2026 Rony Paz: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	36	9030	8343	71	67	84	4969

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Neuroscience

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4969

Overview

Rony Paz is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, specializing in neuroscience research. Their work centers primarily on neural dynamics and brain function, cognitive neuroscience, and the mechanisms underlying memory and behavior.

The scientist has published extensively in the field of neuroscience, with 54 publications overall, including a focus on subfields such as cognitive neuroscience (45 publications), cellular and molecular neuroscience (7), neurology (5), experimental and cognitive psychology (5), and social psychology (4).

Research topics covered by Rony Paz include:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Neural and behavioral psychology studies
Memory and neural mechanisms
Functional brain connectivity studies
Neurological disorders and treatments
Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
Face recognition and perception

Key recent papers by Rony Paz include:

"Modulation of dopamine tone induces frequency shifts in cortico-basal ganglia beta oscillations," 2021, Nature Communications
"A neural and behavioral trade-off between value and uncertainty underlies exploratory decisions in normative anxiety," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
"Local Targeted Memory Reactivation in Human Sleep," 2020, Current Biology
"Shared yet dissociable neural codes across eye gaze, valence and expectation," 2020, Nature
"The geometry of neuronal representations during rule learning reveals complementary roles of cingulate cortex and putamen," 2021, Neuron

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rony Paz are:

Kristoffer C. Aberg
Tal Finkelman
Assaf Tal
Tamar Reitich-Stolero
Hagai Bergman

Rony Paz's research has appeared in multiple publication venues, most notably:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Current Biology
Nature
Neuron

Best Publications

Fear Generalization and Anxiety: Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms

Joseph E. Dunsmoor;Rony Paz

530
Citations
Prefrontal Control of the Amygdala

Ekaterina Likhtik;Joe Guillaume Pelletier;Rony Paz;Denis Paré

447
Citations
Preparatory activity in motor cortex reflects learning of local visuomotor skills.

Rony Paz;Rony Paz;Thomas Boraud;Chen Natan;Hagai Bergman;Hagai Bergman

244
Citations
Amygdala-prefrontal interactions in (mal)adaptive learning.

Ekaterina Likhtik;Rony Paz

222
Citations
Manipulating fear associations via optogenetic modulation of amygdala inputs to prefrontal cortex

Oded Klavir;Matthias Prigge;Ayelet Sarel;Rony Paz

204
Citations
Emotional enhancement of memory via amygdala-driven facilitation of rhinal interactions.

Rony Paz;Joe Guillaume Pelletier;Elizabeth P Bauer;Denis Paré

199
Citations
Gamma Oscillations Coordinate Amygdalo-Rhinal Interactions during Learning

Elizabeth P. Bauer;Rony Paz;Denis Paré

171
Citations
Theta synchronizes the activity of medial prefrontal neurons during learning

Rony Paz;Elizabeth P. Bauer;Denis Paré

158
Citations
Auditory aversive learning increases discrimination thresholds.

Jennifer Resnik;Noam Sobel;Rony Paz

154
Citations
Functional connectivity between amygdala and cingulate cortex for adaptive aversive learning.

Oded Klavir;Rotem Genud-Gabai;Rony Paz

140
Citations
Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms of Overgeneralization in Anxiety

Offir Laufer;David Israeli;Rony Paz

129
Citations
A neural substrate in the human hippocampus for linking successive events

Rony Paz;Hagar Gelbard-Sagiv;Roy Mukamel;Michal Harel

119
Citations
Negative valence widens generalization of learning.

Eitan Schechtman;Offir Laufer;Rony Paz

117
Citations
Trial-to-Trial Variability of Single Cells in Motor Cortices Is Dynamically Modified during Visuomotor Adaptation

Yael Mandelblat-Cerf;Rony Paz;Eilon Vaadia

112
Citations
Fear generalization in the primate amygdala

Jennifer Resnik;Rony Paz

108
Citations
Amygdala-Prefrontal Synchronization Underlies Resistance to Extinction of Aversive Memories

Uri Livneh;Rony Paz

106
Citations
Oscillations Synchronize Amygdala-to-Prefrontal Primate Circuits during Aversive Learning

Aryeh Hai Taub;Rita Perets;Eilat Kahana;Rony Paz

104
Citations
Self-monitoring of social facial expressions in the primate amygdala and cingulate cortex.

Uri Livneh;Jennifer Resnik;Yosi Shohat;Rony Paz

101
Citations
Learning-Induced Improvement in Encoding and Decoding of Specific Movement Directions by Neurons in the Primary Motor Cortex

Rony Paz;Rony Paz;Eilon Vaadia;Eilon Vaadia

99
Citations
Give it time: neural evidence for distorted time perception and enhanced memory encoding in emotional situations.

Georg Dirnberger;Guido Hesselmann;Jonathan P. Roiser;Son Preminger;Son Preminger

91
Citations