunohistochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase.

    D.B. Rye;B.H. Wainer;M.-M. Mesulam;E.J. Mufson

  • Connections of the parabrachial nucleus with the nucleus of the solitary tract and the medullary reticular formation in the rat.

    Horst Herbert;Margaret M. Moga;Clifford B. Saper

  • Interleukin-1 immunoreactive innervation of the human hypothalamus

    Christopher D. Breder;Charles A. Dinarello;Clifford B. Saper

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas E. Scammell
Thomas E. Scammell Harvard Medical School
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jun Lu
Jun Lu Zhejiang University
Patrick M. Fuller
Patrick M. Fuller Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Elda Arrigoni
Elda Arrigoni Harvard Medical School
Nicholas D. Schiff
Nicholas D. Schiff Cornell University
John H. R. Maunsell
John H. R. Maunsell University of Chicago
Joshua J. Gooley
Joshua J. Gooley Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Michael Lazarus
Michael Lazarus University of Tsukuba

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