2026 Leo Peichl: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	58	4171	3825	360	338	124	12070

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Neuroscience

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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

923
Citations
LBR and Lamin A/C Sequentially Tether Peripheral Heterochromatin and Inversely Regulate Differentiation

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

887
Citations
Diversity of mammalian photoreceptor properties: adaptations to habitat and lifestyle?

Leo Peichl

496
Citations
Morphological types of horizontal cell in rodent retinae: a comparison of rat, mouse, gerbil, and guinea pig.

Leo Peichl;Juncal González-Soriano

465
Citations
Morphology and Topography of on- and off-Alpha Cells in the Cat Retina

H. Wässle;L. Peichl;Brian Blundell Boycott

451
Citations
Dendritic territories of cat retinal ganglion cells.

H. Wässle;L. Peichl;B. B. Boycott

425
Citations
Size, scatter and coverage of ganglion cell receptive field centres in the cat retina.

L Peichl;H Wässle

385
Citations
Cholinergic amacrine cells of the rabbit retina contain glutamate decarboxylase and gamma-aminobutyrate immunoreactivity.

Nicholas Brecha;Donald Johnson;Leo Peichl;Heinz Wassle

323
Citations
Morphological identification of on- and off-centre brisk transient (Y) cells in the cat retina.

L Peichl;H Wässle

278
Citations
For whales and seals the ocean is not blue: a visual pigment loss in marine mammals*

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

261
Citations
Alpha Ganglion Cells in Mammalian Retinae

L. Peichl;H. Ott;Brian Blundell Boycott

251
Citations
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

225
Citations
Alpha and delta ganglion cells in the rat retina

Leo Peichl

220
Citations
The structural correlate of the receptive field centre of alpha ganglion cells in the cat retina.

L Peichl;H Wässle

218
Citations
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

208
Citations
Topography of cones and rods in the tree shrew retina.

Brigitte Müller;Leo Peichl

202
Citations
Alpha ganglion cells in mammalian retinae: common properties, species differences, and some comments on other ganglion cells.

Leo Peichl

199
Citations
Avian Ultraviolet/Violet Cones Identified as Probable Magnetoreceptors

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

197
Citations
Topography of horizontal cells in the retina of the domestic cat

H. Wässle;L. Peichl;Brian Blundell Boycott

196
Citations
Alpha ganglion cells in the rabbit retina.

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

189
Citations