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Ralph E. Mistlberger

Ralph E. Mistlberger

Simon Fraser University
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
60
Citations
11475
World Ranking
3873
National Ranking
223

Ralph E. Mistlberger 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 Ralph E. Mistlberger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 179 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralph E. Mistlberger 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 Ralph E. Mistlberger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ralph E. Mistlberger is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and specializes in neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on circadian rhythms, sleep, and related physiological processes.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience

Within neuroscience, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Physiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Plant Science

The primary topics explored in their work are as follows:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Ralph E. Mistlberger has published research in various academic venues, notably including:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Scientific Reports
  • Physiology & Behavior
  • F1000Research
  • Clocks & Sleep

Among recent papers credited to the scientist are:

  • Food as circadian time cue for appetitive behavior, 2020, F1000Research

Other recent publications involving their name as coauthor or associated researcher include:

  • Light in the Senior Home: Effects of Dynamic and Individual Light Exposure on Sleep, Cognition, and Well-Being, 2020, Clocks & Sleep
  • Impact of COVID-19 social-distancing on sleep timing and duration during a university semester, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Multiple entrained oscillator model of food anticipatory circadian rhythms, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Food anticipatory circadian rhythms in mice entrained to long or short day photoperiods, 2020, Physiology & Behavior

Collaborations have been frequent with several researchers, among whom are:

  • Brianne A. Kent
  • Myriam Juda
  • Lori L. Scarpa
  • Brad Wanken
  • Marten P. Smidt

Best Publications

  • Circadian food-anticipatory activity: formal models and physiological mechanisms

    Ralph E. Mistlberger

  • Social influences on mammalian circadian rhythms: animal and human studies.

    Ralph E. Mistlberger;Debra J. Skene

  • New neurons in the adult brain: The role of sleep and consequences of sleep loss

    Peter Meerlo;Ralph E. Mistlberger;Barry L. Jacobs;H. Craig Heller

  • Circadian regulation of sleep in mammals: role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    Ralph E. Mistlberger

  • Neurobiology of food anticipatory circadian rhythms

    Ralph E. Mistlberger

  • Nonphotic entrainment in humans

    Ralph E. Mistlberger;Debra J. Skene

  • Suprachiasmatic nuclei lesions eliminate circadian temperature and sleep rhythms in the rat.

    Charmane I. Eastman;Ralph E. Mistlberger;Allan Rechtschaffen

  • Adult hippocampal neurogenesis and voluntary running activity: Circadian and dose‐dependent effects

    Melissa M. Holmes;Liisa A.M. Galea;Ralph E. Mistlberger;Gerd Kempermann;Gerd Kempermann

  • Circadian Clock Resetting by Sleep Deprivation without Exercise in the Syrian Hamster

    M. C. Antle;R. E. Mistlberger

  • Recovery sleep following sleep deprivation in intact and suprachiasmatic nuclei-lesioned rats.

    Ralph E. Mistlberger;Bernard M. Bergmann;William Waldenar;Allan Rechtschaffen

  • Food-anticipatory circadian rhythms: concepts and methods.

    Ralph E. Mistlberger

  • Persistence of a behavioral food-anticipatory circadian rhythm following dorsomedial hypothalamic ablation in rats

    G. J. Landry;M. M. Simon;I. C. Webb;R. E. Mistlberger

  • Circadian adaptations to meal timing: neuroendocrine mechanisms

    Danica F. Patton;Ralph E. Mistlberger

  • Both Neuropeptide Y and Serotonin Are Necessary for Entrainment of Circadian Rhythms in Mice by Daily Treadmill Running Schedules

    Elliott G. Marchant;Neil V. Watson;Ralph E. Mistlberger

  • The Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus Is Not Necessary for Food-Anticipatory Circadian Rhythms of Behavior, Temperature or Clock Gene Expression in Mice

    Takahiro Moriya;Reiko Aida;Takashi Kudo;Masashi Akiyama

  • Behavioral and Serotonergic Regulation of Circadian Rhythms

    R.E. Mistlberger;M.C. Antle;J.D. Glass;J.D. Miller

  • Entrainment and phase shifting of circadian rhythms in mice by forced treadmill running.

    Elliott G. Marchant;Ralph E. Mistlberger

  • Palatable daily meals entrain anticipatory activity rhythms in free-feeding rats: dependence on meal size and nutrient content.

    Ralph Mistlberger;Benjamin Rusak

  • Sleep deprivation can inhibit adult hippocampal neurogenesis independent of adrenal stress hormones

    Anka D. Mueller;Michael S. Pollock;Stephanie E. Lieblich;Jonathan R. Epp

  • Anticipation and entrainment to feeding time in intact and SCN-ablated C57BL/6j mice

    Elliott G Marchant;Ralph E Mistlberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Antle
Michael C. Antle University of Calgary
Benjamin Rusak
Benjamin Rusak Dalhousie University
Shigenobu Shibata
Shigenobu Shibata Waseda University
Elizabeth B. Klerman
Elizabeth B. Klerman Harvard University
Hitoshi Okamura
Hitoshi Okamura Kyoto University
Etienne Challet
Etienne Challet University of Strasbourg
Peter Meerlo
Peter Meerlo University of Groningen
Gerd Kempermann
Gerd Kempermann German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Howard Feldman
Howard Feldman University of California, San Diego
John J. McDonald
John J. McDonald Simon Fraser University

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