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Researcher · Yale University · United States

Gordon M. Shepherd

Gordon M. Shepherd publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience, on topics such as Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research and Neural dynamics and brain function.

ORCID 0000-0002-1455-8262 OpenAlex
World rank
#39,891
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#15,286
of 1,627,098
Works
489
Citations
31k
Citations per work
62.7
h-index
94
i10-index 247Top 0.4% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Gordon M. Shepherd

What does Gordon M. Shepherd research?

Gordon M. Shepherd's work is mostly in Neuroscience (53%), Nursing (7%), Engineering (7%).

Life Sciences: 282 works · 57.7% of their workNeuroscience: 259 works · 53.0% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 112 works · 22.9% of their workSensory Systems: 84 works · 17.1% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 64 works · 13.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 works · 4.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 23 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 138 works · 28.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 35 works · 7.1% of their workNursing: 35 works · 7.1% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 35 works · 7.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 34 works · 6.9% of their workEngineering: 34 works · 6.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 34 works · 6.9% of their workTHEIR WORKGordon M.Shepherd489works
Life Sciences58%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences7%

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. Neuroscience25953.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology234.7%
  2. Everything else13828.3%
    1. Nursing357.1%
    1. Engineering346.9%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience23% of their works
  2. 2Sensory Systems17% of their works
  3. 3Cognitive Neuroscience13% of their works
  4. 4Nutrition and Dietetics7% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gordon M. Shepherd's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Olfactory System, COVID-19, Olfactory Dysfunction, Neuronal Circuits, Drosophila, Neuroscience, Cortical Networks and Neuronal Oscillations.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Olfactory System2922 topics
  2. COVID-191921 topic
  3. Olfactory Dysfunction1921 topic
  4. Neuronal Circuits1762 topics
  5. Drosophila1001 topic
  6. Neuroscience1001 topic
  7. Cortical Networks871 topic
  8. Neuronal Oscillations871 topic
  9. Sweet Taste821 topic
  10. Taste Receptors821 topic
  11. Neurotransmission761 topic
  12. Synaptic Plasticity761 topic
  13. Breath Analysis671 topic
  14. Electronic Nose671 topic
  15. Electrode Arrays471 topic
  16. Neural Stimulation471 topic
  17. Channelrhodopsin361 topic
  18. Optogenetics361 topic

Where does Gordon M. Shepherd work?

Gordon M. Shepherd's main affiliation in the publication record is Yale University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Gordon M. Shepherd have?

OpenAlex counts 489 works and 30,664 citations for Gordon M. Shepherd, an h-index of 94, ranking #39,891 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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