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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. 9.8% 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%
5.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Which countries lead Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.2k and 694 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2.2k works
  2. 2 China 694 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 214 works
  4. 4 Canada 205 works
  5. 5 Germany 201 works
  6. 6 Japan 189 works
  7. 7 Italy 168 works
  8. 8 Spain 165 works
  9. 9 France 157 works
  10. 10 Brazil 141 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: 50.7%China: 16.0%United Kingdom: 4.9%Canada: 4.7%6 others listed: 23.6%51%largest
United States2,194 · 50.7%China694 · 16.0%United Kingdom214 · 4.9%Canada205 · 4.7%6 others listed1,022 · 23.6%

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

Which institutions lead Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research?

By volume in 2022-now, National Institutes of Health publishes the most Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 91 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 60 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 57 works
  4. 4 Yale UniversityUnited States 47 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 46 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 45 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 40 works
  8. 8 Wake Forest UniversityUnited States 39 works
  9. 9 InsermFrance 37 works
  10. 10 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 35 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior include George Davey Smith, Mark J. Daly and Ronald C. Kessler.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
  3. 3 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
  4. 4 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  5. 5 Matthias Egger Switzerland 326k citations
  6. 6 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  7. 7 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k citations
  8. 8 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  9. 9 Gonçalo R. Abecasis United States 300k citations
  10. 10 Peter Christian Gøtzsche Denmark 292k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior?

The most cited paper in Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior is "The neural basis of drug craving: An incentive-sensitization theory of addiction" (Thompson Gordon Robinson, 1993), with 7,450 citations. Next come "Validation of open : closed arm entries in an elevated plus-maze as a measure of anxiety in the rat" (5,844) and "The Endophenotype Concept in Psychiatry: Etymology and Strategic Intentions" (5,667).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The neural basis of drug craving: An incentive-sensitization theory of addiction Thompson Gordon Robinson · Brain Research Reviews Dec 1993 7,450
2 Validation of open : closed arm entries in an elevated plus-maze as a measure of anxiety in the rat Sharon Pellow, Philippe Chopin, Sandra E. File et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Methods Aug 1985 5,844
3 The Endophenotype Concept in Psychiatry: Etymology and Strategic Intentions Irving I. Gottesman, Todd D. Gould · American Journal of Psychiatry 31 Mar 2003 5,667
4 Isolation and Structure of a Brain Constituent That Binds to the Cannabinoid Receptor William A. Devane, Lumir Hanuš, Aviva Breuer et al. · Science 18 Dec 1992 5,666
5 The adolescent brain and age-related behavioral manifestations LINDA PATIA SPEAR · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Jun 2000 5,518
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Where is Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research done?

The largest centres of Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New York (United States), 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-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 106 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 105 works
  3. 3 BethesdaUnited States 91 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 74 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 67 works
  6. 6 PhiladelphiaUnited States 61 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 61 works
  8. 8 Chapel HillUnited States 60 works
  9. 9 BaltimoreUnited States 60 works
  10. 10 TorontoCanada 56 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Winston-SalemUS · 39.5 works18×
  2. CharlestonUS · 26.1 works14×
  3. BethesdaUS · 91.2 works13×
  4. RichmondUS · 36.4 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, Harvard University, Yale University and University of Oxford 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 21.4%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of OxfordHarvard UniversityJohns Hopkins Univer…Yale University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 60.815.6%3.5×57 -10.8%
2Yale UniversityUnited States 60.011.8%8.5×47 -16.6%
3University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 59.821.3%2.9×21 +24.6%
4Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 58.513.5%4.3×33 +14.0%
5McGill UniversityCanada 58.518.6%5.8×30 +6.9%
6University of BaselSwitzerland 58.444.7%5.1×10 -18.7%
7University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 57.923.2%5.2×19 +64.9%
8Stanford UniversityUnited States 54.921.5%2.5×19 +14.1%
9Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 52.925.8%2.9×15 -12.6%
10University of GothenburgSweden 52.018.0%6.7×16 +17.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, country by country

Is Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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