Allan E. Herbison

25.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
263 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

Allan E. Herbison is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Social Psychology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan E. Herbison has authored 263 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 207 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 113 papers in Social Psychology and 72 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Allan E. Herbison's work include Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (205 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (113 papers) and Ovarian function and disorders (59 papers). Allan E. Herbison is often cited by papers focused on Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (205 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (113 papers) and Ovarian function and disorders (59 papers). Allan E. Herbison collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Allan E. Herbison's co-authors include Jenny Clarkson, Xinhuai Liu, Seong‐Kyu Han, Sharon X. Simonian, Robert Porteous, Rebecca E. Campbell, Martin G. Todman, William H Colledge, Xavier d’Anglemont de Tassigny and Jean‐Rémi Pape and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Allan E. Herbison

258 papers receiving 19.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Activation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons by Kisspeptin as a Neuroendocrine Switch for the Onset of Puberty

2005 811 citations Seong‐Kyu Han, Allan E. Herbison et al. profile →
Postnatal Development of Kisspeptin Neurons in Mouse Hypothalamus; Sexual Dimorphism and Projections to Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons

2006 677 citations Jenny Clarkson, Allan E. Herbison Endocrinology profile →
Control of puberty onset and fertility by gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons

2016 325 citations Allan E. Herbison profile →
Definition of the hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator in mice

2017 289 citations Jenny Clarkson, Su Young Han et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Novel role for anti-Müllerian hormone in the regulation of GnRH neuron excitability and hormone secretion

2016 275 citations Xinhuai Liu, Rebecca E. Campbell et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allan E. Herbison New Zealand	79	14.2k	5.6k	5.4k	4.6k	4.4k	263	19.7k
Kazuyoshi Tsutsui Japan	72	9.8k 0.7×	3.0k 0.5×	2.6k 0.5×	4.4k 1.0×	4.3k 1.0×	319	16.3k
Robert A. Steiner United States	67	12.1k 0.9×	6.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.4×	7.2k 1.6×	2.8k 0.6×	179	18.8k
Donald K. Clifton United States	63	11.9k 0.8×	5.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.4×	6.8k 1.5×	2.6k 0.6×	149	17.8k
Sergio R. Ojeda United States	69	8.3k 0.6×	4.2k 0.8×	2.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	272	16.1k
István Merchenthaler United States	62	4.1k 0.3×	2.9k 0.5×	2.5k 0.5×	2.7k 0.6×	5.0k 1.1×	175	14.1k
Richard B. Simerly United States	53	3.7k 0.3×	2.2k 0.4×	4.4k 0.8×	5.5k 1.2×	2.5k 0.6×	85	14.9k
Neil J. MacLusky United States	72	4.7k 0.3×	2.6k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	5.7k 1.3×	264	17.2k
Suzanne M. Moenter United States	53	7.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.4×	2.4k 0.4×	1.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.4×	133	9.2k
Gloria E. Hoffman United States	58	3.6k 0.3×	2.6k 0.5×	3.5k 0.6×	3.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.3×	154	11.9k
Roger A. Gorski United States	59	4.6k 0.3×	1.7k 0.3×	4.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	187	12.0k

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Han, Su Young, et al.. (2025). GnRH pulse generator activity in mouse models of polycystic ovary syndrome. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations

Han, Su Young, et al.. (2024). Multi-dimensional oscillatory activity of mouse GnRH neurons in vivo. eLife. 13. 3 indexed citations

Vas, Szilvia, et al.. (2024). Long-term Recordings of Arcuate Nucleus Kisspeptin Neurons Across the Mouse Estrous Cycle. Endocrinology. 165(3). 6 indexed citations

Han, Su Young, et al.. (2023). Mechanism of kisspeptin neuron synchronization for pulsatile hormone secretion in male mice. Cell Reports. 42(1). 111914–111914. 44 indexed citations

Clarkson, Jenny, et al.. (2023). CRISPR-Cas9 knockdown of ESR1 in preoptic GABA-kisspeptin neurons suppresses the preovulatory surge and estrous cycles in female mice. eLife. 12. 4 indexed citations

Goodman, Robert L., Allan E. Herbison, Michael N. Lehman, & Víctor M. Navarro. (2022). Neuroendocrine control of gonadotropin‐releasing hormone: Pulsatile and surge modes of secretion. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 34(5). e13094–e13094. 83 indexed citations

McQuillan, H. James, Jenny Clarkson, Su Young Han, et al.. (2022). Definition of the estrogen negative feedback pathway controlling the GnRH pulse generator in female mice. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7433–7433. 42 indexed citations

Yeo, Shel‐Hwa, Michel K. Herde, & Allan E. Herbison. (2021). Morphological assessment of GABA and glutamate inputs to GnRH neurons in intact female mice using expansion microscopy. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 33(9). e13021–e13021. 5 indexed citations

Herbison, Allan E.. (2021). The dendron and episodic neuropeptide release. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 33(11). e13024–e13024. 21 indexed citations

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Porteous, Robert, Melanie Prescott, Kelly A. Glendining, et al.. (2021). Impact of chronic variable stress on neuroendocrine hypothalamus and pituitary in male and female C57BL/6J mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 33(5). e12972–e12972. 22 indexed citations

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Hessler, Sabine, Xinhuai Liu, & Allan E. Herbison. (2020). Direct inhibition of arcuate kisspeptin neurones by neuropeptide Y in the male and female mouse. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 32(5). e12849–e12849. 31 indexed citations

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Herbison, Allan E.. (2018). The Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Pulse Generator. Endocrinology. 159(11). 3723–3736. 177 indexed citations

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Clarkson, Jenny, Su Young Han, Richard Piet, et al.. (2017). Definition of the hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(47). E10216–E10223. 289 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boehm, Ulrich, et al.. (2013). Neurokinin B Activates Arcuate Kisspeptin Neurons Through Multiple Tachykinin Receptors in the Male Mouse. Endocrinology. 154(8). 2750–2760. 117 indexed citations

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Herde, Michel K., et al.. (2011). Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons Extend Complex Highly Branched Dendritic Trees Outside the Blood-Brain Barrier. Endocrinology. 152(10). 3832–3841. 99 indexed citations

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Campbell, Rebecca E., et al.. (2009). Dendro-dendritic bundling and shared synapses between gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(26). 10835–10840. 102 indexed citations

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Roberts, Carson, Rebecca E. Campbell, Allan E. Herbison, & Kelly J. Suter. (2008). Dendritic Action Potential Initiation in Hypothalamic Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons. Endocrinology. 149(7). 3355–3360. 41 indexed citations

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Herbison, Allan E., et al.. (1999). Correlation of Hypothalamic Somatostatin mRNA Expression and Peptide Content with Secretion: Sexual Dimorphism and Differential Regulation by Gonadal Factors. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 11(1). 27–33. 22 indexed citations

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Simonian, Sharon X., et al.. (1999). Fluctuating Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Expression in Brainstem Norepinephrine Neurons through the Rat Estrous Cycle*. Endocrinology. 140(7). 3255–3263. 134 indexed citations

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Harris, Thomas G., Jane E. Robinson, Neil P. Evans, Donal C. Skinner, & Allan E. Herbison. (1998). Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression Changes before the Onset of the Estradiol-Induced Luteinizing Hormone Surge in the Ewe¹. Endocrinology. 139(1). 57–64. 33 indexed citations

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