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2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
142
Citations
80779
World Ranking
185
National Ranking
9

Psychology

D-Index
134
Citations
75510
World Ranking
141
National Ranking
6

Medicine

D-Index
141
Citations
80455
World Ranking
1613
National Ranking
81

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Overview

Jan Born is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with a significant body of work in Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Immunology.

The scientist's research covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin

Some of the frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan Born include:

  • Marion Inostroza
  • Niels Niethard
  • Susanne Diekelmann
  • Stoyan Dimitrov
  • Nicolas D. Lutz

Jan Born has published extensively in several key scientific venues with repeated contributions to:

  • SLEEP
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers by Jan Born include:

  • Sleep-A brain-state serving systems memory consolidation, 2023, Neuron
  • Susceptibility to auditory closed-loop stimulation of sleep slow oscillations changes with age, 2020, SLEEP
  • Temporal associations between sleep slow oscillations, spindles and ripples, 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Human REM sleep recalibrates neural activity in support of memory formation, 2023, Science Advances
  • Sleep-dependent memory consolidation in infants protects new episodic memories from existing semantic memories, 2020, Nature Communications

In recognition of contributions to the field, Jan Born received the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina award in 2009, associated with Psychology and Cognitive Sciences.

Best Publications

  • The memory function of sleep

    Susanne Diekelmann;Jan Born

  • About sleep's role in memory

    Bjoern Rasch;Jan Born;Jan Born

  • Boosting slow oscillations during sleep potentiates memory

    Lisa Marshall;Halla Helgadóttir;Matthias Mölle;Jan Born

  • Sniffing neuropeptides: a transnasal approach to the human brain

    Jan Born;Tanja Lange;Werner Kern;Gerard P. McGregor

  • Odor cues during slow-wave sleep prompt declarative memory consolidation.

    Björn Rasch;Christian Büchel;Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • Sleep inspires insight

    Ullrich Wagner;Steffen Gais;Hilde Haider;Rolf Verleger

  • Effects of early and late nocturnal sleep on declarative and procedural memory

    Werner Plihal;Jan Born

  • Sleep and immune function

    Luciana Besedovsky;Tanja Lange;Tanja Lange;Jan Born;Jan Born

  • Mechanisms of systems memory consolidation during sleep.

    Jens G. Klinzing;Niels Niethard;Jan Born

  • Learning-dependent increases in sleep spindle density.

    Steffen Gais;Matthias Mölle;Kay Helms;Jan Born

  • Auditory Closed-Loop Stimulation of the Sleep Slow Oscillation Enhances Memory

    Hong Viet V. Ngo;Thomas Martinetz;Jan Born;Jan Born;Matthias Mölle;Matthias Mölle

  • The contribution of sleep to hippocampus-dependent memory consolidation.

    Lisa Marshall;Jan Born

  • Sleep forms memory for finger skills

    Stefan Fischer;Manfred Hallschmid;Anna Lisa Elsner;Jan Born

  • Intranasal insulin improves memory in humans

    Christian Benedict;Manfred Hallschmid;Astrid Hatke;Bernd Schultes

  • System consolidation of memory during sleep.

    Jan Born;Ines Wilhelm

  • The Consolidation and Transformation of Memory

    Yadin Dudai;Yadin Dudai;Avi Karni;Jan Born

  • Sleep to Remember

    Jan Born;Björn Rasch;Steffen Gais

  • Emotional Memory Formation Is Enhanced across Sleep Intervals with High Amounts of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

    Ullrich Wagner;Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • Early sleep triggers memory for early visual discrimination skills

    Steffen Gais;Werner Plihal;Ullrich Wagner;Jan Born

  • The whats and whens of sleep-dependent memory consolidation.

    Susanne Diekelmann;Ines Wilhelm;Jan Born

  • Effects of sleep and circadian rhythm on human circulating immune cells

    Jan Born;Tanja Lange;Kirsten Hansen;Matthias Molle

Frequent Co-Authors

Horst L. Fehm
Horst L. Fehm University of Lübeck
Manfred Hallschmid
Manfred Hallschmid University of Tübingen
Matthias Mölle
Matthias Mölle University of Lübeck
Reinhard Pietrowsky
Reinhard Pietrowsky Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Lisa Marshall
Lisa Marshall University of Lübeck
Steffen Gais
Steffen Gais University of Tübingen
Björn Rasch
Björn Rasch University of Fribourg
Hendrik Lehnert
Hendrik Lehnert University of Warwick
Stefan Fischer
Stefan Fischer University of Lübeck
Surjo R. Soekadar
Surjo R. Soekadar Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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