2026 György Buzsáki: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	175	711	652	438	392	518	142084
Neuroscience	176	61	53	39	32	511	149936

György Buzsáki 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 György Buzsáki sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 887+

This scientist: 511 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

György Buzsáki 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 György Buzsáki sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 176 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2020 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
2011 - The Brain Prize, Lundbeck Foundation For their wide-ranging, technically and conceptually brilliant research on the functional organization of neuronal circuits in the cerebral cortex, especially in the hippo¬campus, a region that is crucial for certain forms of memory
2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

György Buzsáki is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's work spans multiple main topics, such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Recent publications by György Buzsáki include:

Gamma rhythm communication between entorhinal cortex and dentate gyrus neuronal assemblies, 2021, Science
Preexisting hippocampal network dynamics constrain optogenetically induced place fields, 2021, Neuron
The Brain-Cognitive Behavior Problem: A Retrospective, 2020, eNeuro
CellExplorer: A framework for visualizing and characterizing single neurons, 2021, Neuron
A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

Mihály Vöröslakos
Joseph P. Huston
Bianca Topic
Jacqueline N. Crawley
Tim Crow

Common venues for their publications comprise:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Reviews in the Neurosciences
Neuron
Nature Communications
Cell Reports

Awards received by György Buzsáki include:

Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience, 2020
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017
Member of Academia Europaea, 2012
The Brain Prize, Lundbeck Foundation, 2011 - For wide-ranging, technically and conceptually brilliant research on the functional organization of neuronal circuits in the cerebral cortex, especially in the hippocampus, a region that is crucial for certain forms of memory
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004

Best Publications

Neuronal Oscillations in Cortical Networks

György Buzsáki;Andreas Draguhn

7632
Citations
Rhythms of the brain

György Buzsáki

6680
Citations
The origin of extracellular fields and currents — EEG, ECoG, LFP and spikes

György Buzsáki;Costas A. Anastassiou;Christof Koch;Christof Koch

4861
Citations
Interneurons of the hippocampus

T.F. Freund;G. Buzsáki

4253
Citations
Theta Oscillations in the Hippocampus

György Buzsáki

4068
Citations
Mechanisms of Gamma Oscillations

György Buzsáki;Xiao-Jing Wang

3041
Citations
Large-scale recording of neuronal ensembles

György Buzsáki

2249
Citations
Two-stage model of memory trace formation: a role for "noisy" brain states.

G. Buzsáki

2154
Citations
Memory, navigation and theta rhythm in the hippocampal-entorhinal system

György Buzsáki;Edvard I Moser

2145
Citations
Gamma Oscillation by Synaptic Inhibition in a Hippocampal Interneuronal Network Model

Xiao Jing Wang;György Buzsáki

1905
Citations
Gamma (40-100 Hz) oscillation in the hippocampus of the behaving rat

A Bragin;G Jando;Z Nadasdy;J Hetke

1866
Citations
Hippocampal sharp wave‐ripple: A cognitive biomarker for episodic memory and planning

György Buzsáki

1740
Citations
Selective suppression of hippocampal ripples impairs spatial memory.

Gabrielle Girardeau;Karim Benchenane;Sidney I Wiener;György Buzsáki

1731
Citations
Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

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

1722
Citations
Brain-state- and cell-type-specific firing of hippocampal interneurons in vivo

Thomas Klausberger;Peter J. Magill;László F. Márton;J. David B. Roberts

1629
Citations
Cellular bases of hippocampal EEG in the behaving rat

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1553
Citations
A toolbox of Cre-dependent optogenetic transgenic mice for light-induced activation and silencing

Linda Madisen;Tianyi Mao;Tianyi Mao;Henner Koch;Jia Min Zhuo

1531
Citations
Internally Generated Cell Assembly Sequences in the Rat Hippocampus

Eva Pastalkova;Vladimir Itskov;Asohan Amarasingham;György Buzsáki

1494
Citations
High-frequency network oscillation in the hippocampus.

György Buzsáki;Zsolt Horváth;Ronald Urioste;Jamille Hetke

1462
Citations
Forward and reverse hippocampal place-cell sequences during ripples.

Kamran Diba;György Buzsáki

1403
Citations
Accuracy of Tetrode Spike Separation as Determined by Simultaneous Intracellular and Extracellular Measurements

Kenneth D. Harris;Darrell A. Henze;Jozsef Csicsvari;Hajime Hirase

1396
Citations
Neural Syntax: Cell Assemblies, Synapsembles, and Readers

György Buzsáki

1302
Citations