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Researcher · Rockefeller University · United States

Donald W. Pfaff

Donald W. Pfaff publishes mostly in Reproductive Medicine, Social Psychology and Genetics, on topics such as Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior and Stress Responses and Cortisol.

ORCID 0000-0002-6569-8505 OpenAlex
World rank
#48,822
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#18,837
of 1,627,098
Works
919
Citations
56k
Citations per work
60.9
h-index
120
i10-index 607Top 0.1% in Reproductive Medicine
Donald W. Pfaff

What does Donald W. Pfaff research?

Donald W. Pfaff's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Neuroscience (14%), Medicine (13%).

Everything else: 416 works · 45.3% of their workLife Sciences: 271 works · 29.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 144 works · 15.7% of their workGenetics: 76 works · 8.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 68 works · 7.4% of their workNeuroscience: 127 works · 13.8% of their workBehavioral Neuroscience: 64 works · 7.0% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 62 works · 6.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 120 works · 13.1% of their workMedicine: 120 works · 13.1% of their workReproductive Medicine: 120 works · 13.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 111 works · 12.1% of their workPsychology: 111 works · 12.1% of their workSocial Psychology: 111 works · 12.1% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald W. Pfaff919works
Life Sciences30%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences12%

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. Everything else41645.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14415.7%
    2. Neuroscience12713.8%
    1. Medicine12013.1%
    1. Psychology11112.1%
  1. 1Reproductive Medicine13% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology12% of their works
  3. 3Genetics8% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology7% of their works
  5. 5Behavioral Neuroscience7% of their works
  6. 6Endocrine and Autonomic Systems7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald W. Pfaff's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neurobiology, Hormonal Regulation, GPR54 Gene, Puberty, Oxytocin, Social Behavior, Brain and Stress.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurobiology4302 topics
  2. Hormonal Regulation3282 topics
  3. GPR54 Gene2721 topic
  4. Puberty2721 topic
  5. Oxytocin2651 topic
  6. Social Behavior2651 topic
  7. Brain1651 topic
  8. Stress1651 topic
  9. Estrogen1331 topic
  10. Receptor1331 topic
  11. Neural Circuits1012 topics
  12. Circadian Clock611 topic
  13. Melatonin611 topic
  14. Ghrelin561 topic
  15. Leptin561 topic
  16. Memory551 topic
  17. Sleep551 topic
  18. Central Chemoreception451 topic
  19. Respiratory Rhythm451 topic

Where does Donald W. Pfaff work?

Donald W. Pfaff's main affiliation in the publication record is Rockefeller University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donald W. Pfaff have?

OpenAlex counts 919 works and 56,010 citations for Donald W. Pfaff, an h-index of 120, ranking #48,822 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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