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Paul R. Manger
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Neuroscience
South Africa
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
62
Citations
14012
World Ranking
3524
National Ranking
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Paul R. Manger 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 Paul R. Manger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 299 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul R. Manger 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 Paul R. Manger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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
  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Cetacean sleep: an unusual form of mammalian sleep.

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

  • 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

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

    Paul R. Manger

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Leah Krubitzer;Paul Manger;Jack Pettigrew;Mike Calford

  • 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

  • The elephant brain in numbers

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

  • Order-specific quantitative patterns of cortical gyrification.

    Praneshri Pillay;Paul R. Manger

  • The evolution of mammalian brain size

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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Establishing order at the systems level in mammalian brain evolution.

    Paul R. Manger

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel C. Bennett
Nigel C. Bennett University of Pretoria
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Suzana Herculano-Houzel Vanderbilt University
John D. Pettigrew
John D. Pettigrew University of Queensland
Jerome M. Siegel
Jerome M. Siegel University of California, Los Angeles
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chet C. Sherwood
Chet C. Sherwood George Washington University
Guy N. Elston
Guy N. Elston University of Queensland
Bruce S. Rubidge
Bruce S. Rubidge University of the Witwatersrand
Ruth Benavides-Piccione
Ruth Benavides-Piccione Cajal Institute

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