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Leo Peichl

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Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
12070
World Ranking
4171
National Ranking
360

Leo Peichl 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 Leo Peichl sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 124 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Leo Peichl 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 Leo Peichl sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Leo Peichl is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience, particularly focusing on retinal development and disorders.

Their work spans several interconnected fields of study, including:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields prominently represented in their research include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

Key topics addressed in their publications reveal a focus on:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Light effects on plants
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Leo Peichl include:

  • "Eye-Transcriptome and Genome-Wide Sequencing for Scolecophidia: Implications for Inferring the Visual System of the Ancestral Snake," 2021, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • "Author Correction: Cryptochrome 1 in Retinal Cone Photoreceptors Suggests a Novel Functional Role in Mammals," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "No evidence for age-related alterations in the marmoset retina," 2022, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • "On the retinae of Glis and Graphiurus: photoreceptor and ganglion cell populations, an absence of shortwave-sensitive cones, and some other features (Rodentia: Gliridae)," 2023, Lynx new series
  • "Full-length Cryptochrome 1 in the outer segments of the retinal blue cone photoreceptors in humans and great apes suggests a role beyond transcriptional repression," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Leo Peichl include:

  • Sonja Meimann
  • Christine Nießner
  • Michael Winklhofer
  • Silke Haverkamp
  • Katja Reinhard

The venues in which their work most often appears are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Lynx new series

Best Publications

  • Nuclear Architecture of Rod Photoreceptor Cells Adapts to Vision in Mammalian Evolution

    Irina Solovei;Moritz Kreysing;Christian Lanctôt;Süleyman Kösem

  • LBR and Lamin A/C Sequentially Tether Peripheral Heterochromatin and Inversely Regulate Differentiation

    Irina Solovei;Audrey S. Wang;Katharina Thanisch;Christine S. Schmidt

  • Diversity of mammalian photoreceptor properties: adaptations to habitat and lifestyle?

    Leo Peichl

  • Morphological types of horizontal cell in rodent retinae: a comparison of rat, mouse, gerbil, and guinea pig.

    Leo Peichl;Juncal González-Soriano

  • Morphology and Topography of on- and off-Alpha Cells in the Cat Retina

    H. Wässle;L. Peichl;Brian Blundell Boycott

  • Dendritic territories of cat retinal ganglion cells.

    H. Wässle;L. Peichl;B. B. Boycott

  • Size, scatter and coverage of ganglion cell receptive field centres in the cat retina.

    L Peichl;H Wässle

  • Cholinergic amacrine cells of the rabbit retina contain glutamate decarboxylase and gamma-aminobutyrate immunoreactivity.

    Nicholas Brecha;Donald Johnson;Leo Peichl;Heinz Wassle

  • Morphological identification of on- and off-centre brisk transient (Y) cells in the cat retina.

    L Peichl;H Wässle

  • For whales and seals the ocean is not blue: a visual pigment loss in marine mammals*

    Leo Peichl;Günther Behrmann;Ronald H. H. Kröger

  • Alpha Ganglion Cells in Mammalian Retinae

    L. Peichl;H. Ott;Brian Blundell Boycott

  • An alternative pathway for rod signals in the rodent retina: rod photoreceptors, cone bipolar cells, and the localization of glutamate receptors.

    Iris Hack;Leo Peichl;Johann Helmut Brandstätter

  • Alpha and delta ganglion cells in the rat retina

    Leo Peichl

  • The structural correlate of the receptive field centre of alpha ganglion cells in the cat retina.

    L Peichl;H Wässle

  • Matching populations of amacrine cells in the inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers of the rabbit retina

    David I. Vaney;Leo Peichl;B. B. Boycott

  • Topography of cones and rods in the tree shrew retina.

    Brigitte Müller;Leo Peichl

  • Alpha ganglion cells in mammalian retinae: common properties, species differences, and some comments on other ganglion cells.

    Leo Peichl

  • Avian Ultraviolet/Violet Cones Identified as Probable Magnetoreceptors

    Christine Nießner;Susanne Denzau;Julia Christina Gross;Leo Peichl

  • Topography of horizontal cells in the retina of the domestic cat

    H. Wässle;L. Peichl;Brian Blundell Boycott

  • Alpha ganglion cells in the rabbit retina.

    Leo Peichl;Eberhard H. Buhl;Brian B. Boycott

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Wässle
Heinz Wässle Max Planck Society
Hynek Burda
Hynek Burda University of Duisburg-Essen
Francisco Bozinovic
Francisco Bozinovic Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Johann Helmut Brandstätter
Johann Helmut Brandstätter University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
David Hunt
David Hunt University of Edinburgh
Thomas Cremer
Thomas Cremer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
David I. Vaney
David I. Vaney University of Queensland
Hans-Joachim Bischof
Hans-Joachim Bischof Bielefeld University
Heinrich Leonhardt
Heinrich Leonhardt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Andreas Reichenbach
Andreas Reichenbach Leipzig University

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