2026 Jean-Pierre Changeux: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	167	976	896	20	15	849	109069
Neuroscience	169	78	69	3	3	773	110068

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in France Leader Award
2010 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
2007 - NAS Award in the Neurosciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences For the pioneering discovery that fast-acting neurotransmitters mediate their effects through allosteric regulation of the neurotransmitter protein.
2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
2002 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society In recognition of his pioneering, comprehensive studies into the fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying interneuronal communication and their role in network formation, learning, and reward
2001 - International Balzan Prize
2000 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1992 - CNRS Gold Medal, French National Centre for Scientific Research Neurobiology
1988 - Member of Academia Europaea
1983 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1982 - Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences for their work on fundamental structures of genetic material and of the nervous system.
1978 - Canada Gairdner International Award
1974 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Jean-Pierre Changeux is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has a significant body of work primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Neuroscience. Their research spans molecular biology and cognitive neuroscience, including cellular and molecular neuroscience aspects.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

The natural axis of transmitter receptor distribution in the human cerebral cortex (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
A Connectomic Hypothesis for the Hominization of the Brain (2020), Cerebral Cortex
Differential mechanisms underlie trace and delay conditioning in Drosophila (2022), Nature
Attenuation of clinical and immunological outcomes during SARS-CoV-2 infection by ivermectin (2021), EMBO Molecular Medicine
Do Nicotinic Receptors Modulate High-Order Cognitive Processing? (2020), Trends in Neurosciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jean-Pierre Changeux include:

Marco Cecchini
Claus C. Hilgetag
Katrin Amunts
Pierre-Jean Corringer
Adrien Henri Cerdan

Their works are often published in venues such as:

Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Comptes Rendus Biologies
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Main topics of their research include:

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Ion channel regulation and function

Jean-Pierre Changeux has been recognized with multiple awards including:

Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award (2010)
NAS Award in the Neurosciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2007) for pioneering discoveries in neurotransmitter protein regulation
Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2003)
Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society (2002) for studies on interneuronal communication
International Balzan Prize (2001)
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2000)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
CNRS Gold Medal, French National Centre for Scientific Research (1992) in Neurobiology
Member of Academia Europaea (1988)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1983)
Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences (1982)
Canada Gairdner International Award (1978)
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1974)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

On the Nature of Allosteric Transitions: A Plausible Model

Jacques Monod;Jeffries Wyman;Jean-Pierre Changeux

10614
Citations
Allosteric Proteins and Cellular Control Systems

Jacques Monod;Jean-Pierre Changeux;François Jacob

2776
Citations
Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Conscious Processing

Stanislas Dehaene;Jean-Pierre Changeux;Jean-Pierre Changeux

2724
Citations
Conscious, preconscious, and subliminal processing: a testable taxonomy.

Stanislas Dehaene;Jean Pierre Changeux;Jean Pierre Changeux;Lionel Naccache;Jérôme Sackur

2661
Citations
A Neuronal Model of a Global Workspace in Effortful Cognitive Tasks

Stanislas Dehaene;Michel Kerszberg;Jean-Pierre Changeux

1840
Citations
Selective stabilisation of developing synapses as a mechanism for the specification of neuronal networks.

Jean-Pierre Changeux;Antoine Danchin

1835
Citations
Acetylcholine receptors containing the β2 subunit are involved in the reinforcing properties of nicotine

Marina R. Picciotto;Marina R. Picciotto;Michele Zoli;Roberto Rimondini;Clément Léna

1642
Citations
Nicotinic receptors at the amino acid level.

Corringer Pj;Le Novère N;Changeux Jp

1127
Citations
A neuronal network model linking subjective reports and objective physiological data during conscious perception

Stanislas Dehaene;Claire Sergent;Jean-Pierre Changeux

1070
Citations
Neuronal man : the biology of mind

Jean-Pierre Changeux

1051
Citations
Development of elementary numerical abilities: A neuronal model

Stanislas Dehaene;Jean-Pierre Changeux

1026
Citations
Conscious Processing and the Global Neuronal Workspace Hypothesis.

George A. Mashour;Pieter Roelfsema;Pieter Roelfsema;Jean Pierre Changeux;Jean Pierre Changeux;Jean Pierre Changeux;Stanislas Dehaene;Stanislas Dehaene

997
Citations
Acetylcholine receptor: an allosteric protein

Jean-Pierre Changeux;Jean-Pierre Changeux;Anne Devillers-Thiéry;Phillippe Chemouilli

875
Citations
Allosteric mechanisms of signal transduction.

Jean-Pierre Changeux;Jean-Pierre Changeux;Stuart J. Edelstein;Stuart J. Edelstein

867
Citations
Nicotinic receptors: allosteric transitions and therapeutic targets in the nervous system

Antoine Taly;Pierre-Jean Corringer;Denis Guedin;Pierre Lestage

842
Citations
Use of a Snake Venom Toxin to Characterize the Cholinergic Receptor Protein

Jean-Pierre Changeux;Michiki Kasai;Chen-Yuan Lee

816
Citations
Abnormal avoidance learning in mice lacking functional high-affinity nicotine receptor in the brain.

Marina R. Picciotto;Michele Zoli;Clement Léna;Alain Bessis

791
Citations
International Union of Pharmacology. XX. Current Status of the Nomenclature for Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Their Subunits

R. J. Lukas;J.-P. Changeux;N. Le Novere;E. X. Albuquerque

718
Citations
Nicotine reinforcement and cognition restored by targeted expression of nicotinic receptors.

U. Maskos;B. E. Molles;S. Pons;M. Besson;M. Besson

702
Citations
Molecular and Physiological Diversity of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Midbrain Dopaminergic Nuclei

Ruby Klink;Alban de Kerchove d'Exaerde;Michele Zoli;Michele Zoli;Jean-Pierre Changeux

701
Citations