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Josef Syka

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
7782
World Ranking
6031
National Ranking
9

Josef Syka 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 Josef Syka sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 171 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Josef Syka 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 Josef Syka sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • 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

  • Auditory function in presbycusis: peripheral vs. central changes

    Jana Mazelová;Jiri Popelar;Josef Syka

  • Age-related changes in the central auditory system

    Ladislav Ouda;Oliver Profant;Josef Syka

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

    Jana Burianova;Ladislav Ouda;Oliver Profant;Josef Syka

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

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

  • Neuronal mechanisms of hearing

    Josef Syka;Lindsay Aitkin

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

    Josef Syka;Jiří Popelář

  • 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

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

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

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

    J. Popelár̆;J. Syka;H. Berndt

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

    Josef Syka;Natalia Rybalko

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

    J. Syka;N. Rybalko;J. Popelář

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

    Lindsay Aitkin;Luan Tran;Josef Syka

  • 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

  • Electrophysiological measurements of the stria vascularis potentials in vivo.

    Ivo Melichar;Josef Syka

  • The Fischer 344 rat as a model of presbycusis.

    Josef Syka

  • Electrical stimulation of the tectum in freely moving cats.

    Josef Syka;Toma´sˇ Radil-Weiss

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

    Ladislav Ouda;Rastislav Druga;Josef Syka

  • 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

  • Auditory pathway : structure and function

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Canlon
Barbara Canlon Karolinska Institute
Lindsay Aitkin
Lindsay Aitkin Monash University
Graeme M. Clark
Graeme M. Clark University of Melbourne
Roger Bouillon
Roger Bouillon KU Leuven
Paavo K.J. Kinnunen
Paavo K.J. Kinnunen Aalto University
Eva Syková
Eva Syková Czech Academy of Sciences
Brian M. Johnstone
Brian M. Johnstone University of Western Australia
Jean-Marie Aran
Jean-Marie Aran Inserm
Isabel Varela-Nieto
Isabel Varela-Nieto Spanish National Research Council
Giovanni Pacini
Giovanni Pacini National Research Council (CNR)

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