Joseph Cichon

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Joseph Cichon is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Cichon has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Joseph Cichon's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (2 papers). Joseph Cichon is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (2 papers). Joseph Cichon collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Portugal. Joseph Cichon's co-authors include Wen‐Biao Gan, Guang Yang, Cora Sau Wan Lai, Lei Ma, Wei Li, Loren L. Looger, Conor Liston, Zhengping Jia, Freddy Jeanneteau and Moses V. Chao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Cichon

15 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

An optimized fluorescent probe for visualizing glutamate ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2014 200 400 600
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. An optimized fluorescent probe for visualizing glutamate neurotransmission
    2013 680 citations Jonathan S. Marvin, Bart G. Borghuis et al. Nature Methods profile →
  2. Sleep promotes branch-specific formation of dendritic spines after learning
    2014 421 citations Guang Yang, Cora Sau Wan Lai et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph Cichon United States 12 1.3k 904 586 276 205 16 2.3k
Christina K. Kim United States 16 1.8k 1.4× 1.4k 1.6× 748 1.3× 106 0.4× 175 0.9× 22 2.8k
Julie A. Harris United States 24 1.2k 0.9× 850 0.9× 780 1.3× 717 2.6× 293 1.4× 37 2.5k
Gergely F. Turi United States 22 1.7k 1.3× 1.3k 1.4× 590 1.0× 107 0.4× 284 1.4× 35 2.5k
Jason Tucciarone United States 16 1.6k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 636 1.1× 127 0.5× 164 0.8× 18 2.4k
Tommaso Patriarchi United States 27 1.7k 1.3× 736 0.8× 1.4k 2.5× 202 0.7× 185 0.9× 48 2.8k
Alex C. Kwan United States 24 1.9k 1.5× 1.3k 1.5× 515 0.9× 114 0.4× 138 0.7× 62 3.1k
Christophe D. Proulx Canada 16 1.7k 1.3× 1.0k 1.1× 707 1.2× 216 0.8× 172 0.8× 24 2.7k
Monica K. Chawla United States 20 1.1k 0.8× 988 1.1× 388 0.7× 168 0.6× 323 1.6× 29 1.9k
Patrick E. Rothwell United States 21 1.5k 1.1× 715 0.8× 951 1.6× 249 0.9× 281 1.4× 33 2.3k
Yu Fu China 28 2.4k 1.8× 1.7k 1.9× 1.2k 2.1× 330 1.2× 374 1.8× 84 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph Cichon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Cichon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joseph Cichon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joseph Cichon 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 Joseph Cichon. Joseph Cichon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Cichon, Joseph, et al.. (2025). Single-dose psilocybin rapidly and sustainably relieves allodynia and anxiodepressive-like behaviors in mouse models of chronic pain. Nature Neuroscience. 28(11). 2285–2295. 1 indexed citations
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Cichon, Joseph, Thomas T. Joseph, Max B. Kelz, et al.. (2025). Nitrous oxide activates layer 5 prefrontal neurons via SK2 channel inhibition for antidepressant effect. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2999–2999. 3 indexed citations
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Cichon, Joseph, et al.. (2022). Ketamine triggers a switch in excitatory neuronal activity across neocortex. Nature Neuroscience. 26(1). 39–52. 42 indexed citations
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Cichon, Joseph, Renyu Liu, & Hoang V. Le. (2022). Therapeutic Potential of Salvinorin A and Its Analogues in Various Neurological Disorders.. PubMed. 9(2). 452–457. 3 indexed citations
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Cichon, Joseph, Jordi Magrané, Chao Chen, et al.. (2020). Imaging neuronal activity in the central and peripheral nervous systems using new Thy1.2-GCaMP6 transgenic mouse lines. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 334. 108535–108535. 30 indexed citations
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Sun, Linlin, Hang Zhou, Joseph Cichon, & Guang Yang. (2020). Experience and sleep-dependent synaptic plasticity: from structure to activity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 375(1799). 20190234–20190234. 22 indexed citations
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Cichon, Joseph, Linlin Sun, & Guang Yang. (2018). Spared Nerve Injury Model of Neuropathic Pain in Mice. BIO-PROTOCOL. 8(6). 56 indexed citations
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Cichon, Joseph, Thomas J. J. Blanck, Wen‐Biao Gan, & Guang Yang. (2017). Activation of cortical somatostatin interneurons prevents the development of neuropathic pain. Nature Neuroscience. 20(8). 1122–1132. 112 indexed citations
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Huang, Lianyan, Joseph Cichon, Ipe Ninan, & Guang Yang. (2016). Post-anesthesia AMPA receptor potentiation prevents anesthesia-induced learning and synaptic deficits. Science Translational Medicine. 8(344). 344ra85–344ra85. 34 indexed citations
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Cichon, Joseph & Wen‐Biao Gan. (2015). Branch-specific dendritic Ca2+ spikes cause persistent synaptic plasticity. Nature. 520(7546). 180–185. 343 indexed citations
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Yang, Guang, Cora Sau Wan Lai, Joseph Cichon, et al.. (2014). Sleep promotes branch-specific formation of dendritic spines after learning. Science. 344(6188). 1173–1178. 421 indexed citations breakdown →
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Marvin, Jonathan S., Bart G. Borghuis, Lin Tian, et al.. (2013). An optimized fluorescent probe for visualizing glutamate neurotransmission. Nature Methods. 10(2). 162–170. 680 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liston, Conor, Joseph Cichon, Freddy Jeanneteau, et al.. (2013). Circadian glucocorticoid oscillations promote learning-dependent synapse formation and maintenance. Nature Neuroscience. 16(6). 698–705. 277 indexed citations
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Chen, Qian, Joseph Cichon, Wenting Wang, et al.. (2012). Imaging Neural Activity Using Thy1-GCaMP Transgenic Mice. Neuron. 76(2). 297–308. 161 indexed citations
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Cichon, Joseph, Chicheng Sun, Ben Chen, et al.. (2011). Cofilin Aggregation Blocks Intracellular Trafficking and Induces Synaptic Loss in Hippocampal Neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(6). 3919–3929. 81 indexed citations

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