2026 Joseph Yanai: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	35	9226	8520	75	71	169	4324

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Neuroscience

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4324

Overview

Joseph Yanai is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a notable focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of study include Birth, Development, and Health, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects.

Joseph Yanai has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

"Paternal and/or maternal preconception-induced neurobehavioral teratogenicity in animal and human models," 2021, Brain Research Bulletin
"Implementation of a six-around-one optical probe based on diffuse light spectroscopy for study of cerebral properties in a murine mouse model of autism spectrum disorder," 2020, Applied Optics
"Reversal of prenatal heroin-induced alterations in hippocampal gene expression via transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells during adulthood," 2022, Neurotoxicology and Teratology
"Parental Preconception and Pre-Hatch Exposure to A Developmental Insult Alters Offspring's Gene Expression and Epigenetic Regulations: An Avian Model," 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"Whole transcriptome analysis in offspring whose fathers were exposed to a developmental insult: a novel avian model," 2023, Scientific Reports

Joseph Yanai frequently coauthors with researchers such as Issam Rimawi, Gadi Turgeman, Asher Ornoy, Andrew Kozhuhov, and Matanel Tfilin.

Their work has been published across venues including Brain Research Bulletin, Applied Optics, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

Acceleration of wound healing by topical application of honey. An animal model.

Arieh Bergman;Joseph Yanai;Jerry Weiss;David Bell

375
Citations
Deficits in development of central cholinergic pathways caused by fetal nicotine exposure: differential effects on choline acetyltransferase activity and [3H]hemicholinium-3 binding.

E.A. Zahalka;F.J. Seidler;S.E. Lappi;E.C. Mccook

137
Citations
Neuronal deficits in mice following prenatal exposure to phenobarbital.

Joseph Yanai;Joseph Yanai;Joseph Yanai;Linda Rosselli-Austin;Linda Rosselli-Austin;Linda Rosselli-Austin;Boris Tabakoff;Boris Tabakoff;Boris Tabakoff

116
Citations
Alterations in hippocampal cholinergic receptors and hippocampal behaviors after early exposure to nicotine.

Joseph Yanai;Chaim G. Pick;Yael Rogel-Fuchs;Eias A. Zahalka

111
Citations
The relative importance of dopamine and norepinephrine in mediating locomotor activity

Rachelle H.B. Fishman;Jeffery J. Feigenbaum;Joseph Yanai;Harold L. Klawans

94
Citations
Role of the Q-tip test in evaluating stress urinary incontinence.

A Bergman;T A McCarthy;C A Ballard;J Yanai

93
Citations
The antinociceptive effect of fluvoxamine

Shaul Schreiber;Maria M. Backer;Joseph Yanai;Chaim G. Pick

91
Citations
Differential development of cholinergic nerve terminal markers in rat brain regions: implications for nerve terminal density, impulse activity and specific gene expression.

E.A. Zahalka;F.J. Seidler;S.E. Lappi;J. Yanai;J. Yanai

85
Citations
Entrapment of the distal suprascapular nerve. An anatomical study.

A Kaspi;J Yanai;C G Pick;G Mann

85
Citations
Strain and sex differences in the rat brain

Joseph Yanai

82
Citations
Alterations in septohippocampal cholinergic innervations and related behaviors after early exposure to heroin and phencyclidine.

Joseph Yanai;Yosefa Avraham;Shlomo Levy;Julia Maslaton

73
Citations
Hippocampal cholinergic alterations and related behavioral deficits after early exposure to phenobarbital.

Yael Rogel-Fuchs;Michael E. Newman;David Trombka;Eias A. Zahalka

72
Citations
Adrenal glucocorticoids as a required factor in the development of ethanol withdrawal seizures in mice.

Paul Y. Sze;Joseph Yanai;Benson E. Ginsburg

68
Citations
Fetal nicotine exposure alters ontogeny of M1-receptors and their link to G-proteins.

E.A. Zahalka;F.J. Seidler;F.J. Seidler;J. Yanai;J. Yanai;T.A. Slotkin;T.A. Slotkin

68
Citations
Neurobehavioral damage to cholinergic systems caused by prenatal exposure to heroin or phenobarbital: cellular mechanisms and the reversal of deficits by neural grafts

Ruth A. Steingart;Moussa Abu-Roumi;Michael E. Newman;William F. Silverman

68
Citations
Long-lasting effects of early barbiturates on central nervous system and behavior

Rachelle H.B. Fishman;Joseph Yanai

66
Citations
Neural grafting reverses prenatal drug-induced alterations in hippocampal PKC and related behavioral deficits

Ruth A. Steingart;William F. Silverman;Susan Barron;Theodore A. Slotkin

66
Citations
Neurobehavioral teratogenicity of perfluorinated alkyls in an avian model.

Adi Pinkas;Theodore A. Slotkin;Yael Brick-Turin;Eddy A. Van der Zee

65
Citations
Neuronal deficits after neonatal exposure to phenobarbital.

Joseph Yanai;Joseph Yanai;Arie Bergman;Arie Bergman

64
Citations
Brain noradrenergic systems as a prerequisite for developing tolerance to barbiturates

Boris Tabakoff;Joseph Yanai;Ronald F. Ritzmann

62
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