2026 Robert Stickgold: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	89	1131	1018	585	513	310	39627

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Neuroscience

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Overview

Robert Stickgold is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology, with a strong focus on subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Sensory Systems.

Their work addresses various topics consistently, such as Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Sleep and Related Disorders, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroscience and Music Perception, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies.

Stickgold has been a frequent contributor to multiple publication venues. Notably, their work has appeared in SLEEP, Learning & Memory, Psychiatry Research, Translational Psychiatry, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of Stickgold's research output. These include:

"The roles of item exposure and visualization success in the consolidation of memories across wake and sleep" (2020, Learning & Memory)
"Investigating sleep spindle density and schizophrenia: A meta-analysis" (2021, Psychiatry Research)
"A failure of sleep-dependent consolidation of visuoperceptual procedural learning in young adults with ADHD" (2022, Translational Psychiatry)
"Emotional memories are enhanced when reactivated in slow-wave sleep but impaired in REM" (2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
"Sleep: Opening a portal to the dreaming brain" (2021, Current Biology)

Stickgold's collaborative efforts involve regular coauthors such as Dara S. Manoach, Alexandra Morgan, Dan Denis, Bryan Baxter, and Kristi Kwok. The frequency of coauthorship ranges from two to four joint publications with these researchers.

Best Publications

Sleep-dependent memory consolidation

Robert Stickgold

2329
Citations
Practice with Sleep Makes Perfect: Sleep-Dependent Motor Skill Learning

Matthew P. Walker;Tiffany Brakefield;Alexandra Morgan;J.Allan Hobson

1723
Citations
Dreaming and the brain: toward a cognitive neuroscience of conscious states

J. Allan Hobson;Edward F. Pace-Schott;Robert Stickgold

1482
Citations
Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation

Matthew P. Walker;Tiffany Brakefield;J. Allan Hobson;Robert Stickgold

1419
Citations
Sleep, memory, and plasticity.

Matthew P. Walker;Robert Stickgold

1343
Citations
Sleep-Dependent Learning and Memory Consolidation

Matthew P. Walker;Robert Stickgold

1330
Citations
Sleep, learning, and dreams: off-line memory reprocessing

R. Stickgold;J. A. Hobson;R. Fosse;R. Fosse;M. Fosse

1152
Citations
Coupled electrophysiological, hemodynamic, and cerebrospinal fluid oscillations in human sleep

Nina E. Fultz;Nina E. Fultz;Giorgio Bonmassar;Kawin Setsompop;Robert A. Stickgold;Robert A. Stickgold

1053
Citations
Visual discrimination learning requires sleep after training.

Robert Stickgold;LaTanya James;J. Allan Hobson

996
Citations
Sleep-dependent memory triage: evolving generalization through selective processing

Robert Stickgold;Matthew P Walker

898
Citations
Sleep-dependent learning: a nap is as good as a night.

Sara Mednick;Ken Nakayama;Robert Stickgold

838
Citations
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Pharmacotherapy for Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Direct Comparison

Gregg D. Jacobs;Edward F. Pace-Schott;Robert Stickgold;Michael W. Otto

808
Citations
Visual Discrimination Task Improvement: A Multi-Step Process Occurring During Sleep

Robert Stickgold;Dana Whidbee;Beth Schirmer;Vipul Patel

749
Citations
EMDR: A Putative Neurobiological Mechanism of Action

Robert Stickgold

697
Citations
Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation and Reconsolidation

Robert Stickgold;Matthew P. Walker

694
Citations
Sleep and the time course of motor skill learning.

Matthew P. Walker;Tiffany Brakefield;Joshua Seidman;Alexandra Morgan

648
Citations
Do Lonely Days Invade the Nights? Potential Social Modulation of Sleep Efficiency

John T. Cacioppo;Louise C. Hawkley;Gary G. Berntson;John M. Ernst

592
Citations
Sleep Spindle Activity is Associated with the Integration of New Memories and Existing Knowledge

Jakke Tamminen;Jessica D. Payne;Robert Stickgold;Erin J. Wamsley

592
Citations
Sleep Preferentially Enhances Memory for Emotional Components of Scenes

Jessica D. Payne;Robert Stickgold;Kelley Swanberg;Elizabeth A. Kensinger

588
Citations
Memory consolidation and reconsolidation: what is the role of sleep?

Robert Stickgold;Matthew P. Walker

546
Citations