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Florian Engert 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 Florian Engert sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 109 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Florian Engert 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 Florian Engert sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% 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

  • 2011 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award

Overview

Florian Engert is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields such as Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The scientist's research addresses various topics with a focus on Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Neural dynamics and brain function, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Retinal Development and Disorders, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Frequent publication venues for Florian Engert include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Neuron

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Florian Engert are:

  • Cerebellar Neurodynamics Predict Decision Timing and Outcome on the Single-Trial Level, 2020, Cell
  • Voltage imaging identifies spinal circuits that modulate locomotor adaptation in zebrafish, 2022, Neuron
  • Precise visuomotor transformations underlying collective behavior in larval zebrafish, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Larval Zebrafish Use Olfactory Detection of Sodium and Chloride to Avoid Salt Water, 2020, Current Biology
  • Social isolation modulates appetite and avoidance behavior via a common oxytocinergic circuit in larval zebrafish, 2022, Nature Communications

Florian Engert has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jonathan Boulanger-Weill
  • Misha B. Ahrens
  • Armin Bahl
  • Kristian J. Herrera
  • Mark C. Fishman

The scientist received the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Dendritic spine changes associated with hippocampal long-term synaptic plasticity

    Florian Engert;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Optimization of a GCaMP calcium indicator for neural activity imaging.

    Jasper Akerboom;Tsai Wen Chen;Trevor J. Wardill;Lin Tian;Lin Tian

  • Brain-wide neuronal dynamics during motor adaptation in zebrafish

    Misha B. Ahrens;Misha B. Ahrens;Jennifer M. Li;Michael B. Orger;Drew N. Robson

  • Whole-brain activity mapping onto a zebrafish brain atlas

    Owen Randlett;Caroline L Wee;Eva A Naumann;Eva A Naumann;Onyeka Nnaemeka

  • Whole-brain serial-section electron microscopy in larval zebrafish

    David Grant Colburn Hildebrand;Marcelo Cicconet;Russel M. Iguel Torres;Russel M. Iguel Torres;Woohyuk Choi

  • Neural Circuits Underlying Visually Evoked Escapes in Larval Zebrafish.

    Timothy W. Dunn;Christoph Gebhardt;Eva A. Naumann;Clemens Riegler;Clemens Riegler

  • Prey Capture Behavior Evoked by Simple Visual Stimuli in Larval Zebrafish

    Isaac Henry Bianco;Adam R. Kampff;Florian Engert

  • A robotic multidimensional directed evolution approach applied to fluorescent voltage reporters.

    Kiryl D. Piatkevich;Erica E. Jung;Christoph Straub;Changyang Linghu

  • Whole-brain activity maps reveal stereotyped, distributed networks for visuomotor behavior.

    Ruben Portugues;Claudia E. Feierstein;Florian Engert;Michael B. Orger

  • Brain-wide mapping of neural activity controlling zebrafish exploratory locomotion

    Timothy W Dunn;Timothy W Dunn;Yu Mu;Sujatha Narayan;Owen Randlett

  • Escape Behavior Elicited by Single, Channelrhodopsin-2-Evoked Spikes in Zebrafish Somatosensory Neurons

    Adam D. Douglass;Sebastian Kraves;Karl Deisseroth;Alexander F. Schier

  • Synapse specificity of long-term potentiation breaks down at short distances

    Florian Engert;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • From Whole-Brain Data to Functional Circuit Models: The Zebrafish Optomotor Response

    Eva A. Naumann;James E. Fitzgerald;Timothy W. Dunn;Jason Rihel

  • Control of visually guided behavior by distinct populations of spinal projection neurons.

    Michael B Orger;Adam R Kampff;Kristen E Severi;Johann H Bollmann

  • Neural Control and Modulation of Swimming Speed in the Larval Zebrafish

    Kristen E. Severi;Kristen E. Severi;Ruben Portugues;João C. Marques;Donald M. O’Malley

  • Visuomotor Transformations Underlying Hunting Behavior in Zebrafish

    Isaac H. Bianco;Florian Engert

  • Monitoring neural activity with bioluminescence during natural behavior

    Eva Aimable Naumann;Adam R. Kampff;David A. Prober;Alexander F Schier

  • Brain-wide Organization of Neuronal Activity and Convergent Sensorimotor Transformations in Larval Zebrafish.

    Xiuye Chen;Xiuye Chen;Yu Mu;Yu Hu;Aaron T. Kuan

  • The neural basis of visual behaviors in the larval zebrafish.

    Ruben Portugues;Florian Engert

  • Ontogeny of classical and operant learning behaviors in zebrafish.

    Andre Guilherme Vilhena Valente;Kuo-Hua Huang;Ruben Portugues;Florian Engert

  • Moving visual stimuli rapidly induce direction sensitivity of developing tectal neurons

    Florian Engert;Florian Engert;Huizhong W. Tao;Li I. Zhang;Mu-ming Poo

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander F. Schier
Alexander F. Schier University of Basel
Misha B. Ahrens
Misha B. Ahrens Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Jeff W. Lichtman
Jeff W. Lichtman Harvard University
Simone Fulda
Simone Fulda Goethe University Frankfurt
Haim Sompolinsky
Haim Sompolinsky Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Randall T. Peterson
Randall T. Peterson University of Utah
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics
Tobias Bonhoeffer
Tobias Bonhoeffer Max Planck Society
Joshua T. Vogelstein
Joshua T. Vogelstein Johns Hopkins University

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