Vikrant Kapoor

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Vikrant Kapoor is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vikrant Kapoor has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 7 papers in Sensory Systems and 4 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Vikrant Kapoor's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (7 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (4 papers). Vikrant Kapoor is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (7 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (4 papers). Vikrant Kapoor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Vikrant Kapoor's co-authors include Venkatesh N. Murthy, Nathaniel N. Urban, Catherine Dulac, Armen C. Arevian, Liqun Luo, Lorena Pont‐Lezica, Taralyn Tan, Yoh Isogai, Dan Rokni and Anita E. Autry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Vikrant Kapoor

12 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Functional circuit architecture underlying parental behaviour

2018 275 citations Johannes Kohl, Bénédicte M. Babayan et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vikrant Kapoor United States	12	586	556	299	247	187	13	1.1k
Kevin R. Kelliher United States	19	707 1.2×	838 1.5×	399 1.3×	505 2.0×	108 0.6×	27	1.4k
Reiko Kobayakawa Japan	14	989 1.7×	1.1k 2.0×	230 0.8×	633 2.6×	231 1.2×	20	1.6k
Stan L. Pashkovski United States	7	404 0.7×	334 0.6×	145 0.5×	168 0.7×	248 1.3×	7	946
Tobias F. Marton United States	8	574 1.0×	470 0.8×	194 0.6×	261 1.1×	83 0.4×	10	996
Anne‐Marie Mouly France	21	431 0.7×	619 1.1×	352 1.2×	197 0.8×	466 2.5×	43	1.1k
Cynthia C. Woo United States	16	527 0.9×	674 1.2×	166 0.6×	385 1.6×	230 1.2×	22	1.1k
Stephen D. Shea United States	15	360 0.6×	235 0.4×	274 0.9×	109 0.4×	303 1.6×	25	1.1k
John H. McLean Canada	26	1.1k 1.8×	764 1.4×	342 1.1×	311 1.3×	297 1.6×	41	1.9k
David H. Brann United States	14	421 0.7×	360 0.6×	145 0.5×	129 0.5×	328 1.8×	18	1.0k
Rémi Gervais France	21	746 1.3×	1.1k 2.0×	257 0.9×	343 1.4×	693 3.7×	31	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vikrant Kapoor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vikrant Kapoor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vikrant Kapoor based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Vikrant Kapoor. Vikrant Kapoor is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Nelson, Adam, Vikrant Kapoor, Eric Vaughn, et al.. (2025). Molecular and neural control of social hierarchy by a forebrain-thalamocortical circuit. Cell. 188(20). 5535–5554.e23.

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Kapoor, Vikrant, et al.. (2022). Distinct representation of cue-outcome association by D1 and D2 neurons in the ventral striatum’s olfactory tubercle. eLife. 11. 21 indexed citations

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Osterhout, Jessica A., Vikrant Kapoor, Stephen W. Eichhorn, et al.. (2022). A preoptic neuronal population controls fever and appetite during sickness. Nature. 606(7916). 937–944. 92 indexed citations

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Autry, Anita E., Wu Zheng, Vikrant Kapoor, et al.. (2021). Urocortin-3 neurons in the mouse perifornical area promote infant-directed neglect and aggression. eLife. 10. 30 indexed citations

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Kohl, Johannes, Bénédicte M. Babayan, Nimrod D. Rubinstein, et al.. (2018). Functional circuit architecture underlying parental behaviour. Nature. 556(7701). 326–331. 275 indexed citations breakdown →

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Draft, Ryan W., et al.. (2018). Carpenter ants use diverse antennae sampling strategies to track odor trails. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 22). 27 indexed citations

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Gire, David H., Vikrant Kapoor, Annie E. Arrighi‐Allisan, Agnese Seminara, & Venkatesh N. Murthy. (2016). Mice Develop Efficient Strategies for Foraging and Navigation Using Complex Natural Stimuli. Current Biology. 26(10). 1261–1273. 72 indexed citations

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Mathis, Alexander, Dan Rokni, Vikrant Kapoor, Matthias Bethge, & Venkatesh N. Murthy. (2016). Reading Out Olfactory Receptors: Feedforward Circuits Detect Odors in Mixtures without Demixing. Neuron. 91(5). 1110–1123. 28 indexed citations

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Kapoor, Vikrant, et al.. (2016). Activation of raphe nuclei triggers rapid and distinct effects on parallel olfactory bulb output channels. Nature Neuroscience. 19(2). 271–282. 80 indexed citations

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Rokni, Dan, et al.. (2014). An olfactory cocktail party: figure-ground segregation of odorants in rodents. Nature Neuroscience. 17(9). 1225–1232. 93 indexed citations

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Isogai, Yoh, Lorena Pont‐Lezica, Taralyn Tan, et al.. (2011). Molecular organization of vomeronasal chemoreception. Nature. 478(7368). 241–245. 225 indexed citations

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Arevian, Armen C., Vikrant Kapoor, & Nathaniel N. Urban. (2007). Activity-dependent gating of lateral inhibition in the mouse olfactory bulb. Nature Neuroscience. 11(1). 80–87. 143 indexed citations

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Kapoor, Vikrant & Nathaniel N. Urban. (2006). Glomerulus-Specific, Long-Latency Activity in the Olfactory Bulb Granule Cell Network. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(45). 11709–11719. 43 indexed citations

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