Timothy E. Holy

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Timothy E. Holy is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy E. Holy has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 28 papers in Sensory Systems and 18 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Timothy E. Holy's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (30 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (28 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (18 papers). Timothy E. Holy is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (30 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (28 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (18 papers). Timothy E. Holy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and Germany. Timothy E. Holy's co-authors include Stanislas Leibler, Markus Meister, Catherine Dulac, Diwakar Turaga, Lisa Stowers, Georgy Koentges, Terrence F. Holekamp, Xitong Liang, Paul H. Taghert and Henrik Flyvbjerg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Timothy E. Holy

61 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Loss of Sex Discrimination and Male-Male Aggression in Mi... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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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. Loss of Sex Discrimination and Male-Male Aggression in Mice Deficient for TRP2
    2002 650 citations Timothy E. Holy et al. Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Timothy E. Holy United States 30 1.8k 1.4k 919 830 635 61 4.0k
Minmin Luo China 49 3.9k 2.2× 1.3k 0.9× 1.8k 2.0× 986 1.2× 691 1.1× 103 7.3k
Eckhard Friauf Germany 41 3.2k 1.8× 2.0k 1.4× 2.1k 2.2× 614 0.7× 189 0.3× 111 5.6k
Dayu Lin United States 31 1.9k 1.0× 508 0.4× 846 0.9× 279 0.3× 1.9k 2.9× 48 4.4k
Rainer W. Friedrich Germany 43 3.5k 2.0× 2.5k 1.8× 1.4k 1.5× 879 1.1× 199 0.3× 94 6.4k
Paul Fuchs United States 43 1.6k 0.9× 3.5k 2.6× 2.4k 2.6× 699 0.8× 86 0.1× 92 5.3k
Li I. Zhang United States 40 3.2k 1.8× 908 0.7× 895 1.0× 188 0.2× 332 0.5× 74 5.8k
Troy W. Margrie United Kingdom 34 3.4k 1.9× 1.6k 1.2× 887 1.0× 516 0.6× 162 0.3× 71 5.2k
James K. Bowmaker United Kingdom 53 2.8k 1.6× 777 0.6× 3.8k 4.2× 195 0.2× 875 1.4× 98 7.7k
Karl Kandler United States 32 2.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 477 0.6× 91 0.1× 59 3.5k
Rachel I. Wilson United States 45 8.4k 4.7× 1.9k 1.4× 980 1.1× 389 0.5× 149 0.2× 77 10.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timothy E. Holy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Yifan, et al.. (2024). STARDUST: A pipeline for the unbiased analysis of astrocyte regional calcium dynamics. STAR Protocols. 5(3). 103305–103305. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Xitong, Timothy E. Holy, & Paul H. Taghert. (2023). Polyphasic circadian neural circuits drive differential activities in multiple downstream rhythmic centers. Current Biology. 33(2). 351–363.e3. 9 indexed citations
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Liang, Xitong, Timothy E. Holy, & Paul H. Taghert. (2022). Circadian pacemaker neurons display cophasic rhythms in basal calcium level and in fast calcium fluctuations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(17). e2109969119–e2109969119. 10 indexed citations
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Holy, Timothy E., et al.. (2019). Sensory coding mechanisms revealed by optical tagging of physiologically defined neuronal types. Science. 366(6471). 1384–1389. 18 indexed citations
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Liang, Xitong, Margaret C.W. Ho, Yajun Zhang, et al.. (2019). Morning and Evening Circadian Pacemakers Independently Drive Premotor Centers via a Specific Dopamine Relay. Neuron. 102(4). 843–857.e4. 72 indexed citations
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Yamada, Tomoko, Yue Yang, Pamela Valnegri, et al.. (2019). Sensory experience remodels genome architecture in neural circuit to drive motor learning. Nature. 569(7758). 708–713. 53 indexed citations
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Liang, Xitong, Timothy E. Holy, & Paul H. Taghert. (2017). A Series of Suppressive Signals within the Drosophila Circadian Neural Circuit Generates Sequential Daily Outputs. Neuron. 94(6). 1173–1189.e4. 100 indexed citations
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Barnes, Terra D. & Timothy E. Holy. (2017). Knockout of Lysosomal Enzyme-Targeting Gene Causes Abnormalities in Mouse Pup Isolation Calls. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 10. 237–237. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Xitong, Timothy E. Holy, & Paul H. Taghert. (2016). Synchronous Drosophila circadian pacemakers display nonsynchronous Ca 2+ rhythms in vivo. Science. 351(6276). 976–981. 141 indexed citations
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Yang, Yue, Tomoko Yamada, Kelly Hill, et al.. (2016). Chromatin remodeling inactivates activity genes and regulates neural coding. Science. 353(6296). 300–305. 83 indexed citations
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Barnes, Terra D., David F. Wozniak, Joanne Gutierrez, et al.. (2016). A Mutation Associated with Stuttering Alters Mouse Pup Ultrasonic Vocalizations. Current Biology. 26(8). 1009–1018. 34 indexed citations
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Holy, Timothy E., et al.. (2013). Reliable Sex and Strain Discrimination in the Mouse Vomeronasal Organ and Accessory Olfactory Bulb. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(34). 13903–13913. 30 indexed citations
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Holy, Timothy E., et al.. (2013). Robust Encoding of Stimulus Identity and Concentration in the Accessory Olfactory System. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(33). 13388–13397. 17 indexed citations
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Holy, Timothy E., et al.. (2013). Whole-Mount Imaging of Responses in Mouse Vomeronasal Neurons. Methods in molecular biology. 1068. 201–210. 2 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, Rebecca C., et al.. (2008). Inhibition Shapes Sex Selectivity in the Mouse Accessory Olfactory Bulb. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(47). 12523–12534. 46 indexed citations
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Hsu, Fong‐Fu, et al.. (2008). Sulfated Steroids as Natural Ligands of Mouse Pheromone-Sensing Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(25). 6407–6418. 152 indexed citations
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Meeks, Julian P. & Timothy E. Holy. (2008). An ex vivo preparation of the intact mouse vomeronasal organ and accessory olfactory bulb. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 177(2). 440–447. 12 indexed citations
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Tu, Daniel C., Dongyang Zhang, Jay Demas, et al.. (2005). Physiologic Diversity and Development of Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells. Neuron. 48(6). 987–999. 184 indexed citations
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Holy, Timothy E., et al.. (2005). Ultrasonic Songs of Male Mice. PLoS Biology. 3(12). e386–e386. 474 indexed citations
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Holy, Timothy E.. (2003). Wake up and smell the conspecific!. Trends in Neurosciences. 26(9). 463–465. 1 indexed citations

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