2026 Jay Schulkin: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	66	2974	2718	1381	1243	318	19427

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Overview

Jay Schulkin is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on public health, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, cognitive neuroscience, and social psychology. Schulkin's work spans multiple subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The scientist's research covers various interconnected topics, such as maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, stress responses and cortisol regulation, maternal and perinatal health interventions, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, reproductive health and contraception, gestational diabetes research and management, and vaccine coverage and hesitancy.

Schulkin has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications appearing in the following venues:

Journal of Women's Health
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vaccine
Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Their recent papers include:

"Activating Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Systems in the Nucleus Accumbens, Amygdala, and Bed Nucleus of Stria Terminalis: Incentive Motivation or Aversive Motivation?" (2021, Biological Psychiatry)
"Corticotropin-releasing hormone signaling from prefrontal cortex to lateral septum suppresses interaction with familiar mice" (2023, Cell)
"Vaccine hesitancy in pregnant Women: A narrative review" (2023, Vaccine)
"A comparison of anatomic and cellular transcriptome structures across 40 human brain diseases" (2023, PLoS Biology)
"Racial disparities in influenza immunization during pregnancy in the United States: A narrative review of the evidence for disparities and potential interventions" (2021, Vaccine)

Schulkin has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Michael L. Power (15 joint publications), Matthew Crippen (10), Mallory Kremer (7), Meaghan Stacy (6), and Eda G. Reed (5).

The scientist is also an author of academic books published by renowned presses. Their book publications include:

Cambridge University Press (3 titles): "Biological Cognition" (2022), "Habits" (2020), "Understanding Suicide in the United States" (2023)
The MIT Press: "Mind in Nature" (2023)
Columbia University Press: "Mind Ecologies" (2020)
eBooks: ":," (2020)
Psychology Press eBooks: "Effort" (2020)

Best Publications

An anatomically comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain transcriptome

Michael J. Hawrylycz;Ed S. Lein;Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts;Elaine H. Shen

3361
Citations
From normal fear to pathological anxiety

Jeffrey B. Rosen;Jay Schulkin

1247
Citations
Canonical Genetic Signatures of the Adult Human Brain

Michael Hawrylycz;Jeremy A. Miller;Vilas Menon;David Feng

705
Citations
Glucocorticoid regulation of diverse cognitive functions in normal and pathological emotional states

Kristine Erickson;Wayne Drevets;Jay Schulkin;Jay Schulkin

588
Citations
INDUCTION OF CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE GENE EXPRESSION BY GLUCOCORTICOIDS: IMPLICATION FOR UNDERSTANDING THE STATES OF FEAR AND ANXIETY AND ALLOSTATIC LOAD

Jay Schulkin;Philip W. Gold;Bruce S. McEwen

580
Citations
Corticosterone effects on corticotropin-releasing hormone mRNA in the central nucleus of the amygdala and the parvocellular region of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Shinya Makino;Phillip W. Gold;Jay Schulkin

547
Citations
Allostasis, amygdala, and anticipatory angst

Jay Schulkin;Bruce S. McEwen;Bruce S. McEwen;Philip W. Gold;Philip W. Gold

498
Citations
Behavioral and neuroendocrine responses in shy children

Louis A. Schmidt;Nathan A. Fox;Kenneth H. Rubin;Esther M. Sternberg

457
Citations
Effects of corticosterone on CRH mRNA and content in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; comparison with the effects in the central nucleus of the amygdala and the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Shinya Makino;Phillip W. Gold;Jay Schulkin

342
Citations
Anticipatory physiological regulation in feeding biology: cephalic phase responses.

Michael L. Power;Jay Schulkin;Jay Schulkin;Jay Schulkin

318
Citations
Addiction and stress: An allostatic view

George F. Koob;Jay Schulkin

304
Citations
Nucleus accumbens corticotropin-releasing factor increases cue-triggered motivation for sucrose reward: paradoxical positive incentive effects in stress?

Susana Peciña;Jay Schulkin;Kent C Berridge

267
Citations
Allostasis: A Brain-Centered, Predictive Mode of Physiological Regulation.

Jay Schulkin;Peter Sterling

237
Citations
Central gustatory lesions: II. Effects on sodium appetite, taste aversion learning, and feeding behaviors.

Francis W. Flynn;Harvey J. Grill;Jay Schulkin;Ralph Norgren

216
Citations
A Central Amygdala CRF Circuit Facilitates Learning about Weak Threats.

Christina A. Sanford;Marta E. Soden;Madison A. Baird;Samara M. Miller

214
Citations
A neuroendocrine mechanism for sustaining fear

Jay Schulkin;Jay Schulkin;Jay Schulkin;Maria A. Morgan;Jeffrey B. Rosen

212
Citations
Ventral medial prefrontal cortex and emotional perseveration: the memory for prior extinction training

Maria A Morgan;Jay Schulkin;Jay Schulkin;Jay Schulkin;Joseph E LeDoux;Joseph E LeDoux

196
Citations
Extreme fear, shyness, and social phobia : origins, biological mechanisms, and clinical outcomes

Louis A. Schmidt;Jay Schulkin

193
Citations
Epigenetic modulation of chronic anxiety and pain by histone deacetylation

L Tran;J Schulkin;C O Ligon;B Greenwood-Van Meerveld

192
Citations
Preterm birth: associated neuroendocrine, medical, and behavioral risk factors.

Kristine Erickson;Poul Thorsen;George Chrousos;Dimitri E. Grigoriadis

190
Citations
Palatability shift of a salt-associated incentive during sodium depletion.

Kent C. Berridge;Jay Schulkin

178
Citations