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Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior is a research topic within Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 60k research works in it since 1950. 20.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the neurobiological mechanisms underlying drug addiction and depression, focusing on the role of dopamine and serotonin, genetic variations, stress, neural plasticity, and the involvement of prefrontal cortex. It also delves into behavioral models and neurotransmitter systems related to compulsive behaviors.

  • Dopamine
  • Serotonin
  • Reward Circuitry
  • Genetic Variation
  • Stress
  • Neural Plasticity
  • Prefrontal Cortex
  • Behavioral Models
  • Neurotransmitter Systems
  • Compulsive Behaviors
Research works
60k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
12k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-15%
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Which countries lead Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.8k and 527 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.8k works
  2. 2 China 527 works
  3. 3 Canada 170 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 167 works
  5. 5 Germany 166 works
  6. 6 Japan 155 works
  7. 7 Italy 137 works
  8. 8 Spain 133 works
  9. 9 France 125 works
  10. 10 Brazil 117 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 51.2%China: 15.1%Canada: 4.9%United Kingdom: 4.8%6 others listed: 23.9%51%largest
United States1,782 · 51.2%China527 · 15.1%Canada170 · 4.9%United Kingdom167 · 4.8%6 others listed833 · 23.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research, followed by Yale University and National Institute on Drug Abuse.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 41 works
  2. 2 Yale UniversityUnited States 37 works
  3. 3 National Institute on Drug AbuseUnited States 35 works
  4. 4 Wake Forest UniversityUnited States 33 works
  5. 5 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 27 works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 21 works
  7. 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 21 works
  8. 8 University of California San DiegoUnited States 20 works
  9. 9 Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States 20 works
  10. 10 University of PittsburghUnited States 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior include Dan J. Stein, Louisa Degenhardt and Félix Carvalho.

  1. 1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
  2. 2 Louisa Degenhardt Australia 5.7k citations
  3. 3 Félix Carvalho Portugal 4.6k citations
  4. 4 Stephan Ripke United States 4k citations
  5. 5 Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands 4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research done?

The largest centres of Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Beijing (China), Bethesda (United States) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Winston-Salem, Charleston and Bethesda.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 86 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 82 works
  3. 3 Bethesda United States 78 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 61 works
  5. 5 Paris France 53 works
  6. 6 Philadelphia United States 52 works
  7. 7 Baltimore United States 51 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 50 works
  9. 9 Toronto Canada 45 works
  10. 10 New Haven United States 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Winston-SalemUS · 34.0 works20×
  2. CharlestonUS · 22.0 works15×
  3. BethesdaUS · 78.4 works14×
  4. RichmondUS · 29.2 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior?

Among universities, judged by research, Yale University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and University of Maryland, Baltimore score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 28.83%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yale University: 37, 23.4%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 20, 25.3%University of Maryland, Baltimore: 15, 28.4%University of California, San Francisco: 16, 43.7%Virginia Commonwealth University: 27, 15.6%Medical University of South Carolina: 20, 22.5%Temple University: 15, 23.2%Maastricht University: 8, 38.3%University of Zurich: 10, 36.6%Harvard University: 21, 31.3%University of Califo…University of Maryla…Icahn School of Medi…Yale University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Yale UniversityUnited States 59.123.4%8.3×37 -10.8%
2 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 56.625.3%9.0×20 +28.7%
3 University of Maryland, BaltimoreUnited States 55.128.4%10.2×15 -7.0%
4 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 53.743.7%5.6×16 -46.7%
5 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 53.615.6%18.0×27 +10.8%
6 Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States 52.022.5%19.0×20 -31.3%
7 Temple UniversityUnited States 51.623.2%12.4×15 -3.5%
8 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 48.538.3%5.5×8 -16.8%
9 University of ZurichSwitzerland 47.436.6%4.2×10 +30.1%
10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 47.231.3%3.7×21 -14.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2008.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.