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Israel
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
20001
World Ranking
6933
National Ranking
61

Neuroscience

D-Index
70
Citations
20159
World Ranking
2496
National Ranking
17

Raz Yirmiya 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 Raz Yirmiya sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 211 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Raz Yirmiya 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 Raz Yirmiya sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% 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 Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Raz Yirmiya is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, focusing their research primarily within the field of neuroscience. Their scholarly work spans multiple interconnected subfields, including biological psychiatry, neurology, behavioral neuroscience, molecular biology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their research areas feature significant emphasis on topics such as tryptophan and brain disorders, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, stress responses and cortisol, bipolar disorder and treatment, pharmacological receptor mechanisms and effects, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, as well as cannabis and cannabinoid research.

Yirmiya's publication record includes recent articles addressing complex neurobiological and psychiatric issues. Notable papers include:

  • "The inflammatory underpinning of depression: An historical perspective," 2024, published in Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Suicide in bipolar disorder patients is associated with hippocampal microglia activation and reduction of lymphocytes-activation gene 3 (LAG3) microglial checkpoint expression," 2023, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Depressive Disorder-Associated Microglia as a Target for a Personalized Antidepressant Approach," 2023, Biological Psychiatry
  • "A Novel Anti-Inflammatory Formulation Comprising Celecoxib and Cannabidiol Exerts Antidepressant and Anxiolytic Effects," 2022, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • "Microglia and their LAG3 checkpoint underlie the antidepressant and neurogenesis-enhancing effects of electroconvulsive stimulation," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

The venues in which Yirmiya frequently publishes reflect their engagement with neuroimmunology and psychiatric research. Major publication venues include:

  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Neuron

Yirmiya has collaborated extensively with several researchers, contributing to a range of joint studies. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Lior Naggan
  • Elad Robinson
  • Eyal Dinur
  • Hagar Goldenberg
  • Ewa Kozela

Best Publications

  • Immune modulation of learning, memory, neural plasticity and neurogenesis

    Raz Yirmiya;Inbal Goshen

  • Cytokine-Associated Emotional and Cognitive Disturbances in Humans

    Abraham Reichenberg;Raz Yirmiya;Andreas Schuld;Thomas Kraus

  • Depression as a Microglial Disease

    Raz Yirmiya;Neta Rimmerman;Ronen Reshef

  • Brain interleukin-1 mediates chronic stress-induced depression in mice via adrenocortical activation and hippocampal neurogenesis suppression

    I Goshen;T Kreisel;O Ben-Menachem-Zidon;T Licht

  • Endotoxin produces a depressive-like episode in rats

    Raz Yirmiya

  • Dynamic microglial alterations underlie stress-induced depressive-like behavior and suppressed neurogenesis

    T Kreisel;M G Frank;T Licht;R Reshef

  • A dual role for interleukin-1 in hippocampal-dependent memory processes.

    Inbal Goshen;Tirzah Kreisel;Hadile Ounallah-Saad;Paul Renbaum

  • Evidence that stress and surgical interventions promote tumor development by suppressing natural killer cell activity.

    Shamgar Ben-Eliyahu;Gayle G. Page;Raz Yirmiya;Guy Shakhar

  • Interleukin-1 (IL-1): a central regulator of stress responses.

    Inbal Goshen;Raz Yirmiya

  • Impaired interleukin-1 signaling is associated with deficits in hippocampal memory processes and neural plasticity.

    Avi Avital;Inbal Goshen;Ariel Kamsler;Menahem Segal

  • Illness, Cytokines, and Depression

    R. Yirmiya;Y. Pollak;M. Morag;A. Reichenberg

  • Stress increases metastatic spread of a mammary tumor in rats: evidence for mediation by the immune system.

    S. Ben-Eliyahu;R. Yirmiya;J.C. Liebeskind;A.N. Taylor;A.N. Taylor

  • Reversible modulations of neuronal plasticity by VEGF

    Tamar Licht;Inbal Goshen;Avi Avital;Tirzah Kreisel

  • Depression induces bone loss through stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system

    Raz Yirmiya;Inbal Goshen;Alon Bajayo;Tirzah Kreisel

  • Cytokines, stress, and depression. Conclusions and perspectives.

    Robert Dantzer;Emmanuelle E. Wollman;Ljubisa Vitkovic;Raz Yirmiya

  • Cytokine-induced changes in mood and behaviour: implications for 'depression due to a general medical condition', immunotherapy and antidepressive treatment.

    Yehuda Pollak;Raz Yirmiya

  • Brain interleukin-1 is involved in spatial memory and passive avoidance conditioning.

    R. Yirmiya;G. Winocur;I. Goshen

  • Effects of Antidepressant Drugs on the Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in Rodents

    Raz Yirmiya;Yehuda Pollak;Ohr Barak;Ronit Avitsur

  • Cytokines, "depression due to a general medical condition," and antidepressant drugs.

    Raz Yirmiya;Joseph Weidenfeld;Yehuda Pollak;Michal Morag

  • Low levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines--do they affect human brain functions?

    Thomas Pollmächer;Monika Haack;Andreas Schuld;Abraham Reichenberg

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