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Researcher · Stanford University · United States

Robert C. Malenka

Robert C. Malenka publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience, on topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior and Neural dynamics and brain function.

ORCID 0000-0002-5428-5211 OpenAlex
World rank
#677
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#311
of 1,627,098
Works
348
Citations
95k
Citations per work
273.2
h-index
144
i10-index 266Top 0.1% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Robert C. Malenka

What does Robert C. Malenka research?

Robert C. Malenka's work is mostly in Neuroscience (57%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Psychology (3%).

Life Sciences: 271 works · 78.0% of their workNeuroscience: 199 works · 57.3% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 130 works · 37.4% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 58 works · 16.8% of their workNeurology: 11 works · 3.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 72 works · 20.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 61 works · 17.5% of their workCell Biology: 11 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 68 works · 19.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 9 works · 2.5% of their workPsychology: 9 works · 2.5% of their workClinical Psychology: 9 works · 2.5% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert C. Malenka348works
Life Sciences78%Social Sciences3%

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. Neuroscience19957.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7220.7%
  2. Everything else6819.5%
    1. Psychology92.5%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience37% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology18% of their works
  3. 3Cognitive Neuroscience17% of their works
  4. 4Cell Biology3% of their works
  5. 5Neurology3% of their works
  6. 6Clinical Psychology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert C. Malenka's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Prefrontal Cortex, Cell Signaling, Dopamine, Serotonin, 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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurotransmission2131 topic
  2. Synaptic Plasticity2131 topic
  3. Prefrontal Cortex1352 topics
  4. Cell Signaling902 topics
  5. Dopamine741 topic
  6. Serotonin741 topic
  7. Cortical Networks701 topic
  8. Neuronal Oscillations701 topic
  9. Hippocampus611 topic
  10. Memory611 topic
  11. Crystal Structure521 topic
  12. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors521 topic
  13. Channelrhodopsin411 topic
  14. Optogenetics411 topic
  15. Ion Channels381 topic
  16. Voltage-Gated Channels381 topic
  17. Endocytosis281 topic
  18. Membrane Fusion281 topic

Where does Robert C. Malenka work?

Robert C. Malenka's main affiliation in the publication record is Stanford University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert C. Malenka have?

OpenAlex counts 348 works and 95,077 citations for Robert C. Malenka, an h-index of 144, ranking #677 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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