Mustafa Talay

770 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 333 citations indexed

About

Mustafa Talay is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Mustafa Talay has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 333 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 3 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 3 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Mustafa Talay's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (7 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (3 papers). Mustafa Talay is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (7 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (3 papers). Mustafa Talay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Mustafa Talay's co-authors include Gilad Barnea, Altar Sorkaç, Griffin G. Hartmann, Jeremy Fisher, Nathaniel J. Snell, Mark A. Johnson, Ethan B. Richman, Karla R. Kaun, Yoshinori Aso and Raphael Cohn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mustafa Talay

11 papers receiving 332 citations

Hit Papers

A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of ... 2025 2026 2025 4 8 12
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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.

  1. A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis
    2025 14 citations Ding Liu, Mohammed Mostafizur Rahman et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mustafa Talay United States 8 251 87 64 60 57 12 333
Ayako Abe Japan 5 268 1.1× 118 1.4× 69 1.1× 37 0.6× 47 0.8× 7 301
Altar Sorkaç United States 6 203 0.8× 80 0.9× 54 0.8× 75 1.3× 116 2.0× 9 346
Nathaniel J. Snell United States 5 175 0.7× 57 0.7× 46 0.7× 51 0.8× 44 0.8× 5 213
Ananya Guntur United States 7 232 0.9× 106 1.2× 68 1.1× 40 0.7× 42 0.7× 10 310
Patrick J. Kearney United States 9 312 1.2× 91 1.0× 60 0.9× 57 0.9× 126 2.2× 13 433
Lena van Giesen United States 11 255 1.0× 94 1.1× 98 1.5× 24 0.4× 72 1.3× 11 388
Madhumala K. Sadanandappa United States 7 210 0.8× 82 0.9× 58 0.9× 21 0.3× 55 1.0× 14 280
Yangkyun Oh South Korea 10 336 1.3× 106 1.2× 66 1.0× 145 2.4× 69 1.2× 14 464
Atefeh Pooryasin Germany 7 226 0.9× 92 1.1× 63 1.0× 44 0.7× 50 0.9× 8 271
Yong Lee South Korea 4 313 1.2× 96 1.1× 65 1.0× 59 1.0× 89 1.6× 7 443

Countries citing papers authored by Mustafa Talay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mustafa Talay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mustafa Talay. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Mustafa Talay. The network helps show where Mustafa Talay may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mustafa Talay

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Liu, Ding, Mohammed Mostafizur Rahman, Ryunosuke Amo, et al.. (2025). A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis. Nature. 640(8060). 1000–1010. 14 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kaplan, Harris S., Brandon L. Logeman, Kai Zhang, et al.. (2025). Sensory input, sex and function shape hypothalamic cell type development. Nature. 647(8088). 157–168. 6 indexed citations
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Nelson, Adam, Vikrant Kapoor, Eric Vaughn, et al.. (2025). Molecular and neural control of social hierarchy by a forebrain-thalamocortical circuit. Cell. 188(20). 5535–5554.e23.
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Talay, Mustafa, Nathaniel J. Snell, Altar Sorkaç, et al.. (2024). Transsynaptic labeling and transcriptional control of zebrafish neural circuits. Nature Neuroscience. 28(1). 189–200. 5 indexed citations
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Sorkaç, Altar, et al.. (2023). retro-Tango enables versatile retrograde circuit tracing in Drosophila. eLife. 12. 9 indexed citations
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Sorkaç, Altar, et al.. (2022). Circuit analysis reveals a neural pathway for light avoidance in Drosophila larvae. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5274–5274. 4 indexed citations
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Snell, Nathaniel J., et al.. (2022). Complex representation of taste quality by second-order gustatory neurons in Drosophila. Current Biology. 32(17). 3758–3772.e4. 14 indexed citations
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Wu, Wanqing, Longzhi Tan, Cheng Tang, et al.. (2021). Coordination of two enhancers drives expression of olfactory trace amine-associated receptors. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3798–3798. 15 indexed citations
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Talay, Mustafa, John D. Fisher, Raphael Cohn, et al.. (2021). Transsynaptic mapping of Drosophila mushroom body output neurons. eLife. 10. 32 indexed citations
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Talay, Mustafa, et al.. (2020). Circuits that encode and guide alcohol-associated preference. eLife. 9. 29 indexed citations
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Talay, Mustafa, Ethan B. Richman, Nathaniel J. Snell, et al.. (2017). Transsynaptic Mapping of Second-Order Taste Neurons in Flies by trans-Tango. Neuron. 96(4). 783–795.e4. 182 indexed citations

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