2026 Eric J. Nestler: 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
Best Scientists	207	227	213	150	140	919	167417
Neuroscience	211	21	17	15	11	889	173063
Medicine	211	131	120	88	80	893	173608

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Best Scientists

207

227

213

150

140

919

167417

Neuroscience

211

889

173063

Medicine

211

131

120

893

173608

Best Scientists

D-Index

207

Citations

167417

World Ranking

227

National Ranking

150

Neuroscience

D-Index

211

Citations

173063

World Ranking

National Ranking

Medicine

D-Index

211

Citations

173608

World Ranking

131

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2010 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine
2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1998 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1997 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Eric J. Nestler is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. With over 200 publications in neuroscience and more than 130 in biochemistry and molecular biology, their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, biological psychiatry, and physiology.

Their scientific contributions encompass several key topics, including:

Stress Responses and Cortisol
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior

Frequent publication venues for Eric J. Nestler include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Biological Psychiatry
Trends in Neurosciences
Science Advances
Molecular Psychiatry

Notable recent papers by Eric J. Nestler include:

"Machine Learning to Predict Mortality and Critical Events in a Cohort of Patients With COVID-19 in New York City: Model Development and Validation" (2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research)
"Midbrain projection to the basolateral amygdala encodes anxiety-like but not depression-like behaviors" (2022, Nature Communications)
"Sex-Specific Role for the Long Non-coding RNA LINC00473 in Depression" (2020, Neuron)
"Viral tools for neuroscience" (2020, Nature reviews. Neuroscience)
"Orexin signaling in GABAergic lateral habenula neurons modulates aggressive behavior in male mice" (2020, Nature Neuroscience)

Frequent co-authors include:

Li Shen
Eric M. Parise
Caleb J. Browne
Scott J. Russo
Aarthi Ramakrishnan

Eric J. Nestler has contributed to book publications, including a title published by McGraw-Hill eBooks: "Nestler, Hyman & Malenka's molecular neuropharmacology: a foundation for clinical neuroscience" (2020).

Throughout their career, they have been recognized with several awards, such as:

Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine (2010)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2003)
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1998)
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award (1997)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1987)

Best Publications

Neurobiology of depression.

Eric J. Nestler;Michel Barrot;Ralph J. DiLeone;Amelia J. Eisch

4273
Citations
Chronic Antidepressant Treatment Increases Neurogenesis in Adult Rat Hippocampus

Jessica E. Malberg;Amelia J. Eisch;Eric J. Nestler;Ronald S. Duman

4064
Citations
The molecular neurobiology of depression

Vaishnav Krishnan;Eric J. Nestler;Eric J. Nestler

3487
Citations
NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ADDICTION: The Role of Reward-Related Learning and Memory

Steven E. Hyman;Robert C. Malenka;Eric J. Nestler

3244
Citations
A molecular and cellular theory of depression

Ronald S. Duman;George R. Heninger;Eric J. Nestler

2851
Citations
Molecular Adaptations Underlying Susceptibility and Resistance to Social Defeat in Brain Reward Regions

Vaishnav Krishnan;Ming Hu Han;Danielle L. Graham;Olivier Berton

2615
Citations
Molecular basis of long-term plasticity underlying addiction

Eric J. Nestler

2510
Citations
Essential Role of BDNF in the Mesolimbic Dopamine Pathway in Social Defeat Stress

Olivier Berton;Colleen A. McClung;Ralph J. DiLeone;Vaishnav Krishnan

2489
Citations
The Mesolimbic Dopamine Reward Circuit in Depression

Eric J. Nestler;William A. Carlezon

2488
Citations
Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders

Eric J Nestler;Steven E Hyman

2398
Citations
The brain reward circuitry in mood disorders

Scott J. Russo;Eric J. Nestler

2110
Citations
Sustained hippocampal chromatin regulation in a mouse model of depression and antidepressant action

Nadia M Tsankova;Olivier Berton;William Renthal;Arvind Kumar

2056
Citations
New approaches to antidepressant drug discovery: beyond monoamines

Olivier Berton;Eric J. Nestler

1968
Citations
Molecular and Cellular Basis of Addiction

Eric J. Nestler;George K. Aghajanian

1906
Citations
Is there a common molecular pathway for addiction

Eric J Nestler

1861
Citations
Epigenetic regulation in psychiatric disorders

Nadia Tsankova;William Renthal;Arvind Kumar;Eric J. Nestler

1716
Citations
Molecular mechanisms of drug addiction

Eric J. Nestler

1683
Citations
Psychobiology and molecular genetics of resilience.

Adriana Feder;Eric J. Nestler;Dennis S. Charney

1663
Citations
The many faces of CREB

William A. Carlezon;Ronald S. Duman;Eric J. Nestler

1626
Citations
CHRONIC ANTIDEPRESSANT ADMINISTRATION INCREASES THE EXPRESSION OF CAMP RESPONSE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN (CREB) IN RAT HIPPOCAMPUS

M Nibuya;EJ Nestler;RS Duman

1553
Citations