2026 Richard B. Simerly: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	64	3207	2928	1485	1337	101	23745

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Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1991 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Richard B. Simerly is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with significant contributions to several related subfields including Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their work covers a range of topics emphasizing the regulation of appetite and obesity, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, sleep and wakefulness research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and dietary effects on health.

Notable recent publications include:

MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty, 2021, Nature
The melanocortin-3 receptor is a pharmacological target for the regulation of anorexia, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
Delineation of an insula-BNST circuit engaged by struggling behavior that regulates avoidance in mice, 2021, Nature Communications
BNST PKCδ neurons are activated by specific aversive conditions to promote anxiety-like behavior, 2023, Neuropsychopharmacology
Leptin suppresses development of GLP-1 inputs to the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, 2020, eLife

Their frequent coauthors include Michelle N. Bedenbaugh, Jessica E. Biddinger, Serena R. Sweet, Patrick Sweeney, and Roger D. Cone.

Richard B. Simerly has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Nature, Neuropsychopharmacology, and The Journal of Comparative Neurology. These publications reflect a sustained engagement with both open access preprint platforms and peer-reviewed journals specializing in neuroscience and related disciplines.

Awards received by Richard B. Simerly include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1991.

Best Publications

Distribution of androgen and estrogen receptor mRNA‐containing cells in the rat brain: An in situ hybridization study

R B Simerly;C Chang;M Muramatsu;L W Swanson

2381
Citations
Localization of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4-R) in neuroendocrine and autonomic control circuits in the brain.

Kathleen G. Mountjoy;Marty T. Mortrud;Malcolm J. Low;Richard B. Simerly

1463
Citations
Trophic Action of Leptin on Hypothalamic Neurons That Regulate Feeding

Sebastien G. Bouret;Shin J. Draper;Richard B. Simerly

1434
Citations
Early Life Programming and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Tracy L. Bale;Tallie Z. Baram;Alan S. Brown;Jill M. Goldstein

1116
Citations
Identification of a receptor for gamma melanotropin and other proopiomelanocortin peptides in the hypothalamus and limbic system.

Linda Roselli-Rehfuss;Kathleen G. Mountjoy;Linda S. Robbins;Marty T. Mortrud

931
Citations
Organization of projections from the medial nucleus of the amygdala: a PHAL study in the rat

N. S. Canteras;R. B. Simerly;L. W. Swanson

858
Citations
Wired for reproduction: organization and development of sexually dimorphic circuits in the mammalian forebrain.

Richard B. Simerly

843
Citations
The neuronal mineralocorticoid eeceptor as a mediator of glucocorticoid response

Jeffrey L. Arriza;Jeffrey L. Arriza;Richard B. Simerly;Larry W. Swanson;Ronald M. Evans

732
Citations
Formation of Projection Pathways from the Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus to Hypothalamic Regions Implicated in the Neural Control of Feeding Behavior in Mice

Sebastien G. Bouret;Shin J. Draper;Richard B. Simerly

725
Citations
Projections of the medial preoptic nucleus: a Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin anterograde tract-tracing study in the rat.

R. B. Simerly;L. W. Swanson

688
Citations
Organization of projections from the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus: a Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin study in the rat.

N. S. Canteras;R. B. Simerly;L. W. Swanson

643
Citations
A Model System for Study of Sex Chromosome Effects on Sexually Dimorphic Neural and Behavioral Traits

Geert J. De Vries;Emilie F. Rissman;Richard B. Simerly;Liang-Yo Yang

631
Citations
The organization of neural inputs to the medial preoptic nucleus of the rat

R. B. Simerly;L. W. Swanson

614
Citations
Demonstration of a sexual dimorphism in the distribution of serotonin‐immunoreactive fibers in the medial preoptic nucleus of the rat

R. B. Simerly;L. W. Swanson;R. A. Gorski

312
Citations
Connections of the posterior nucleus of the amygdala.

N. S. Canteras;R. B. Simerly;L. W. Swanson

310
Citations
Anatomy, Development, and Function of Sexually Dimorphic Neural Circuits in the Mammalian Brain

Geert J. De Vries;Richard B. Simerly

303
Citations
The distribution of monoaminergic cells and fibers in a periventricular preoptic nucleus involved in the control of gonadotropin release: immunohistochemical evidence for a dopaminergic sexual dimorphism.

R.B. Simerly;L.W. Swanson;R.A. Gorski

295
Citations
Minireview: Leptin and Development of Hypothalamic Feeding Circuits

Sebastien G. Bouret;Richard B. Simerly

290
Citations
Developmental programming of hypothalamic feeding circuits

SG Bouret;RB Simerly

283
Citations
Organization and regulation of sexually dimorphic neuroendocrine pathways

Richard B Simerly

279
Citations