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 Joseph E. LeDoux sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 541 publications — 96th percentile
96% 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 Joseph E. LeDoux sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 167 D-Index — 99th percentile
99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.
Joseph E. LeDoux is affiliated with New York University in the United States and specializes in neuroscience and psychology. Their research primarily focuses on cognitive neuroscience and social psychology, with specific attention to areas such as memory and neural mechanisms, neural dynamics and brain function, and stress responses and cortisol.
Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, behavioral neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology. The topics covered in their research include neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, receptor mechanisms and signaling, as well as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.
LeDoux has contributed frequently to notable publication venues. These include Current Biology, where they have appeared in seven publications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with four papers, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with three publications, and both Philosophical Psychology and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences with two papers each.
Their recent published papers as lead author include:
LeDoux collaborates often with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Hakwan Lau, Elizabeth A. Phelps, Vincent Taschereau-Dumouchel, Matthias Michel, and Eric Klann.
Recognitions awarded to LeDoux include the William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2015, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2013, the Karl Spencer Lashley Award from The American Philosophical Society in 2011 for studies on neural mechanisms of emotional learning, the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology in 2010, fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2006, and fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2000.
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