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Researcher · Scripps Research Institute · United States

George F. Koob

George F. Koob publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Behavioral Neuroscience, on topics such as Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Stress Responses and Cortisol and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling.

ORCID 0009-0002-9857-4493 OpenAlex
World rank
#11,245
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,876
of 1,627,098
Works
1,011
Citations
115k
Citations per work
114.0
h-index
171
i10-index 734Top 0.1% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
George F. Koob

What does George F. Koob research?

George F. Koob's work is mostly in Neuroscience (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Psychology (5%).

Life Sciences: 570 works · 56.4% of their workNeuroscience: 458 works · 45.3% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 306 works · 30.3% of their workBehavioral Neuroscience: 82 works · 8.1% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 70 works · 6.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 112 works · 11.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 112 works · 11.1% of their workEverything else: 337 works · 33.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 55 works · 5.4% of their workPsychology: 55 works · 5.4% of their workSocial Psychology: 55 works · 5.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 50 works · 4.9% of their workMedicine: 50 works · 4.9% of their workPhysiology: 50 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKGeorge F. Koob1,011works
Life Sciences56%Health Sciences5%Social 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. Neuroscience45845.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11211.1%
  2. Everything else33733.3%
    1. Psychology555.4%
    1. Medicine504.9%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience30% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology11% of their works
  3. 3Behavioral Neuroscience8% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience7% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6Physiology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe George F. Koob's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Stress, Prefrontal Cortex, Dopamine, Serotonin, Neurobiology, Depression, Hippocampus and Anxiety.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Stress8653 topics
  2. Prefrontal Cortex6332 topics
  3. Dopamine5251 topic
  4. Serotonin5251 topic
  5. Neurobiology4743 topics
  6. Depression4053 topics
  7. Hippocampus3312 topics
  8. Anxiety2602 topics
  9. Neuropeptides2602 topics
  10. Brain2231 topic
  11. Cortisol2231 topic
  12. Crystal Structure1941 topic
  13. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors1941 topic
  14. Neurotransmission1741 topic
  15. Synaptic Plasticity1741 topic
  16. Oxytocin1431 topic
  17. Social Behavior1431 topic
  18. Opioid1171 topic
  19. Receptors1171 topic
  20. Memory1081 topic
  21. Navigation1081 topic
  22. Cytokines651 topic
  23. Neuroinflammation651 topic

Where does George F. Koob work?

George F. Koob's main affiliation in the publication record is Scripps Research Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does George F. Koob have?

OpenAlex counts 1,011 works and 115,260 citations for George F. Koob, an h-index of 171, ranking #11,245 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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