2026 Sara R. Jones: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	69	2596	2373	1227	1101	204	20422

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Overview

Sara R. Jones is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. They have a diverse publication record focused primarily on neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research covers a range of topics related to neurobiology and molecular mechanisms.

Their most recent papers include:

Enhanced heroin self-administration and distinct dopamine adaptations in female rats, 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
Development of a high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing pathway using dried blood spot specimens, 2020, Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Assessing negative affect in mice during abstinence from alcohol drinking: Limitations and future challenges, 2022, Alcohol
Regional and sex differences in spontaneous striatal dopamine transmission, 2021, Journal of Neurochemistry
Organic cation transporter 3 and the dopamine transporter differentially regulate catecholamine uptake in the basolateral amygdala and nucleus accumbens, 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience

Sara R. Jones collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

Katherine M. Holleran
Monica H. Dawes
Brianna George
Emily G. Peck
Alyssa M. West

Their work is published predominantly in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
UNC Libraries
Neuropharmacology
European Journal of Neuroscience
International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The main fields of study that they contribute to include:

Neuroscience
Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, their subfield expertise includes:

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Infectious Diseases
Behavioral Neuroscience

The principal research topics covered in their publications encompass:

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study

Best Publications

Hyperlocomotion and indifference to cocaine and amphetamine in mice lacking the dopamine transporter

B Giros;M Jaber;S R Jones;R M Wightman

3053
Citations
Role of serotonin in the paradoxical calming effect of psychostimulants on hyperactivity.

Raul R. Gainetdinov;William C. Wetsel;Sara R. Jones;Edward D. Levin

1066
Citations
Profound neuronal plasticity in response to inactivation of the dopamine transporter

Sara R. Jones;Raul R. Gainetdinov;Mohamed Jaber;Bruno Giros

829
Citations
Mechanisms of Amphetamine Action Revealed in Mice Lacking the Dopamine Transporter

S R Jones;R R Gainetdinov;R M Wightman;M G Caron

764
Citations
Cocaine self-administration in dopamine-transporter knockout mice.

Beatriz A. Rocha;Fabio Fumagalli;Raul R. Gainetdinov;Sara R. Jones

697
Citations
Hyperactivity and impaired response habituation in hyperdopaminergic mice

Xiaoxi Zhuang;Ronald S. Oosting;Sara R. Jones;Raul R. Gainetdinov

587
Citations
Mice lacking the norepinephrine transporter are supersensitive to psychostimulants

Fei Xu;Raul R. Gainetdinov;William C. Wetsel;Sara R. Jones

517
Citations
Knockout of the Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 Gene Results in Neonatal Death and Supersensitivity to Cocaine and Amphetamine

Yan Min Wang;Raul R. Gainetdinov;Fabio Fumagalli;Fei Xu

443
Citations
Dopamine transporter is required for in vivo MPTP neurotoxicity: Evidence from mice lacking the transporter

Raul R. Gainetdinov;Fabio Fumagalli;Sara R. Jones;Marc G. Caron

405
Citations
Engineering of CRISPR-Cas12b for human genome editing.

Jonathan Strecker;Sara Jones;Balwina Koopal;Jonathan Schmid-Burgk

366
Citations
Demon Voltammetry and Analysis software: Analysis of cocaine-induced alterations in dopamine signaling using multiple kinetic measures

Jordan T. Yorgason;Rodrigo A. España;Sara R. Jones

343
Citations
Re-evaluation of the role of the dopamine transporter in dopamine system homeostasis

Raul R Gainetdinov;Sara R Jones;Fabio Fumagalli;R.Mark Wightman

328
Citations
Age-dependent motor deficits and dopaminergic dysfunction in DJ-1 null mice.

Linan Chen;Barbara Cagniard;Tiffany Mathews;Sara Jones

323
Citations
Loss of autoreceptor functions in mice lacking the dopamine transporter

Sara R. Jones;Sara R. Jones;Raul R. Gainetdinov;Raul R. Gainetdinov;Xiu Ti Hu;Donald C. Cooper

300
Citations
Functional hyperdopaminergia in dopamine transporter knock-out mice.

Raul R Gainetdinov;Sara R Jones;Marc G Caron

285
Citations
The hypocretin–orexin system regulates cocaine self‐administration via actions on the mesolimbic dopamine system

Rodrigo A. España;Erik B. Oleson;Jason L. Locke;Bethany R. Brookshire

284
Citations
The dopamine transporter: A crucial component regulating dopamine transmission

Mohamed Jaber;Sara Jones;Bruno Giros;Marc G Caron

283
Citations
Erratum: Cocaine self-administration in dopamine-transporter knockout mice

Beatriz Rocha;Fabio Fumagalli;Raul Gainetdinov;Sara Jones

265
Citations
Comparison of Dopamine Uptake in the Basolateral Amygdaloid Nucleus, Caudate‐Putamen, and Nucleus Accumbens of the Rat

Sara R. Jones;Paul A. Garris;Clinton D. Kilts;R. Mark Wightman

236
Citations
Biased agonists of the kappa opioid receptor suppress pain and itch without causing sedation or dysphoria

Tarsis F. Brust;Jenny Morgenweck;Susy A. Kim;Jamie H. Rose

234
Citations
Evoked Extracellular Dopamine In Vivo in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex

Paul A. Garris;Leonard B. Collins;Sara R. Jones;R. Mark Wightman

219
Citations