2026 Paul W. Frankland: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	83	1421	1292	78	71	216	32189

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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

2535
Citations
CREB AND MEMORY

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

1805
Citations
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

1391
Citations
The involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in remote contextual fear memory

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

1112
Citations
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

1056
Citations
Hippocampal neurogenesis regulates forgetting during adulthood and infancy.

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

856
Citations
Human Adult Neurogenesis: Evidence and Remaining Questions.

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

819
Citations
Finding the engram.

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

780
Citations
Selective Erasure of a Fear Memory

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

682
Citations
Long-term memory underlying hippocampus-dependent social recognition in mice.

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

590
Citations
The dorsal hippocampus is essential for context discrimination but not for contextual conditioning

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

580
Citations
The acoustic startle reflex: neurons and connections.

John S. Yeomans;Paul W. Frankland

552
Citations
α-CaMKII-dependent plasticity in the cortex is required for permanent memory

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

538
Citations
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

536
Citations
Optical controlling reveals time-dependent roles for adult-born dentate granule cells

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

489
Citations
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

487
Citations
Neurons are recruited to a memory trace based on relative neuronal excitability immediately before training

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

473
Citations
Spaced training induces normal long-term memory in CREB mutant mice.

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

448
Citations
Competition between engrams influences fear memory formation and recall

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

443
Citations
A mouse model for the learning and memory deficits associated with neurofibromatosis type I.

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

436
Citations
Stimulation of Entorhinal Cortex Promotes Adult Neurogenesis and Facilitates Spatial Memory

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

434
Citations