Rafael Yuste

40.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
275 papers, 25.1k citations indexed

About

Rafael Yuste is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Yuste has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 25.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 207 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 159 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 45 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Rafael Yuste's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (146 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (128 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (72 papers). Rafael Yuste is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (146 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (128 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (72 papers). Rafael Yuste collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Rafael Yuste's co-authors include Tobias Bonhoeffer, Darcy S. Peterka, Lawrence C Katz, Winfried Denk, Ania K. Majewska, Ayumu Tashiro, Adam M. Packer, Dmitriy Aronov, Rosa Cossart and Kira E. Poskanzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Yuste

262 papers receiving 24.6k citations

Hit Papers

Morphological Changes in Dendritic Spines Associated with... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2001 1995 2016 2004 2015 250 500 750
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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. Morphological Changes in Dendritic Spines Associated with Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity
    2001 993 citations Rafael Yuste et al. profile →
  2. Dendritic spines as basic functional units of neuronal integration
    1995 719 citations Rafael Yuste et al. profile →
  3. Simultaneous Denoising, Deconvolution, and Demixing of Calcium Imaging Data
    2016 608 citations Timothy A. Machado, Weijian Yang et al. Neuron profile →
  4. Synfire Chains and Cortical Songs: Temporal Modules of Cortical Activity
    2004 603 citations Yuji Ikegaya, Gloster B. Aaron et al. Science profile →
  5. From the neuron doctrine to neural networks
    2015 437 citations Rafael Yuste profile →
  6. Super-multiplex vibrational imaging
    2017 378 citations Rafael Yuste et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Yuste United States 90 17.6k 12.2k 6.2k 2.8k 1.9k 275 25.1k
Tobias Bonhoeffer Germany 74 14.4k 0.8× 8.8k 0.7× 5.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 3.6k 2.0× 149 20.6k
Edward S. Boyden United States 70 12.9k 0.7× 7.4k 0.6× 6.6k 1.1× 3.4k 1.2× 629 0.3× 230 23.3k
David W. Tank United States 72 9.9k 0.6× 14.1k 1.2× 5.0k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 352 0.2× 138 32.6k
Arthur Konnerth Germany 81 17.8k 1.0× 7.8k 0.6× 9.8k 1.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.9k 1.0× 175 24.1k
Fritjof Helmchen Switzerland 62 8.7k 0.5× 5.6k 0.5× 4.3k 0.7× 4.4k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 162 20.2k
Bernardo L. Sabatini United States 81 14.5k 0.8× 6.2k 0.5× 10.1k 1.6× 1.5k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 174 24.3k
Loren L. Looger United States 62 10.8k 0.6× 5.3k 0.4× 8.9k 1.4× 3.5k 1.2× 507 0.3× 141 21.0k
Edward M. Callaway United States 71 10.3k 0.6× 10.1k 0.8× 4.5k 0.7× 885 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 155 17.3k
Karel Svoboda United States 105 28.5k 1.6× 19.3k 1.6× 13.4k 2.2× 5.9k 2.1× 2.6k 1.4× 192 47.7k
Mriganka Sur United States 80 10.0k 0.6× 12.4k 1.0× 6.1k 1.0× 492 0.2× 1.5k 0.8× 266 22.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hamm, Jordan P., et al.. (2025). Slow cortical dynamics generate context processing and novelty detection. Neuron. 113(6). 847–857.e8. 5 indexed citations
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Yuste, Rafael, et al.. (2025). Testing the role of spontaneous activity in visuospatial perception with patterned optogenetics. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0318863–e0318863.
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Jékely, Gáspár & Rafael Yuste. (2024). Nonsynaptic encoding of behavior by neuropeptides. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 60. 101456–101456. 2 indexed citations
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Akrouh, Alejandro, et al.. (2024). Stimulus encoding by specific inactivation of cortical neurons. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3192–3192. 4 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Wataru & Rafael Yuste. (2023). Peptide-driven control of somersaulting in Hydra vulgaris. Current Biology. 33(10). 1893–1905.e4. 17 indexed citations
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Yuste, Rafael & Michael Levin. (2022). https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-clues-about-the-origins-of-biological-intelligence/. Scientific American. 33(2). 24–24.
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Ofer, Netanel, Ruth Benavides‐Piccione, Javier DeFelipe, & Rafael Yuste. (2022). Structural Analysis of Human and Mouse Dendritic Spines Reveals a Morphological Continuum and Differences across Ages and Species. eNeuro. 9(3). ENEURO.0039–22.2022. 14 indexed citations
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Wenzel, Michael, Alexander Leunig, Shuting Han, Darcy S. Peterka, & Rafael Yuste. (2021). Prolonged anesthesia alters brain synaptic architecture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(7). 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Weijian & Rafael Yuste. (2021). Holographic Imaging and Stimulation of Neural Circuits. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1293. 613–639. 5 indexed citations
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Cornejo, Víctor Hugo, Netanel Ofer, & Rafael Yuste. (2021). Voltage compartmentalization in dendritic spines in vivo. Science. 375(6576). 82–86. 73 indexed citations
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García‐Etxarri, Aitzol & Rafael Yuste. (2021). Time for NanoNeuro. Nature Methods. 18(11). 1287–1293. 24 indexed citations
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Carrillo‐Reid, Luis & Rafael Yuste. (2020). Playing the piano with the cortex: role of neuronal ensembles and pattern completion in perception and behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 64. 89–95. 45 indexed citations
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Jackson, Jesse, Inbal Ayzenshtat, Mahesh Karnani, & Rafael Yuste. (2016). VIP+ interneurons control neocortical activity across brain states. Journal of Neurophysiology. 115(6). 3008–3017. 68 indexed citations
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Vogelstein, Joshua T, Adam M. Packer, Timothy A. Machado, et al.. (2010). Fast Nonnegative Deconvolution for Spike Train Inference From Population Calcium Imaging. Journal of Neurophysiology. 104(6). 3691–3704. 284 indexed citations
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Ikegaya, Yuji, et al.. (2008). Statistical Significance of Precisely Repeated Intracellular Synaptic Patterns. PLoS ONE. 3(12). e3983–e3983. 16 indexed citations
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Nuriya, Mutsuo, Jiang Jiang, Boaz A. Nemet, Kenneth B. Eisenthal, & Rafael Yuste. (2006). Imaging membrane potential in dendritic spines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(3). 786–790. 141 indexed citations
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Montoro, Rafael J. & Rafael Yuste. (2004). Gap junctions in developing neocortex: a review. Brain Research Reviews. 47(1-3). 216–226. 64 indexed citations
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Tashiro, Ayumu, Anna Dunaevsky, Richard Blazeski, Carol A. Mason, & Rafael Yuste. (2003). Bidirectional Regulation of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Filopodial Motility by Kainate Receptors. Neuron. 38(5). 773–784. 138 indexed citations
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Yuste, Rafael, Frederick Lanni, & Arthur Konnerth. (1999). Imaging neurons : a laboratory manual. 147 indexed citations

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