Alexander Borst

18.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
216 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Alexander Borst is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Borst has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 89 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 71 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Borst's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (163 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (64 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (57 papers). Alexander Borst is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (163 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (64 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (57 papers). Alexander Borst collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Alexander Borst's co-authors include Juergen Haag, Martin Egelhaaf, Frédéric E. Theunissen, Dierk F. Reiff, Maximilian Joesch, Martin Heisenberg, Alex S. Mauss, Hermann Cuntz, Shamprasad Varija Raghu and Sibylle Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Borst

213 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

Information theory and neural coding 1985 2026 1998 2012 1999 1985 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Information theory and neural coding
    1999 819 citations Alexander Borst et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  2. DrosophilaMushroom Body Mutants are Deficient in Olfactory Learning
    1985 563 citations Alexander Borst et al. Journal of Neurogenetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Borst Germany 60 9.4k 5.4k 3.4k 2.5k 2.1k 216 12.6k
Vivek Jayaraman United States 27 7.2k 0.8× 3.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.5k 0.7× 34 10.7k
Simon B. Laughlin United Kingdom 50 6.8k 0.7× 5.8k 1.1× 2.8k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 98 12.7k
Gordon M. Shepherd United States 81 13.5k 1.4× 7.0k 1.3× 3.4k 1.0× 504 0.2× 892 0.4× 259 21.0k
Eve Marder United States 82 15.7k 1.7× 11.3k 2.1× 4.3k 1.3× 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 300 22.4k
Gilles Laurent United States 57 10.0k 1.1× 5.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 2.4k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 125 14.1k
Stefan R. Pulver United States 21 4.9k 0.5× 1.9k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 559 0.2× 972 0.5× 45 7.1k
Martin Egelhaaf Germany 46 4.8k 0.5× 3.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.3× 1.7k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 190 6.2k
Ralph J. Greenspan United States 46 4.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 2.2k 1.1× 101 7.6k
Markus Meister United States 58 8.9k 0.9× 7.3k 1.3× 5.9k 1.7× 313 0.1× 411 0.2× 93 15.2k
Richard D. Fetter United States 58 8.1k 0.9× 923 0.2× 6.1k 1.8× 659 0.3× 1.5k 0.7× 116 13.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Borst

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Borst

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schilling, Tabea, et al.. (2025). Columnar cholinergic neurotransmission onto T5 cells of Drosophila. Current Biology. 35(6). 1269–1284.e6. 1 indexed citations
2.
Borst, Alexander & Lukas N. Groschner. (2023). How Flies See Motion. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 46(1). 17–37. 15 indexed citations
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Ammer, Georg, et al.. (2023). Multilevel visual motion opponency in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience. 26(11). 1894–1905. 6 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Inês, et al.. (2022). Spatial and temporal control of expression with light-gated LOV-LexA. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 12(10). 4 indexed citations
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Leonhardt, Aljoscha, et al.. (2021). Aerial course stabilization is impaired in motion-blind flies. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224(14). 11 indexed citations
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Li, Yan, Pei‐Ju Chen, Tzu‐Yang Lin, et al.. (2021). Neural mechanism of spatio-chromatic opponency in the Drosophila amacrine neurons. Current Biology. 31(14). 3040–3052.e9. 16 indexed citations
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Boergens, Kevin M., et al.. (2018). Full reconstruction of large lobula plate tangential cells in Drosophila from a 3D EM dataset. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0207828–e0207828. 14 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander. (2014). Neural Circuits for Elementary Motion Detection. Journal of Neurogenetics. 28(3-4). 361–373. 10 indexed citations
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Katz, Paul S., Sten Grillner, Rachel I. Wilson, et al.. (2013). Vertebrate versus invertebrate neural circuits. Current Biology. 23(12). R504–R506. 8 indexed citations
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Eichner, Hubert, et al.. (2010). Coding Efficiency of Fly Motion Processing Is Set by Firing Rate, Not Firing Precision. PLoS Computational Biology. 6(7). e1000860–e1000860. 13 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander & Juergen Haag. (2007). Optic flow processing in the cockpit of the fly. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 49. 101–122. 7 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander, Virginia L. Flanagin, & Haim Sompolinsky. (2005). Adaptation without parameter change: Dynamic gain control in motion detection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(17). 6172–6176. 98 indexed citations
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Haag, Juergen & Alexander Borst. (2004). Neural mechanism underlying complex receptive field properties of motion-sensitive interneurons. Nature Neuroscience. 7(6). 628–634. 80 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander, et al.. (2002). Different Mechanisms of Calcium Entry Within Different Dendritic Compartments. Journal of Neurophysiology. 87(3). 1616–1624. 28 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander & Juergen Haag. (2002). Neural networks in the cockpit of the fly. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 188(6). 419–437. 208 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander & Martin Egelhaaf. (1998). Visuomotor coordination in flies. Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld (Universität Bielefeld). 1031–1036. 1 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander & Detlef Heck. (1995). Periodic current injection - A new method to image steady-state membrane potential of single neurons in situ using voltage-sensitive dyes. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 21. 596. 1 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander & Martin Egelhaaf. (1994). Dendritic processing of synaptic information by sensory interneurons. Trends in Neurosciences. 17(6). 257–263. 35 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander, et al.. (1987). Golgi- and Degeneration Studies of the Antennal Lobes of Drosophila Melanogaster. Journal of Neurogenetics. 115–117. 6 indexed citations
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Borst, Alexander. (1987). Landing response and movement-detection in the fly. Journal of Neurogenetics. 112–114. 1 indexed citations

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