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Researcher · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States

Edward S. Boyden

Edward S. Boyden publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience, on topics such as Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering and Neural dynamics and brain function.

ORCID 0000-0002-0419-3351 OpenAlex
World rank
#15,947
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,694
of 1,627,098
Works
481
Citations
48k
Citations per work
99.2
h-index
97
i10-index 234Top 0.4% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Edward S. Boyden

What does Edward S. Boyden research?

Edward S. Boyden's work is mostly in Neuroscience (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (31%), Engineering (5%).

Life Sciences: 339 works · 70.5% of their workNeuroscience: 191 works · 39.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 134 works · 27.9% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 57 works · 11.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 148 works · 30.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 76 works · 15.9% of their workBiophysics: 54 works · 11.2% of their workStructural Biology: 17 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 116 works · 24.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 25 works · 5.3% of their workEngineering: 25 works · 5.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 25 works · 5.3% of their workTHEIR WORKEdward S. Boyden481works
Life Sciences70%Physical Sciences5%

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. Neuroscience19139.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14830.7%
  2. Everything else11624.2%
    1. Engineering255.3%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience28% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology16% of their works
  3. 3Cognitive Neuroscience12% of their works
  4. 4Biophysics11% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Structural Biology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Edward S. Boyden's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Channelrhodopsin, Optogenetics, Electrode Arrays, Neural Stimulation, Cortical Networks, Neuronal Oscillations, Fluorescent Proteins and Super-Resolution Imaging.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Channelrhodopsin1491 topic
  2. Optogenetics1491 topic
  3. Electrode Arrays1211 topic
  4. Neural Stimulation1211 topic
  5. Cortical Networks971 topic
  6. Neuronal Oscillations971 topic
  7. Fluorescent Proteins891 topic
  8. Super-Resolution Imaging891 topic
  9. Image Processing872 topics
  10. Neurotransmission531 topic
  11. Synaptic Plasticity531 topic
  12. Cryo-Electron Microscopy441 topic
  13. Single-Particle Analysis441 topic
  14. Bioimage Analysis431 topic
  15. High-Content Screening431 topic
  16. Molecular Communication271 topic
  17. Nanonetworks271 topic

Where does Edward S. Boyden work?

Edward S. Boyden's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Edward S. Boyden have?

OpenAlex counts 481 works and 47,706 citations for Edward S. Boyden, an h-index of 97, ranking #15,947 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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