2026 Ralph E. Mistlberger: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	60	3873	3545	223	202	179	11475

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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

1037
Citations
Social influences on mammalian circadian rhythms: animal and human studies.

Ralph E. Mistlberger;Debra J. Skene

464
Citations
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

406
Citations
Circadian regulation of sleep in mammals: role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Ralph E. Mistlberger

404
Citations
Neurobiology of food anticipatory circadian rhythms

Ralph E. Mistlberger

360
Citations
Nonphotic entrainment in humans

Ralph E. Mistlberger;Debra J. Skene

314
Citations
Suprachiasmatic nuclei lesions eliminate circadian temperature and sleep rhythms in the rat.

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

292
Citations
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

289
Citations
Circadian Clock Resetting by Sleep Deprivation without Exercise in the Syrian Hamster

M. C. Antle;R. E. Mistlberger

276
Citations
Recovery sleep following sleep deprivation in intact and suprachiasmatic nuclei-lesioned rats.

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

270
Citations
Food-anticipatory circadian rhythms: concepts and methods.

Ralph E. Mistlberger

266
Citations
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

207
Citations
Circadian adaptations to meal timing: neuroendocrine mechanisms

Danica F. Patton;Ralph E. Mistlberger

200
Citations
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

192
Citations
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

167
Citations
Behavioral and Serotonergic Regulation of Circadian Rhythms

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

164
Citations
Entrainment and phase shifting of circadian rhythms in mice by forced treadmill running.

Elliott G. Marchant;Ralph E. Mistlberger

163
Citations
Palatable daily meals entrain anticipatory activity rhythms in free-feeding rats: dependence on meal size and nutrient content.

Ralph Mistlberger;Benjamin Rusak

162
Citations
Sleep deprivation can inhibit adult hippocampal neurogenesis independent of adrenal stress hormones

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

157
Citations
Anticipation and entrainment to feeding time in intact and SCN-ablated C57BL/6j mice

Elliott G Marchant;Ralph E Mistlberger

157
Citations