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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Neuroscience 222 14 10 9 5 681 170763
Biology and Biochemistry 219 21 20 18 17 666 166763
Best Scientists 222 133 119 91 80 704 168728

Eric R. Kandel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Eric R. Kandel between 1960 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Eric R. Kandel published across 66 years, from 1960 to 2025, averaging 10.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 1996. 5 of the 712 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1960 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 1996. 1960: 3 publications 1961: 8 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 1 publication 1964: 3 publications 1965: 2 publications 1966: 3 publications 1967: 5 publications 1968: 2 publications 1969: 6 publications 1970: 4 publications 1971: 6 publications 1972: 6 publications 1973: 4 publications 1974: 7 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 9 publications 1977: 8 publications 1978: 6 publications 1979: 12 publications 1980: 9 publications 1981: 16 publications 1982: 10 publications 1983: 10 publications 1984: 9 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 19 publications 1987: 12 publications 1988: 11 publications 1989: 14 publications 1990: 9 publications 1991: 10 publications 1992: 16 publications 1993: 16 publications 1994: 15 publications 1995: 20 publications 1996: 26 publications 1997: 20 publications 1998: 24 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 20 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 21 publications 2004: 22 publications 2005: 14 publications 2006: 25 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 19 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 1 publication
1960 2025

712 publications in total across all disciplines

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Eric R. Kandel: publications per year, 1960 to 2025
Year Publications
1960 3
1961 8
1962 0
1963 1
1964 3
1965 2
1966 3
1967 5
1968 2
1969 6
1970 4
1971 6
1972 6
1973 4
1974 7
1975 1
1976 9
1977 8
1978 6
1979 12
1980 9
1981 16
1982 10
1983 10
1984 9
1985 4
1986 19
1987 12
1988 11
1989 14
1990 9
1991 10
1992 16
1993 16
1994 15
1995 20
1996 26
1997 20
1998 24
1999 12
2000 20
2001 11
2002 9
2003 21
2004 22
2005 14
2006 25
2007 11
2008 19
2009 14
2010 14
2011 15
2012 17
2013 12
2014 13
2015 18
2016 15
2017 7
2018 13
2019 10
2020 10
2021 9
2022 7
2023 3
2024 4
2025 1
Total 712
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Eric R. Kandel publications per year - data summary

  • Eric R. Kandel, a Neuroscience scholar from Columbia University, has 712 publications recorded across 66 years, from 1960 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1960 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 1996, with 26 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1963, 1975 and 2025, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 66 years in the span carries no publications at all (1962).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.0 per year counting only the 65 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 24 publications, 3% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1960-1981: 121 publications (5.5 per year); 1982-2003: 318 publications (14.5 per year); 2004-2025: 273 publications (12.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Eric R. Kandel 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 R. Kandel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 887+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 539. Most scientists, 539, have 98–107 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 678–687 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 18 scientists 48–57 publications: 79 scientists 58–67 publications: 193 scientists 68–77 publications: 323 scientists 78–87 publications: 406 scientists 88–97 publications: 452 scientists 98–107 publications: 539 scientists 108–117 publications: 505 scientists 118–127 publications: 522 scientists 128–137 publications: 469 scientists 138–147 publications: 456 scientists 148–157 publications: 459 scientists 158–167 publications: 397 scientists 168–177 publications: 383 scientists 178–187 publications: 350 scientists 188–197 publications: 302 scientists 198–207 publications: 306 scientists 208–217 publications: 262 scientists 218–227 publications: 242 scientists 228–237 publications: 220 scientists 238–247 publications: 203 scientists 248–257 publications: 174 scientists 258–267 publications: 176 scientists 268–277 publications: 175 scientists 278–287 publications: 125 scientists 288–297 publications: 116 scientists 298–307 publications: 127 scientists 308–317 publications: 128 scientists 318–327 publications: 99 scientists 328–337 publications: 89 scientists 338–347 publications: 78 scientists 348–357 publications: 96 scientists 358–367 publications: 66 scientists 368–377 publications: 59 scientists 378–387 publications: 65 scientists 388–397 publications: 54 scientists 398–407 publications: 48 scientists 408–417 publications: 49 scientists 418–427 publications: 34 scientists 428–437 publications: 31 scientists 438–447 publications: 30 scientists 448–457 publications: 31 scientists 458–467 publications: 36 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 35 scientists 488–497 publications: 30 scientists 498–507 publications: 23 scientists 508–517 publications: 26 scientists 518–527 publications: 20 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 20 scientists 548–557 publications: 20 scientists 558–567 publications: 17 scientists 568–577 publications: 14 scientists 578–587 publications: 20 scientists 588–597 publications: 20 scientists 598–607 publications: 19 scientists 608–617 publications: 18 scientists 618–627 publications: 17 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 11 scientists 648–657 publications: 11 scientists 658–667 publications: 8 scientists 668–677 publications: 7 scientists 678–687 publications: 11 scientists 688–697 publications: 10 scientists 698–707 publications: 4 scientists 708–717 publications: 6 scientists 718–727 publications: 5 scientists 728–737 publications: 5 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 9 scientists 758–767 publications: 3 scientists 768–777 publications: 7 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 6 scientists 798–807 publications: 2 scientists 808–817 publications: 2 scientists 818–827 publications: 7 scientists 828–837 publications: 0 scientists 838–847 publications: 9 scientists 848–857 publications: 3 scientists 858–867 publications: 1 scientist 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 887+

