2026 R. Angus Silver: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	50	5675	5220	462	420	88	11423

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Neuroscience

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Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

R. Angus Silver is a researcher associated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research output spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience. Their subfields of expertise include Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including Neural dynamics and brain function, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Vestibular and auditory disorders.

Some of the frequent publication venues for their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Nature Methods, Nature Neuroscience, and Neurophotonics.

Recent papers by R. Angus Silver include:

Real-time 3D movement correction for two-photon imaging in behaving animals (2020, Nature Methods)
Cerebellar granule cell axons support high-dimensional representations (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
Neurophotonic Tools for Microscopic Measurements and Manipulation: Status Report (2022, Neurophotonics)
Multidimensional population activity in an electrically coupled inhibitory circuit in the cerebellar cortex (2021, Neuron)
The NeuroML ecosystem for standardized multi-scale modeling in neuroscience (2024, eLife)

Frequent co-authors of this scientist include Harsha Gurnani, Padraig Gleeson, Antoine M. Valera, Bóris Marin, and Sharon Crook, each contributing to multiple collaborative works.

R. Angus Silver has been recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2019.

Best Publications

Tonically active GABA A receptors: modulating gain and maintaining the tone.

Alexey Semyanov;Matthew C. Walker;Dimitri M. Kullmann;R.Angus Silver

880
Citations
Shunting Inhibition Modulates Neuronal Gain during Synaptic Excitation

Simon J. Mitchell;R.Angus Silver

873
Citations
Synaptic connections between layer 4 spiny neurone‐ layer 2/3 pyramidal cell pairs in juvenile rat barrel cortex: physiology and anatomy of interlaminar signalling within a cortical column

Dirk Feldmeyer;Joachim H. R. Lübke;R. Angus Silver;Bert Sakmann

674
Citations
Neuronal arithmetic

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537
Citations
NeuroML: a language for describing data driven models of neurons and networks with a high degree of biological detail.

Padraig Gleeson;Sharon M. Crook;Robert C Cannon;Michael L Hines

440
Citations
High-probability uniquantal transmission at excitatory synapses in barrel cortex.

R. Angus Silver;Joachim H. R. Lübke;Bert Sakmann;Dirk Feldmeyer

342
Citations
Glutamate spillover suppresses inhibition by activating presynaptic mGluRs.

Simon J. Mitchell;R. Angus Silver

341
Citations
Fast vesicle reloading and a large pool sustain high bandwidth transmission at a central synapse

Chiara Saviane;R. Angus Silver

319
Citations
Unveiling synaptic plasticity: a new graphical and analytical approach.

John D. Clements;R.Angus Silver

308
Citations
Modulation of Glutamate Mobility Reveals the Mechanism Underlying Slow-Rising AMPAR EPSCs and the Diffusion Coefficient in the Synaptic Cleft

Thomas A. Nielsen;David A. DiGregorio;R.Angus Silver

307
Citations
Non-NMDA glutamate receptor occupancy and open probability at a rat cerebellar synapse with single and multiple release sites.

R A Silver;S G Cull-Candy;T Takahashi

286
Citations
Nanoscale Distribution of Presynaptic Ca2+ Channels and Its Impact on Vesicular Release during Development

Yukihiro Nakamura;Harumi Harada;Naomi Kamasawa;Ko Matsui

273
Citations
NeuroMatic: An Integrated Open-Source Software Toolkit for Acquisition, Analysis and Simulation of Electrophysiological Data

Jason S. Rothman;R. Angus Silver

269
Citations
Synaptic depression enables neuronal gain control

Jason S. Rothman;Laurence Cathala;Volker Steuber;R. Angus Silver

265
Citations
Spillover of glutamate onto synaptic AMPA receptors enhances fast transmission at a cerebellar synapse.

David A. DiGregorio;Zoltan Nusser;R.Angus Silver

258
Citations
Bassoon Speeds Vesicle Reloading at a Central Excitatory Synapse

Stefan Hallermann;Anna Fejtova;Hartmut Schmidt;Annika Weyhersmüller

252
Citations
Rapid Desynchronization of an Electrically Coupled Interneuron Network with Sparse Excitatory Synaptic Input

Koen Vervaeke;Andrea Lőrincz;Padraig Gleeson;Matteo Farinella

242
Citations
Calcium hotspots caused by L-channel clustering promote morphological changes in neuronal growth cones

R. Angus Silver;Angela G. Lamb;Stephen R. Bolsover

237
Citations
neuroConstruct: A Tool for Modeling Networks of Neurons in 3D Space

Padraig Gleeson;Volker Steuber;R. Angus Silver

230
Citations
Re-evaluating circuit mechanisms underlying pattern separation

N. Alex Cayco-Gajic;R. Angus Silver

230
Citations
The contribution of single synapses to sensory representation in vivo

Alexander Arenz;R. Angus Silver;Andreas T. Schaefer;Troy W. Margrie

227
Citations
Estimation of nonuniform quantal parameters with multiple-probability fluctuation analysis: theory, application and limitations.

R.Angus Silver

218
Citations