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J. Allan Hobson

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
87
Citations
41972
World Ranking
1231
National Ranking
629

J. Allan Hobson 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 J. Allan Hobson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 246 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

J. Allan Hobson 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 J. Allan Hobson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

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

    J A Hobson;R W McCarley

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

    JA Hobson;RW McCarley;PW Wyzinski

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

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

  • Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation

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

  • The Dreaming Brain

    J. Allan Hobson

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

    Edward F. Pace-Schott;J. Allan Hobson

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

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

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

    J. Allan Hobson;Edward F. Pace-Schott

  • Visual discrimination learning requires sleep after training.

    Robert Stickgold;LaTanya James;J. Allan Hobson

  • REM sleep and dreaming: towards a theory of protoconsciousness

    J. Allan Hobson

  • The prefrontal cortex in sleep.

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

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

    RW McCarley;JA Hobson

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

    Robert Stickgold;Dana Whidbee;Beth Schirmer;Vipul Patel

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

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

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

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

  • Sleep and the time course of motor skill learning.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    J.Allan Hobson

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Stickgold
Robert Stickgold Harvard Medical School
Edward F. Pace-Schott
Edward F. Pace-Schott Harvard University
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Richard L. Verrier
Richard L. Verrier Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Helen A. Baghdoyan
Helen A. Baghdoyan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jose L. Cantero
Jose L. Cantero Pablo de Olavide University
Mercedes Atienza
Mercedes Atienza Pablo de Olavide University
Karl J. Friston
Karl J. Friston University College London
Michael Schredl
Michael Schredl Central Institute of Mental Health
Carl L. Hart
Carl L. Hart Columbia University

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