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100
Citations
41282
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753
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418

Gord Fishell 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 Gord Fishell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 232 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gord Fishell 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 Gord Fishell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gord Fishell is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States and focuses on research primarily within the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scientific work spans several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Developmental Neuroscience.

Their research covers a range of topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Innovations present in the primate interneuron repertoire, 2020, Nature
  • GABA-receptive microglia selectively sculpt developing inhibitory circuits, 2021, Cell
  • Viral manipulation of functionally distinct interneurons in mice, non-human primates and humans, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Dysfunction of cortical GABAergic neurons leads to sensory hyper-reactivity in a Shank3 mouse model of ASD, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Single-cell delineation of lineage and genetic identity in the mouse brain, 2021, Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gord Fishell include:

  • Jordane Dimidschstein
  • Qing Xu
  • Shuhan Huang
  • Leena A. Ibrahim
  • Mia Sherer

They have published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, eLife, Nature Neuroscience, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • A Resource of Cre Driver Lines for Genetic Targeting of GABAergic Neurons in Cerebral Cortex

    Hiroki Taniguchi;Miao He;Priscilla Wu;Sangyong Kim

  • Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

    Giorgio A. Ascoli;Lidia Alonso-Nanclares;Stewart A. Anderson;German Barrionuevo

  • Three groups of interneurons account for nearly 100% of neocortical GABAergic neurons

    Bernardo Rudy;Gordon Fishell;Soo Hyun Lee;Jens Hjerling-Leffler

  • Interneuron cell types are fit to function

    Adam Kepecs;Gordon Fishell

  • Radial glia serve as neuronal progenitors in all regions of the central nervous system.

    Todd E Anthony;Corinna Klein;Gord Fishell;Nathaniel Heintz

  • Division-Coupled Astrocytic Differentiation and Age-Related Depletion of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Hippocampus

    Juan M. Encinas;Tatyana V. Michurina;Natalia Peunova;June Hee Park

  • New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons

    Javier DeFelipe;Pedro L. López-Cruz;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Concha Bielza

  • Radial Glial Identity Is Promoted by Notch1 Signaling in the Murine Forebrain

    Nicholas Gaiano;Jeffrey S. Nye;Gord Fishell

  • Sonic hedgehog is required for progenitor cell maintenance in telencephalic stem cell niches.

    Robert Machold;Shigemi Hayashi;Michael Rutlin;Mandar D. Muzumdar

  • A disinhibitory circuit mediates motor integration in the somatosensory cortex

    Soohyun Lee;Illya Kruglikov;Z Josh Huang;Gord Fishell

  • In utero fate mapping reveals distinct migratory pathways and fates of neurons born in the mammalian basal forebrain.

    Hynek Wichterle;Daniel H. Turnbull;Daniel H. Turnbull;Susana Nery;Susana Nery;Gord Fishell;Gord Fishell

  • The Role of Notch in Promoting Glial and Neural Stem Cell Fates

    Nicholas Gaiano;Gord Fishell

  • The Largest Group of Superficial Neocortical GABAergic Interneurons Expresses Ionotropic Serotonin Receptors

    Soo Hyun Lee;Jens Hjerling-Leffler;Edward Zagha;Gord Fishell

  • The temporal and spatial origins of cortical interneurons predict their physiological subtype.

    Simon J B Butt;Marc Fuccillo;Susana Nery;Stephen C Noctor

  • The caudal ganglionic eminence is a source of distinct cortical and subcortical cell populations

    Susana Vaz da Silva de Castro Nery;Gord Fishell;J.G Corbin

  • Genetic Fate Mapping Reveals That the Caudal Ganglionic Eminence Produces a Large and Diverse Population of Superficial Cortical Interneurons

    Goichi Miyoshi;Jens Hjerling-Leffler;Theofanis Karayannis;Vitor H. Sousa

  • Math1 Is Expressed in Temporally Discrete Pools of Cerebellar Rhombic-Lip Neural Progenitors

    Rob Machold;Gord Fishell

  • A viral strategy for targeting and manipulating interneurons across vertebrate species

    Jordane Dimidschstein;Jordane Dimidschstein;Qian Chen;Robin Tremblay;Stephanie L. Rogers

  • Tanycytes of the hypothalamic median eminence form a diet-responsive neurogenic niche

    Daniel A Lee;Joseph L Bedont;Thomas Pak;Hong Wang

  • Foxg1 Suppresses Early Cortical Cell Fate

    Carina Hanashima;Suzanne C. Li;Suzanne C. Li;Lijian Shen;Eseng Lai;Eseng Lai

  • Morphogen to mitogen: the multiple roles of hedgehog signalling in vertebrate neural development.

    Marc Fuccillo;Alexandra L. Joyner;Gord Fishell

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua G. Corbin
Joshua G. Corbin Children’s National Health System
Bernardo Rudy
Bernardo Rudy New York University
Derek van der Kooy
Derek van der Kooy University of Toronto
Sabina Berretta
Sabina Berretta Harvard University
Steven A. McCarroll
Steven A. McCarroll Harvard University
Richard W. Tsien
Richard W. Tsien New York University
Stewart A. Anderson
Stewart A. Anderson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mary E. Hatten
Mary E. Hatten Rockefeller University
Chris J. McBain
Chris J. McBain National Institutes of Health

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