2026 Martin Heisenberg: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	75	2017	1840	182	173	139	20376

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Neuroscience

2017

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173

139

20376

Research.com Recognitions

1998 - Member of Academia Europaea
1989 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

Mushroom body memoir: From maps to models

Martin Heisenberg

1784
Citations
Dopamine and Octopamine Differentiate between Aversive and Appetitive Olfactory Memories in Drosophila

Martin Schwaerzel;Maria Monastirioti;Henrike Scholz;Florence Friggi-Grelin

911
Citations
Associative odor learning in Drosophila abolished by chemical ablation of mushroom bodies

JS de Belle;M Heisenberg

909
Citations
Drosophila Mushroom Body Mutants are Deficient in Olfactory Learning

Martin Heisenberg;Alexander Borst;Sibylle Wagner;Duncan Byers

846
Citations
Localization of a short-term memory in Drosophila.

T. Zars;M. Fischer;R. Schulz;M. Heisenberg

692
Citations
A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

Kei Ito;Kazunori Shinomiya;Masayoshi Ito;J. Douglas Armstrong

669
Citations
A high-level 3D visualization API for Java and ImageJ

Benjamin Schmid;Johannes E. Schindelin;Albert Cardona;Mark Longair

620
Citations
Distinct memory traces for two visual features in the Drosophila brain

Gang Liu;Holger Seiler;Ai Wen;Troy Zars

497
Citations
What Do the Mushroom Bodies Do for the Insect Brain? An Introduction

Martin Heisenberg

496
Citations
The rôle of retinula cell types in visual behavior of Drosophila melanogaster

Martin Heisenberg;Erich Buchner

392
Citations
Neural reorganization during metamorphosis of the corpora pedunculata in Drosophila melanogaster

Gerhard Technau;Martin Heisenberg

371
Citations
Octopamine in male aggression of Drosophila

Susanne C. Hoyer;Andreas Eckart;Anthony Herrel;Troy Zars

350
Citations
Context generalization in Drosophila visual learning requires the mushroom bodies

Li Liu;Reinhard Wolf;Roman Ernst;Martin Heisenberg

341
Citations
The Swiss Cheese Mutant Causes Glial Hyperwrapping and Brain Degeneration in Drosophila

Doris Kretzschmar;Gaiti Hasan;Sugandha Sharma;Martin Heisenberg

331
Citations
Dissection of the peripheral motion channel in the visual system of Drosophila melanogaster.

Jens Rister;Dennis Pauls;Bettina Schnell;Chun Yuan Ting

302
Citations
Separation of Receptor and Lamina Potentials in the Electroretinogram of Normal and Mutant Drosophila

Martin Heisenberg

295
Citations
Mushroom Bodies Suppress Locomotor Activity in Drosophila melanogaster

Jean-René Martin;Roman Ernst;Martin Heisenberg

291
Citations
The Drosophila standard brain.

Karlheinz Rein;Malte Zöckler;Michael T. Mader;Cornelia Grübel

277
Citations
Central complex substructures are required for the maintenance of locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster.

J.-R. Martin;T. Raabe;M. Heisenberg

267
Citations
Basic organization of operant behavior as revealed in Drosophila flight orientation.

Reinhard Wolf;Martin Heisenberg

250
Citations
Optomotor-blindH31—aDrosophila mutant of the lobula plate giant neurons

M. Heisenberg;R. Wonneberger;R. Wolf

245
Citations
Article Octopamine in Male Aggression of Drosophila

Susanne C. Hoyer;Andreas Eckart;Anthony Herrel;Troy Zars

0
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