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John B. Troy 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 John B. Troy sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 115 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John B. Troy 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 John B. Troy sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John B. Troy is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a research focus spanning Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research covers several core topics with notable emphasis on Retinal Development and Disorders, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Optical Coherence Tomography Applications, and Retinal Imaging and Analysis.

Recent publications by John B. Troy demonstrate active engagement in vision science and neural engineering. The list of selected papers includes:

  • Origins of direction selectivity in the primate retina, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Two mechanisms for direction selectivity in a model of the primate starburst amacrine cell, 2023, Visual Neuroscience
  • Neuromodulation using electroosmosis, 2021, Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Correlation between retinal ganglion cell loss and nerve crush force-impulse established with instrumented tweezers in mice, 2020, Neurological Research
  • Communicative Language Teaching in Malaysian ESL Context: A Qualitative Exploration into In-service Teachers' Beliefs and Practices, 2021, International Journal of TESOL Studies

John B. Troy collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Wu Jiajia, Yeon Jin Kim, Robert G. Smith, Dennis M. Dacey, and Joanna D. Crook. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach spanning neuroscience and related fields.

The scientist's work has been published in journals such as the International Journal of TESOL Studies, Nature Communications, Visual Neuroscience, Journal of Neural Engineering, and Neurological Research, indicating a range of topics from neural engineering to language teaching.

Best Publications

  • Y-Cell Receptive Field and Collicular Projection of Parasol Ganglion Cells in Macaque Monkey Retina

    Joanna D. Crook;Beth B. Peterson;Orin S. Packer;Farrel R. Robinson

  • Spatiotemporal frequency responses of cat retinal ganglion cells.

    L J Frishman;A W Freeman;A W Freeman;J B Troy;D E Schweitzer-Tong

  • Sustained ocular hypertension induces dendritic degeneration of mouse retinal ganglion cells that depends on cell type and location.

    Liang Feng;Yan Zhao;Miho Yoshida;Hui Chen

  • Steady discharges of X and Y retinal ganglion cells of cat under photopic illuminance.

    J.B. Troy;J.G. Robson

  • Incorporation of the electrode electrolyte interface into finite-element models of metal microelectrodes

    Donald R Cantrell;Samsoon Inayat;Allen Taflove;Rodney S Ruoff

  • Effects of Remote Stimulation on the Mean Firing Rate of Cat Retinal Ganglion Cells

    Christopher L. Passaglia;Christina Enroth-Cugell;John B. Troy

  • Patch clamp technique: Review of the current state of the art and potential contributions from nanoengineering:

    Y. Zhao;S. Inayat;D. A. Dikin;J. H. Singer

  • Visual responses in the lateral geniculate nucleus of dichromatic and trichromatic marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

    Tsaiyao Yeh;Barry B. Lee;Jan Kremers;Jill A. Cowing

  • The receptive fields of cat retinal ganglion cells in physiological and pathological states: where we are after half a century of research.

    J.B. Troy;T. Shou;T. Shou

  • The Smooth Monostratified Ganglion Cell: Evidence for Spatial Diversity in the Y-Cell Pathway to the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus and Superior Colliculus in the Macaque Monkey

    Joanna D. Crook;Beth B. Peterson;Orin S. Packer;Farrel R. Robinson

  • Orientation sensitivity of ganglion cells in primate retina.

    Christopher L Passaglia;John B Troy;Lukas Rüttiger;Lukas Rüttiger;Barry B Lee;Barry B Lee

  • Interpretation of the mouse electroretinogram.

    Lawrence H. Pinto;Brandon Invergo;Kazuhiro Shimomura;Joseph S. Takahashi

  • X and Y ganglion cells inform the cat's brain about contrast in the retinal image

    J B Troy;C Enroth-Cugell

  • Origins of direction selectivity in the primate retina

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  • Generation, identification and functional characterization of the nob4 mutation of Grm6 in the mouse.

    Lawrence H. Pinto;Martha H. Vitaterna;Kazuhiro Shimomura;Sandra M. Siepka

  • Steady discharges of macaque retinal ganglion cells.

    J. B. Troy;B. B. Lee

  • Progressive degeneration of retinal and superior collicular functions in mice with sustained ocular hypertension.

    Hui Chen;Yan Zhao;Mingna Liu;Liang Feng

  • Allelic variance between GRM6 mutants, Grm6nob3 and Grm6nob4 results in differences in retinal ganglion cell visual responses.

    Dennis M. Maddox;Kirstan A. Vessey;Gary L. Yarbrough;Brandon M. Invergo

  • Spatial contrast sensitivities of X and Y type neurones in the cat's dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus.

    J B Troy

  • Retinal Ganglion Cell Loss is Delayed Following Optic Nerve Crush in NLRP3 Knockout Mice.

    Zhen Puyang;Liang Feng;Hui Chen;Peiji Liang

  • Nature of the maintained discharge of Q, X, and Y retinal ganglion cells of the cat

    J. G. Robson;John B Troy

  • Information Transmission Rates of Cat Retinal Ganglion Cells

    Christopher L. Passaglia;John B. Troy

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry B. Lee
Barry B. Lee Max Planck Society
Rodney S. Ruoff
Rodney S. Ruoff Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Lawrence H. Pinto
Lawrence H. Pinto Northwestern University
Dennis M. Dacey
Dennis M. Dacey University of Washington
Allen Taflove
Allen Taflove Northwestern University
Joseph S. Takahashi
Joseph S. Takahashi The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Lukas Rüttiger
Lukas Rüttiger University of Tübingen
Robert F. Mullins
Robert F. Mullins University of Iowa
Dmitriy A. Dikin
Dmitriy A. Dikin Temple University
Paul R. Martin
Paul R. Martin University of Sydney

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