2026 Tom Deboer: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	45	6874	6324	191	178	106	9246

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Overview

Tom Deboer is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with significant contributions in Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Physiology.

The scientist has addressed multiple topics related to brain and behavioral function, including Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Sleep and related disorders, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies, and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Their recent publications include:

"Adenosine, caffeine, and sleep-wake regulation: state of the science and perspectives" (2022) published in Journal of Sleep Research
"The aging brain: sleep, the circadian clock and exercise" (2021) published in Biochemical Pharmacology
"Doublecortin-like expressing astrocytes of the suprachiasmatic nucleus are implicated in the biosynthesis of vasopressin and influences circadian rhythms" (2021) published in Glia
"Mechanisms of Sleep/Wake Regulation under Hypodopaminergic State: Insights from MitoPark Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease" (2022) published in Advanced Science
"Long-Term Effect of a Single Dose of Caffeine on Sleep, the Sleep EEG and Neuronal Activity in the Peduncular Part of the Lateral Hypothalamus under Constant Dark Conditions" (2022) published in Clocks & Sleep

Frequent co-authors associated with Tom Deboer's work include Johanna H. Meijer, Stephan Michel, Yumeng Wang, Maria Panagiotou, and Karim Fifel.

The scientist publishes regularly in various venues, with multiple papers appearing in Journal of Sleep Research, Clocks & Sleep, Journal of Biological Rhythms, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and SLEEP.

Best Publications

The two-process model of sleep regulation: a reappraisal

Alexander A. Borbély;Serge Daan;Anna Wirz-Justice;Tom Deboer

1626
Citations
Altered circadian activity rhythms and sleep in mice devoid of prion protein.

I Tobler;S E Gaus;T Deboer;P Achermann

898
Citations
Sleep and sleep regulation in normal and prion protein-deficient mice.

Irene Tobler;Tom Deboer;Marek Fischer

406
Citations
Sleep states alter activity of suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons.

Tom Deboer;Mariska J Vansteensel;László Détári;Johanna H Meijer

393
Citations
Effects of sleep deprivation on sleep and sleep EEG in three mouse strains: empirical data and simulations

Reto Huber;Tom Deboer;Irene Tobler

347
Citations
Seasonal Encoding by the Circadian Pacemaker of the SCN

Henk Tjebbe VanderLeest;Thijs Houben;Stephan Michel;Tom Deboer

284
Citations
Diazepam-induced changes in sleep: Role of the α1 GABAA receptor subtype

Irene Tobler;Caroline Kopp;Tom Deboer;Uwe Rudolph

270
Citations
Evidence for neuronal desynchrony in the aged suprachiasmatic nucleus clock.

Sahar Farajnia;Stephan Michel;Tom Deboer;Henk Tjebbe vanderLeest

266
Citations
Sleep homeostasis and the circadian clock: Do the circadian pacemaker and the sleep homeostat influence each other’s functioning?

Tom Deboer

235
Citations
Topography of EEG Dynamics After Sleep Deprivation in Mice

Reto Huber;Tom Deboer;Irene Tobler

229
Citations
Long term effects of sleep deprivation on the mammalian circadian pacemaker.

Tom Deboer;László Détári;Johanna H. Meijer

196
Citations
The interrelationship between sleep regulation and thermoregulation.

Kurt Krauchi;Tom Deboer

168
Citations
Adenosine, caffeine, and sleep–wake regulation: state of the science and perspectives

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166
Citations
Sleep deprivation in prion protein deficient mice sleep deprivation in prion protein deficient mice and control mice: genotype dependent regional rebound.

Reto Huber;Tom Deboer;Irene Tobler

160
Citations
Convergence of circadian and sleep regulatory mechanisms on hypocretin-1

T. Deboer;S. Overeem;N.A.H. Visser;H. Duindam

159
Citations
Dim light at night disturbs the daily sleep-wake cycle in the rat.

Dirk Jan Stenvers;Rick van Dorp;Ewout Foppen;Jorge E. Mendoza

138
Citations
Sleep and cortical temperature in the Djungarian hamster under baseline conditions and after sleep deprivation

Deboer T;Franken P;Tobler I

135
Citations
Brain temperature dependent changes in the electroencephalogram power spectrum of humans and animals

Tom Deboer

134
Citations
Rapid changes in the light/dark cycle disrupt memory of conditioned fear in mice.

Dawn H. Loh;Juliana Navarro;Arkady Hagopian;Louisa M. Wang

129
Citations
Aging of the Suprachiasmatic Clock

Sahar Farajnia;Tom Deboer;Jos H. T. Rohling;Johanna H. Meijer

125
Citations
Temperature dependence of EEG frequencies during natural hypothermia

Tom Deboer;Irene Tobler

116
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