2026 Josef Syka: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	49	6031	5552	9	7	171	7782

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Research.com Recognitions

2004 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Josef Syka is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic, with a research focus spanning multiple areas within neuroscience.

Syka's research contributions primarily center on topics related to hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics, encompassing 32 publications in this area. Additional focal points include hearing loss and rehabilitation, neural dynamics and brain function, vestibular and auditory disorders, neuroscience and music perception, congenital heart defects research, and neuropharmacology.

The scientist's main fields of study fall under neuroscience, with 44 publications. Subfields include cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, neurology, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Syka include:

Zbyněk Bureš
Oliver Profant
Kateryna Pysanenko
Veronika Svobodová
Diana Tóthová

Syka has published predominantly in the following venues:

Hearing Research
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Otorinolaryngologie a foniatrie
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Brain Structure and Function

Selected recent papers include:

The Influence of Aging, Hearing, and Tinnitus on the Morphology of Cortical Gray Matter, Amygdala, and Hippocampus (2020, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience)
ISL1 is necessary for auditory neuron development and contributes toward tonotopic organization (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Postnatal exposure to an acoustically enriched environment alters the morphology of neurons in the adult rat auditory system (2020, Brain Structure and Function)
Age-related changes in the temporal processing of acoustical signals in the auditory cortex of rats (2020, Hearing Research)
Acoustically Enriched Environment during the Critical Period of Postnatal Development Positively Modulates Gap Detection and Frequency Discrimination Abilities in Adult Rats (2021, Neural Plasticity)

Josef Syka was awarded membership in the Academia Europaea in 2004.

Best Publications

Plastic changes in the central auditory system after hearing loss, restoration of function, and during learning.

Josef Syka

488
Citations
Response properties of neurons in the central nucleus and external and dorsal cortices of the inferior colliculus in guinea pig.

Syka J;Popelár J;Kvasnák E;Astl J

208
Citations
Auditory function in presbycusis: peripheral vs. central changes

Jana Mazelová;Jiri Popelar;Josef Syka

203
Citations
Age-related changes in the central auditory system

Ladislav Ouda;Oliver Profant;Josef Syka

179
Citations
Age-related changes in GAD levels in the central auditory system of the rat.

Jana Burianova;Ladislav Ouda;Oliver Profant;Josef Syka

170
Citations
Stimulus-related potassium changes in the organ of Corti of guinea-pig.

B M Johnstone;R Patuzzi;J Syka;E Syková

165
Citations
Neuronal mechanisms of hearing

Josef Syka;Lindsay Aitkin

162
Citations
Inferior colliculus in the rat: Neuronal responses to stimulation of the auditory cortex

Josef Syka;Jiří Popelář

160
Citations
Binaural interaction in low-frequency neurons in inferior colliculus of the cat. IV. Comparison of monaural and binaural response properties

S. Kuwada;T. C. T. Yin;J. Syka;T. J. F. Buunen

157
Citations
Representation of species-specific vocalizations in the inferior colliculus of the guinea pig.

Daniel Šuta;Daniel Šuta;Eugen Kvašňák;Jiří Popelář;Josef Syka

152
Citations
Effect of noise on auditory evoked responses in awake guinea pigs.

J. Popelár̆;J. Syka;H. Berndt

150
Citations
Threshold shifts and enhancement of cortical evoked responses after noise exposure in rats.

Josef Syka;Natalia Rybalko

137
Citations
Enhancement of the auditory cortex evoked responses in awake guinea pigs after noise exposure

J. Syka;N. Rybalko;J. Popelář

136
Citations
The responses of neurons in subdivisions of the inferior colliculus of cats to tonal, noise and vocal stimuli

Lindsay Aitkin;Luan Tran;Josef Syka

133
Citations
Diffusion tensor imaging and MR morphometry of the central auditory pathway and auditory cortex in aging

O. Profant;O. Profant;A. Škoch;Z. Balogová;J. Tintěra

116
Citations
Electrophysiological measurements of the stria vascularis potentials in vivo.

Ivo Melichar;Josef Syka

112
Citations
The Fischer 344 rat as a model of presbycusis.

Josef Syka

110
Citations
Electrical stimulation of the tectum in freely moving cats.

Josef Syka;Toma´sˇ Radil-Weiss

109
Citations
Changes in parvalbumin immunoreactivity with aging in the central auditory system of the rat

Ladislav Ouda;Rastislav Druga;Josef Syka

109
Citations
Effect of auditory cortex lesions on the discrimination of frequency-modulated tones in rats.

Natalia Rybalko;Daniel Šuta;Daniel Šuta;Fidel Nwabueze-Ogbo;Josef Syka

99
Citations
Auditory pathway : structure and function

Auditory Pathway-Structure;Josef Syka;R. Bruce Masterton

80
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