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Vivek Jayaraman 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 Vivek Jayaraman sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 59 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vivek Jayaraman 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 Vivek Jayaraman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vivek Jayaraman is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States.

Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Plant Science.

The main topics covered in their work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, and Neural Dynamics and Brain Function.

Jayaraman has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, eLife, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Nature Communications. The distribution of publications includes twelve in bioRxiv, three in Neuron, two in eLife, two in SSRN Electronic Journal, and one in Nature Communications.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ann M. Hermundstad, Brad K. Hulse, Shin-ya Takemura, Tanya Wolff, and Marisa Dreher.

Selected recent papers by Vivek Jayaraman include:

  • A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain, 2020, eLife
  • A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection, 2021, eLife
  • The Neuroanatomical Ultrastructure and Function of a Biological Ring Attractor, 2020, Neuron
  • A Connectome of the Adult Drosophila Central Brain, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • A fast genetically encoded fluorescent sensor for faithful in vivo acetylcholine detection in mice, fish, worms and flies, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Ultrasensitive fluorescent proteins for imaging neuronal activity.

    Tsai Wen Chen;Trevor J. Wardill;Trevor J. Wardill;Yi Sun;Stefan R. Pulver

  • Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

    Nathan C Klapoetke;Yasunobu Murata;Sung Soo Kim;Stefan R Pulver

  • Imaging neural activity in worms, flies and mice with improved GCaMP calcium indicators

    Lin Tian;S Andrew Hires;Tianyi Mao;Daniel Huber

  • Optimization of a GCaMP calcium indicator for neural activity imaging.

    Jasper Akerboom;Tsai Wen Chen;Trevor J. Wardill;Lin Tian;Lin Tian

  • High-performance calcium sensors for imaging activity in neuronal populations and microcompartments

    Hod Dana;Hod Dana;Yi Sun;Yi Sun;Boaz Mohar;Brad K. Hulse

  • Sensitive red protein calcium indicators for imaging neural activity

    Hod Dana;Boaz Mohar;Boaz Mohar;Yi Sun;Sujatha Narayan

  • A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain

    Louis K Scheffer;C Shan Xu;Michal Januszewski;Zhiyuan Lu;Zhiyuan Lu

  • Neural dynamics for landmark orientation and angular path integration

    Johannes Dominik Seelig;Vivek Jayaraman

  • Intensity versus Identity Coding in an Olfactory System

    Mark Stopfer;Vivek Jayaraman;Gilles Laurent

  • Author response: A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain

    Louis K Scheffer;C Shan Xu;Michal Januszewski;Zhiyuan Lu;Zhiyuan Lu

  • Labeling of active neural circuits in vivo with designed calcium integrators

    Benjamin F. Fosque;Yi Sun;Hod Dana;Chao-Tsung Yang

  • Ring attractor dynamics in the Drosophila central brain

    Sung Soo Kim;Hervé Rouault;Shaul Druckmann;Vivek Jayaraman

  • Feature detection and orientation tuning in the Drosophila central complex

    Johannes Dominik Seelig;Vivek Jayaraman

  • A connectome of the Drosophila central complex reveals network motifs suitable for flexible navigation and context-dependent action selection

    Brad K Hulse;Hannah Haberkern;Romain Franconville;Daniel B Turner-Evans

  • Two-photon calcium imaging from head-fixed Drosophila during optomotor walking behavior

    Johannes D Seelig;M Eugenia Chiappe;Gus K Lott;Anirban Dutta

  • Walking Modulates Speed Sensitivity in Drosophila Motion Vision

    M. Eugenia Chiappe;Johannes Dominik Seelig;Michael B. Reiser;Vivek Jayaraman

  • Angular velocity integration in a fly heading circuit

    Daniel Turner-Evans;Stephanie Wegener;Hervé Rouault;Romain Franconville

  • Encoding and Decoding of Overlapping Odor Sequences

    Bede M. Broome;Vivek Jayaraman;Gilles Laurent

  • Generation of stable heading representations in diverse visual scenes.

    Sung Soo Kim;Sung Soo Kim;Ann M. Hermundstad;Sandro Romani;L. F. Abbott;L. F. Abbott

  • The neuroanatomical ultrastructure and function of a biological ring attractor

    Daniel B. Turner-Evans;Kristopher T. Jensen;Kristopher T. Jensen;Saba Ali;Tyler Paterson

  • A connectome of the adult drosophila central brain

    C.S. Xu;M. Januszewski;Z. Lu;S. Takemura

Frequent Co-Authors

Loren L. Looger
Loren L. Looger Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Karel Svoboda
Karel Svoboda Allen Institute
Kei Ito
Kei Ito University of Cologne
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Ian A. Meinertzhagen
Ian A. Meinertzhagen Dalhousie University
James Sharpe
James Sharpe European Bioinformatics Institute
Cornelia I. Bargmann
Cornelia I. Bargmann Rockefeller University
Misha B. Ahrens
Misha B. Ahrens Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
Gane Ka-Shu Wong University of Alberta

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