Research Collaboration Index

Subject Award · Life Sciences

Neuroscience: the candidates

25 partnerships identified in neuroscience for a significant contribution to connected research, each anchored to a cited joint paper. 23 have a named lead author identified from the paper's own authorship record.

These are candidates, not winners. Each entry below was identified from the open scholarly record for a significant contribution to a research partnership. The full slate is undergoing complete review by our editorial team ahead of the awards. The Subject Awards are exclusive to partner universities.
🇬🇧 University of Oxford×🇬🇧 University College London
★ Sally A. Cowley · University of Oxford

Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

2022 · 1,911 citations · 397 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 1,911 times and anchors a 397-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇬🇧 University of Cambridge×🇬🇧 University College London
★ András Lakatos · University of Cambridge

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

2021 · 2,391 citations · 336 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 2,391 times and anchors a 336-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇬🇧 University College London×🇬🇧 King's College London
★ Bart De Strooper · University College London

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

2021 · 2,391 citations · 487 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 2,391 times and anchors a 487-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇨🇦 McGill University×🇨🇦 Université de Montréal
★ Sylvie Provost · McGill University

Deep Intronic <i>FGF14</i> GAA Repeat Expansion in Late-Onset Cerebellar Ataxia

2022 · 248 citations · 383 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on genetic neurodegenerative diseases, has been cited 248 times and anchors a 383-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇬🇧 King's College London×🇬🇧 University College London
★ Beatriz Gomez Perez‐Nievas · King's College London

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

2021 · 2,391 citations · 487 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 2,391 times and anchors a 487-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇺🇸 Harvard University×🇺🇸 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
★ Brenden Tervo‐Clemmens · Harvard University

Reproducible brain-wide association studies require thousands of individuals

2022 · 2,048 citations · 1,043 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on functional brain connectivity studies, has been cited 2,048 times and anchors a 1,043-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇸🇪 Karolinska Institutet×🇸🇪 Stockholm University
★ Laura Kaltwasser · Karolinska Institutet

#EEGManyLabs: Investigating the replicability of influential EEG experiments

2021 · 142 citations · 203 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on functional brain connectivity studies, has been cited 142 times and anchors a 203-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇸🇬 National University of Singapore×🇺🇸 Duke University
★ Gabriel Chew · National University of Singapore

Transcriptional signature in microglia associated with Aβ plaque phagocytosis

2021 · 407 citations · 253 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 407 times and anchors a 253-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇺🇸 Massachusetts Institute of Technology×🇺🇸 Harvard University
Lead author under editorial review

Reproducible brain-wide association studies require thousands of individuals

2022 · 2,048 citations · 1,043 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on functional brain connectivity studies, has been cited 2,048 times and anchors a 1,043-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇺🇸 Stanford University×🇺🇸 Harvard University
★ Michelle Monje · Stanford University

Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

2022 · 1,911 citations · 265 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 1,911 times and anchors a 265-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇬🇧 University of Edinburgh×🇬🇧 University College London
★ Blanca Díaz‐Castro · University of Edinburgh

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

2021 · 2,391 citations · 112 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 2,391 times and anchors a 112-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇩🇪 Technical University of Munich×🇩🇪 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lead author under editorial review

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

2021 · 2,391 citations · 531 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 2,391 times and anchors a 531-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇳🇱 Radboud University Nijmegen×🇬🇧 University of Oxford
★ Robert Oostenveld · Radboud University Nijmegen

The Human Connectome Project: A retrospective

2021 · 312 citations · 147 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on functional brain connectivity studies, has been cited 312 times and anchors a 147-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇬🇧 Imperial College London×🇬🇧 University College London
★ Paul M. Matthews · Imperial College London

SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank

2022 · 1,557 citations · 245 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on olfactory and sensory function studies, has been cited 1,557 times and anchors a 245-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇩🇪 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München×🇩🇪 Technical University of Munich
★ Magdalena Götz · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

2021 · 2,391 citations · 531 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 2,391 times and anchors a 531-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇮🇪 Trinity College Dublin×🇺🇸 University of California, San Francisco
★ Colm Cunningham · Trinity College Dublin

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

2021 · 2,391 citations · 85 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 2,391 times and anchors a 85-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇨🇭 University of Zurich×🇨🇭 ETH Zurich
★ Simone Holler · University of Zurich

Structure and function of a neocortical synapse

2021 · 256 citations · 467 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neural dynamics and brain function, has been cited 256 times and anchors a 467-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇺🇸 Yale University×🇺🇸 Harvard University
★ Clara Abraham · Yale University

The Tight Junction Protein ZO-1 Is Dispensable for Barrier Function but Critical for Effective Mucosal Repair

2021 · 518 citations · 250 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on barrier structure and function studies, has been cited 518 times and anchors a 250-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇺🇸 University of California San Diego×🇺🇸 Harvard University
★ Binhai Zheng · University of California San Diego

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

2021 · 2,391 citations · 202 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 2,391 times and anchors a 202-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇦🇺 The University of Melbourne×🇦🇺 Monash University
★ Xin Yi Choo · The University of Melbourne

Transcriptional signature in microglia associated with Aβ plaque phagocytosis

2021 · 407 citations · 464 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 407 times and anchors a 464-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇺🇸 University of California, San Francisco×🇺🇸 Harvard University
★ Anna V. Molofsky · University of California, San Francisco

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

2021 · 2,391 citations · 207 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 2,391 times and anchors a 207-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇦🇺 Monash University×🇦🇺 The University of Melbourne
★ Alexandra Grubman · Monash University

Transcriptional signature in microglia associated with Aβ plaque phagocytosis

2021 · 407 citations · 464 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, has been cited 407 times and anchors a 464-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇺🇸 New York University×🇺🇸 Harvard University
★ Lucy Norcliffe‐Kaufmann · New York University

Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture

2021 · 487 citations · 126 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neurological diseases and metabolism, has been cited 487 times and anchors a 126-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇩🇰 Aarhus University×🇬🇧 University of Oxford
★ Peter Vuust · Aarhus University

Music in the brain

2022 · 392 citations · 186 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on neuroscience and music perception, has been cited 392 times and anchors a 186-paper partnership in neuroscience.

🇦🇺 The University of Sydney×🇦🇺 UNSW Sydney
★ Nym Vandenberg · The University of Sydney

A review of medical image data augmentation techniques for deep learning applications

2021 · 955 citations · 300 joint works in field

Their most-cited joint work, on brain tumor detection and classification, has been cited 955 times and anchors a 300-paper partnership in neuroscience.

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