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 Ngai sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 84 publications — 9th percentile
9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.
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 Ngai sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 51 D-Index — 44th percentile
44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.
John Ngai is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Biophysics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. The work spans a variety of topics including Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Neural dynamics and brain function, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, and studies related to Health, Environment, and Cognitive Aging.
Ngai has published in several notable venues with the highest number of publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), followed by Nature, Neuron, Science Advances, and Cell.
Frequent collaborators include Kelly Street, Davide Risso, Sandrine Dudoit, Hector Roux de Bézieux, and Elizabeth Purdom.
Some of the recent papers authored by Ngai and their colleagues include:
John Ngai was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1993.
David H. Brann;Tatsuya Tsukahara;Caleb Weinreb;Marcela Lipovsek
Robert Vassar;John Ngai;Richard Axel
Lisa J Brunet;Geoffrey H Gold;John Ngai
John Ngai;Andrew Chess;Michael M. Dowling;Nicholas Necles
Jason C. Dugas;Yu Chuan Tai;Terence P. Speed;John Ngai
Zizhen Yao;Hanqing Liu;Fangming Xie;Stephan Fischer
Sanne Boesveldt;Elbrich M Postma;Duncan Boak;Antje Welge-Luessen
Peter Cameron;Makoto Hiroi;John Ngai;Kristin Scott;Kristin Scott
Evan H. Goulding;John Ngai;Richard H. Kramer;Suzanne Colicos
Joseph R. Ecker;Daniel H. Geschwind;Arnold R. Kriegstein;John Ngai
David J. Speca;David M. Lin;Peter W. Sorensen;Ehud Y. Isacoff
David M Lin;Fan Wang;Graeme Lowe;Geoffrey H Gold
Gilbert Weidinger;Chris J. Thorpe;Katrin Wuennenberg-Stapleton;John Ngai
Russell B. Fletcher;Diya Das;Levi Gadye;Kelly N. Street
Shannon DeMaria;John Ngai
Tyler S Alioto;Tyler S Alioto;John Ngai
Alison L Barth;Nicholas J Justice;John Ngai
Joseph L Dynes;John Ngai
Darren W. Logan;Lisa J. Brunet;William R. Webb;Tyler Cutforth
Russell B. Fletcher;Melanie S. Prasol;Jose Estrada;Ariane Baudhuin
Cynthia D. Duggan;Shannon DeMaria;Ariane Baudhuin;David Stafford
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