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Yukiko Goda

Yukiko Goda

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
14346
World Ranking
5646
National Ranking
178

Yukiko Goda 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 Yukiko Goda sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 100 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yukiko Goda 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 Yukiko Goda sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yukiko Goda is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience with a focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their research encompasses a wide array of topics within neuroscience, including neuropharmacology, optogenetics, and neuroinflammation.

The scientist's work spans the following main topics:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing

Their research contributions have been published mostly in neuroscience journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Yukiko Goda are:

  • Developmental excitation-inhibition imbalance underlying psychoses revealed by single-cell analyses of discordant twins-derived cerebral organoids, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Astrocyte-synapse interactions and cell adhesion molecules, 2022, FEBS Journal
  • My Neighbour Hetero - deconstructing the mechanisms underlying heterosynaptic plasticity, 2020, Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • Reflections on the past two decades of neuroscience, 2020, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • Astrocyte GluN2C NMDA receptors control basal synaptic strengths of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in the stratum radiatum, 2021, eLife

Yukiko Goda's collaboration network includes several frequent coauthors, highlighting active partnerships in their research endeavors. These recurrent collaborators are:

  • Thomas E. Chater
  • Marco Prinz
  • Fred Kop
  • Silvia Arber
  • Kenneth D. Harris

The scientist's main fields of study are anchored in neuroscience, particularly focusing on cellular and molecular neuroscience, with additional involvement in cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, and biophysics.

Overall, the profile of Yukiko Goda represents a researcher deeply engaged in exploring complex neural mechanisms and cellular interactions in the brain through a range of experimental and analytical approaches across multiple subfields of neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Synaptotagmin I: a major Ca2+ sensor for transmitter release at a central synapse.

    Martin Geppert;Yukiko Goda;Robert E. Hammer;Cai Li

  • Actin in action: the interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and synaptic efficacy

    Lorenzo A. Cingolani;Yukiko Goda

  • Two components of transmitter release at a central synapse

    Yukiko Goda;Charles F. Stevens

  • Modified hippocampal long-term potentiation in PKCγ-mutant mice

    Asa Abeliovich;Chong Chen;Yukiko Goda;Alcino J. Silva

  • Unraveling Mechanisms of Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity

    Karine Pozo;Yukiko Goda

  • The actin cytoskeleton: integrating form and function at the synapse.

    Christian Dillon;Yukiko Goda

  • The small GTP-binding protein Rab3A regulates a late step in synaptic vesicle fusion

    Martin Geppert;Yukiko Goda;Charles F. Stevens;Thomas C. Südhof

  • SV2A and SV2B function as redundant Ca2+ regulators in neurotransmitter release.

    Roger Janz;Yukiko Goda;Martin Geppert;Markus Missler

  • Synaptophysin regulates activity-dependent synapse formation in cultured hippocampal neurons

    Leila Tarsa;Yukiko Goda

  • Actin-dependent regulation of neurotransmitter release at central synapses.

    Miguel Morales;Michael A Colicos;Yukiko Goda

  • Mechanisms of Synapse Assembly and Disassembly

    Yukiko Goda;Graeme W Davis

  • The role of AMPA receptors in postsynaptic mechanisms of synaptic plasticity.

    Thomas E. Chater;Yukiko Goda

  • Remodeling of Synaptic Actin Induced by Photoconductive Stimulation

    Michael A. Colicos;Boyce E. Collins;Michael J. Sailor;Yukiko Goda

  • Constitutive sharing of recycling synaptic vesicles between presynaptic boutons

    Kevin J Darcy;Kevin Staras;Lucy M Collinson;Yukiko Goda

  • Local Dendritic Activity Sets Release Probability at Hippocampal Synapses

    Tiago Branco;Kevin Staras;Kevin J. Darcy;Yukiko Goda

  • Activity-Dependent Regulation of Synaptic AMPA Receptor Composition and Abundance by β3 Integrins

    Lorenzo A. Cingolani;Agnes Thalhammer;Lily M.Y. Yu;Myriam Catalano

  • Properties of Synchronous and Asynchronous Release During Pulse Train Depression in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

    Donald J. Hagler;Yukiko Goda

  • Cell biology in neuroscience: the interplay between Hebbian and homeostatic synaptic plasticity

    Nathalia Vitureira;Yukiko Goda

  • Integrins in synapse regulation

    Yun Kyung Park;Yukiko Goda

  • A vesicle superpool spans multiple presynaptic terminals in hippocampal neurons

    Kevin Staras;Tiago Branco;Jemima J. Burden;Karine Pozo

  • Local dendritic activity sets release probability at hippocampal synapses

    Y Goda;K Darcy;K Staras;T Branco

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Staras
Kevin Staras University of Sussex
Charles F. Stevens
Charles F. Stevens Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas C. Südhof Stanford University
Sheena A. Josselyn
Sheena A. Josselyn University of Toronto
Tiago Branco
Tiago Branco University College London
Botond Roska
Botond Roska University of Basel
Antoine Roger Adamantidis
Antoine Roger Adamantidis University of Bern
Krishna V. Shenoy
Krishna V. Shenoy Stanford University
Mark J. Schnitzer
Mark J. Schnitzer Stanford University
Pieter R. Roelfsema
Pieter R. Roelfsema Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

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