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Neuroscience

D-Index
78
Citations
26983
World Ranking
1743
National Ranking
845

Francis S. Lee 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 Francis S. Lee sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 189 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francis S. Lee 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 Francis S. Lee sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Francis S. Lee is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a significant focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, pharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, and behavioral neuroscience.

Their work addresses a range of topics including neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, stress responses and cortisol, cannabis and cannabinoid research, nerve injury and regeneration, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, tryptophan and brain disorders, and mechanisms of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Huda Akil
  • Heidi C. Meyer
  • Anjali M. Rajadhyaksha
  • Jack D. Barchas
  • William E. Bunney

Their research output has appeared in several venues, with multiple publications in the following journals and platforms:

  • Translational Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Science Advances
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia," 2022, Nature
  • "Towards a youth mental health paradigm: a perspective and roadmap," 2023, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "mGreenLantern: a bright monomeric fluorescent protein with rapid expression and cell filling properties for neuronal imaging," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Insulin receptor substrate in brain-enriched exosomes in subjects with major depression: on the path of creation of biosignatures of central insulin resistance," 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Endocannabinoid Signaling Collapse Mediates Stress-Induced Amygdalo-Cortical Strengthening," 2020, Neuron

Francis S. Lee has been recognized as a member of the National Academy of Medicine since 2016 and is also a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Genetic variant BDNF (Val66Met) polymorphism alters anxiety-related behavior

    Zhe-Yu Chen;Deqiang Jing;Kevin G. Bath;Alessandro Ieraci

  • ProBDNF Induces Neuronal Apoptosis via Activation of a Receptor Complex of p75NTR and Sortilin

    Henry K. Teng;Kenneth K. Teng;Ramee Lee;Saundrene Wright

  • Variant Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) (Met66) Alters the Intracellular Trafficking and Activity-Dependent Secretion of Wild-Type BDNF in Neurosecretory Cells and Cortical Neurons

    Zhe Yu Chen;Paresh D. Patel;Gayatree Sant;Chui Xiang Meng

  • Neurotrophin signalling in health and disease.

    Moses V. Chao;Rithwick Rajagopal;Francis S. Lee

  • A Genetic Variant BDNF Polymorphism Alters Extinction Learning in Both Mouse and Human

    Fatima Soliman;Charles E. Glatt;Kevin G. Bath;Liat Levita

  • Adolescent mental health—Opportunity and obligation

    Francis S. Lee;Hakon Heimer;Jay N. Giedd;Edward S Lein

  • Activation of Trk neurotrophin receptors in the absence of neurotrophins

    Francis S. Lee;Moses V. Chao

  • Neuronal release of proBDNF

    Jianmin Yang;Chia-Jen Siao;Guhan Nagappan;Tina Marinic

  • Sortilin Controls Intracellular Sorting of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor to the Regulated Secretory Pathway

    Zhe-Yu Chen;Alessandro Ieraci;Henry Teng;Henning Dall

  • DSM-5 and RDoC: progress in psychiatry research?

    B. J. Casey;Nicholas John Craddock;Bruce N. Cuthbert;Steven E. Hyman

  • Altered fear learning across development in both mouse and human.

    Siobhan S. Pattwell;Stéphanie Duhoux;Catherine A. Hartley;David C. Johnson

  • The microbiota regulate neuronal function and fear extinction learning

    Coco Chu;Mitchell H. Murdock;Deqiang Jing;Tae Hyung Won

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met allele impairs basal and ketamine-stimulated synaptogenesis in prefrontal cortex.

    Rong-Jian Liu;Francis S. Lee;Xiao-Yuan Li;Francis Bambico

  • Variant BDNF (Val66Met) impact on brain structure and function.

    Kevin G. Bath;Francis S. Lee

  • Slitrk5 deficiency impairs corticostriatal circuitry and leads to obsessive-compulsive-like behaviors in mice

    Sergey V Shmelkov;Adília Hormigo;Adília Hormigo;Adília Hormigo;Deqiang Jing;Catia C Proenca;Catia C Proenca

  • BMS-754807, a small molecule inhibitor of insulin-like growth factor-1R/IR

    Joan M. Carboni;Mark Wittman;Zheng Yang;Francis Lee

  • Transactivation of Trk neurotrophin receptors by G-protein-coupled receptor ligands occurs on intracellular membranes.

    Rithwick Rajagopal;Zhe-Yu Chen;Francis S. Lee;Moses V. Chao

  • Variant Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Val66Met Polymorphism Alters Vulnerability to Stress and Response to Antidepressants

    Hui Yu;Dong-Dong Wang;Yue Wang;Ting Liu

  • proBDNF Negatively Regulates Neuronal Remodeling, Synaptic Transmission, and Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampus

    Jianmin Yang;Lauren C. Harte-Hargrove;Chia-Jen Siao;Tina Marinic

  • Early-life stress has persistent effects on amygdala function and development in mice and humans

    Matthew Malter Cohen;Deqiang Jing;Rui R. Yang;Nim Tottenham;Nim Tottenham

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin G. Bath
Kevin G. Bath Brown University
Barbara L. Hempstead
Barbara L. Hempstead Cornell University
B. J. Casey
B. J. Casey Barnard College
Moses V. Chao
Moses V. Chao New York University
Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
JoAnn Difede
JoAnn Difede Cornell University
Conor Liston
Conor Liston Cornell University
Matthew N. Hill
Matthew N. Hill University of Calgary
Maurizio Popoli
Maurizio Popoli University of Milan
Richard M. Myers
Richard M. Myers HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

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