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John D. Salamone publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John D. Salamone sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 306 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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John D. Salamone D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John D. Salamone sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 96 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John D. Salamone is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States and has contributed extensively to neuroscience research. Their work primarily focuses on the mechanisms of motivation, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and neural and behavioral psychology.

The scientist has published research in prominent venues, including Psychopharmacology, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology, and Neuropsychopharmacology.

Salamone's research spans several fields and subfields of neuroscience. Their main field of study is Neuroscience, with notable subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Main topics covered in their work address areas such as neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, stress responses and cortisol, neural and behavioral psychology studies, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, receptor mechanisms and signaling, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and eating disorders and behaviors.

Frequent coauthors in Salamone's work include Mercé Correa, Renee A. Rotolo, Rose E. Presby, Carla Carratalá-Ros, and Alev Ecevitoglu.

Notable recent publications by John D. Salamone include:

  • The Neurobiology of Activational Aspects of Motivation: Exertion of Effort, Effort-Based Decision Making, and the Role of Dopamine (2023, Annual Review of Psychology)
  • Complexities and Paradoxes in Understanding the Role of Dopamine in Incentive Motivation and Instrumental Action: Exertion of Effort vs. Anhedonia (2022, Brain Research Bulletin)

Other publications frequently referenced around their work, though not authored directly by Salamone, include:

  • Vigor, Effort-Related Aspects of Motivation and Anhedonia (2022, Current topics in behavioral neurosciences)
  • Behavioral and Dopamine Transporter Binding Properties of the Modafinil Analog (S, S)-CE-158: Reversal of the Motivational Effects of Tetrabenazine and Enhancement of Progressive Ratio Responding (2020, Psychopharmacology)
  • Beyond the Symptom: The Biology of Fatigue (2023, SLEEP)

John D. Salamone's work predominantly publishes in journals addressing pharmacological and behavioral neuroscience aspects, highlighting a focus on motivation, dopamine function, and related neurobehavioral topics.

Best Publications

  • The mysterious motivational functions of mesolimbic dopamine.

    John D. Salamone;Mercè Correa;Mercè Correa

  • Neurobiology of exercise.

    Rod K. Dishman;Hans Rudolf Berthoud;Frank W. Booth;Carl W. Cotman

  • Effort-related functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine and associated forebrain circuits.

    John D. Salamone;Merce Correa;Merce Correa;Andrew M. Farrar;Susana Mingote

  • Motivational views of reinforcement: implications for understanding the behavioral functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine.

    John D Salamone;Mercè Correa

  • The involvement of nucleus accumbens dopamine in appetitive and aversive motivation

    John D. Salamone

  • Behavioral functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine: Empirical and conceptual problems with the anhedonia hypothesis

    J D Salamone;M S Cousins;B J Snyder

  • Beyond the reward hypothesis: alternative functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine

    JD Salamone;M Correa;SM Mingote;SM Weber

  • Anhedonia or anergia? Effects of haloperidol and nucleus accumbens dopamine depletion on instrumental response selection in a T-maze cost/benefit procedure.

    John D. Salamone;Michael S. Cousins;Sherri Bucher

  • Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine and the Regulation of Effort in Food-Seeking Behavior: Implications for Studies of Natural Motivation, Psychiatry, and Drug Abuse

    John D Salamone;Merce Correa;Susana M Mingote;Suzanne M Weber

  • Haloperidol and nucleus accumbens dopamine depletion suppress lever pressing for food but increase free food consumption in a novel food choice procedure.

    J. D. Salamone;R. E. Steinpreis;L. D. McCullough;P. Smith

  • Complex motor and sensorimotor functions of striatal and accumbens dopamine: involvement in instrumental behavior processes

    John D. Salamone

  • Dopamine, Behavioral Economics, and Effort

    John D Salamone;Merce Correa;Andrew M Farrar;Eric J Nunes

  • Nucleus accumbens dopamine depletions make rats more sensitive to high ratio requirements but do not impair primary food reinforcement

    J.E Aberman;J.D Salamone

  • Activational and effort-related aspects of motivation: neural mechanisms and implications for psychopathology

    John D. Salamone;Samantha E. Yohn;Laura López-Cruz;Noemí San Miguel

  • Place navigation in rats is impaired by lesions of medial septum and diagonal band but not nucleus basalis magnocellularis.

    J.J. Hagan;J.D. Salamone;J. Simpson;S.D. Iversen

  • Nucleus accumbens dopamine depletions alter relative response allocation in a T-maze cost/benefit task

    M.S. Cousins;A. Atherton;L. Turner;J.D. Salamone

  • Effects of Dopamine Antagonists and Accumbens Dopamine Depletions on Time-Constrained Progressive-Ratio Performance

    J.E. Aberman;S.J. Ward;J.D. Salamone

  • Ventrolateral striatal dopamine depletions impair feeding and food handling in rats

    John D. Salamone;Kimberly Mahan;Suzanne Rogers

  • D1 or D2 antagonism in nucleus accumbens core or dorsomedial shell suppresses lever pressing for food but leads to compensatory increases in chow consumption.

    K.L. Nowend;M. Arizzi;B.B. Carlson;J.D. Salamone

  • Neurobiology of exercise

    R. K. Dishman;H. R. Berthoud;F. W. Booth;C. W. Cotman

Frequent Co-Authors

Mercè Correa
Mercè Correa Jaume I University
Christa E. Müller
Christa E. Müller University of Bonn
Alexandros Makriyannis
Alexandros Makriyannis Northeastern University
Olga Valverde
Olga Valverde Pompeu Fabra University
Louise D. McCullough
Louise D. McCullough The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Catherine Ledent
Catherine Ledent Université Libre de Bruxelles
Benjamin D. Sachs
Benjamin D. Sachs University of Connecticut
James J. Chrobak
James J. Chrobak University of Connecticut
Gert Lubec
Gert Lubec Paracelsus Medical University
Linda A. Parker
Linda A. Parker University of Guelph

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