This scientist: 681 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 18
48–57 79
58–67 193
68–77 323
78–87 406
88–97 452
98–107 539
108–117 505
118–127 522
128–137 469
138–147 456
148–157 459
158–167 397
168–177 383
178–187 350
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174
258–267 176
268–277 175
278–287 125
288–297 116
298–307 127
308–317 128
318–327 99
328–337 89
338–347 78
348–357 96
358–367 66
368–377 59
378–387 65
388–397 54
398–407 48
408–417 49
418–427 34
428–437 31
438–447 30
448–457 31
458–467 36
468–477 40
478–487 35
488–497 30
498–507 23
508–517 26
518–527 20
528–537 23
538–547 20
548–557 20
558–567 17
568–577 14
578–587 20
588–597 20
598–607 19
608–617 18
618–627 17
628–637 11
638–647 11
648–657 11
658–667 8
668–677 7
678–687 11 681
688–697 10
698–707 4
708–717 6
718–727 5
728–737 5
738–747 9
748–757 9
758–767 3
768–777 7
778–787 7
788–797 6
798–807 2
808–817 2
818–827 7
828–837 0
838–847 9
848–857 3
858–867 1
868–877 3
878–886 6
887+ 100
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Eric R. Kandel publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,597 Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 86 ranges running from 38–47 to 887+ publications.
  • Eric R. Kandel, a Neuroscience scholar from Columbia University, records 681 publications - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Neuroscience scientists score the same or lower than Eric R. Kandel, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 158–167 publications range, and Eric R. Kandel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 98–107 publications, holding 539 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 76% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 248–257 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 887 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Eric R. Kandel 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 R. Kandel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 68 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 512. Most scientists, 512, have 46–47 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 163+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 172 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 296 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 435 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 459 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 456 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 467 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 478 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 512 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 435 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 425 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 418 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 392 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 357 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 334 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 328 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 260 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 278 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 239 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 250 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 210 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 200 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 189 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 170 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 146 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 113 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 126 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 100 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 99 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 84 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 85 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 72 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 76 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 45 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 43 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 32 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 45 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 50 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 32 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 39 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 27 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 19 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 23 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 16 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 24 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 14 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 15 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 10 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 10 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 13 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 8 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 6 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 6 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 7 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 7 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 10 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162 D-Index: 8 scientists 163+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30–31 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 222 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Neuroscience scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 42
32–33 172
34–35 296
36–37 435
38–39 459
40–41 456
42–43 467
44–45 478
46–47 512
48–49 435
50–51 425
52–53 418
54–55 392
56–57 357
58–59 334
60–61 328
62–63 260
64–65 278
66–67 239
68–69 250
70–71 210
72–73 200
74–75 189
76–77 170
78–79 146
80–81 113
82–83 126
84–85 100
86–87 84
88–89 99
90–91 84
92–93 85
94–95 72
96–97 76
98–99 45
100–101 49
102–103 43
104–105 32
106–107 45
108–109 50
110–111 32
112–113 39
114–115 32
116–117 29
118–119 27
120–121 19
122–123 23
124–125 27
126–127 16
128–129 24
130–131 13
132–133 21
134–135 17
136–137 14
138–139 15
140–141 10
142–143 10
144–145 13
146–147 9
148–149 8
150–151 6
152–153 6
154–155 7
156–157 7
158–159 10
160–161 4
162 8
163+ 100 222
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Eric R. Kandel D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,597 Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 68 ranges running from 30–31 to 163+ D-Index.
  • Eric R. Kandel, a Neuroscience scholar from Columbia University, records 222 D-Index - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Neuroscience scientists score the same or lower than Eric R. Kandel, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 54–55 D-Index range, and Eric R. Kandel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 46–47 D-Index, holding 512 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 65% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 62–63 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2000 - Nobel Prize for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system
  • 1997 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
  • 1989 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences
  • 1988 - US President's National Medal of Science "For discovering the first cellular and molecular mechanisms contributing to simple learning and memory.", Presented by President Reagan in a White House ceremony on July 15, 1988.
  • 1988 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1987 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 1983 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation
  • 1981 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society
  • 1978 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1976 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Eric R. Kandel is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Neurology.

