2026 Noam Sobel: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	59	3994	3658	27	25	130	13046

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Neuroscience

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Overview

Noam Sobel is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and specializes primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their research focus encompasses several subfields, including Sensory Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Nutrition and Dietetics, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in their work cover Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, and Action Observation and Synchronization.

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature, with notable recent papers including:

A measure of smell enables the creation of olfactory metamers, 2020, Nature
Relationship Between Odor Intensity Estimates and COVID-19 Prevalence Prediction in a Swedish Population, 2020, Chemical Senses
Olfactory sniffing signals consciousness in unresponsive patients with brain injuries, 2020, Nature
Proof of concept for real-time detection of SARS CoV-2 infection with an electronic nose, 2021, PLoS ONE
Local Targeted Memory Reactivation in Human Sleep, 2020, Current Biology

Sobel's frequent co-authors include:

Reut Weissgross
Kobi Snitz
Aharon Ravia
Eva Mishor
Lior Gorodisky

Their publications appear most often in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Chemical Senses, Nature, Current Biology, and Science Advances.

Best Publications

Dissociated neural representations of intensity and valence in human olfaction

A.K. Anderson;K. Christoff;I. Stappen;D. Panitz

1351
Citations
Sniffing and smelling: separate subsystems in the human olfactory cortex

N. Sobel;V. Prabhakaran;J. E. Desmond;G. H. Glover

638
Citations
An Odor is Not Worth a Thousand Words: From Multidimensional Odors to Unidimensional Odor Objects

Yaara Yeshurun;Noam Sobel

551
Citations
Predicting Odor Pleasantness from Odorant Structure: Pleasantness as a Reflection of the Physical World

Rehan M. Khan;Chung-Hay Luk;Adeen Flinker;Amit Aggarwal

486
Citations
The sniff is part of the olfactory percept.

Joel Mainland;Noam Sobel

482
Citations
Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans

Jess Porter;Brent Craven;Rehan M Khan;Rehan M Khan;Shao-Ju Chang

437
Citations
Attentional modulation in human primary olfactory cortex.

Christina Zelano;Moustafa Bensafi;Jess Porter;Joel Mainland

370
Citations
Time Course of Odorant-Induced Activation in the Human Primary Olfactory Cortex

Noam Sobel;Vivek Prabhakaran;Zuo Zhao;John E. Desmond

364
Citations
Human Tears Contain a Chemosignal

Shani Gelstein;Yaara Yeshurun;Liron Rozenkrantz;Sagit Shushan;Sagit Shushan

310
Citations
Olfactomotor activity during imagery mimics that during perception

Moustafa Bensafi;Jessica Porter;Sandra Pouliot;Joel Mainland

304
Citations
Odorant-Induced and Sniff-Induced Activation in the Cerebellum of the Human

Noam Sobel;Vivek Prabhakaran;Catherine A. Hartley;John E. Desmond

300
Citations
Human olfaction: a constant state of change-blindness

Lee Sela;Noam Sobel

298
Citations
Humans can learn new information during sleep

Anat Arzi;Limor Shedlesky;Mor Ben-Shaul;Khitam Nasser

283
Citations
Blind smell: brain activation induced by an undetected air-borne chemical.

Noam Sobel;Vivek Prabhakaran;Catherine A. Hartley;John E. Desmond

277
Citations
Smelling a Single Component of Male Sweat Alters Levels of Cortisol in Women

Claire Wyart;Wallace W. Webster;Jonathan H. Chen;Sarah R. Wilson

275
Citations
A metric for odorant comparison.

Rafi Haddad;Rehan Khan;Yuji K Takahashi;Kensaku Mori

245
Citations
Hedonic-Specific Activity in Piriform Cortex During Odor Imagery Mimics That During Odor Perception

Moustafa Bensafi;Noam Sobel;Rehan M Khan

238
Citations
Brain Mechanisms for Extracting Spatial Information from Smell

Jess Porter;Tarini Anand;Brad Johnson;Rehan M. Khan;Rehan M. Khan

223
Citations
Human non-olfactory cognition phase-locked with inhalation.

Ofer Perl;Aharon Ravia;Mica Rubinson;Ami Eisen

206
Citations
An impairment in sniffing contributes to the olfactory impairment in Parkinson's disease.

Noam Sobel;Moriah E. Thomason;Iris Stappen;Caroline M. Tanner

192
Citations
The world smells different to each nostril

Noam Sobel;Rehan M. Khan;Amnon Saltman;Edith V. Sullivan

186
Citations