Rachel Wong

15.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
151 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Rachel Wong is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Wong has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 116 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rachel Wong's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (108 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (86 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (85 papers). Rachel Wong is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (108 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (86 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (85 papers). Rachel Wong collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Rachel Wong's co-authors include Carla J. Shatz, Markus Meister, Wai T. Wong, Anirvan Ghosh, D. A. Baylor, Haruhisa Okawa, Luca Della Santina, Mrinalini Hoon, Jaime Grutzendler and Fred Rieke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Wong

148 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

Synchronous Bursts of Action Potentials in Ganglion Cells of the Developing Mammalian Retina

1991 869 citations Markus Meister, Rachel Wong et al. profile →
Two modes of radial migration in early development of the cerebral cortex

2001 547 citations Jaime Grutzendler, Rachel Wong et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Activity-dependent regulation of dendritic growth and patterning

2002 525 citations Rachel Wong et al. profile →
Functional architecture of the retina: Development and disease

2014 408 citations Mrinalini Hoon, Haruhisa Okawa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Wong United States	55	7.8k	7.5k	2.0k	1.6k	1.3k	151	11.6k
Richard H. Masland United States	55	9.6k 1.2×	7.8k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	799 0.5×	386 0.3×	110	12.2k
Dennis D.M. O’Leary United States	76	7.7k 1.0×	10.4k 1.4×	2.4k 1.2×	2.8k 1.7×	5.1k 4.0×	127	16.1k
Herwig Baier United States	64	6.2k 0.8×	5.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	5.9k 3.6×	960 0.7×	129	11.8k
Anton Reiner United States	68	4.6k 0.6×	7.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	796 0.5×	812 0.6×	218	12.6k
Heinz Wässle Germany	83	16.2k 2.1×	14.4k 1.9×	3.8k 1.9×	1.3k 0.8×	337 0.3×	157	19.3k
Andrew D. Huberman United States	41	4.2k 0.5×	4.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	489 0.3×	939 0.7×	66	8.6k
R. W. Guillery United States	64	5.6k 0.7×	7.6k 1.0×	6.6k 3.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	149	13.9k
Christine E. Holt United Kingdom	67	10.0k 1.3×	8.2k 1.1×	786 0.4×	4.5k 2.8×	2.5k 1.9×	146	15.3k
Raymond D. Lund United States	63	8.0k 1.0×	8.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	714 0.4×	2.6k 2.0×	225	13.9k
Carlos Portera‐Cailliau United States	39	3.3k 0.4×	3.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	554 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	71	7.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wong, Rachel, et al.. (2025). Tidal Synchronization of TESS Eclipsing Binaries. The Astrophysical Journal. 990(2). 124–124. 1 indexed citations

Sheng, Alexander Y., et al.. (2025). Five-Year Trends in Emergency Medicine Match Results and Future Outlook. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 26(5). 1392–1396.

Yu, Wan‐Qing, et al.. (2024). A presynaptic source drives differing levels of surround suppression in two mouse retinal ganglion cell types. Nature Communications. 15(1). 599–599. 6 indexed citations

Levin, Leonard A., Michael F. Chiang, Michael A. Dyer, et al.. (2023). Translational roadmap for regenerative therapies of eye disease. Med. 4(9). 583–590. 1 indexed citations

Gelder, Russell N. Van, Michael F. Chiang, Michael A. Dyer, et al.. (2022). Regenerative and restorative medicine for eye disease. Nature Medicine. 28(6). 1149–1156. 68 indexed citations

Grimes, William N., Mrinalini Hoon, Takeshi Yoshimatsu, et al.. (2021). A High-Density Narrow-Field Inhibitory Retinal Interneuron with Direct Coupling to Müller Glia. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(28). 6018–6037. 12 indexed citations

Okawa, Haruhisa, Wan‐Qing Yu, Ulf Matti, et al.. (2019). Dynamic assembly of ribbon synapses and circuit maintenance in a vertebrate sensory system. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2167–2167. 28 indexed citations

Packer, Orin, Richard Schalek, Rachel Wong, et al.. (2017). Restricted cone connections of horizontal cells in the human foveal center. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58(8). 1035–1035. 2 indexed citations

Jorstad, Nikolas L., Matthew S. Wilken, William N. Grimes, et al.. (2017). Stimulation of functional neuronal regeneration from Müller glia in adult mice. Nature. 548(7665). 103–107. 339 indexed citations

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Hoshino, Akina, Rinki Ratnapriya, Matthew J. Brooks, et al.. (2017). Molecular Anatomy of the Developing Human Retina. Developmental Cell. 43(6). 763–779.e4. 169 indexed citations

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Sinha, Raunak, Mrinalini Hoon, Jacob Baudin, et al.. (2017). Cellular and Circuit Mechanisms Shaping the Perceptual Properties of the Primate Fovea. Cell. 168(3). 413–426.e12. 116 indexed citations

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Sharpe, James & Rachel Wong. (2011). Imaging in developmental biology : a laboratory manual. 31 indexed citations

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Parker, Steve, et al.. (2010). How many constraints are there? A preliminary inventory of OT phonological constraints. 1 indexed citations

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Huckfeldt, Rachel M., Timm Schubert, Josh Morgan, et al.. (2008). Transient neurites of retinal horizontal cells exhibit columnar tiling via homotypic interactions. Nature Neuroscience. 12(1). 35–43. 78 indexed citations

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Godinho, Leanne, Philip R. Williams, Y. Claassen, et al.. (2007). Nonapical Symmetric Divisions Underlie Horizontal Cell Layer Formation in the Developing Retina In Vivo. Neuron. 56(4). 597–603. 99 indexed citations

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Mumm, Jeff S., Leanne Godinho, Josh Morgan, et al.. (2004). Laminar circuit formation in the vertebrate retina. Progress in brain research. 147. 155–169. 40 indexed citations

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Gan, Wen-Biao, Jaime Grutzendler, Wai T. Wong, Rachel Wong, & Jeff W. Lichtman. (2000). Multicolor “DiOlistic” Labeling of the Nervous System Using Lipophilic Dye Combinations. Neuron. 27(2). 219–225. 277 indexed citations

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Shields, Colleen R., Peter D. Lukasiewicz, & Rachel Wong. (1996). Gabaergic modulation of spontaneous bursting activity in the developing ferret retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 37(3). 2 indexed citations

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Lukasiewicz, Peter D. & Rachel Wong. (1996). The properties of GABAC receptors on ferret retinal bipolar cells. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 37(3). 2 indexed citations

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Wong, Rachel, Markus Meister, & Carla J. Shatz. (1993). Transient period of correlated bursting activity during development of the mammalian retina. Neuron. 11(5). 923–938. 416 indexed citations

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