Aljoscha Nern

8.4k total citations
56 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Aljoscha Nern is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Aljoscha Nern has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Aljoscha Nern's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (49 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (14 papers). Aljoscha Nern is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (49 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (14 papers). Aljoscha Nern collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Aljoscha Nern's co-authors include Gerald M. Rubin, Robert A. Arkowitz, Michael B. Reiser, Barret D. Pfeiffer, S Lawrence Zipursky, Gwyneth M Card, James A. Strother, Alexander Borst, Edward M. Rogers and Ian A. Meinertzhagen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Aljoscha Nern

54 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aljoscha Nern United States 33 2.8k 1.7k 831 804 593 56 3.7k
Thomas R. Clandinin United States 40 3.1k 1.1× 2.2k 1.3× 688 0.8× 653 0.8× 696 1.2× 85 4.8k
Ann‐Shyn Chiang Taiwan 36 3.1k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 836 1.0× 1.4k 1.8× 384 0.6× 115 5.2k
Barret D. Pfeiffer United States 23 2.6k 0.9× 2.4k 1.4× 746 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 447 0.8× 26 4.6k
Arnim Jenett France 14 1.9k 0.7× 827 0.5× 815 1.0× 1000 1.2× 273 0.5× 21 2.9k
Dierk F. Reiff Germany 24 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 514 0.6× 431 0.5× 360 0.6× 28 3.0k
André Fiala Germany 31 2.6k 0.9× 928 0.6× 732 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 224 0.4× 60 3.5k
Allan M. Wong United States 26 4.3k 1.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 1.8k 2.2× 276 0.5× 33 5.5k
M Eugenia Chiappe Portugal 13 2.5k 0.9× 861 0.5× 568 0.7× 873 1.1× 241 0.4× 19 3.4k
Thomas Préat France 41 4.0k 1.5× 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 1.7k 2.1× 662 1.1× 96 6.0k
Jing W. Wang United States 29 4.6k 1.6× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 1.8k 2.2× 439 0.7× 56 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aljoscha Nern

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aljoscha Nern

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aljoscha Nern. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aljoscha Nern based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aljoscha Nern. Aljoscha Nern is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhao, Arthur, et al.. (2025). The organization of visual pathways in the Drosophila brain. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
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Cruz, Tomás, Kathrin Steck, Aljoscha Nern, et al.. (2025). A competitive disinhibitory network for robust optic flow processing in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience. 28(6). 1241–1255. 2 indexed citations
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Nern, Aljoscha, et al.. (2025). Synaptic targets of circadian clock neurons influence core clock parameters. Science Advances. 11(36). eadw4666–eadw4666. 1 indexed citations
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Asinof, Samuel K., Aljoscha Nern, Edward M. Rogers, et al.. (2025). Parallel neuronal ensembles control behavior across sensorimotor levels in Drosophila. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).
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Zhao, Arthur, Eyal Gruntman, Aljoscha Nern, et al.. (2025). Eye structure shapes neuron function in Drosophila motion vision. Nature. 646(8083). 135–142. 1 indexed citations
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Adachi, Atsuko, et al.. (2024). Hue selectivity from recurrent circuitry in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience. 27(6). 1137–1147. 5 indexed citations
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Tschopp, Fabian, Mason McGill, Aljoscha Nern, et al.. (2024). Connectome-constrained networks predict neural activity across the fly visual system. Nature. 634(8036). 1132–1140. 24 indexed citations
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Nern, Aljoscha, Arthur Zhao, Tanya Wolff, et al.. (2024). Connectomic reconstruction predicts visual features used for navigation. Nature. 634(8032). 181–190. 7 indexed citations
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Longden, Kit D., Edward M. Rogers, Aljoscha Nern, Heather Dionne, & Michael B. Reiser. (2023). Different spectral sensitivities of ON- and OFF-motion pathways enhance the detection of approaching color objects in Drosophila. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7693–7693. 9 indexed citations
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Klapoetke, Nathan C, Aljoscha Nern, Edward M. Rogers, et al.. (2022). A functionally ordered visual feature map in the Drosophila brain. Neuron. 110(10). 1700–1711.e6. 41 indexed citations
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Longden, Kit D., Aljoscha Nern, Arthur Zhao, et al.. (2021). Synaptic targets of photoreceptors specialized to detect color and skylight polarization in Drosophila. eLife. 10. 32 indexed citations
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Davis, Fred P., Aljoscha Nern, Serge Picard, et al.. (2020). A genetic, genomic, and computational resource for exploring neural circuit function. eLife. 9. 131 indexed citations
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Morimoto, Mai M, Aljoscha Nern, Arthur Zhao, et al.. (2020). Spatial readout of visual looming in the central brain of Drosophila. eLife. 9. 25 indexed citations
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Takemura, Shin-ya, Aljoscha Nern, Dmitri B. Chklovskii, et al.. (2017). The comprehensive connectome of a neural substrate for ‘ON’ motion detection in Drosophila. eLife. 6. 132 indexed citations
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Sun, Yi, Aljoscha Nern, Romain Franconville, et al.. (2017). Neural signatures of dynamic stimulus selection in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience. 20(8). 1104–1113. 75 indexed citations
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Wu, Ming, Aljoscha Nern, W. Ryan Williamson, et al.. (2016). Visual projection neurons in the Drosophila lobula link feature detection to distinct behavioral programs. eLife. 5. 184 indexed citations
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Tan, Liming, Kelvin Xi Zhang, Matthew Y. Pecot, et al.. (2015). Ig Superfamily Ligand and Receptor Pairs Expressed in Synaptic Partners in Drosophila. Cell. 163(7). 1756–1769. 119 indexed citations
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Mauss, Alex S., et al.. (2015). Neural Circuit to Integrate Opposing Motions in the Visual Field. Cell. 162(2). 351–362. 88 indexed citations
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Chen, Yi, Orkun Akin, Aljoscha Nern, et al.. (2014). Cell-type-Specific Labeling of Synapses In Vivo through Synaptic Tagging with Recombination. Neuron. 81(2). 280–293. 123 indexed citations
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Nern, Aljoscha, Yan Zhu, & S Lawrence Zipursky. (2008). Local N-Cadherin Interactions Mediate Distinct Steps in the Targeting of Lamina Neurons. Neuron. 58(1). 34–41. 59 indexed citations

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