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Researcher · Dalhousie University · Canada

Benjamin Rusak

Benjamin Rusak publishes mostly in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, on topics such as Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Sleep and Wakefulness Research and Sleep and related disorders.

ORCID 0000-0003-2571-6083 OpenAlex
World rank
#459,382
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#16,036
of 183,316
Works
217
Citations
11k
Citations per work
51.4
h-index
57
i10-index 132Top 3% in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Benjamin Rusak

What does Benjamin Rusak research?

Benjamin Rusak's work is mostly in Neuroscience (54%), Psychology (16%), Medicine (7%).

Life Sciences: 118 works · 54.5% of their workNeuroscience: 118 works · 54.5% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 53 works · 24.2% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 39 works · 17.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 27 works · 12.5% of their workEverything else: 49 works · 22.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 35 works · 16.3% of their workPsychology: 35 works · 16.3% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 29 works · 13.2% of their workSocial Psychology: 7 works · 3.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 15 works · 6.8% of their workMedicine: 15 works · 6.8% of their workPhysiology: 15 works · 6.8% of their workTHEIR WORKBenjamin Rusak217works
Life Sciences54%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences16%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience11854.5%
  2. Everything else4922.4%
    1. Psychology3516.3%
    1. Medicine156.8%
  1. 1Endocrine and Autonomic Systems24% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience18% of their works
  3. 3Experimental and Cognitive Psychology13% of their works
  4. 4Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience12% of their works
  5. 5Physiology7% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Benjamin Rusak's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Circadian Rhythms, Circadian Clock, Melatonin, Memory, Sleep, Insomnia, Sleep Duration and Channelrhodopsin.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Circadian Rhythms1372 topics
  2. Circadian Clock1191 topic
  3. Melatonin1191 topic
  4. Memory861 topic
  5. Sleep861 topic
  6. Insomnia511 topic
  7. Sleep Duration511 topic
  8. Channelrhodopsin331 topic
  9. Optogenetics331 topic
  10. Drosophila201 topic
  11. Fatigue201 topic
  12. Neuroscience201 topic
  13. Sleep Deprivation201 topic
  14. Microgravity191 topic
  15. Spaceflight191 topic
  16. Oxytocin171 topic
  17. Social Behavior171 topic

Where does Benjamin Rusak work?

Benjamin Rusak's main affiliation in the publication record is Dalhousie University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Benjamin Rusak have?

OpenAlex counts 217 works and 11,162 citations for Benjamin Rusak, an h-index of 57, ranking #459,382 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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