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 Richard B. Simerly sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 101 publications — 17th percentile
17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard B. Simerly sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile
67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.
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:
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.
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