2026 J. Allan Hobson: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	87	1231	629	246	41972

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Neuroscience

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41972

Overview

J. Allan Hobson was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research contributions spanned several key areas within neuroscience and medicine, particularly focusing on cognitive neuroscience. They published extensively across a variety of specialized topics including neural dynamics and brain function, embodied and extended cognition, cognitive science and education research, sleep and wakefulness research, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, as well as spine and intervertebral disc pathology and musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Hobson's frequent coauthors included:

Karl Friston
Wanja Wiese
Jarrod Gott
Carlos H. Schenck
Carrie M. Mahowald

Their published work appeared in several distinguished venues such as:

Entropy
Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice
Sleep Medicine
CAND Journal
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques

Among the recent papers authored by Hobson were:

"Minds and Brains, Sleep and Psychiatry," 2020, Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice
"Step-Up Regenerative Injection Therapy for Severe Chronic Low Back Pain Utilizing Epidural Dextrose Solution (Prolotherapy), Local Platelet-Rich Plasma, and Epidural Platelet-Rich Plasma: A Case Report and Suggested Protocol," 2025, CAND Journal

In addition to their direct publications, Hobson contributed research in fields categorized broadly within neuroscience, covering six publications attributed to this domain, and medicine with three publications. Their subfields of study included cognitive neuroscience, pathology and forensic medicine, pharmacology, and surgery.

Their research themes extensively covered topics such as:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Embodied and extended cognition
Cognitive science and education research
Sleep and wakefulness research
EEG and brain-computer interfaces
Spine and intervertebral disc pathology
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Best Publications

Practice with Sleep Makes Perfect: Sleep-Dependent Motor Skill Learning

Matthew P. Walker;Tiffany Brakefield;Alexandra Morgan;J.Allan Hobson

1723
Citations
The Brain as a Dream State Generator: An Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis of the Dream Process

J A Hobson;R W McCarley

1636
Citations
Sleep cycle oscillation: reciprocal discharge by two brainstem neuronal groups.

JA Hobson;RW McCarley;PW Wyzinski

1591
Citations
Dreaming and the brain: toward a cognitive neuroscience of conscious states

J. Allan Hobson;Edward F. Pace-Schott;Robert Stickgold

1482
Citations
Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation

Matthew P. Walker;Tiffany Brakefield;J. Allan Hobson;Robert Stickgold

1419
Citations
The Dreaming Brain

J. Allan Hobson

1397
Citations
The neurobiology of sleep: genetics, cellular physiology and subcortical networks.

Edward F. Pace-Schott;J. Allan Hobson

1335
Citations
Sleep, learning, and dreams: off-line memory reprocessing

R. Stickgold;J. A. Hobson;R. Fosse;R. Fosse;M. Fosse

1152
Citations
The cognitive neuroscience of sleep: neuronal systems, consciousness and learning

J. Allan Hobson;Edward F. Pace-Schott

1147
Citations
Visual discrimination learning requires sleep after training.

Robert Stickgold;LaTanya James;J. Allan Hobson

996
Citations
REM sleep and dreaming: towards a theory of protoconsciousness

J. Allan Hobson

957
Citations
The prefrontal cortex in sleep.

Amir Muzur;Edward F. Pace-Schott;J.Allan Hobson

777
Citations
Neuronal excitability modulation over the sleep cycle: a structural and mathematical model

RW McCarley;JA Hobson

759
Citations
Visual Discrimination Task Improvement: A Multi-Step Process Occurring During Sleep

Robert Stickgold;Dana Whidbee;Beth Schirmer;Vipul Patel

749
Citations
Lonely traits and concomitant physiological processes : the MacArthur social neuroscience studies

John T Cacioppo;John M Ernst;Mary H Burleson;Martha K McClintock

723
Citations
Changes in respiration, heart rate, and systolic blood pressure in human sleep

Frederick Snyder;J. Allan Hobson;Donald F. Morrison;Frederick Goldfrank

716
Citations
Sleep and the time course of motor skill learning.

Matthew P. Walker;Tiffany Brakefield;Joshua Seidman;Alexandra Morgan

648
Citations
Lucid dreaming: a state of consciousness with features of both waking and non-lucid dreaming.

Ursula Voss;Romain Holzmann;Inka Tuin;J. Allan Hobson

625
Citations
Do Lonely Days Invade the Nights? Potential Social Modulation of Sleep Efficiency

John T. Cacioppo;Louise C. Hawkley;Gary G. Berntson;John M. Ernst

592
Citations
A manual of standardized terminology, techniques and criteria for scoring of states of sleep and wakefulness in newborn infants

J.Allan Hobson

584
Citations
A manual of standardized terminology, techniques and scoring system for sleep stages of human subjects: A. Rechtschaffen and A. Kales (Editors). (Public Health Service, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1968, 58 p., $4.00)

J. Allan Hobson

486
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Stickgold Harvard Medical School

Edward F. Pace-Schott Harvard University

Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School

Helen A. Baghdoyan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Jose L. Cantero Pablo de Olavide University

Mercedes Atienza Pablo de Olavide University

Karl J. Friston University College London

Michael Schredl Central Institute of Mental Health

Louise C. Hawkley University of Chicago

Carl L. Hart Columbia University

External Links

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J. Allan Hobson

D-Index & Metrics

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

Overview

Best Publications

Practice with Sleep Makes Perfect: Sleep-Dependent Motor Skill Learning

The Brain as a Dream State Generator: An Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis of the Dream Process

Sleep cycle oscillation: reciprocal discharge by two brainstem neuronal groups.

Dreaming and the brain: toward a cognitive neuroscience of conscious states

Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation

The Dreaming Brain

The neurobiology of sleep: genetics, cellular physiology and subcortical networks.

Sleep, learning, and dreams: off-line memory reprocessing

The cognitive neuroscience of sleep: neuronal systems, consciousness and learning

Visual discrimination learning requires sleep after training.

REM sleep and dreaming: towards a theory of protoconsciousness

The prefrontal cortex in sleep.

Neuronal excitability modulation over the sleep cycle: a structural and mathematical model

Visual Discrimination Task Improvement: A Multi-Step Process Occurring During Sleep

Lonely traits and concomitant physiological processes : the MacArthur social neuroscience studies

Changes in respiration, heart rate, and systolic blood pressure in human sleep

Sleep and the time course of motor skill learning.

Lucid dreaming: a state of consciousness with features of both waking and non-lucid dreaming.

Do Lonely Days Invade the Nights? Potential Social Modulation of Sleep Efficiency

A manual of standardized terminology, techniques and criteria for scoring of states of sleep and wakefulness in newborn infants

A manual of standardized terminology, techniques and scoring system for sleep stages of human subjects: A. Rechtschaffen and A. Kales (Editors). (Public Health Service, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1968, 58 p., $4.00)

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