Raag D. Airan

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
43 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Raag D. Airan is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Raag D. Airan has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Raag D. Airan's work include Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (13 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (11 papers) and Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (10 papers). Raag D. Airan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (13 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (11 papers) and Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (10 papers). Raag D. Airan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Raag D. Airan's co-authors include Karl Deisseroth, Lief E. Fenno, Hannah L. Bernstein, Kimberly R. Thompson, Luı́s de Lecea, Antoine Adamantidis, Viviana Gradinaru, Feng Zhang, Robert C. Malenka and Lisa A. Gunaydin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Raag D. Airan

42 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Natural Neural Projection Dynamics Underlying Social Behavior

2014 973 citations Lisa A. Gunaydin, Logan Grosenick et al. Cell profile →
Temporally precise in vivo control of intracellular signalling

2009 528 citations Raag D. Airan, Lief E. Fenno et al. profile →
Optogenetic interrogation of neural circuits: technology for probing mammalian brain structures

2010 514 citations Raag D. Airan, Luı́s de Lecea et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raag D. Airan United States	24	1.9k	1.1k	799	622	581	43	3.7k
Michelle M. Adams United States	32	1.2k 0.7×	2.8k 2.5×	775 1.0×	319 0.5×	585 1.0×	62	5.9k
Hirotaka Onoe Japan	43	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	2.5k 3.2×	730 1.2×	576 1.0×	171	7.0k
Joanna Mattis United States	17	3.1k 1.7×	1.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.9×	185 0.3×	749 1.3×	23	5.1k
Sung‐Yon Kim South Korea	22	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.9×	258 0.4×	852 1.5×	35	5.8k
Yi Zuo United States	35	3.6k 1.9×	1.7k 1.5×	1.7k 2.1×	167 0.3×	610 1.0×	77	7.8k
Kenji F. Tanaka Japan	46	3.8k 2.0×	2.1k 1.8×	3.0k 3.7×	286 0.5×	582 1.0×	201	9.2k
Emily Ferenczi United States	17	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	662 0.8×	128 0.2×	445 0.8×	29	3.6k
Julie J. Mirzabekov United States	6	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.6×	206 0.3×	478 0.8×	6	4.5k
Joel M. Stein United States	38	1.0k 0.6×	1.9k 1.6×	1.0k 1.3×	470 0.8×	442 0.8×	98	4.2k
Thomas J. McHugh Japan	37	4.2k 2.3×	3.5k 3.1×	1.3k 1.7×	129 0.2×	735 1.3×	94	7.5k

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Shabestari, Sepideh Kiani, et al.. (2025). Clearance of intracranial debris by ultrasound reduces inflammation and improves outcomes in hemorrhagic stroke models. Nature Biotechnology.

Airan, Raag D., et al.. (2025). Ketamine-induced static and dynamic functional connectivity changes are modulated by opioid receptors and biological sex in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 50(11). 1695–1705. 1 indexed citations

Purohit, Mahaveer P., et al.. (2025). Acoustically activatable liposomes as a translational nanotechnology for site-targeted drug delivery and noninvasive neuromodulation. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(11). 1688–1699. 2 indexed citations

Murphy, Keith R., Jordan S. Farrell, Anish Mitra, et al.. (2024). Optimized ultrasound neuromodulation for non-invasive control of behavior and physiology. Neuron. 112(19). 3252–3266.e5. 35 indexed citations

Thaler, Christian J., Qiyuan Tian, Max Wintermark, et al.. (2022). Changes in the Cerebello-Thalamo-Cortical Network After Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy. Brain Connectivity. 13(1). 28–38. 6 indexed citations

Levinstein, Marjorie R., Tommaso Di Ianni, Juan L. Gomez, et al.. (2022). Mu Opioid Receptor Activation Mediates (S)-ketamine Reinforcement in Rats: Implications for Abuse Liability. Biological Psychiatry. 93(12). 1118–1126. 33 indexed citations

Aryal, Muna, et al.. (2022). Noninvasive ultrasonic induction of cerebrospinal fluid flow enhances intrathecal drug delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 349. 434–442. 30 indexed citations

Li, Ningrui, Kendra J. Lechtenberg, Jarrett Rosenberg, et al.. (2020). Histologic evaluation of activation of acute inflammatory response in a mouse model following ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier using different acoustic pressures and microbubble doses. Nanotheranostics. 4(4). 210–223. 21 indexed citations

Airan, Raag D.. (2020). Stimulating brain drug delivery. Science Translational Medicine. 12(564). 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Jeffrey B., Tommaso Di Ianni, Zhenbo Huang, et al.. (2020). Focused Ultrasound for Noninvasive, Focal Pharmacologic Neurointervention. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14. 675–675. 29 indexed citations

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Miao, Xinyuan, Yuankui Wu, Dapeng Liu, et al.. (2019). Whole-Brain Functional and Diffusion Tensor MRI in Human Participants with Metallic Orthodontic Braces. Radiology. 294(1). 149–157. 15 indexed citations

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Zhong, Qian, Byung Chul Yoon, Muna Aryal, et al.. (2019). Polymeric perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions are ultrasound-activated wireless drug infusion catheters. Biomaterials. 206. 73–86. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Jeffrey B., et al.. (2018). Noninvasive Ultrasonic Drug Uncaging Maps Whole-Brain Functional Networks. Neuron. 100(3). 728–738.e7. 69 indexed citations

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Yahyavi‐Firouz‐Abadi, Noushin, Jay J. Pillai, Martin A. Lindquist, et al.. (2017). Presurgical Brain Mapping of the Ventral Somatomotor Network in Patients with Brain Tumors Using Resting-State fMRI. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 38(5). 1006–1012. 18 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Shruti, Haris I. Sair, Raag D. Airan, et al.. (2016). Demonstration of Brain Tumor-Induced Neurovascular Uncoupling in Resting-State fMRI at Ultrahigh Field. Brain Connectivity. 6(4). 267–272. 30 indexed citations

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Airan, Raag D., Catherine A. Foss, Nicholas Ellens, et al.. (2016). MR-Guided Delivery of Hydrophilic Molecular Imaging Agents Across the Blood-Brain Barrier Through Focused Ultrasound. Molecular Imaging and Biology. 19(1). 24–30. 11 indexed citations

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Gunaydin, Lisa A., Logan Grosenick, Joel Finkelstein, et al.. (2014). Natural Neural Projection Dynamics Underlying Social Behavior. Cell. 157(7). 1535–1551. 973 indexed citations breakdown →

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Coughlin, Jennifer M., Yuchuan Wang, Cynthia A. Munro, et al.. (2014). Neuroinflammation and brain atrophy in former NFL players: An in vivo multimodal imaging pilot study. Neurobiology of Disease. 74. 58–65. 175 indexed citations

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Airan, Raag D., Amnon Bar‐Shir, Guanshu Liu, et al.. (2012). MRI biosensor for protein kinase A encoded by a single synthetic gene. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 68(6). 1919–1923. 49 indexed citations

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Airan, Raag D., Leslie Meltzer, Madhuri Roy, et al.. (2007). High-Speed Imaging Reveals Neurophysiological Links to Behavior in an Animal Model of Depression. Science. 317(5839). 819–823. 311 indexed citations

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