2026 Joshua D. Berke: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	43	7289	6715	3144	2835	87	13394

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Overview

Joshua D. Berke is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics within the field of neuroscience, notably:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Neurological disorders and treatments

Joshua D. Berke has published extensively, with a record of 61 publications in Neuroscience. Their research has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
Nature
Current Biology
SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent papers by this scientist include:

"An expanded palette of dopamine sensors for multiplex imaging in vivo" (2020, Nature Methods)
"Dopamine subsystems that track internal states" (2022, Nature)
"Dopamine transients follow a striatal gradient of reward time horizons" (2024, Nature Neuroscience)
"Accumbens cholinergic interneurons dynamically promote dopamine release and enable motivation" (2023, eLife)
"High density carbon fiber arrays for chronic electrophysiology, fast scan cyclic voltammetry, and correlative anatomy" (2020, Journal of Neural Engineering)

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors, notably:

Ali Mohebi
Bon-Mi Gu
Daniel Egert
Stefan Lemke
Karunesh Ganguly

Best Publications

Acute effects of cocaine on human brain activity and emotion

Hans C Breiter;Randy L Gollub;Robert M Weisskoff;David N Kennedy

1717
Citations
Addiction, Dopamine, and the Molecular Mechanisms of Memory

Joshua D. Berke;Steven E. Hyman

1666
Citations
What does dopamine mean

Joshua D. Berke

1001
Citations
Mesolimbic dopamine signals the value of work

Arif A Hamid;Jeffrey R Pettibone;Omar S Mabrouk;Vaughn L Hetrick

922
Citations
Dissociable dopamine dynamics for learning and motivation.

Ali Mohebi;Jeffrey R. Pettibone;Arif A. Hamid;Jenny Marie T. Wong

767
Citations
Oscillatory Entrainment of Striatal Neurons in Freely Moving Rats

Joshua D. Berke;Murat Okatan;Jennifer Skurski;Howard B. Eichenbaum

630
Citations
Canceling actions involves a race between basal ganglia pathways

Robert Schmidt;Daniel K Leventhal;Nicolas Mallet;Nicolas Mallet;Fujun Chen

474
Citations
Control of basal ganglia output by direct and indirect pathway projection neurons.

Benjamin S. Freeze;Alexxai V. Kravitz;Nora Hammack;Joshua D. Berke

465
Citations
A Complex Program of Striatal Gene Expression Induced by Dopaminergic Stimulation

Joshua D. Berke;Ronald F. Paletzki;Gabriel J. Aronson;Steven E. Hyman

409
Citations
Basal Ganglia Beta Oscillations Accompany Cue Utilization

Daniel K. Leventhal;Gregory J. Gage;Robert Schmidt;Jeffrey R. Pettibone

349
Citations
Selective Activation of Striatal Fast-Spiking Interneurons during Choice Execution

Gregory J. Gage;Colin R. Stoetzner;Alexander B. Wiltschko;Joshua D. Berke

304
Citations
Corticostriatal Interactions during Learning, Memory Processing, and Decision Making.

C.M.A. Pennartz;J.D. Berke;A.M. Graybiel;R. Ito

279
Citations
Arkypallidal Cells Send a Stop Signal to Striatum

Nicolas Mallet;Robert Schmidt;Daniel Leventhal;Fujun Chen

268
Citations
Fast oscillations in cortical-striatal networks switch frequency following rewarding events and stimulant drugs.

J. D. Berke

239
Citations
Selective Inhibition of Striatal Fast-Spiking Interneurons Causes Dyskinesias

Aryn H. Gittis;Daniel K. Leventhal;Benjamin A. Fensterheim;Jeffrey R. Pettibone

232
Citations
Cortical cholinergic signaling controls the detection of cues

Howard J. Gritton;William M. Howe;Caitlin S. Mallory;Vaughn L. Hetrick

223
Citations
An expanded palette of dopamine sensors for multiplex imaging in vivo.

Tommaso Patriarchi;Tommaso Patriarchi;Ali Mohebi;Junqing Sun;Aaron Marley

217
Citations
Functional properties of striatal fast-spiking interneurons.

Joshua D. Berke

173
Citations
Uncoordinated firing rate changes of striatal fast-spiking interneurons during behavioral task performance

Joshua D. Berke

170
Citations
Fast-Spiking Interneurons Supply Feedforward Control of Bursting, Calcium, and Plasticity for Efficient Learning.

Scott F. Owen;Joshua D. Berke;Anatol C. Kreitzer

168
Citations