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56
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4586
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William B. Kristan 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 William B. Kristan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 164 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William B. Kristan 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 William B. Kristan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William B. Kristan is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the biological sciences, with a focus on topics intersecting molecular biology, neuroscience, and ecology.

Their main fields of study include Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these broad areas, subfields of particular interest are Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Research topics frequently addressed by Kristan involve Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Eva-Maria S. Collins, Ziad Sabry, Mária Ashaber, Yusuke Tomina, and Pegah Kassraian.

Kristan's recent publications illustrate the scope of their research activities. These include:

  • Anatomy and activity patterns in a multifunctional motor neuron and its surrounding circuits, 2021, eLife
  • Planarian fragments behave as whole animals, 2021, Current Biology
  • Diatom genus Planothidium (Bacillariophyta) from streams and rivers in California, USA: diversity, distribution and autecology, 2020, Phytotaxa
  • Thermal tolerance and routine oxygen consumption of convict cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, acclimated to constant temperatures (20 °C and 30 °C) and a daily temperature cycle (20 °C → 30 °C), 2021, Journal of Comparative Physiology B
  • Head removal enhances planarian electrotaxis, 2022, Journal of Experimental Biology

Their work has appeared in several prominent scientific venues. Most frequently published journals include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, eLife, Phytotaxa, and Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

Best Publications

  • Neuronal control of leech behavior.

    William B. Kristan;Ronald L. Calabrese;W. Otto Friesen

  • Optical imaging of neuronal populations during decision-making.

    Kevin L. Briggman;H. D. I. Abarbanel;H. D. I. Abarbanel;W. B. Kristan

  • Multifunctional Pattern-Generating Circuits

    Kevin L. Briggman;W. B. Kristan

  • Optically monitoring voltage in neurons by photo-induced electron transfer through molecular wires

    Evan W. Miller;John Y. Lin;E. Paxon Frady;Paul A. Steinbach

  • Neuronal control of swimming in the medicinal leech: II. Identification and connections of motor neurons

    Carol A. Ort;William B. Kristan;Gunther S. Stent

  • Photochemical control of endogenous ion channels and cellular excitability

    Doris L Fortin;Matthew R Banghart;Timothy W Dunn;Katharine Borges

  • Neuronal control of swimming in the medicinal leech. I. Dynamics of the swimming rhythm

    William B. Kristan;Gunther S. Stent;Carol A. Ort

  • Neuronal generation of the leech swimming movement

    GS Stent;WB Kristan;WO Friesen;CA Ort

  • Imaging Dedicated and Multifunctional Neural Circuits Generating Distinct Behaviors

    Kevin L. Briggman;William B. Kristan

  • Rhythmic swimming activity in neurones of the isolated nerve cord of the leech

    William B. Kristan;Ronald L. Calabrese

  • Distributed processing of sensory information in the leech. II. Identification of interneurons contributing to the local bending reflex.

    SR Lockery;WB Kristan

  • Neuronal decision-making circuits.

    William B. Kristan

  • NSF workshop report: discovering general principles of nervous system organization by comparing brain maps across species.

    Georg F. Striedter;T. Grant Belgard;Chun-Chun Chen;Fred P. Davis

  • Neuronal excitation, inhibition and modulation of leech longitudinal muscle

    Adrian Mason;William B. Kristan

  • Swim initiation in the leech by serotonin-containing interneurones, cells 21 and 61.

    Michael P. Nusbaum;William B. Kristan

  • SENSORY AND MOTOR NEURONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOCAL BENDING RESPONSE IN LEECHES

    William B. Kristan

  • Evidence for sequential decision making in the medicinal leech.

    Teresa Esch;Karen A. Mesce;William B. Kristan

  • A neuronal network for computing population vectors in the leech

    John E. Lewis;William B. Kristan

  • Distributed processing of sensory information in the leech. I. Input- output relations of the local bending reflex

    SR Lockery;WB Kristan

  • Improved PeT molecules for optically sensing voltage in neurons.

    Clifford R. Woodford;E. Paxon Frady;Richard S. Smith;Benjamin Morey

  • Behavioural and Mechanosensory Neurone Responses to Skin Stimulation in Leeches

    William B. Kristan;Stephen J. McGIRR;Gregory V. Simpson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Ellisman
Mark H. Ellisman University of California, San Diego
John T. Rotenberry
John T. Rotenberry University of Minnesota
George F. Wittenberg
George F. Wittenberg University of Pittsburgh
David Kleinfeld
David Kleinfeld University of California, San Diego
Shawn R. Lockery
Shawn R. Lockery University of Oregon
Roger Y. Tsien
Roger Y. Tsien University of California, San Diego
Gunther S. Stent
Gunther S. Stent University of California, Berkeley
Garrison W. Cottrell
Garrison W. Cottrell University of California, San Diego
Paul S. Katz
Paul S. Katz University of Massachusetts Amherst
Shirley Reynolds
Shirley Reynolds University of Reading

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