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Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
H Jin
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2
Diana Tavares‐Ferreira
The University of Texas at Dallas
3
Yunqiu Lv
Northwestern Polytechnical University
4
Shamsuddin A. Bhuiyan
Brigham and Women's Hospital
5
Haosheng Shen
Dalian Maritime University
6
Christian B. Billesbølle
University of California, San Francisco
7
Marianna Zazhytska
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
8
Zhang Juen
Columbia University
9
Andrew Liu
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
10
Qiancheng Zhao
Sun Yat-sen University

Papers

1
A body–brain circuit that regulates body inflammatory responses
Nature|2024
324 cit.
2
Harmonized cross-species cell atlases of trigeminal and dorsal root ganglia
Science Advances|2024
198 cit.
3
Publication in Cell (2025) [82 citations, W4407157131]
Cell|2025
82 cit.
4
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [44 citations, W4398160595]
Nature Communications|2024
44 cit.
5
Weakly-Supervised Contrastive Learning for Unsupervised Object Discovery
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing|2024
20 cit.
6
Cell and molecular profiles in peripheral nerves shift toward inflammatory phenotypes in diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2025
10 cit.
7
An Unified Approach for Dynamics Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Pursuit Problem
Nonlinear Dynamics|2025
1 cit.
8
Publication in UNC Libraries (2024) [W4400050295]
UNC Libraries|2024
0 cit.
9
Publication in BMC Genomics (2025) [W4414556732]
BMC Genomics|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Tatsuya Tsukahara
University of Toronto
2
Caleb Weinreb
Harvard University
3
Daniele Borsetto
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
4
Kevin M. Franks
Duke University
5
Christopher H. Chen
University of Saskatchewan
6
Yali Dang
Ningbo University
7
Souheil Zayet
Luxembourg Institute of Health
8
Rui B. Chang
Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital
9
Stephanie Shiers
The University of Texas at Dallas
10
William Renthal
Harvard University

Papers

1
A multidimensional coding architecture of the vagal interoceptive system
Nature|2022
227 cit.
2
Harmonized cross-species cell atlases of trigeminal and dorsal root ganglia
Science Advances|2024
198 cit.
3
Keypoint-MoSeq: parsing behavior by linking point tracking to pose dynamics
Nature Methods|2024
198 cit.
4
Human and mouse trigeminal ganglia cell atlas implicates multiple cell types in migraine
Neuron|2022
194 cit.
5
Umami peptides screened based on peptidomics and virtual screening from Ruditapes philippinarum and Mactra veneriformis clams
Food Chemistry|2022
127 cit.
6
A strategy for screening novel umami dipeptides based on common feature pharmacophore and molecular docking
Biomaterials|2022
42 cit.
7
A Purkinje cell to parabrachial nucleus pathway enables broad cerebellar influence over the forebrain
Nature Neuroscience|2023
40 cit.
8
Outbreak of <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> pneumonia in hospitalized patients: Who is concerned? Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, France, 2023–2024
Epidemiology and Infection|2024
20 cit.
9
Effects of ultrasonic-assisted marinating on degradation of beef protein and formation of flavor precursors
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis|2024
16 cit.
10
Nageotte nodules in human dorsal root ganglia reveal neurodegeneration in diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Nature Communications|2025
15 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Thomas Hummel
Taste and Smell Clinic
2
Richard Axel
Allen Institute for Brain Science
3
Charles Spence
University of Oxford
4
Peter J. Lang
MBF Bioscience (United States)
5
Charles S. Zuker
Columbia University
6
Linda B. Buck
Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa
7
Gilles Laurent
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
8
John R. Carlson
Yale University
9
Barry E. Stein
Wake Forest University
10
Robert F. Margolskee
Monell Chemical Senses Center

Papers

1
Measuring emotion: The self-assessment manikin and the semantic differential
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry|1994
9.4k cit.
2
A novel multigene family may encode odorant receptors: A molecular basis for odor recognition
Cell|1991
5k cit.
3
Looking at pictures: Affective, facial, visceral, and behavioral reactions
Psychophysiology|1993
3.2k cit.
4
International Affective Picture System (IAPS) : Technical Manual and Affective Ratings
Medical Entomology and Zoology|1995
2.9k cit.
5
‘Sniffin’ Sticks': Olfactory Performance Assessed by the Combined Testing of Odour Identification, Odor Discrimination and Olfactory Threshold
Chemical Senses|1997
2.5k cit.
6
Combinatorial Receptor Codes for Odors
Cell|1999
2.3k cit.
7
The emotion probe: Studies of motivation and attention.
American Psychologist|1995
2.3k cit.
8
Emotion and motivation I: Defensive and appetitive reactions in picture processing.
Emotion|2001
2.2k cit.
9
Emotion, attention, and the startle reflex.
Psychological Review|1990
2.1k cit.
10
Visualizing an Olfactory Sensory Map
Cell|1996
2k cit.

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