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Researcher · Acadia Pharmaceuticals (United States) · United States

Krista McFarland

Krista McFarland publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology, on topics such as Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#821,195
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#273,380
of 1,627,098
Works
45
Citations
6.4k
Citations per work
141.2
h-index
26
i10-index 31Top 22% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Krista McFarland

What does Krista McFarland research?

Krista McFarland's work is mostly in Neuroscience (42%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Medicine (17%).

Life Sciences: 28 works · 62.6% of their workNeuroscience: 19 works · 42.3% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 works · 36.4% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 works · 5.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 works · 20.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 9 works · 20.3% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 20.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 8 works · 16.9% of their workMedicine: 8 works · 16.9% of their workNeurology: 3 works · 7.6% of their workPharmacology: 2 works · 5.1% of their workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 works · 4.2% of their workTHEIR WORKKrista McFarland45works
Life Sciences63%Health Sciences17%

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. Neuroscience1942.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology920.3%
  2. Everything else920.5%
    1. Medicine816.9%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience36% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology20% of their works
  3. 3Neurology8% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience6% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacology5% of their works
  6. 6Psychiatry and Mental health4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Krista McFarland's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Prefrontal Cortex, Dopamine, Serotonin, Neurological Disorders, Crystal Structure, G-Protein-Coupled Receptors, Neurotransmission and Synaptic Plasticity.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Prefrontal Cortex322 topics
  2. Dopamine261 topic
  3. Serotonin261 topic
  4. Neurological Disorders203 topics
  5. Crystal Structure171 topic
  6. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors171 topic
  7. Neurotransmission131 topic
  8. Synaptic Plasticity131 topic
  9. Parkinson's Disease82 topics
  10. Neuroprotection72 topics
  11. Hippocampus61 topic
  12. Memory61 topic
  13. Neurodegeneration51 topic
  14. a-Synuclein51 topic
  15. Cannabinoid Receptors41 topic
  16. Endocannabinoid System41 topic
  17. Chaperone31 topic
  18. Deep Brain Stimulation31 topic
  19. Sigma-1 Receptor31 topic
  20. Subthalamic Nucleus31 topic

Where does Krista McFarland work?

Krista McFarland's main affiliation in the publication record is Acadia Pharmaceuticals (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Krista McFarland have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 6,352 citations for Krista McFarland, an h-index of 26, ranking #821,195 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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