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Neuroscience
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2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
153
Citations
99755
World Ranking
137
National Ranking
91

Medicine

D-Index
153
Citations
99754
World Ranking
1033
National Ranking
589

Larry W. Swanson 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 Larry W. Swanson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 343 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Larry W. Swanson 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 Larry W. Swanson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 153 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1978 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 1971 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Larry W. Swanson is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Neuroscience, with a significant focus on several specialized areas including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Biophysics.

The main topics of Larry W. Swanson's research encompass:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Frequent co-authors in Swanson's work include Joel D. Hahn, Olaf Sporns, Ian Bowman, Nicholas N. Foster, and Brian Zingg.

Swanson has published extensively, with a notable presence in various scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine

Among recent publications, key papers include:

  • "An open access mouse brain flatmap and upgraded rat and human brain flatmaps based on current reference atlases" (2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology)
  • "Structure-function subsystem models of female and male forebrain networks integrating cognition, affect, behavior, and bodily functions" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "A qualitative solution with quantitative potential for the mouse hippocampal cortex flatmap problem" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Neural network architecture of a mammalian brain" (2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Structure-function subsystem model and computational lesions of the central nervous system's rostral sector (forebrain and midbrain)" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Swanson's achievements have been recognized through multiple awards and honors, including being a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2010. Swanson is also a Fellow of several organizations: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2003), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2003), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2002), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1978), and the American Physical Society (APS) (1971).

Best Publications

  • Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain

    Larry W. Swanson

  • Dwarf locus mutants lacking three pituitary cell types result from mutations in the POU-domain gene pit-1.

    Sen Li;E. Bryan Crenshaw;Elizabeth J. Rawson;Donna M. Simmons;Donna M. Simmons

  • Production of a novel neuropeptide encoded by the calcitonin gene via tissue-specific RNA processing

    Michael G. Rosenfeld;Jean-Jacques Mermod;Susan G. Amara;Larry W. Swanson

  • Organization of Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Immunoreactive Cells and Fibers in the Rat Brain: An Immunohistochemical Study

    L.W. Swanson;P.E. Sawchenko;J. Rivier;W.W. Vale

  • Distribution of androgen and estrogen receptor mRNA‐containing cells in the rat brain: An in situ hybridization study

    R B Simerly;C Chang;M Muramatsu;L W Swanson

  • Hypothalamic Integration: Organization of the Paraventricular and Supraoptic Nuclei

    L W Swanson;P E Sawchenko

  • The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus: Cytoarchitectonic subdivisions and organization of projections to the pituitary, dorsal vagal complex, and spinal cord as demonstrated by retrograde fluorescence double‐labeling methods

    L. W. Swanson;H. G. J. M. Kuypers

  • The projections of the ventral tegmental area and adjacent regions: A combined fluorescent retrograde tracer and immunofluorescence study in the rat

    Swanson Lw

  • What is the amygdala

    Larry W. Swanson;Gorica D. Petrovich

  • An autoradiographic study of the organization of the efferet connections of the hippocampal formation in the rat

    L. W. Swanson;W. M. Cowan

  • The central adrenergic system. An immunofluorescence study of the location of cell bodies and their efferent connections in the rat utilizing dopamine‐B‐hydroxylase as a marker

    L. W. Swanson;Boyd K Hartman

  • Direct hypothalamo-autonomic connections.

    C.B. Saper;A.D. Loewy;L.W. Swanson;W.M. Cowan

  • The connections of the septal region in the rat.

    L. W. Swanson;W. M. Cowan

  • The organization of noradrenergic pathways from the brainstem to the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei in the rat

    P.E. Sawchenko;L.W. Swanson

  • Immunohistochemical identification of neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus that project to the medulla or to the spinal cord in the rat

    P. E. Sawchenko;L. W. Swanson

  • Distribution of alpha2, alpha3, alpha4, and beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit mRNAs in the central nervous system: A hybridization histochemical study in the rat

    Etsuko Wada;Keiji Wada;Jim Boulter;Evan Deneris

  • Paraventricular Nucleus:A Site for the Integration of Neuroendocrine and Autonomic Mechanisms

    L W Swanson;P E Sawchenko

  • A tissue-specific transcription factor containing a homeodomain specifies a pituitary phenotype.

    Holly A. Ingraham;Ruoping Chen;Harry J. Mangalam;Harry P. Elsholtz

  • A Complete Protocol for In Situ Hybridization of Messenger RNAs in Brain and Other Tissues With Radio-labeled Single-Stranded RNA Probes

    Donna M. Simmons;Jeffrey L. Arriza;L.W. Swanson

  • Cerebral hemisphere regulation of motivated behavior

    Larry W. Swanson

  • The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, George Paxinos, Charles Watson (Eds.). Academic Press, San Diego, CA (1982), vii + 153, $35.00, ISBN: 0 125 47620 5

    L.W. Swanson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Sawchenko
Paul E. Sawchenko Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Michael G. Rosenfeld
Michael G. Rosenfeld University of California, San Diego
Richard B. Simerly
Richard B. Simerly Vanderbilt University
Hong-Wei Dong
Hong-Wei Dong University of Southern California
W. M. Cowan
W. M. Cowan Washington University in St. Louis
Newton S. Canteras
Newton S. Canteras Universidade de São Paulo
Ronald M. Evans
Ronald M. Evans Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Wylie Vale
Wylie Vale Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns Indiana University
Evan S. Deneris
Evan S. Deneris Case Western Reserve University

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