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Paul W. Frankland

Paul W. Frankland

University of Toronto
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
83
Citations
32189
World Ranking
1421
National Ranking
78

Paul W. Frankland 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 W. Frankland sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 216 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul W. Frankland 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 W. Frankland sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Paul W. Frankland is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on neuroscience and related fields. Their research covers areas such as cognitive neuroscience and cellular and molecular neuroscience, with particular attention to memory, neural mechanisms, and neuroplasticity.

The scientist has authored multiple recent publications demonstrating their ongoing contributions to the field. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Forgetting as a form of adaptive engram cell plasticity," 2022, published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • "Activity-dependent myelination: A glial mechanism of oscillatory self-organization in large-scale brain networks," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A shift in the mechanisms controlling hippocampal engram formation during brain maturation," 2023, published in Science
  • "Neural correlates of ingroup bias for prosociality in rats," 2021, published in eLife
  • "Excitability mediates allocation of pre-configured ensembles to a hippocampal engram supporting contextual conditioned threat in mice," 2024, published in Neuron

Their work spans a range of neuroscience subfields including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Developmental Neuroscience

Key topics of research explored by Paul W. Frankland are:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Neuron
  • Current Biology
  • Nature Neuroscience

Paul W. Frankland collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Sheena A. Josselyn
  • Adam I. Ramsaran
  • Asim J. Rashid
  • Andrew J. Mocle
  • Mitchell L. de Snoo

Among recognitions received, Paul W. Frankland was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • The organization of recent and remote memories

    Paul W. Frankland;Bruno Bontempi

  • CREB AND MEMORY

    Alcino J. Silva;Jeffrey H. Kogan;Paul W. Frankland;Satoshi Kida

  • Memory Reconsolidation and Extinction Have Distinct Temporal and Biochemical Signatures

    Akinobu Suzuki;Sheena A. Josselyn;Sheena A. Josselyn;Paul W. Frankland;Paul W. Frankland;Shoichi Masushige

  • The involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in remote contextual fear memory

    Paul W. Frankland;Bruno Bontempi;Lynn E. Talton;Leszek Kaczmarek

  • Preferential incorporation of adult-generated granule cells into spatial memory networks in the dentate gyrus.

    Nohjin Kee;Cátia M Teixeira;Afra H Wang;Paul W Frankland

  • Hippocampal neurogenesis regulates forgetting during adulthood and infancy.

    Katherine G Akers;Alonso Martinez-Canabal;Leonardo Restivo;Adelaide P Yiu

  • Human Adult Neurogenesis: Evidence and Remaining Questions.

    Gerd Kempermann;Fred H. Gage;Ludwig Aigner;Hongjun Song

  • Finding the engram.

    Sheena A. Josselyn;Stefan Köhler;Paul W. Frankland

  • Selective Erasure of a Fear Memory

    Jin-Hee Han;Steven A Kushner;Adelaide P Yiu;Hwa-Lin Liz Hsiang

  • Long-term memory underlying hippocampus-dependent social recognition in mice.

    Jeffrey H. Kogan;Paul W. Frankland;Alcino J. Silva

  • The dorsal hippocampus is essential for context discrimination but not for contextual conditioning

    Paul W. Frankland;Vincenzo Cestari;Robert K. Filipkowski;Robert J. McDonald

  • The acoustic startle reflex: neurons and connections.

    John S. Yeomans;Paul W. Frankland

  • α-CaMKII-dependent plasticity in the cortex is required for permanent memory

    Paul W. Frankland;Cara O'Brien;Masuo Ohno;Alfredo Kirkwood

  • Metformin Activates an Atypical PKC-CBP Pathway to Promote Neurogenesis and Enhance Spatial Memory Formation

    Jing Wang;Denis Gallagher;Loren M. DeVito;Gonzalo I. Cancino

  • Optical controlling reveals time-dependent roles for adult-born dentate granule cells

    Yan Gu;Maithe Arruda-Carvalho;Jia Wang;Stephen R Janoschka

  • The HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Lovastatin Reverses the Learning and Attention Deficits in a Mouse Model of Neurofibromatosis Type 1

    Weidong Li;Yijun Cui;Steven A. Kushner;Robert A.M. Brown

  • Neurons are recruited to a memory trace based on relative neuronal excitability immediately before training

    Adelaide P. Yiu;Valentina Mercaldo;Chen Yan;Blake Richards

  • Spaced training induces normal long-term memory in CREB mutant mice.

    Jeffrey H Kogan;Paul W Frankland;Julie A Blendy;Jodi Coblentz

  • Competition between engrams influences fear memory formation and recall

    Asim J Rashid;Chen Yan;Valentina Mercaldo;Hwa-Lin Liz Hsiang

  • A mouse model for the learning and memory deficits associated with neurofibromatosis type I.

    A. J. Silva;P. W. Frankland;Z. Marowitz;E. Friedman

  • Stimulation of Entorhinal Cortex Promotes Adult Neurogenesis and Facilitates Spatial Memory

    Scellig S. D. Stone;Cátia M. Teixeira;Loren M. DeVito;Kirill Zaslavsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheena A. Josselyn
Sheena A. Josselyn University of Toronto
Alcino J. Silva
Alcino J. Silva University of California, Los Angeles
John S. Yeomans
John S. Yeomans University of Toronto
Satoshi Kida
Satoshi Kida University of Tokyo
Jason P. Lerch
Jason P. Lerch Hospital for Sick Children
Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Freda D. Miller
Freda D. Miller University of British Columbia
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society
Rachael L. Neve
Rachael L. Neve Harvard University

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