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65
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13894
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3138
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1464

Stephen D. Roper publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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 Stephen D. Roper sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 160 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Stephen D. Roper D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen D. Roper sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stephen D. Roper is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States, with a research focus spanning multiple scientific fields. Their work intersects nursing, neuroscience, and engineering, reflecting interdisciplinary expertise applied primarily to sensory and biomedical domains.

The scientist has contributed to research in various subfields including nutrition and dietetics, biomedical engineering, sensory systems, physiology, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output addresses main topics such as biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, advanced chemical sensor technologies, olfactory and sensory function studies, ion channel regulation and function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, thermal regulation in medicine, and anesthesia and neurotoxicity research.

Frequent collaborators include Isabella R. Fleites, Kevin Morales, Nirupa Chaudhari, and Eugene R. Delay. These partnerships have yielded multiple publications across different study areas.

Stephen D. Roper's recent papers include the following:

  • Chemical and electrical synaptic interactions among taste bud cells (2021) published in Current Opinion in Physiology
  • Encoding Taste: From Receptors to Perception (2021) published in Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
  • Editorial overview: Taste: from peripheral receptors to perception (2021) published in Current Opinion in Physiology
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Hunger enhances food-odour attraction through a neuropeptide Y spotlight (2021) published in Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Taste: Cellular Basis (2020) published in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

The scientist's work frequently appears in journals such as Current Opinion in Physiology, Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • The cell biology of taste

    Nirupa Chaudhari;Stephen D. Roper

  • A metabotropic glutamate receptor variant functions as a taste receptor.

    Nirupa Chaudhari;Ana Marie Landin;Stephen D. Roper

  • The role of pannexin 1 hemichannels in ATP release and cell–cell communication in mouse taste buds

    Yi Jen Huang;Yutaka Maruyama;Gennady Dvoryanchikov;Elizabeth Pereira

  • Taste buds: cells, signals and synapses

    Stephen D. Roper;Nirupa Chaudhari

  • Signal transduction and information processing in mammalian taste buds.

    Stephen D. Roper

  • ATP release through connexin hemichannels and gap junction transfer of second messengers propagate Ca2+ signals across the inner ear

    Fabio Anselmi;Victor H. Hernandez;Giulia Crispino;Anke Seydel

  • Separate Populations of Receptor Cells and Presynaptic Cells in Mouse Taste Buds

    Richard A. DeFazio;Gennady Dvoryanchikov;Yutaka Maruyama;Joung Woul Kim

  • Alpha cells secrete acetylcholine as a non-neuronal paracrine signal priming beta cell function in humans

    Rayner Rodriguez-Diaz;Rayner Rodriguez-Diaz;Robin Dando;M. Caroline Jacques-Silva;Alberto Fachado

  • The taste of monosodium glutamate: membrane receptors in taste buds.

    Nirupa Chaudhari;Hui Yang;Cynthia Lamp;Eugene Delay

  • Breadth of Tuning and Taste Coding in Mammalian Taste Buds

    Seth M. Tomchik;Stephanie Berg;Joung Woul Kim;Nirupa Chaudhari

  • Presynaptic (Type III) cells in mouse taste buds sense sour (acid) taste

    Yijen A. Huang;Yutaka Maruyama;Robert Stimac;Stephen D. Roper

  • Mouse taste buds use serotonin as a neurotransmitter

    Yi Jen Huang;Yutaka Maruyama;Kuo Shyan Lu;Kuo Shyan Lu;Elizabeth Pereira

  • The Cell Biology of Vertebrate Taste Receptors

    Stephen D. Roper

  • Proton currents through amiloride-sensitive Na channels in hamster taste cells. Role in acid transduction.

    Timothy A. Gilbertson;Patrick Avenet;Sue C. Kinnamon;Stephen D. Roper

  • An optimized method for in situ hybridization with signal amplification that allows the detection of rare mRNAs.

    Hui Yang;Ina B. Wanner;Stephen D. Roper;Nirupa Chaudhari

  • Taste receptors for umami: the case for multiple receptors

    Nirupa Chaudhari;Elizabeth Pereira;Stephen D Roper

  • Taste Receptor Cells That Discriminate Between Bitter Stimuli

    Alejandro Caicedo;Stephen D. Roper

  • Taste buds as peripheral chemosensory processors.

    Stephen D. Roper

  • Ultrastructure of mouse vallate taste buds: II. Cell types and cell lineage.

    R J Delay;J C Kinnamon;S D Roper

  • Ultrastructure of mouse vallate taste buds. I. Taste cells and their associated synapses

    John C. Kinnamon;Barbara J. Taylor;Rona J. Delay;Stephen D. Roper

  • Proton currents through amiloride-sensitive Na+ channels in isolated hamster taste cells: Enhancement by vasopressin and CAMP

    Timothy A. Gilbertson;Timothy A. Gilbertson;Stephen D. Roper;Stephen D. Roper;Sue C. Kinnamon;Sue C. Kinnamon

Frequent Co-Authors

Nirupa Chaudhari
Nirupa Chaudhari University of Miami
Sue C. Kinnamon
Sue C. Kinnamon University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Per-Olof Berggren
Per-Olof Berggren Karolinska Institute
Alan Mackay-Sim
Alan Mackay-Sim Griffith University
Camillo Ricordi
Camillo Ricordi University of Miami
Nicoletta Kessaris
Nicoletta Kessaris University College London
Robert F. Margolskee
Robert F. Margolskee Monell Chemical Senses Center
Hannah Monyer
Hannah Monyer German Cancer Research Center
William D. Richardson
William D. Richardson University College London
Alan C. Spector
Alan C. Spector Florida State University

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