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Jan G. Bjaalie

Jan G. Bjaalie

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Neuroscience

D-Index
53
Citations
7431
World Ranking
5188
National Ranking
21

Jan G. Bjaalie 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 Jan G. Bjaalie sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan G. Bjaalie 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 Jan G. Bjaalie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jan G. Bjaalie is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience and intersects significantly with biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, biophysics, molecular biology, information systems and management, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their research themes encompass areas such as cell image analysis techniques, functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, scientific computing and data management, memory and neural mechanisms, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Recent published papers by Jan G. Bjaalie include:

  • Brain simulation as a cloud service: The Virtual Brain on EBRAINS, 2022, NeuroImage
  • Nutil: A Pre- and Post-processing Toolbox for Histological Rodent Brain Section Images, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
  • International Brain Initiative: An Innovative Framework for Coordinated Global Brain Research Efforts, 2020, Neuron
  • International data governance for neuroscience, 2021, Neuron
  • Waxholm Space atlas of the rat brain: a 3D atlas supporting data analysis and integration, 2023, Nature Methods

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan G. Bjaalie include:

  • Trygve B. Leergaard
  • Maja Puchades
  • Sharon C. Yates
  • Ingvild E. Bjerke
  • Harry Carey

Their research has been often published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Data
  • Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neuron

Best Publications

  • Waxholm Space atlas of the Sprague Dawley rat brain

    Eszter A. Papp;Trygve B. Leergaard;Evan Calabrese;G. Allan Johnson

  • Probing tissue microstructure with restriction spectrum imaging: Histological and theoretical validation

    Nathan S. White;Trygve B. Leergaard;Helen D'Arceuil;Jan G. Bjaalie

  • Laminar organization of frequency-defined local axons within and between the inferior colliculi of the guinea pig

    M. S. Malmierca;A. Rees;F. E. N. Le Beau;J. G. Bjaalie

  • Organization of the pontine nuclei.

    Per Brodal;Jan G. Bjaalie

  • Quantitative histological validation of diffusion MRI fiber orientation distributions in the rat brain.

    Trygve B. Leergaard;Nathan S. White;Alex de Crespigny;Ingeborg Bolstad

  • The macroglomerular complex of the antennal lobe in the tobacco budworm moth Heliothis virescens : specified subdivision in four compartments according to information about biologically significant compounds

    B. G. Berg;T. J. Almaas;J. G. Bjaalie;H. Mustaparta

  • Spatial registration of serial microscopic brain images to three-dimensional reference atlases with the QuickNII tool

    Maja A. Puchades;Gergely Csucs;Debora Ledergerber;Trygve B. Leergaard

  • Salient anatomic features of the cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathway.

    Per Brodal;Jan G. Bjaalie

  • Synaptic vesicular localization and exocytosis of L-aspartate in excitatory nerve terminals: a quantitative immunogold analysis in rat hippocampus.

    Vidar Gundersen;Farrukh A. Chaudhry;Jan G. Bjaalie;Frode Fonnum

  • The concentrations and distributions of three C-terminal variants of the GLT1 (EAAT2; slc1a2) glutamate transporter protein in rat brain tissue suggest differential regulation.

    S. Holmseth;H.A. Scott;K. Real;K.P. Lehre

  • Is lectin-coupled horseradish peroxidase taken up and transported by undamaged as well as by damaged fibers in the central nervous system?

    P. Brodal;E. Dietrichs;J.G. Bjaalie;T. Nordby

  • QUINT: Workflow for Quantification and Spatial Analysis of Features in Histological Images From Rodent Brain.

    Sharon C. Yates;Nicolaas E. Groeneboom;Christopher Coello;Stefan F. Lichtenthaler

  • Brain simulation as a cloud service: The Virtual Brain on EBRAINS

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  • In vivo tracing of major rat brain pathways using manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and three-dimensional digital atlasing

    Trygve B Leergaard;Jan G Bjaalie;Anna Devor;Lawrence L Wald

  • Waxholm Space atlas of the rat brain hippocampal region: three-dimensional delineations based on magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor imaging.

    Lisa Jannicke Kjønigsen;Sveinung Lillehaug;Jan G. Bjaalie;Menno Witter

  • Three-Dimensional Atlas System for Mouse and Rat Brain Imaging Data

    Trine Hjornevik;Trygve B. Leergaard;Dmitri Darine;Olve Moldestad

  • Rat somatosensory cerebropontocerebellar pathways: spatial relationships of the somatotopic map of the primary somatosensory cortex are preserved in a three-dimensional clustered pontine map.

    Trygve B. Leergaard;Kjersti A. Lyngstad;John H. Thompson;Sofie Taeymans

  • Spatial correspondence between tactile projection patterns and the distribution of the antigenic Purkinje cell markers anti-zebrin I and anti-zebrin II in the cerebellar folium crus IIA of the rat.

    J.S Hallem;J.H Thompson;G Gundappa-Sulur;R Hawkes

  • Neuroinformatics: the integration of shared databases and tools towards integrative neuroscience.

    Shun-Ichi Amari;Francesco Beltrame;Jan G. Bjaalie;Turgay Dalkara

  • Anatomic Evidence of a Three-Dimensional Mosaic Pattern of Tonotopic Organization in the Ventral Complex of the Lateral Lemniscus in Cat

    Manuel S. Malmierca;Trygve B. Leergaard;Victoria M. Bajo;Jan G. Bjaalie

  • GABA and GABAA receptors at hippocampal mossy fibre synapses

    Linda Bergersen;Arnaud Ruiz;Jan G. Bjaalie;Dimitri M. Kullmann

  • A dendrodendritic reciprocal synapse provides a recurrent excitatory connection in the olfactory bulb.

    Anne Didier;Alan Carleton;Jan G. Bjaalie;Jean-Didier Vincent

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Brodal
Per Brodal University of Oslo
Katrin Amunts
Katrin Amunts Forschungszentrum Jülich
Manuel S. Malmierca
Manuel S. Malmierca University of Salamanca
Menno P. Witter
Menno P. Witter Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Anders M. Dale
Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute
Gary F. Egan
Gary F. Egan Monash University
Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich
Olaf Riess
Olaf Riess University of Tübingen
Erik De Schutter
Erik De Schutter Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Stanley B. Prusiner
Stanley B. Prusiner University of California, San Francisco

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