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Howard P. Roffwarg

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
52
Citations
12453
World Ranking
5250
National Ranking
2349

Howard P. Roffwarg 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 Howard P. Roffwarg sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 119 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Howard P. Roffwarg 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 Howard P. Roffwarg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Howard P. Roffwarg is affiliated with the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the United States. Their professional profile is centered around academic research and contributions in the medical and scientific community.

While there is no available record of recent publications, co-authors, or specific fields of study linked to their work, the association with a medical center suggests a focus potentially related to clinical or biomedical research.

There is no publicly recorded list of frequent publication venues, book publications, or awards won by Howard P. Roffwarg. Likewise, no specific topics, subfields, or awards are documented in the available data.

The absence of detailed bibliometric data, such as paper titles or co-authors, restricts further elaboration on the scope or impact of their research contributions.

Given the available information, Howard P. Roffwarg's scientific profile is primarily characterized by their institutional affiliation, with limited public data on their academic output or research focus.

Best Publications

  • Ontogenetic Development of the Human Sleep-Dream Cycle

    Howard P. Roffwarg;Joseph N. Muzio;William C. Dement

  • Twenty-four hour pattern of the episodic secretion of cortisol in normal subjects.

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  • Age-related change in the twenty-four-hour spontaneous secretion of growth hormone.

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  • Sleep-wake disorders based on a polysomnographic diagnosis. A national cooperative study.

    Richard M. Coleman;Howard P. Roffwarg;Stephen J. Kennedy;Christian Guilleminault

  • Human puberty. Simultaneous augmented secretion of luteinizing hormone and testosterone during sleep.

    R. M. Boyar;R. S. Rosenfeld;S. Kapen;J. W. Finkelstein

  • Activity of mesencephalic dopamine and non-dopamine neurons across stages of sleep and waking in the rat

    Joseph D. Miller;Jorge Farber;Pam Gatz;Howard Roffwarg

  • Dream Imagery: Relationship to Rapid Eye Movements of Sleep

    Howard P. Roffwarg;William C. Dement;Joseph N. Muzio;Charles Fisher

  • A functional role for REM sleep in brain maturation

    Gerald A. Marks;James P. Shaffery;Arie Oksenberg;Samuel G. Speciale

  • Cortisol secretion and metabolism in anorexia nervosa.

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  • Polysomnographic findings in recently drug-free and clinically remitted depressed patients.

    A. John Rush;Milton K. Erman;Donna E. Giles;Michael A. Schlesser

  • Reduced rapid eye movement latency. A predictor of recurrence in depression.

    D E Giles;R B Jarrett;H P Roffwarg;A J Rush

  • Children with major depression show reduced rapid eye movement latencies.

    Graham J. Emslie;A. John Rush;Warren A. Weinberg;Jeanne W. Rintelmann

  • Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation modifies expression of long-term potentiation in visual cortex of immature rats.

    J. P. Shaffery;C. M. Sinton;G. Bissette;H. P. Roffwarg

  • The Effects of Nefazodone on Sleep Architecture in Depression

    Roseanne Armitage;A. John Rush;Madhukar Trivedi;John Cain

  • Polysomnographic parameters in first-degree relatives of unipolar probands

    Donna E. Giles;David J. Kupfer;Howard P. Roffwarg;A.John Rush

  • Reduced REM latency predicts response to tricyclic medication in depressed outpatients.

    A.John Rush;Donna E. Giles;Robin B. Jarrett;Frida Feldman-Koffler

  • Controlled Comparison of Electrophysiological Sleep in Families of Probands With Unipolar Depression

    Giles De;Kupfer Dj;Rush Aj;Roffwarg Hp

  • Risk factors in families of unipolar depression. I. Psychiatric illness and reduced REM latency.

    Donna E. Giles;Melanie M. Biggs;A.John Rush;Howard P. Roffwarg

  • THE INFLUENCE OF THE LABORATORY SITUATION ON THE DREAMS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT.

    William C. Dement;Edwin Kahn;Howard P. Roffwarg

  • Dexamethasone response, thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation, rapid eye movement latency, and subtypes of depression

    A J Rush;D E Giles;M A Schlesser;P J Orsulak

  • Sleep EEG features of adolescents with major depression

    Graham J. Emslie;A.John Rush;Warren A. Weinberg;Jeanne W. Rintelmann

  • Ponto-geniculo-occipital-wave suppression amplifies lateral geniculate nucleus cell-size changes in monocularly deprived kittens.

    James P Shaffery;Howard P Roffwarg;Samuel G Speciale;Gerald A Marks

  • SIMULTANEOUS AUGMENTED SECRETION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE AND TESTOSTERONE DURING SLEEP

    R. M. Boyar;R. S. Rosenfeld;S. Kapen;J. W. Finkelstein

  • Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation in kittens amplifies LGN cell-size disparity induced by monocular deprivation

    Arie Oksenberg;James P. Shaffery;Gerald A. Marks;Samuel G. Speciale

  • Effects of fluoxetine on the polysomnogram in outpatients with major depression.

    Madhukar H Trivedi;A John Rush;Roseanne Armitage;Christina M Gullion

  • RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP DEPRIVATION DECREASES LONG-TERM POTENTIATION STABILITY AND AFFECTS SOME GLUTAMATERGIC SIGNALING PROTEINS DURING HIPPOCAMPAL DEVELOPMENT

    J. Lopez;H.P. Roffwarg;A. Dreher;G. Bissette

  • The effects of fluoxetine on the polysomnogram of depressed outpatients: a pilot study.

    William A. Hendrickse;Howard P. Roffwarg;Bruce D. Grannemann;Paul J. Orsulak

Frequent Co-Authors

A. John Rush
A. John Rush Duke University
David J. Kupfer
David J. Kupfer University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Robin B. Jarrett
Robin B. Jarrett The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Madhukar H. Trivedi
Madhukar H. Trivedi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Melanie M. Biggs
Melanie M. Biggs The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Graham J. Emslie
Graham J. Emslie The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
William C. Dement
William C. Dement Stanford University
Thomas F. Anders
Thomas F. Anders Brown University
Ronald E. Dahl
Ronald E. Dahl University of California, Berkeley
Kenneth K. Kidd
Kenneth K. Kidd Yale University

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