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Constance Scharff 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 Constance Scharff sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 89 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Constance Scharff 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 Constance Scharff sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Constance Scharff is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany, contributing to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work also extensively covers subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, and Molecular Biology.

The research topics pursued by Scharff focus on animal vocal communication and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, marine animal studies, retinal development and disorders, plant and animal studies, fish biology, ecology and behavior, as well as bat biology and ecology.

Scharff has authored multiple scientific papers including:

  • Multimodality during live tutoring is relevant for vocal learning in zebra finches, 2022, Animal Behaviour
  • Dynamic FoxP2 levels in male zebra finches are linked to morphology of adult-born Area X medium spiny neurons, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • RoboFinch: A versatile audio-visual synchronised robotic bird model for laboratory and field research on songbirds, 2023, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Adding colour-realistic video images to audio playbacks increases stimulus engagement but does not enhance vocal learning in zebra finches, 2021, Animal Cognition
  • Immunohistochemical characterization of bipolar cells in four distantly related avian species, 2022, The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Frequent co-authors in Scharff's publications include:

  • Ezequiel Mendoza
  • Katharina Riebel
  • Judith Varkevisser
  • Ralph Simon
  • Wouter Halfwerk

The preferred venues for publishing Scharff's research are varied but include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Best Publications

  • A comparative study of the behavioral deficits following lesions of various parts of the zebra finch song system: implications for vocal learning.

    Constance Scharff;Fernando Nottebohm

  • The genome of a songbird

    Wesley C. Warren;David F. Clayton;Hans Ellegren;Arthur P. Arnold

  • FOXP2 as a molecular window into speech and language.

    Simon E. Fisher;Constance Scharff

  • Twitter evolution: converging mechanisms in birdsong and human speech.

    Johan J. Bolhuis;Kazuo Okanoya;Kazuo Okanoya;Constance Scharff

  • Incomplete and Inaccurate Vocal Imitation after Knockdown of FoxP2 in Songbird Basal Ganglia Nucleus Area X

    Sebastian Haesler;Christelle Rochefort;Christelle Rochefort;Benjamin Georgi;Pawel Licznerski

  • For Whom The Bird Sings: Context-Dependent Gene Expression

    Erich D Jarvis;Constance Scharff;Matthew R Grossman;Joana A Ramos

  • FoxP2 expression in avian vocal learners and non-learners.

    Sebastian Haesler;Kazuhiro Wada;A. Nshdejan;Edward E. Morrisey

  • Targeted neuronal death affects neuronal replacement and vocal behavior in adult songbirds.

    Constance Scharff;John R Kirn;Matthew Grossman;Jeffrey D Macklis

  • A molecular neuroethological approach for identifying and characterizing a cascade of behaviorally regulated genes

    Kazuhiro Wada;Jason T. Howard;Patrick McConnell;Osceola Whitney

  • The songbird syrinx morphome: a three-dimensional, high-resolution, interactive morphological map of the zebra finch vocal organ

    Daniel N Düring;Alexander Ziegler;Christopher K Thompson;Christopher K Thompson;Andreas Ziegler

  • Challenges for brain repair: insights from adult neurogenesis in birds and mammals.

    Fiona Doetsch;Constance Scharff

  • Mutations in the polyglutamine binding protein 1 gene cause X-linked mental retardation

    Vera M. Kalscheuer;Kristine Freude;Luciana Musante;Lars R. Jensen

  • Evo-devo, Deep Homology and FoxP2: Implications for the Evolution of Speech and Language

    Constance Scharff;Jana Petri

  • The Songbird as a Model for the Generation and Learning of Complex Sequential Behaviors

    Michale S Fee;Constance Scharff

  • An evolutionary perspective on FoxP2: strictly for the birds?

    Constance Scharff;Sebastian Haesler;Sebastian Haesler

  • Diminished FoxP2 Levels Affect Dopaminergic Modulation of Corticostriatal Signaling Important to Song Variability

    Malavika Murugan;Stephen Harward;Constance Scharff;Richard Mooney

  • Gene expression changes in the course of neural progenitor cell differentiation

    Ulf Gurok;Christine Steinhoff;Bettina Lipkowitz;Hans-Hilger Ropers

  • Singing Mice, Songbirds, and More: Models for FOXP2 Function and Dysfunction in Human Speech and Language

    Stephanie A. White;Simon E. Fisher;Daniel H. Geschwind;Constance Scharff

  • Conspecific and heterospecific song discrimination in male zebra finches with lesions in the anterior forebrain pathway

    Constance Scharff;Fernando Nottebohm;Jeffrey Cynx

  • Reference genes for quantitative gene expression studies in multiple avian species

    Philipp Olias;Iris Adam;Anne Meyer;Constance Scharff

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Nottebohm
Fernando Nottebohm Rockefeller University
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
Geraint A. Wiggins
Geraint A. Wiggins Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Claudio V. Mello
Claudio V. Mello Oregon Health & Science University
Blagoy Blagoev
Blagoy Blagoev University of Southern Denmark
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
Harry Scherthan
Harry Scherthan University of Ulm
Hans-Hilger Ropers
Hans-Hilger Ropers Max Planck Society
Simon E. Fisher
Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society
Jamel Chelly
Jamel Chelly Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology

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