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D-Index
48
Citations
12544
World Ranking
6106
National Ranking
2668

David K. Welsh 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 David K. Welsh sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 91 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David K. Welsh 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 David K. Welsh sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Individual neurons dissociated from rat suprachiasmatic nucleus express independently phased circadian firing rhythms

    David K Welsh;Diomedes E Logothetis;Markus Meister;Steven M Reppert

  • Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Cell Autonomy and Network Properties

    David K. Welsh;Joseph S. Takahashi;Steve A. Kay

  • Intercellular Coupling Confers Robustness against Mutations in the SCN Circadian Clock Network

    Andrew C. Liu;Andrew C. Liu;David K. Welsh;David K. Welsh;David K. Welsh;Caroline H. Ko;Caroline H. Ko;Hien G. Tran;Hien G. Tran

  • Bioluminescence imaging of individual fibroblasts reveals persistent, independently phased circadian rhythms of clock gene expression.

    David K. Welsh;Seung Hee Yoo;Seung Hee Yoo;Andrew C. Liu;Joseph S. Takahashi

  • Identification of small molecule activators of cryptochrome.

    Tsuyoshi Hirota;Jae Wook Lee;Peter C. St. John;Mariko Sawa

  • Feedback repression is required for mammalian circadian clock function

    Trey K Sato;Rikuhiro G Yamada;Hideki Ukai;Julie E Baggs

  • Redundant Function of REV-ERBα and β and Non-Essential Role for Bmal1 Cycling in Transcriptional Regulation of Intracellular Circadian Rhythms

    Andrew C. Liu;Hien G. Tran;Hien G. Tran;Eric E. Zhang;Eric E. Zhang;Aaron A. Priest

  • Bioluminescence imaging in living organisms.

    David K Welsh;Steve A Kay;Steve A Kay

  • Emergence of Noise-Induced Oscillations in the Central Circadian Pacemaker

    Caroline H. Ko;Yujiro R. Yamada;David K. Welsh;David K. Welsh;Ethan D. Buhr

  • Cellular circadian clocks in mood disorders.

    Michael J. McCarthy;David K. Welsh;David K. Welsh

  • A model of the cell-autonomous mammalian circadian clock

    Henry P. Mirsky;Andrew C. Liu;David K. Welsh;Steve A. Kay

  • Expression of the Circadian Clock Gene Period2 in the Hippocampus: Possible Implications for Synaptic Plasticity and Learned Behaviour

    Louisa M-C Wang;Joanna M Dragich;Joanna M Dragich;Takashi Kudo;Irene H Odom

  • Genetic Disruption of Circadian Rhythms in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Causes Helplessness, Behavioral Despair, and Anxiety-like Behavior in Mice

    Dominic Landgraf;Dominic Landgraf;Jaimie E. Long;Jaimie E. Long;Christophe D. Proulx;Rita Barandas

  • Acid Suspends the Circadian Clock in Hypoxia through Inhibition of mTOR

    Zandra E. Walton;Chirag H. Patel;Rebekah C. Brooks;Yongjun Yu

  • Circadian Clock and Stress Interactions in the Molecular Biology of Psychiatric Disorders

    Dominic Landgraf;Michael J. McCarthy;Michael J. McCarthy;David K. Welsh;David K. Welsh

  • A survey of genomic studies supports association of circadian clock genes with bipolar disorder spectrum illnesses and lithium response.

    Michael J. McCarthy;Michael J. McCarthy;Caroline M. Nievergelt;John R. Kelsoe;John R. Kelsoe;David K. Welsh;David K. Welsh

  • Effect of Age on the Circadian Pattern of Sleep and Wakefulness in the Mouse

    David K. Welsh;Gary S. Richardson;William C. Dement

  • Enhancing circadian clock function in cancer cells inhibits tumor growth.

    Silke Kiessling;Silke Kiessling;Silke Kiessling;Lou Beaulieu-Laroche;Ian D. Blum;Dominic Landgraf;Dominic Landgraf

  • Genetic and clinical factors predict lithium’s effects on PER2 gene expression rhythms in cells from bipolar disorder patients

    M J McCarthy;H Wei;Z Marnoy;R M Darvish

  • NPAS2 Compensates for Loss of CLOCK in Peripheral Circadian Oscillators.

    Dominic Landgraf;Lexie L. Wang;Tanja Diemer;David K. Welsh;David K. Welsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve A. Kay
Steve A. Kay University of Southern California
John R. Kelsoe
John R. Kelsoe University of California, San Diego
Joseph S. Takahashi
Joseph S. Takahashi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Caroline M. Nievergelt
Caroline M. Nievergelt University of California, San Diego
Elliot S. Gershon
Elliot S. Gershon University of Chicago
Francis J. Doyle
Francis J. Doyle Brown University
William C. Dement
William C. Dement Stanford University
John I. Nurnberger
John I. Nurnberger Indiana University
Melvin G. McInnis
Melvin G. McInnis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David Craig
David Craig University of Southern California

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