The main topics addressed in their work are Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Some recent papers authored by Kandel include:

  • 3D neuronal mitochondrial morphology in axons, dendrites, and somata of the aging mouse hippocampus (2021) - Cell Reports
  • A direct lateral entorhinal cortex to hippocampal CA2 circuit conveys social information required for social memory (2022) - Neuron
  • Cannabinoid exposure in rat adolescence reprograms the initial behavioral, molecular, and epigenetic response to cocaine (2020) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Enkephalin release from VIP interneurons in the hippocampal CA2/3a region mediates heterosynaptic plasticity and social memory (2021) - Molecular Psychiatry
  • A fast, aqueous, reversible three-day tissue clearing method for adult and embryonic mouse brain and whole body (2021) - Cell Reports Methods

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kandel are:

  • Christopher A. de Solis
  • Arun Asok
  • Celia Durkin
  • Daphna Shohamy
  • Stylianos Kosmidis

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vision
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Learning & Memory

Eric R. Kandel has been recognized with several awards such as the Nobel Prize in 2000 for discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system. Other honors include the US President's National Medal of Science in 1988, the Canada Gairdner International Award in 1987, the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1983, and membership in several academies like the National Academy of Sciences (1974) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1976).

Additional distinctions include being a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Academy of Inventors.

Best Publications

  • Principles of Neural Science

    Eric R. Kandel;James H. Schwartz;Thomas M. Jessell

  • The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage: A Dialogue Between Genes and Synapses

    Eric R. Kandel

  • Control of memory formation through regulated expression of a CaMKII transgene

    Mark Mayford;Mary Elizabeth Bach;Yan You Huang;Lei Wang

  • Molecular Biology of Learning: Modulation of Transmitter Release.

    Eric R. Kandel;James H. Schwartz

  • Cognitive Neuroscience and the Study of Memory

    Brenda Milner;Larry R Squire;Eric R Kandel

  • Resolving Emotional Conflict: A Role for the Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Modulating Activity in the Amygdala

    Amit Etkin;Tobias Egner;Daniel M. Peraza;Eric R. Kandel

  • Subregion- and Cell Type–Restricted Gene Knockout in Mouse Brain

    Joe Z Tsien;Dong Feng Chen;David Gerber;Cindy Tom

  • A New Intellectual Framework for Psychiatry

    Eric R. Kandel

  • Genetic Demonstration of a Role for PKA in the Late Phase of LTP and in Hippocampus-Based Long-Term Memory

    Ted Abel;Peter V Nguyen;Mark Barad;Thomas A.S Deuel

  • Recombinant BDNF Rescues Deficits in Basal Synaptic Transmission and Hippocampal LTP in BDNF Knockout Mice

    Susan L Patterson;Ted Abel;Thomas A.S Deuel;Kelsey C Martin

  • Effects of cAMP simulate a late stage of LTP in hippocampal CA1 neurons

    U Frey;YY Huang;ER Kandel

  • The long and the short of long–term memory—a molecular framework

    Philip Goelet;Vincent F. Castellucci;Samuel Schacher;Eric R. Kandel

  • Impaired Long-Term Potentiation, Spatial Learning, and Hippocampal Development in fyn Mutant Mice

    Seth G. N. Grant;Thomas J. O'Dell;Kevin A. Karl;Paul L. Stein

  • The Molecular and Systems Biology of Memory

    Eric R. Kandel;Yadin Dudai;Mark R. Mayford

  • Memory: From Mind to Molecules

    Larry Ryan Squire;Eric Richard Kandel

  • Ablation of hippocampal neurogenesis impairs contextual fear conditioning and synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus

    Michael D. Saxe;Fortunato Battaglia;Jing Wen Wang;Gael Malleret

  • Tests of the roles of two diffusible substances in long-term potentiation: evidence for nitric oxide as a possible early retrograde messenger.

    Thomas J. O'dell;Robert D. Hawkins;Eric R. Kandel;Ottavio Arancio

  • MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF IDENTIFIED NEURONS IN THE ABDOMINAL GANGLION OF APLYSIA CALIFORNICA

    Wesley T. Frazier;Eric R. Kandel;Irving Kupfermann;Rafiq Waziri

  • STRUCTURAL CHANGES ACCOMPANYING MEMORY STORAGE

    Craig H. Bailey;Eric R. Kandel

  • A critical period for macromolecular synthesis in long-term heterosynaptic facilitation in Aplysia

    PG Montarolo;P Goelet;VF Castellucci;J Morgan

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Hawkins
Robert D. Hawkins Columbia University
Vincent F. Castellucci
Vincent F. Castellucci University of Montreal
Craig H. Bailey
Craig H. Bailey Columbia University
Thomas J. Carew
Thomas J. Carew New York University
James H. Schwartz
James H. Schwartz Columbia University
Mark Mayford
Mark Mayford University of California, San Diego
Samuel Schacher
Samuel Schacher Columbia University
Kelsey C. Martin
Kelsey C. Martin University of California, Los Angeles
Bong-Kiun Kaang
Bong-Kiun Kaang Seoul National University
Peter D. Balsam
Peter D. Balsam Columbia University

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