2026 Marcos G. Frank: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	44	7153	6588	3097	2792	108	7786

Marcos G. Frank 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 Marcos G. Frank sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 887+

This scientist: 108 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marcos G. Frank 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 Marcos G. Frank sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Marcos G. Frank is affiliated with Washington State University Spokane in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on sleep and wakefulness mechanisms and related physiological processes.

The main fields of study in their work include:

Neuroscience

Within neuroscience, their research spans various subfields such as:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Physiology

The principal topics of research covered by Marcos G. Frank include:

Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Sleep and related disorders
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Frequent publication venues where Marcos G. Frank has contributed are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
SLEEP
Current Biology
Nature Communications

Notable recent scientific papers include:

A Role for Astroglial Calcium in Mammalian Sleep and Sleep Regulation, 2020, Current Biology
REM sleep promotes experience-dependent dendritic spine elimination in the mouse cortex, 2020, Nature Communications
Sleep, brain development, and autism spectrum disorders: Insights from animal models, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience Research
The Ontogenesis of Mammalian Sleep: Form and Function, 2020, Current Sleep Medicine Reports
Goodnight, astrocyte: waking up to astroglial mechanisms in sleep, 2022, FEBS Journal

Marcos G. Frank has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Christopher R. Hayworth, Ashley M. Ingiosi, Kristan Singletary, Christine Muheim, and Michael J. Rempe.

Best Publications

Astrocytic Modulation of Sleep Homeostasis and Cognitive Consequences of Sleep Loss

Michael M. Halassa;Michael M. Halassa;Cedrick Florian;Tommaso Fellin;James R. Munoz

924
Citations
Sleep Enhances Plasticity in the Developing Visual Cortex

Marcos G Frank;Naoum P Issa;Michael P Stryker

641
Citations
Sleep function: Toward elucidating an enigma

James M. Krueger;Marcos G. Frank;Jonathan P. Wisor;Sandip Roy

505
Citations
Cellular and molecular connections between sleep and synaptic plasticity.

Joel H Benington;Marcos G Frank

320
Citations
Mechanisms of sleep-dependent consolidation of cortical plasticity.

Sara J. Aton;Julie Seibt;Michelle Dumoulin;Sushil K. Jha;Sushil K. Jha

280
Citations
Neutrophil Membrane-Derived Nanovesicles Alleviate Inflammation To Protect Mouse Brain Injury from Ischemic Stroke

Xinyue Dong;Jin Gao;Can Yang Zhang;Christopher Hayworth

272
Citations
Endogenous nonneuronal modulators of synaptic transmission control cortical slow oscillations in vivo

Tommaso Fellin;Michael M. Halassa;Miho Terunuma;Francesca Succol

255
Citations
The mystery of sleep function: current perspectives and future directions.

Marcos G Frank

195
Citations
Development of REM and slow wave sleep in the rat

M. G. Frank;H. C. Heller

184
Citations
Protein synthesis during sleep consolidates cortical plasticity in vivo

Julie Seibt;Julie Seibt;Michelle C. Dumoulin;Sara J. Aton;Tammi Coleman

176
Citations
The Role of Sleep in Memory Consolidation and Brain Plasticity: Dream or Reality?:

Marcos G Frank;Joel H Benington

168
Citations
Sleep and Sleep Homeostasis in Mice Lacking the 5-HT2c Receptor

Marcos G Frank;Michael P Stryker;Laurence H Tecott

156
Citations
Rapid eye movement sleep promotes cortical plasticity in the developing brain

Michelle C. Dumoulin Bridi;Michelle C. Dumoulin Bridi;Sara J. Aton;Sara J. Aton;Julie Seibt;Julie Seibt;Leslie Renouard;Leslie Renouard

147
Citations
A Role for Astroglial Calcium in Mammalian Sleep and Sleep Regulation.

Ashley M. Ingiosi;Christopher R. Hayworth;Daniel O. Harvey;Kristan G. Singletary

142
Citations
Erasing Synapses in Sleep: Is It Time to Be SHY?

Marcos Gabriel Frank

140
Citations
Sleep, clocks, and synaptic plasticity

Marcos G. Frank;Rafael Cantera

140
Citations
REM sleep promotes experience-dependent dendritic spine elimination in the mouse cortex.

Yanmei Zhou;Yanmei Zhou;Cora Sau Wan Lai;Cora Sau Wan Lai;Yang Bai;Wei Li

136
Citations
Sleep promotes cortical response potentiation following visual experience.

Sara J. Aton;Aneesha Suresh;Christopher Broussard;Marcos G. Frank

134
Citations
Effects of sleep deprivation in neonatal rats

Marcos G. Frank;Roger Morrissette;H. Craig Heller

133
Citations
Visual experience and subsequent sleep induce sequential plastic changes in putative inhibitory and excitatory cortical neurons

Sara J. Aton;Christopher Broussard;Michelle Dumoulin;Julie Seibt

127
Citations
The ontogeny of mammalian sleep: a reappraisal of alternative hypotheses.

Marcos G. Frank;H. Craig Heller

119
Citations
Sleep-Dependent Plasticity Requires Cortical Activity

Sushil K. Jha;Brian E. Jones;Tammi Coleman;Nick Steinmetz

112
Citations