Robert J. Sutherland

14.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
166 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

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Robert J. Sutherland is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Sutherland has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 70 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 33 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Sutherland's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (86 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (65 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (33 papers). Robert J. Sutherland is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (86 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (65 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (33 papers). Robert J. Sutherland collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and New Zealand. Robert J. Sutherland's co-authors include Jerry W. Rudy, Ian Q. Whishaw, Bryan Kolb, Robert J. McDonald, Robert S. Astur, Derek A. Hamilton, Daniel D. Savage, Hugo Lehmann, Ira Driscoll and Fraser T. Sparks and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Sutherland

161 papers receiving 11.1k citations

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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.

Configural association theory: The role of the hippocampal formation in learning, memory, and amnesia

1989 766 citations Robert J. Sutherland, Jerry W. Rudy profile →
A behavioural analysis of spatial localization following electrolytic, kainate- or colchicine-induced damage to the hippocampal formation in the rat

1983 517 citations Robert J. Sutherland, Ian Q. Whishaw et al. Behavioural Brain Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Sutherland Canada	53	7.6k	5.5k	1.6k	1.4k	1.0k	166	11.4k
Robert E. Clark United States	45	6.7k 0.9×	5.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	144	11.7k
Robert J. McDonald Canada	49	6.3k 0.8×	5.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	152	10.4k
H.B.M. Uylings Netherlands	60	7.2k 0.9×	5.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	160	14.3k
Lisa M. Saksida United Kingdom	62	7.2k 1.0×	5.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	2.1k 2.1×	160	12.5k
Brent A. Vogt United States	54	11.4k 1.5×	4.1k 0.7×	741 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	105	17.2k
Raymond P. Kesner United States	74	13.0k 1.7×	10.9k 2.0×	2.5k 1.6×	1.8k 1.3×	2.1k 2.0×	266	17.1k
Jerry W. Rudy United States	67	9.2k 1.2×	7.1k 1.3×	4.4k 2.8×	2.6k 1.9×	1.4k 1.3×	171	14.7k
Timothy J. Bussey United Kingdom	75	10.3k 1.4×	7.8k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	2.6k 2.5×	159	16.0k
Richard F. Thompson United States	45	2.9k 0.4×	4.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.7×	1.8k 1.7×	114	8.4k
Anthony N. van den Pol United States	71	11.9k 1.6×	7.1k 1.3×	958 0.6×	784 0.6×	3.2k 3.1×	176	22.2k

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Hutchison, J.M.S., et al.. (2025). Assessing cognitive flexibility in mice using a custom-built touchscreen chamber. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 19. 1536458–1536458. 1 indexed citations

Nielsen, Matthew E., et al.. (2024). Sparsity of Population Activity in the Hippocampus Is Task‐Invariant Across the Trisynaptic Circuit and Dorsoventral Axis. Hippocampus. 35(1). e23651–e23651.

Inayat, Samsoon, et al.. (2023). Weak-hyperactive hippocampal CA1 neurons in the prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease in hybrid AppNL-G-F/NL-G-F × Thy1-GCaMP6s+/− mice suggest disrupted plasticity. Neurobiology of Aging. 130. 154–171. 1 indexed citations

McAllister, Brendan B., et al.. (2020). Intracerebral seeding of amyloid-β and tau pathology in mice: Factors underlying prion-like spreading and comparisons with α-synuclein. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 112. 1–27. 30 indexed citations

McDonald, Robert J., et al.. (2020). Intact Behavioral Expression of Contextual Fear, Context Discrimination, and Object Discrimination Memories Acquired in the Absence of the Hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(11). 2437–2446. 6 indexed citations

McNaughton, Bruce L., et al.. (2019). Place navigation in the Morris water task results in greater nuclear Arc mRNA expression in dorsal compared to ventral CA1. Hippocampus. 29(11). 1133–1138. 7 indexed citations

Sutherland, Robert J., et al.. (2019). Has multiple trace theory been refuted?. Hippocampus. 30(8). 842–850. 15 indexed citations

Sutherland, Robert J., et al.. (2018). Lesions of lateral habenula attenuate win-stay but not lose-shift responses in a competitive choice task. Neuroscience Letters. 692. 159–166. 5 indexed citations

Spanswick, Simon C., Hugo Lehmann, & Robert J. Sutherland. (2011). A Novel Animal Model of Hippocampal Cognitive Deficits, Slow Neurodegeneration, and Neuroregeneration. BioMed Research International. 2011(1). 527201–527201. 10 indexed citations

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Faraji, Jamshid, Gerlinde A. S. Metz, & Robert J. Sutherland. (2009). Characterization of spatial performance in male and female Long-Evans rats by means of the Morris water task and the ziggurat task. Brain Research Bulletin. 81(1). 164–172. 36 indexed citations

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Sutherland, Robert J., et al.. (2008). Absence of systems consolidation of fear memories after dorsal, ventral, or complete hippocampal damage. Hippocampus. 18(7). 710–718. 109 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Derek A., Katherine G. Akers, Michael P. Weisend, & Robert J. Sutherland. (2007). How do room and apparatus cues control navigation in the Morris water task? Evidence for distinct contributions to a movement vector.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 33(2). 100–114. 79 indexed citations

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Spanswick, Simon C., Jonathan R. Epp, Julian R. Keith, & Robert J. Sutherland. (2006). Adrenalectomy‐induced granule cell degeneration in the hippocampus causes spatial memory deficits that are not reversed by chronic treatment with corticosterone or fluoxetine. Hippocampus. 17(2). 137–146. 30 indexed citations

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Driscoll, Ira, et al.. (2005). Seahorse wins all races: Hippocampus participates in both linear and non-linear visual discrimination learning. Behavioural Brain Research. 164(1). 29–35. 59 indexed citations

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Kleim, Jeffrey A., Penny M. VandenBerg, Erin MacDonald, et al.. (2003). Functional Organization of Adult Motor Cortex Is Dependent upon Continued Protein Synthesis. Neuron. 40(1). 167–176. 127 indexed citations

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Kolb, Bryan, Jane Stewart, & Robert J. Sutherland. (1997). Recovery of function is associated with increased spine density in cortical pyramidal cells after frontal lesions and/or noradrenaline depletion in neonatal rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 89(1-2). 61–70. 38 indexed citations

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Shaw, S. E., et al.. (1990). Feline immunodeficiency virus: disease associations. 20(4). 194–198. 9 indexed citations

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Robertson, Ian, et al.. (1990). Feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukaemia virus in cats.. 20(2). 66–69. 22 indexed citations

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Hutton, JJ, et al.. (1988). White liver disease in goats. New Zealand Veterinary Journal. 36(1). 15–17. 12 indexed citations

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Sutherland, Robert J.. (1976). Elaphostrongylus cerviin Cervids in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal. 24(11). 263–266. 12 indexed citations

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