2026 Marshall Devor: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	83	1436	1305	8	6	314	27343

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World Ranking

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Neuroscience

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27343

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Israel Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Israel Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Israel Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Marshall Devor is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their academic work lies primarily within the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions focusing on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, developmental neuroscience, and surgery.

The research topics explored by Devor include:

Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
Memory and neural mechanisms
Pain mechanisms and treatments
Anesthesia and neurotoxicity research
Sleep and wakefulness research
Pain management and placebo effect
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Devor has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

Patterns of neural activity in the mouse brain: Wakefulness vs. General anesthesia (2020, Neuroscience Letters)
Might pain be experienced in the brainstem rather than in the cerebral cortex? (2022, Behavioural Brain Research)
Paradoxical anesthesia: Sleep-like EEG during anesthesia induced by mesopontine microinjection of GABAergic agents (2021, Experimental Neurology)
Anesthesia in mice activates discrete populations of neurons throughout the brain (2021, Journal of Neuroscience Research)
From molecule to oblivion: dedicated brain circuitry underlies anesthetic loss of consciousness permitting pain-free surgery (2023, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience)

Their frequent co-authors include Mark S. Baron, Anne Minert, Shai-Lee Yatziv, Kristina Vaso, and Or Yudco, reflecting collaborative research efforts across various neuroscience topics.

Key venues for Devor's publications include:

Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
Pain
Neuroscience Letters
Experimental Neurology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Best Publications

A putative flip–flop switch for control of REM sleep

Jun Lu;David Sherman;Marshall Devor;Marshall Devor;Clifford B. Saper

1312
Citations
Peripheral nerve injury triggers noradrenergic sprouting within dorsal root ganglia

Elspeth M. McLachlan;Wilfrid Jänig;Marshall Devor;Martin Michaelis

972
Citations
Autotomy following peripheral nerve lesions: experimental anaesthesia dolorosa.

P. D. Wall;M. Devor;M. Devor;R. Inbal;R. Inbal;J. W. Scadding;J. W. Scadding

846
Citations
Heritability of nociception I: responses of 11 inbred mouse strains on 12 measures of nociception.

Jeffrey S. Mogil;Sonya G. Wilson;Karine Bon;Seo Eun Lee

829
Citations
Sensory afferent impulses originate from dorsal root ganglia as well as from the periphery in normal and nerve injured rats

P D Wall;M Devor

778
Citations
Intraneuronal Substance P Contributes to the Severity of Experimental Arthritis

Jon D. Levine;Ron Clark;Marshall Devor;Clyde Helms

648
Citations
Pathophysiology of trigeminal neuralgia: the ignition hypothesis.

Marshall Devor;Ron Amir;Z Harry Rappaport

585
Citations
Systemic lidocaine silences ectopic neuroma and DRG discharge without blocking nerve conduction

Marshall Devor;Patrick D. Wall;Naor Catalan

585
Citations
Injured sensory neuron-derived CSF1 induces microglial proliferation and DAP12-dependent pain

Zhonghui Guan;Julia A Kuhn;Xidao Wang;Bradley Colquitt

577
Citations
Tactile allodynia in the absence of C-fiber activation: altered firing properties of DRG neurons following spinal nerve injury.

Chang-Ning Liu;Patrick D Wall;Efrat Ben-Dor;Martin Michaelis

515
Citations
Sodium Channels and Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain

Marshall Devor

464
Citations
Corticosteroids suppress ectopic neural discharge originating in experimental neuromas

Marshall Devor;Ruth Govrin-Lippmann;Pnina Raber

459
Citations
Ectopic discharge in Aβ afferents as a source of neuropathic pain

Marshall Devor

447
Citations
Mechanism of trigeminal neuralgia: an ultrastructural analysis of trigeminal root specimens obtained during microvascular decompression surgery

Marshall Devor;Ruth Govrin-Lippmann;Z Harry Rappaport

395
Citations
Ongoing activity in severed nerves: source and variation with time

R. Govrin-Lippmann;M. Devor

381
Citations
Na+ channel immunolocalization in peripheral mammalian axons and changes following nerve injury and neuroma formation

M Devor;R Govrin-Lippmann;K Angelides

375
Citations
Two modes of cutaneous reinnervation following peripheral nerve injury

M. Devor;D. Schonfeld;Z. Seltzer;P. D. Wall;P. D. Wall

367
Citations
Membrane Potential Oscillations in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons: Role in Normal Electrogenesis and Neuropathic Pain

Ron Amir;Martin Michaelis;Marshall Devor

355
Citations
Plasticity in the spinal cord sensory map following peripheral nerve injury in rats.

M Devor;PD Wall

349
Citations
Hyperexcitability at sites of nerve injury depends on voltage-sensitive Na+ channels

O. Matzner;M. Devor

340
Citations