2026 Uwe Homberg: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	68	2793	2554	244	229	162	13550

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13550

Overview

Uwe Homberg is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany and is active in the fields of neuroscience as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research has a strong focus on neurobiology and insect physiology, with additional work pertaining to insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, circadian rhythm and melatonin, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, animal behavior and reproduction, plant and biological electrophysiology studies, and species distribution and climate change.

The subfields in which this scientist operates include cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, endocrine and autonomic systems, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and cognitive neuroscience.

Uwe Homberg has contributed to numerous publications, including peer-reviewed articles in various scientific journals. Recent papers include:

"Matched-filter coding of sky polarization results in an internal sun compass in the brain of the desert locust" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"A unified platform to manage, share, and archive morphological and functional data in insect neuroscience" (2021), published in eLife
"Neuroarchitecture of the central complex in the brain of the honeybee: Neuronal cell types" (2020), published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology
"The sky compass network in the brain of the desert locust" (2022), published in Journal of Comparative Physiology A
"Tyrosine hydroxylase immunostaining in the central complex of dicondylian insects" (2021), published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Uwe Homberg include Keram Pfeiffer, Ronja Hensgen, Frederick Zittrell, Eric J. Warrant, and Stefanie Jahn.

Publication venues frequently featuring their research are:

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

Kei Ito;Kazunori Shinomiya;Masayoshi Ito;J. Douglas Armstrong

669
Citations
Structure and Function of the Deutocerebrum in Insects

U Homberg;T A Christensen;J G Hildebrand

434
Citations
Maplike representation of celestial E-vector orientations in the brain of an insect

Stanley Heinze;Uwe Homberg

429
Citations
Organization and Functional Roles of the Central Complex in the Insect Brain

Keram Pfeiffer;Uwe Homberg

415
Citations
Anatomy of antenno-cerebral pathways in the brain of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta

U. Homberg;R. A. Montague;J. G. Hildebrand

334
Citations
Central neural coding of sky polarization in insects

Uwe Homberg;Stanley Heinze;Keram Pfeiffer;Michiyo Kinoshita

269
Citations
Organization and evolutionary trends of primary olfactory brain centers in Tetraconata (Crustacea+Hexapoda)

Joachim Schachtner;Manfred Schmidt;Uwe Homberg

264
Citations
Pigment-dispersing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the nervous system of wild-type Drosophila melanogaster and of several mutants with altered circadian rhythmicity

Charlotte Helfrich‐Förster;Uwe Homberg

258
Citations
Organization of the Circadian System in Insects

Charlotte Helfrich-förster;Monika Stengl;Uwe Homberg

242
Citations
Antennal Lobe Structure

Sylvia Anton;Uwe Homberg

234
Citations
Immunocytochemistry of GABA in the antennal lobes of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta.

Sally G. Hoskins;Uwe Homberg;Timothy G. Kingan;Thomas A. Christensen

234
Citations
Neuropeptides in interneurons of the insect brain.

Dick R. Nässel;Uwe Homberg

228
Citations
In search of the sky compass in the insect brain.

Uwe Homberg

214
Citations
Neurons of the Central Complex of the Locust Schistocerca gregaria are Sensitive to Polarized Light

Harm Vitzthum;Monika Müller;Uwe Homberg

209
Citations
Comparative anatomy of pigment-dispersing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the brain of orthopteroid insects

U. Homberg;S. Würden;H. Dircksen;K. R. Rao

203
Citations
Evolution of the central complex in the arthropod brain with respect to the visual system.

Uwe Homberg

195
Citations
Pigment dispersing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the cockroach Leucophaea maderae share properties with circadian pacemaker neurons

M Stengl;U Homberg

183
Citations
Neuroarchitecture of the central complex of the desert locust: Intrinsic and columnar neurons.

Stanley Heinze;Uwe Homberg

183
Citations
Neuroarchitecture of the lower division of the central body in the brain of the locust (Schistocerca gregaria)

Monika Müller;Uwe Homberg;Angelika Kühn

179
Citations
Distribution of Dip-allatostatin I-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the locust Schistocerca gregaria with detailed analysis of immunostaining in the central complex.

Harm Vitzthum;Uwe Homberg;Hans Agricola

178
Citations
Distribution of Neurotransmitters in the Insect Brain

Uwe Homberg

174
Citations