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Researcher · Rockefeller University · United States

Donald W. Pfaff

Donald W. Pfaff publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Reproductive Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones and Estrogen and related hormone effects.

ORCID 0000-0002-6569-8505 OpenAlex
World rank
#148,225
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#62,296
of 358,040
Works
137
Citations
577
Citations per work
4.2

What does Donald W. Pfaff research?

Social Psychology: 12.3%Reproductive Medicine: 10.0%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9.2%Cognitive Neuroscience: 6.9%other fields: 61.6%12%top field
Social Psychology12.3%Reproductive Medicine10.0%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience9.2%Cognitive Neuroscience6.9%other fields61.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Social Psychology12% of their works
  2. 2Reproductive Medicine10% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience9% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience7% of their works
  5. 5Genetics6% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald W. Pfaff's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neurobiology, Oxytocin, Social Behavior, GPR54 Gene, Puberty, Neuronal Circuits, Brain and Estrogen.

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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurobiology182 topics
  2. Oxytocin121 topic
  3. Social Behavior121 topic
  4. GPR54 Gene111 topic
  5. Puberty111 topic
  6. Neuronal Circuits72 topics
  7. Brain61 topic
  8. Estrogen61 topic
  9. Receptor61 topic
  10. Stress61 topic
  11. Neurotransmission41 topic
  12. Synaptic Plasticity41 topic
  13. Drosophila31 topic
  14. Erectile Dysfunction31 topic
  15. Memory31 topic
  16. Neuroscience31 topic
  17. Sexual Dysfunction31 topic
  18. Sleep31 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?

Science Explorer counts 137 works and 577 citations for Donald W. Pfaff, ranking #148,225 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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