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David R. Kaplan

David R. Kaplan

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Neuroscience

D-Index
100
Citations
44166
World Ranking
750
National Ranking
34

David R. Kaplan 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 R. Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 230 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David R. Kaplan 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 R. Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Regulation of Neuronal Survival by the Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase Akt

    Henryk Dudek;Sandeep Robert Datta;Thomas F. Franke;Morris J. Birnbaum

  • Neurotrophin signal transduction in the nervous system.

    David R Kaplan;Freda D Miller

  • Isolation of multipotent adult stem cells from the dermis of mammalian skin

    Jean G. Toma;Mahnaz Akhavan;Karl J. L. Fernandes;Fanie Barnabé-Heider

  • Direct Regulation of the Akt Proto-Oncogene Product by Phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate

    Thomas F. Franke;David R. Kaplan;Lewis C. Cantley;Alex Toker

  • The trk proto-oncogene product: a signal transducing receptor for nerve growth factor

    David R. Kaplan;Barbara L. Hempstead;Dionisio Martin-Zanca;Moses V. Chao

  • TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION AND TYROSINE KINASE ACTIVITY OF THE TRK PROTO-ONCOGENE PRODUCT INDUCED BY NGF

    David R. Kaplan;Dionisio Martin-Zanca;Luis F. Parada

  • Neurotrophin-5: a novel neurotrophic factor that activates trk and trkB.

    Lucy R. Berkemeier;John W. Winslow;David R. Kaplan;Karoly Nikolics

  • The neurotrophic factors brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 are ligands for the trkB tyrosine kinase receptor

    Dan Soppet;Enrique Escandon;Johnne Maragos;David S. Middlemas

  • Common elements in growth factor stimulation and oncogenic transformation: 85 kd phosphoprotein and phosphatidylinositol kinase activity

    David R. Kaplan;Malcolm Whitman;Brian Schaffhausen;David C. Pallas

  • Signal transduction by the neutrophin receptors

    David R Kaplan;Freda D Miller

  • Trk receptors use redundant signal transduction pathways involving SHC and PLC-γ1 to mediate NGF responses

    Robert M. Stephens;David M. Loeb;Terry D. Copeland;Tony Pawson

  • Neurotrophin signal transduction by the Trk receptor.

    David R. Kaplan;Robert M. Stephens

  • An anti-apoptotic role for the p53 family member, p73, during developmental neuron death.

    Christine D. Pozniak;Stevo Radinovic;Annie Yang;Frank McKeon

  • The TrkB-Shc Site Signals Neuronal Survival and Local Axon Growth via MEK and PI3-Kinase

    Jasvinder K Atwal;Bernard Massie;Freda D Miller;David R Kaplan

  • Early events in neurotrophin signalling via Trk and p75 receptors.

    Lloyd A Greene;David R Kaplan

  • BDNF Promotes the Regenerative Sprouting, But Not Survival, of Injured Serotonergic Axons in the Adult Rat Brain

    Laura A. Mamounas;C. Anthony Altar;Mary E. Blue;David R. Kaplan

  • p75LNGFR regulates Trk signal transduction and NGF-induced neuronal differentiation in MAH cells

    Joseph M. Verdi;Susan J. Birren;Carlos F. Ibáñez;Håkan Persson

  • Evidence that Embryonic Neurons Regulate the Onset of Cortical Gliogenesis via Cardiotrophin-1

    Fanie Barnabé-Heider;Julie A. Wasylnka;Karl J.L. Fernandes;Christian Porsche

  • P53 IS ESSENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENTAL NEURON DEATH AS REGULATED BY THE TRKA AND P75 NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTORS

    Raquel S. Aloyz;Shernaz X. Bamji;Christine D. Pozniak;Jean G. Toma

  • Neurotrophin signalling pathways regulating neuronal apoptosis.

    F.D. Miller;D.R. Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

Freda D. Miller
Freda D. Miller University of British Columbia
Thomas M. Roberts
Thomas M. Roberts Harvard University
Lewis C. Cantley
Lewis C. Cantley Harvard University
Brian Schaffhausen
Brian Schaffhausen Tufts University
Lewis T. Williams
Lewis T. Williams University of California, San Francisco
Malcolm Whitman
Malcolm Whitman Harvard University
Luis F. Parada
Luis F. Parada Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jaime Escobedo
Jaime Escobedo Novartis (Switzerland)
David C. Pallas
David C. Pallas Emory University
Moses V. Chao
Moses V. Chao New York University

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