2026 Stuart N. Peirson: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	52	5265	4834	434	395	178	11778

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Overview

Stuart N. Peirson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has a substantial body of research in neuroscience, with a focus on circadian rhythms, sleep regulation, and the effects of light on physiology.

Their recent research publications include:

Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults (2022, PLoS Biology)
Circadian Photoentrainment in Mice and Humans (2020, Biology)
A role for the cortex in sleep-wake regulation (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
Adenosine integrates light and sleep signalling for the regulation of circadian timing in mice (2021, Nature Communications)
ENLIGHT: A consensus checklist for reporting laboratory-based studies on the non-visual effects of light in humans (2023, EBioMedicine)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Current Biology, and PLoS Biology.

Key coauthors they have collaborated with multiple times include Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy, F. Foster, Laurence A. Brown, Robert J. Lucas, and Steven Hughes.

Their main fields of study focus on neuroscience, with numerous contributions across several subfields, including:

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Physiology
Molecular Biology

Main topics covered in their research are:

Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Retinal Development and Disorders
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Aside from journal articles, Stuart N. Peirson has contributed to the academic literature through a book titled Melanopsin Vision, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Best Publications

Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age

Robert J. Lucas;Stuart N. Peirson;David M. Berson;Timothy M. Brown

1448
Citations
Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults

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651
Citations
Melanopsin: an exciting photopigment

Mark W. Hankins;Stuart N. Peirson;Russell G. Foster

532
Citations
Short-Wavelength Light Sensitivity of Circadian, Pupillary, and Visual Awareness in Humans Lacking an Outer Retina

Farhan H. Zaidi;Joseph T. Hull;Stuart N. Peirson;Katharina Wulff

466
Citations
The evolution of irradiance detection: melanopsin and the non-visual opsins

Stuart N. Peirson;Stephanie Halford;Russell G. Foster

275
Citations
Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disruption in Social Jetlag and Mental Illness

Russell G Foster;Stuart N Peirson;Katharina Wulff;Eva Winnebeck

257
Citations
The CRTC1-SIK1 pathway regulates entrainment of the circadian clock.

A Jagannath;R Butler;R Butler;Godinho Sih.;Godinho Sih.;Y Couch

247
Citations
Light and the laboratory mouse

Stuart N. Peirson;Laurence A. Brown;Carina A. Pothecary;Lindsay A. Benson

246
Citations
Light and Cognition: Roles for Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Arousal.

A S Fisk;Tam Ske.;L A Brown;V V Vyazovskiy

244
Citations
Sleep and circadian rhythm disruption in neuropsychiatric illness.

Aarti Jagannath;Stuart N Peirson;Russell G Foster

244
Citations
Melanopsin Regulates Both Sleep-Promoting and Arousal-Promoting Responses to Light.

Violetta Pilorz;Shu K. E. Tam;Steven Hughes;Carina A. Pothecary

193
Citations
Melanopsin: Another Way of Signaling Light

Stuart Peirson;Russell G. Foster

191
Citations
VA opsin-based photoreceptors in the hypothalamus of birds.

Stephanie Halford;Susana S. Pires;Michael Turton;Lei Zheng

184
Citations
Rapid assessment of sleep-wake behavior in mice.

Simon P. Fisher;Sofia I.H. Godinho;Carina A. Pothecary;Mark W. Hankins

178
Citations
Circadian Photoentrainment in Mice and Humans

Russell G. Foster;Steven Hughes;Stuart N. Peirson

149
Citations
Evaluating the links between schizophrenia and sleep and circadian rhythm disruption.

David Pritchett;Katharina Wulff;Peter L. Oliver;David M. Bannerman

144
Citations
Photic regulation of clock systems

Steven Hughes;Aarti Jagannath;Mark W Hankins;Russell G Foster

144
Citations
A role for the cortex in sleep-wake regulation.

Lukas B Krone;Tomoko Yamagata;Cristina Blanco-Duque;Cristina Blanco-Duque;Mathilde C C Guillaumin;Mathilde C C Guillaumin

137
Citations
Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells and the maintenance of circadian and pupillary responses to light in aged rodless/coneless (rd/rd cl) mice.

Ma'ayan Semo;Stuart Peirson;Daniela Lupi;Robert J. Lucas

135
Citations
Nonuniform distribution and spectral tuning of photosensitive retinal ganglion cells of the mouse retina.

Steven Hughes;Thomas S. Watson;Russell G. Foster;Stuart N. Peirson

123
Citations
Differential Expression of Two Distinct Functional Isoforms of Melanopsin (Opn4) in the Mammalian Retina

Susana S. Pires;Steven Hughes;Michael Turton;Zare Melyan

112
Citations
Chronic Activation of γ2 AMPK Induces Obesity and Reduces β Cell Function.

Arash Yavari;Arash Yavari;Claire J. Stocker;Sahar Ghaffari;Sahar Ghaffari;Edward T. Wargent

108
Citations