2026 Paul R. Manger: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	62	3524	3223	1	1	299	14012

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in South Africa Leader Award
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Paul R. Manger is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Their research primarily falls within the field of Neuroscience, with 91 publications contributing to this discipline.

Their work spans several notable subfields, including:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Social Psychology
Developmental Neuroscience

The scientist's research covers a diverse range of topics such as:

Primate Behavior and Ecology
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neural dynamics and brain function
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Paul R. Manger has contributed to numerous publications with a considerable number appearing in the following venues:

The Journal of Comparative Neurology (33 publications)
The Anatomical Record (9 publications)
IBRO Neuroscience Reports (5 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy (3 publications)

Frequent co-authors include:

Adhil Bhagwandin (33 joint works)
Mads F. Bertelsen (29 joint works)
Muhammad A. Spocter (18 joint works)
Chet C. Sherwood (17 joint works)
Patrick R. Hof (14 joint works)

Highlighted recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul R. Manger are:

The evolution of mammalian brain size, 2021, published in Science Advances
Similar Microglial Cell Densities across Brain Structures and Mammalian Species: Implications for Brain Tissue Function, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
In search of common developmental and evolutionary origin of the claustrum and subplate, 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Redefining varicose projection astrocytes in primates, 2021, Glia
A test of the lateral semicircular canal correlation to head posture, diet and other biological traits in "ungulate" mammals, 2020, Scientific Reports

The scientist has received recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

Cellular Scaling Rules for the Brains of Marsupials: Not as “Primitive” as Expected

Sandra E Dos Santos;Jairo Porfirio;Felipe B da Cunha;Paul R Manger

684
Citations
Natural sleep and its seasonal variations in three pre-industrial societies.

Gandhi Yetish;Hillard Kaplan;Michael Gurven;Brian M. Wood

385
Citations
The discovery of central monoamine neurons gave volume transmission to the wired brain.

Kjell Fuxe;Annica B. Dahlström;Gösta Jonsson;Daniel Marcellino

328
Citations
Cetacean sleep: an unusual form of mammalian sleep.

Oleg I. Lyamin;Paul R. Manger;Sam H. Ridgway;Lev M. Mukhametov

324
Citations
Mammalian Brains Are Made of These: A Dataset of the Numbers and Densities of Neuronal and Nonneuronal Cells in the Brain of Glires, Primates, Scandentia, Eulipotyphlans, Afrotherians and Artiodactyls, and Their Relationship with Body Mass.

Suzana Herculano-Houzel;Kenneth Catania;Paul R. Manger;Jon H. Kaas

260
Citations
An examination of cetacean brain structure with a novel hypothesis correlating thermogenesis to the evolution of a big brain

Paul R. Manger

235
Citations
Brain scaling in mammalian evolution as a consequence of concerted and mosaic changes in numbers of neurons and average neuronal cell size.

Suzana Herculano-Houzel;Paul R. Manger;Jon H. Kaas

215
Citations
Specializations of the granular prefrontal cortex of primates: implications for cognitive processing.

Guy N. Elston;Guy N. Elston;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Alejandra Elston;Bendan Zietsch

189
Citations
Organization of somatosensory cortex in monotremes: in search of the prototypical plan.

Leah Krubitzer;Paul Manger;Jack Pettigrew;Mike Calford

183
Citations
In contrast to many other mammals, cetaceans have relatively small hippocampi that appear to lack adult neurogenesis

Nina Patzke;Muhammad A Spocter;Muhammad A Spocter;Karl Æ Karlsson;Mads F Bertelsen

177
Citations
The elephant brain in numbers

Suzana Herculano-Houzel;Kamilla Avelino-de-Souza;Kleber Neves;Jairo Porfírio

173
Citations
Order-specific quantitative patterns of cortical gyrification.

Praneshri Pillay;Paul R. Manger

168
Citations
The evolution of mammalian brain size

J. B. Smaers;J. B. Smaers;R. S. Rothman;D. R. Hudson;A. M. Balanoff;A. M. Balanoff

158
Citations
Pyramidal Cells in Prefrontal Cortex of Primates: Marked Differences in Neuronal Structure Among Species

Guy N. Elston;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Alejandra Elston;Paul R. Manger

153
Citations
REPRESENTATION OF FACE AND INTRA-ORAL STRUCTURES IN AREA 3B OF MACAQUE MONKEY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX

Paul R. Manger;Timothy M. Woods;Edward G. Jones

149
Citations
EXTENSIVE DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE IN THE THALAMOCORTICAL PROJECTION TO MONKEY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX

Estrella Rausell;Lincoln Bickford;Paul R. Manger;Timothy M. Woods

147
Citations
Is 21st century neuroscience too focussed on the rat/mouse model of brain function and dysfunction?

Paul R. Manger;Jessica Cort;Naseem Ebrahim;Adelaya Goodman

134
Citations
Hand/Face Border as a Limiting Boundary in the Body Representation in Monkey Somatosensory Cortex

Paul R. Manger;Timothy M. Woods;Alberto Muñoz;Edward G. Jones

132
Citations
Establishing order at the systems level in mammalian brain evolution.

Paul R. Manger

128
Citations
Architecture and Callosal Connections of Visual Areas 17, 18, 19 and 21 in the Ferret (Mustela putorius)

Giorgio M. Innocenti;Paul R. Manger;Italo Masiello;Isabelle Colin

127
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