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Eric L. Bittman 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 Eric L. Bittman sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 141 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eric L. Bittman 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 Eric L. Bittman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% 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

  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Eric L. Bittman is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with particular emphasis on circadian rhythm and melatonin, spaceflight effects on biology, neural dynamics and brain function, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, sleep and wakefulness research, genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Key recent publications by Eric L. Bittman include:

  • Entrainment Is NOT Synchronization: An Important Distinction and Its Implications, 2020, Journal of Biological Rhythms
  • Anatomical Methods to Study the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, 2022, Methods in Molecular Biology

Other notable recent papers in related collaborations or research areas include:

  • duper is a null mutation of Cryptochrome 1 in Syrian hamsters, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The duper mutation reveals previously unsuspected functions of Cryptochrome 1 in circadian entrainment and heart disease, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Adult Neurogenesis Is Altered by Circadian Phase Shifts and the Duper Mutation in Female Syrian Hamsters, 2023, eNeuro

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers including Michael Seifu Bahiru, Emily N. C. Manoogian, Yin Yeng Lee, Sibel Cal-Kayitmazbatir, and Lauren J. Francey.

Eric L. Bittman's work has been published in several prominent scientific venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Biological Rhythms
  • eNeuro
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Frontiers in Physiology

Among the subfields closely associated with their research are endocrine and autonomic systems, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, developmental neuroscience, and aging.

Eric L. Bittman was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Neuroendocrine basis of seasonal reproduction.

    Fred J. Karsch;Eric L. Bittman;Douglas L. Foster;Robert L. Goodman

  • Circadian rhythmicity restored by neural transplant. Immunocytochemical characterization of the graft and its integration with the host brain

    MN Lehman;R Silver;WR Gladstone;RM Kahn

  • The Timed Infusion Paradigm for Melatonin Delivery - What has it Taught Us About the Melatonin Signal, its Reception, and the Photoperiodic Control of Seasonal Responses

    T J Bartness;J B Powers;M H Hastings;E L Bittman

  • Pineal Melatonin Secretion Drives the Reproductive Response to Daylength in the Ewe

    Eric L. Bittman;Robert J. Dempsey;Fred J. Karsch

  • Nightly duration of pineal melatonin secretion determines the reproductive response to inhibitory day length in the ewe.

    Eric L. Bittman;Fred J. Karsch

  • Effects of suprachiasmatic transplants on circadian rhythms of neuroendocrine function in golden hamsters.

    Elizabeth L. Meyer-Bernstein;Amy E. Jetton;Shin-ichiro Matsumoto;Jeffrey F. Markuns

  • Differential control of peripheral circadian rhythms by suprachiasmatic-dependent neural signals.

    Hongnian Guo;Judy Mc Kinley Brewer;Ameya Champhekar;Ruth B.S. Harris

  • Alterations in the control of luteinizing hormone pulse frequency underlie the seasonal variation in estradiol negative feedback in the ewe.

    Robert L. Goodman;Eric L. Bittman;Douglas L. Foster;Fred J. Karsch

  • Suprachiasmatic Regulation of Circadian Rhythms of Gene Expression in Hamster Peripheral Organs: Effects of Transplanting the Pacemaker

    Hongnian Guo;Judy McKinley Brewer;Michael N Lehman;Eric L Bittman

  • Role of the pineal gland in ovine photoperiodism: regulation of seasonal breeding and negative feedback effects of estradiol upon luteinizing hormone secretion.

    Eric L. Bittman;Fred J. Karsch;Jonathan W. Hopkins

  • Pineal melatonin mediates photoperiodic control of pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in the ewe.

    Eric L. Bittman;Alan H. Kaynard;Deborah H. Olster;Jane E. Robinson

  • Photoperiod regulates neuronal bromodeoxyuridine labeling in the brain of a seasonally breeding mammal

    Liyue Huang;Geert J. DeVries;Eric L. Bittman

  • Lesions of the melatonin- and androgen-responsive tissue of the dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus block the gonadal response of male syrian hamsters to programmed infusions of melatonin

    Elizabeth S. Maywood;Eric L. Bittman;Michael H. Hastings

  • Hamster refractoriness: the role of insensitivity of pineal target tissues

    Eric L. Bittman

  • Dispersed cell suspensions of fetal SCN restore circadian rhythmicity in SCN-lesioned adult hamsters.

    Rae Silver;Michael N. Lehman;Marie Gibson;W.R. Gladstone

  • Period gene expression in mouse endocrine tissues

    Eric L Bittman;Leo S Doherty;Liyue Huang;Allison Paroskie

  • The distribution of melatonin binding sites in neuroendocrine tissues of the ewe.

    Eric L. Bittman;David R. Weaver

  • Suprachiasmatic and paraventricular control of photoperiodism in Siberian hamsters

    E. L. Bittman;T. J. Bartness;B. D. Goldman;G. J. DeVries

  • A Role for Estradiol in Enhancing Luteinizing Hormone Pulse Frequency during the Follicular Phase of the Estrous Cycle of Sheep

    Fred J. Karsch;Douglas L. Foster;Eric L. Bittman;Robert L. Goodman

  • SCN lesions block responses to systemic melatonin infusions in Siberian hamsters.

    T. J. Bartness;B. D. Goldman;E. L. Bittman

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred J. Karsch
Fred J. Karsch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael N. Lehman
Michael N. Lehman Kent State University
Timothy J. Bartness
Timothy J. Bartness Georgia State University
Michael H. Hastings
Michael H. Hastings MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Rae Silver
Rae Silver Columbia University
Robert J. Dempsey
Robert J. Dempsey University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lance J. Kriegsfeld
Lance J. Kriegsfeld University of California, Berkeley
Thomas S. Kilduff
Thomas S. Kilduff SRI International
Samer Hattar
Samer Hattar National Institutes of Health
H. Elliott Albers
H. Elliott Albers Georgia State University

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