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Gary E. Pickard

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
8111
World Ranking
5793
National Ranking
2550

Gary E. Pickard 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 Gary E. Pickard sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 101 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gary E. Pickard 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 Gary E. Pickard sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gary E. Pickard is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with particular subfields including Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Virology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Immunology.

Their work spans several main topics in scientific research:

  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Recent publications by Gary E. Pickard include the following papers:

  • Herpesviruses assimilate kinesin to produce motorized viral particles, 2021, Nature
  • The R2 non-neuroinvasive HSV-1 vaccine affords protection from genital HSV-2 infections in a guinea pig model, 2020, npj Vaccines
  • The pseudorabies virus R2 non-neuroinvasive vaccine: A proof-of-concept study in pigs, 2020, Vaccine
  • Bovine Herpesvirus 1 Invasion of Sensory Neurons by Retrograde Axonal Transport Is Dependent on the pUL37 Region 2 Effector, 2022, Journal of Virology
  • Tethered release of the pseudorabies virus deubiquitinase from the capsid promotes enzymatic activity, 2024, Journal of Virology

They have published multiple articles in journals such as the Journal of Virology, Nature, npj Vaccines, and Vaccine. The two most frequent publication venues are the Journal of Virology and Nature.

Gary E. Pickard has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors, including:

  • Gregory A. Smith
  • Patricia J. Sollars
  • Caitlin Pegg
  • Sofia Zaichick
  • Ewa Bomba-Warczak

Among recognitions, Gary E. Pickard was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • The afferent connections of the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the golden hamster with emphasis on the retinohypothalamic projection.

    Gary E. Pickard

  • Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells receive bipolar and amacrine cell synapses

    Michael A. Belenky;Cynthia A. Smeraski;Ignacio Provencio;Patricia J. Sollars

  • Two types of melanopsin retinal ganglion cell differentially innervate the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus and the olivary pretectal nucleus.

    Scott B. Baver;Galen E. Pickard;Patricia J. Sollars;Gary E. Pickard

  • The Intergeniculate Leaflet Partially Mediates Effects of Light on Circadian Rhythms

    Gary E. Pickard;Martin R. Ralph;Martin R. Ralph;Michael Menaker;Michael Menaker

  • Intraretinal signaling by ganglion cell photoreceptors to dopaminergic amacrine neurons

    Dao Qi Zhang;Kwoon Y. Wong;Patricia J. Sollars;David M. Berson

  • Pseudorabies virus expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein: A tool for in vitro electrophysiological analysis of transsynaptically labeled neurons in identified central nervous system circuits.

    Bret N. Smith;Bret N. Smith;Bruce W. Banfield;Bruce W. Banfield;Cynthia A. Smeraski;Christine L. Wilcox

  • Bifurcating axons of retinal ganglion cells terminate in the hypothalamic suppachiasmatic nucleus and the intergeniculate leaflet of the thalamus

    Gary E. Pickard

  • Direct retinal projections to the hypothalamus, piriform cortex, and accessory optic nuclei in the golden hamster as demonstrated by a sensitive anterograde horseradish peroxidase technique

    Gary E. Pickard;Ann‐Judith ‐J Silverman

  • Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells.

    Gary E Pickard;Patricia J Sollars

  • Intravitreal Injection of the Attenuated Pseudorabies Virus PRV Bartha Results in Infection of the Hamster Suprachiasmatic Nucleus only by Retrograde Transsynaptic Transport via Autonomic Circuits

    Gary E. Pickard;Cynthia A. Smeraski;Christine C. Tomlinson;Bruce W. Banfield

  • 5-HT1B Receptor–Mediated Presynaptic Inhibition of Retinal Input to the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

    Gary E. Pickard;Bret N. Smith;Michael Belenky;Michael A. Rea

  • 5HT1B Receptor Agonists Inhibit Light-Induced Phase Shifts of Behavioral Circadian Rhythms and Expression of the Immediate–Early Gene c-fos in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

    Gary E. Pickard;E. Todd Weber;Paul A. Scott;Anne F. Riberdy

  • Development of Pseudorabies Virus Strains Expressing Red Fluorescent Proteins: New Tools for Multisynaptic Labeling Applications

    Bruce W. Banfield;Jessica D. Kaufman;Jessica A. Randall;Gary E. Pickard

  • The herpesvirus VP1/2 protein is an effector of dynein-mediated capsid transport and neuroinvasion.

    Sofia V. Zaichick;Kevin P. Bohannon;Ami Hughes;Patricia J. Sollars

  • Splitting of the circadian rhythm of activity is abolished by unilateral lesions of the suprachiasmatic nuclei

    Gary E. Pickard;Fred W. Turek

  • Light-evoked calcium responses of isolated melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells

    Andrew T.E. Hartwick;Jayne R. Bramley;Jianing Yu;Kelly T. Stevens

  • Melanopsin and non-melanopsin expressing retinal ganglion cells innervate the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Patricia J. Sollars;Cynthia A. Smeraski;Jessica D. Kaufman;Malcolm D. Ogilvie

  • Subcellular distribution of 5-HT1b and 5-HT7 receptors in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Michael A. Belenky;Gary E. Pickard

  • Heterogeneous expression of γ‐aminobutyric acid and γ‐aminobutyric acid‐associated receptors and transporters in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Michael A. Belenky;Yosef Yarom;Gary E. Pickard

  • Serotonergic innervation of the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus and photic regulation of circadian rhythms

    Gary E. Pickard;Michael A. Rea;Michael A. Rea

Frequent Co-Authors

Kwok-Fai So
Kwok-Fai So University of Hong Kong
Bret N. Smith
Bret N. Smith University of Kentucky
Fred W. Turek
Fred W. Turek Northwestern University
Michael Menaker
Michael Menaker University of Virginia
Douglas G. McMahon
Douglas G. McMahon Vanderbilt University
F. Edward Dudek
F. Edward Dudek University of Utah
Lynn W. Enquist
Lynn W. Enquist Princeton University
David M. Berson
David M. Berson Brown University
Martin R. Ralph
Martin R. Ralph University of Toronto
Maja Bucan
Maja Bucan University of Pennsylvania

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