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Lydia Ng 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 Lydia Ng 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.

Lydia Ng 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 Lydia Ng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lydia Ng is affiliated with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience, with a strong focus on molecular biology and biophysics.

The subfields they work in include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The main topics of Lydia Ng's research involve:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Their scientific work has been published in various notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell
  • Nature Neuroscience

Among recent publications associated with Lydia Ng are:

  • The Allen Mouse Brain Common Coordinate Framework: A 3D Reference Atlas (2020, Cell)
  • A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain (2023, Nature)
  • Survey of spiking in the mouse visual system reveals functional hierarchy (2021, Nature)
  • A multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex (2021, Nature)
  • Integrated Morphoelectric and Transcriptomic Classification of Cortical GABAergic Cells (2020, Cell)

They have worked frequently alongside notable co-authors, including:

  • Hongkui Zeng
  • Bosiljka Tasic
  • Michael Hawrylycz
  • Nick Dee
  • Kimberly A. Smith

Best Publications

  • A robust and high-throughput Cre reporting and characterization system for the whole mouse brain

    Linda Madisen;Theresa A Zwingman;Susan M Sunkin;Seung Wook Oh

  • Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain

    Ed S. Lein;Michael J. Hawrylycz;Nancy Ao;Mikael Ayres

  • An anatomically comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain transcriptome

    Michael J. Hawrylycz;Ed S. Lein;Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts;Elaine H. Shen

  • A mesoscale connectome of the mouse brain

    Seung Wook Oh;Julie A. Harris;Lydia Ng;Brent Winslow

  • Conserved cell types with divergent features in human versus mouse cortex.

    Rebecca D. Hodge;Trygve E. Bakken;Jeremy A. Miller;Kimberly A. Smith

  • Transcriptional landscape of the prenatal human brain

    Jeremy A. Miller;Song Lin Ding;Susan M. Sunkin;Kimberly A. Smith

  • The Allen Mouse Brain Common Coordinate Framework: A 3D Reference Atlas.

    Quanxin Wang;Song-Lin Ding;Yang Li;Josh Royall

  • A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain

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  • Hierarchical organization of cortical and thalamic connectivity

    Julie A. Harris;Stefan Mihalas;Karla E. Hirokawa;Jennifer D. Whitesell

  • Allen Brain Atlas: an integrated spatio-temporal portal for exploring the central nervous system

    Susan Sunkin;Lydia Ng;Christopher Lau;Tim Dolbeare

  • Canonical Genetic Signatures of the Adult Human Brain

    Michael Hawrylycz;Jeremy A. Miller;Vilas Menon;David Feng

  • Survey of spiking in the mouse visual system reveals functional hierarchy

    Joshua H. Siegle;Xiaoxuan Jia;Séverine Durand;Sam Gale

  • A multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex

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  • Integrated Morphoelectric and Transcriptomic Classification of Cortical GABAergic Cells.

    Nathan W. Gouwens;Staci A. Sorensen;Fahimeh Baftizadeh;Agata Budzillo

  • Anatomical characterization of Cre driver mice for neural circuit mapping and manipulation

    Julie A. Harris;Karla E. Hirokawa;Staci A. Sorensen;Hong Gu

  • Classification of electrophysiological and morphological neuron types in the mouse visual cortex.

    Nathan W. Gouwens;Staci A. Sorensen;Jim Berg;Changkyu Lee

  • Genomic anatomy of the hippocampus.

    Carol L. Thompson;Sayan D. Pathak;Andreas Jeromin;Lydia L. Ng

  • Comprehensive cellular‐resolution atlas of the adult human brain

    Song‐Lin Ding;Joshua J. Royall;Susan M. Sunkin;Lydia Ng

  • A comprehensive transcriptional map of primate brain development

    Trygve E. Bakken;Jeremy A. Miller;Song Lin Ding;Susan M. Sunkin

  • Morphological diversity of single neurons in molecularly defined cell types

    Hanchuan Peng;Hanchuan Peng;Peng Xie;Lijuan Liu;Xiuli Kuang

  • A high resolution spatiotemporal atlas of gene expression of the developing mouse brain

    Carol L. Thompson;Lydia Ng;Vilas Menon;Salvador Martinez;Salvador Martinez

  • Mapping Social Behavior-Induced Brain Activation at Cellular Resolution in the Mouse

    Yongsoo Kim;Kannan Umadevi Venkataraju;Kith Pradhan;Carolin Mende

  • An anatomic gene expression atlas of the adult mouse brain.

    Lydia Ng;Amy Bernard;Chris Lau;Caroline C Overly

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Hawrylycz
Michael Hawrylycz Allen Institute for Brain Science
Ed S. Lein
Ed S. Lein University of Washington
Amy Bernard
Amy Bernard Kavli Foundation
Hongkui Zeng
Hongkui Zeng Allen Institute for Brain Science
Kimberly A. Smith
Kimberly A. Smith Allen Institute for Brain Science
Julie A. Harris
Julie A. Harris University of California, San Francisco
Christof Koch
Christof Koch Allen Institute for Brain Science
Hanchuan Peng
Hanchuan Peng Southeast University
Bosiljka Tasic
Bosiljka Tasic Allen Institute for Brain Science
Zizhen Yao
Zizhen Yao Allen Institute for Brain Science

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