2026 Gina G. Turrigiano: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	70	2457	2245	1160	1041	140	33113

Gina G. Turrigiano 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 Gina G. Turrigiano sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 887+

This scientist: 140 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.

Gina G. Turrigiano 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 Gina G. Turrigiano sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% 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

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2007 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
2000 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Gina G. Turrigiano is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States and is recognized for extensive research in the field of neuroscience. Their work primarily focuses on various aspects of neural dynamics, brain function, and cellular mechanisms underlying network regulation.

The main fields of study for this researcher are Neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Molecular Biology.

The topics frequently addressed in their research include:

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neural dynamics and brain function
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus

Gina G. Turrigiano has contributed to numerous recent papers, including the following:

Autism-Associated Shank3 Is Essential for Homeostatic Compensation in Rodent V1, 2020, Neuron
Sleep Promotes Downward Firing Rate Homeostasis, 2020, Neuron
Homeostatic mechanisms regulate distinct aspects of cortical circuit dynamics, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Homeostatic synaptic scaling establishes the specificity of an associative memory, 2021, Current Biology
Keeping Your Brain in Balance: Homeostatic Regulation of Network Function, 2024, Annual Review of Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

Chi-Hong Wu
Wei Wen
Brian Cary
Stephen D. Van Hooser
Juliet Bottorff

Publications have appeared mainly in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Neuron
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal of Neuroscience
eLife

Gina G. Turrigiano has received multiple awards, reflecting recognition in the scientific community. These awards include:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012
National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award, 2007
Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 2000
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1997

Best Publications

Homeostatic plasticity in the developing nervous system

Gina G. Turrigiano;Sacha B. Nelson

2999
Citations
Activity-dependent scaling of quantal amplitude in neocortical neurons

Gina G. Turrigiano;Kenneth R. Leslie;Niraj S. Desai;Lana C. Rutherford

2699
Citations
The Self-Tuning Neuron: Synaptic Scaling of Excitatory Synapses

Gina G. Turrigiano

1770
Citations
Rate, Timing, and Cooperativity Jointly Determine Cortical Synaptic Plasticity

Per Jesper Sjöström;Gina G Turrigiano;Sacha B Nelson

1434
Citations
Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity: Local and Global Mechanisms for Stabilizing Neuronal Function

Gina Turrigiano

1210
Citations
Homeostatic plasticity in neuronal networks: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Gina G Turrigiano

1044
Citations
Plasticity in the intrinsic excitability of cortical pyramidal neurons

Niraj S. Desai;Lana C. Rutherford;Gina G. Turrigiano

1001
Citations
Stable Hebbian Learning from Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity

M. C. W. van Rossum;G. Q. Bi;G. G. Turrigiano

936
Citations
Hebb and homeostasis in neuronal plasticity.

Gina G Turrigiano;Sacha B Nelson

850
Citations
Too Many Cooks? Intrinsic and Synaptic Homeostatic Mechanisms in Cortical Circuit Refinement

Gina Turrigiano

791
Citations
Critical periods for experience-dependent synaptic scaling in visual cortex.

Niraj S. Desai;Robert H. Cudmore;Sacha B. Nelson;Gina G. Turrigiano

749
Citations
Reduced cortical activity due to a shift in the balance between excitation and inhibition in a mouse model of Rett syndrome.

Vardhan S. Dani;Qiang Chang;Arianna Maffei;Gina G. Turrigiano

728
Citations
Neocortical LTD via Coincident Activation of Presynaptic NMDA and Cannabinoid Receptors

Per Jesper Sjöström;Gina G Turrigiano;Sacha B Nelson

715
Citations
Activity-dependent changes in the intrinsic properties of cultured neurons

Gina Turrigiano;L. F. Abbott;Eve Marder

629
Citations
BDNF Has Opposite Effects on the Quantal Amplitude of Pyramidal Neuron and Interneuron Excitatory Synapses

Lana C Rutherford;Sacha B Nelson;Gina G Turrigiano

596
Citations
Rapid Synaptic Scaling Induced by Changes in Postsynaptic Firing

Keiji Ibata;Qian Sun;Gina G. Turrigiano

561
Citations
Potentiation of cortical inhibition by visual deprivation

Arianna Maffei;Kiran Nataraj;Sacha B. Nelson;Gina G. Turrigiano

558
Citations
Selective reconfiguration of layer 4 visual cortical circuitry by visual deprivation.

Arianna Maffei;Sacha B Nelson;Gina G Turrigiano

494
Citations
Activity Deprivation Reduces Miniature IPSC Amplitude by Decreasing the Number of Postsynaptic GABAA Receptors Clustered at Neocortical Synapses

Valerie L. Kilman;Mark C. W. van Rossum;Gina G. Turrigiano

488
Citations
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Mediates the Activity-Dependent Regulation of Inhibition in Neocortical Cultures

Lana C. Rutherford;Andrew DeWan;Holly M. Lauer;Gina G. Turrigiano

470
Citations