2026 Igor Timofeev: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	66	3001	2743	174	155	168	16075

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Neuroscience

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16075

Overview

Igor Timofeev is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and focuses primarily on research within neuroscience and psychology. Their scholarly work covers a broad spectrum of topics related to brain function, behavior, and sleep mechanisms.

The main fields of study encompass:

Neuroscience
Psychology

Within these domains, the subfields they contribute to include:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Clinical Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Igor Timofeev's research addresses several key topics such as:

Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Sleep and related disorders

Their recent publications illustrate an active engagement with sleep research and neuroscience, including the following papers:

"Slow Wave Sleep Is a Promising Intervention Target for Alzheimer's Disease," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
"Spatio-temporal properties of sleep slow waves and implications for development," 2020, Current Opinion in Physiology
"Chronic Stress Induces Sex-Specific Functional and Morphological Alterations in Corticoaccumbal and Corticotegmental Pathways," 2021, Biological Psychiatry
"Sleep, oscillations, and epilepsy," 2023, Epilepsia
"A Wireless Electro-Optic Platform for Multimodal Electrophysiology and Optogenetics in Freely Moving Rodents," 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience

The venues in which Igor Timofeev frequently publishes include:

Frontiers in Neuroscience
SLEEP
eLife
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Current Opinion in Physiology

Igor Timofeev collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

Sylvain Chauvette
Diellor Basha
Josée Seigneur
Richard Quansah Amissah
Elena Timofeeva

Best Publications

Natural waking and sleep states: a view from inside neocortical neurons.

M Steriade;I Timofeev;F Grenier

1486
Citations
Origin of Slow Cortical Oscillations in Deafferented Cortical Slabs

I. Timofeev;F. Grenier;M. Bazhenov;T.J. Sejnowski

798
Citations
Neuronal Plasticity in Thalamocortical Networks during Sleep and Waking Oscillations

Mircea Steriade;Igor Timofeev

758
Citations
Model of Thalamocortical Slow-Wave Sleep Oscillations and Transitions to Activated States

Maxim Bazhenov;Igor Timofeev;Mircea Steriade;Terrence J. Sejnowski;Terrence J. Sejnowski

560
Citations
Disfacilitation and active inhibition in the neocortex during the natural sleep-wake cycle: an intracellular study.

Igor Timofeev;François Grenier;Mircea Steriade

538
Citations
Synchronization of fast (30-40 Hz) spontaneous oscillations in intrathalamic and thalamocortical networks

M Steriade;D Contreras;F Amzica;I Timofeev

484
Citations
Neocortical seizures: initiation, development and cessation.

I Timofeev;M Steriade

407
Citations
Low-frequency rhythms in the thalamus of intact-cortex and decorticated cats.

I. Timofeev;M. Steriade

391
Citations
Mechanisms of long-lasting hyperpolarizations underlying slow sleep oscillations in cat corticothalamic networks.

D Contreras;I Timofeev;M Steriade

383
Citations
Precise Long-Range Synchronization of Activity and Silence in Neocortical Neurons during Slow-Wave Sleep

Maxim Volgushev;Sylvain Chauvette;Mikhail Mukovski;Igor Timofeev

358
Citations
Mechanisms of physiological and epileptic HFO generation.

John G.R. Jefferys;Liset Menendez de la Prida;Fabrice Wendling;Anatol Bragin

347
Citations
Sleep Oscillations in the Thalamocortical System Induce Long-Term Neuronal Plasticity

Sylvain Chauvette;Josée Seigneur;Igor Timofeev

344
Citations
Origin of Active States in Local Neocortical Networks during Slow Sleep Oscillation

Sylvain Chauvette;Maxim Volgushev;Maxim Volgushev;Igor Timofeev

318
Citations
Inhibition Determines Membrane Potential Dynamics and Controls Action Potential Generation in Awake and Sleeping Cat Cortex

Michelle Rudolph;Martin Pospischil;Igor Timofeev;Alain Destexhe

280
Citations
Dynamic properties of corticothalamic neurons and local cortical interneurons generating fast rhythmic (30-40 Hz) spike bursts.

Mircea Steriade;Igor Timofeev;Niklaus Dürmüller;François Grenier

279
Citations
Focal synchronization of ripples (80-200 Hz) in neocortex and their neuronal correlates.

François Grenier;Igor Timofeev;Mircea Steriade

278
Citations
Properties of Slow Oscillation during Slow-Wave Sleep and Anesthesia in Cats

Sylvain Chauvette;Sylvain Crochet;Maxim Volgushev;Igor Timofeev

275
Citations
Oscillations in large-scale cortical networks: map-based model.

Nikolai F. Rulkov;Igor Timofeev;Maxim Bazhenov

264
Citations
Synaptic responsiveness of cortical and thalamic neurones during various phases of slow sleep oscillation in cat.

I Timofeev;D Contreras;M Steriade

235
Citations
Corticothalamic Feedback Controls Sleep Spindle Duration In Vivo

Maxime Bonjean;Tanya Baker;Maxime Lemieux;Igor Timofeev

232
Citations