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Peter Jonas 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 Peter Jonas sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 148 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Jonas 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 Peter Jonas 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Austria Leader Award
  • 2016 - Wittgenstein Award
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Peter Jonas is affiliated with the Institute of Science and Technology Austria in Austria. Their research contributions span multiple areas within neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as cognitive neuroscience. The scientific work also intersects with biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, biophysics, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The primary fields of study that characterize their publications include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of their work reflect a more detailed focus on:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

The scientist's publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • "Short-Term Plasticity at Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses Is Induced by Natural Activity Patterns and Associated with Vesicle Pool Engram Formation" (2020, Neuron)
  • "Functional Electron Microscopy, "Flash and Freeze," of Identified Cortical Synapses in Acute Brain Slices" (2020, Neuron)
  • "Selective Routing of Spatial Information Flow from Input to Output in Hippocampal Granule Cells" (2020, Neuron)
  • "How connectivity rules and synaptic properties shape the efficacy of pattern separation in the entorhinal cortex-dentate gyrus-CA3 network" (2021, Nature Computational Science)
  • "A direct excitatory projection from entorhinal layer 6b neurons to the hippocampus contributes to spatial coding and memory" (2022, Nature Communications)

Frequent coauthors include:

  • David Vandael
  • Jake F. Watson
  • Carolina Borges-Merjane
  • Johann G. Danzl
  • Ryuichi Shigemoto

Most publications appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • Nature Computational Science

Peter Jonas has been recognized with several awards, including the Wittgenstein Award in 2016 and membership in the Academia Europaea since 2015.

Best Publications

  • Synaptic mechanisms of synchronized gamma oscillations in inhibitory interneuron networks

    Marlene Bartos;Imre Vida;Peter Jonas

  • Enhanced synaptic plasticity in newly generated granule cells of the adult hippocampus

    Christoph Schmidt-Hieber;Peter Jonas;Josef Bischofberger

  • Relative abundance of subunit mRNAs determines gating and Ca2+ permeability of AMPA receptors in principal neurons and interneurons in rat CNS

    Jörg R. P. Geiger;Thorsten Melcher;Duk Su Koh;Bert Sakmann

  • Fast-spiking, parvalbumin+ GABAergic interneurons: From cellular design to microcircuit function

    Hua Hu;Jian Gan;Peter M Jonas

  • Corelease of two fast neurotransmitters at a central synapse

    Peter Jonas;Josef Bischofberger;Jürgen Sandkühler

  • Quantal components of unitary EPSCs at the mossy fibre synapse on CA3 pyramidal cells of rat hippocampus

    Peter Jonas;Guy Major;Bert Sakmann

  • Differences in Ca2+ permeability of AMPA-type glutamate receptor channels in neocortical neurons caused by differential GluR-B subunit expression

    Peter Jonas;Claudia Racca;Bert Sakmann;Peter H. Seeburg

  • Dynamic Control of Presynaptic Ca2+ Inflow by Fast-Inactivating K+ Channels in Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Boutons

    Jörg R.P. Geiger;Peter Jonas

  • Asynchronous GABA release generates long-lasting inhibition at a hippocampal interneuron–principal neuron synapse

    Stefan Hefft;Peter Jonas

  • Fast synaptic inhibition promotes synchronized gamma oscillations in hippocampal interneuron networks.

    Marlene Bartos;Imre Vida;Michael Frotscher;Axel Meyer

  • Dendritic glutamate receptor channels in rat hippocampal CA3 and CA1 pyramidal neurons.

    Nelson Spruston;Peter Jonas;Bert Sakmann

  • Nanodomain coupling between Ca 2+ channels and sensors of exocytosis at fast mammalian synapses

    Emmanuel Eggermann;Iancu Bucurenciu;Sarit Pati Goswami;Peter Jonas

  • Calcium-permeable AMPA-kainate receptors in fusiform cerebellar glial cells

    Nail Burnashev;A. Khodorova;Peter Jonas;Paul Johannes Helm

  • Action of brief pulses of glutamate on AMPA/kainate receptors in patches from different neurones of rat hippocampal slices.

    David Colquhoun;Peter Jonas;Bert Sakmann

  • Functional and molecular differences between voltage-gated K^+ channels of fast-spiking interneurons and pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampus

    Marco Martina;Jobst H. Schultz;Heimo Ehmke;Hannah Monyer

  • Submillisecond AMPA receptor-mediated signaling at a principal neuron-interneuron synapse

    Jörg R. P. Geiger;Joachim H. R. Lübke;Arnd Roth;Michael Frotscher

  • Molecular mechanisms controlling calcium entry through AMPA-type glutamate receptor channels

    Peter Jonas;Nail Burnashev

  • Functional proteomics identify cornichon proteins as auxiliary subunits of AMPA receptors

    J. Schwenk;N. Harmel;G. Zolles;W. Bildl

  • Detailed Passive Cable Models of Whole-Cell Recorded CA3 Pyramidal Neurons in Rat Hippocampal Slices

    Guy Major;Alan U. Larkman;Peter Jonas;Bert Sakmann

  • Glutamate receptor channels in isolated patches from CA1 and CA3 pyramidal cells of rat hippocampal slices.

    Peter Jonas;Bert Sakmann

  • Shunting inhibition improves robustness of gamma oscillations in hippocampal interneuron networks by homogenizing firing rates.

    Imre Vida;Marlene Bartos;Peter Jonas

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Bischofberger
Josef Bischofberger University of Basel
Hannah Monyer
Hannah Monyer German Cancer Research Center
Michael Frotscher
Michael Frotscher Universität Hamburg
Imre Vida
Imre Vida Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Marlene Bartos
Marlene Bartos University of Freiburg
Nail Burnashev
Nail Burnashev Aix-Marseille University
Akos Kulik
Akos Kulik University of Freiburg
Marco Martina
Marco Martina Northwestern University
Joachim H. R. Lübke
Joachim H. R. Lübke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Martin Gassmann
Martin Gassmann University of Basel

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