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Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

1662-5188

Published by: Frontiers Media S.A.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/computational-neuroscience

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 164 100 114 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 265
Documents by Best Scientists*: 262
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 77
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.622
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience?

Neuroscience, Artificial intelligence, Pattern recognition, Artificial neural network and Machine learning are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. Neuroscience research discussed connects with the study of Synaptic plasticity. It holds forums on Artificial intelligence that merges themes from other disciplines such as Perception and Computer vision.

  • Neuroscience (34.82%)
  • Artificial intelligence (29.79%)
  • Pattern recognition (9.32%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Unsupervised learning of digit recognition using spike-timing-dependent plasticity. (609 citations)
  • Toward an Integration of Deep Learning and Neuroscience. (337 citations)
  • The neural origin of muscle synergies (266 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience:

The most cited articles focus largely on the fields of Neuroscience, Artificial intelligence, Artificial neural network, Machine learning and Synaptic plasticity. Issues in Artificial intelligence were discussed in the published articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Perception, Motor control and Pattern recognition. The published papers hold forums on Synaptic plasticity that merge themes from other disciplines such as Long-term potentiation and Neurotransmission.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Statistics
  • Neuroscience

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Artificial intelligence, Artificial neural network, Pattern recognition, Neuroscience and Deep learning. The Artificial intelligence works featured in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience incorporate elements from Machine learning and Identification (information). The research on Artificial neural network featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Computer architecture, Memristor, Inference, Cognitive science and Random graph.

The subject of Learning rule, which is connected to the field of Unsupervised learning, serves as the foundation of the Pattern recognition research featured in it. The work on Neuroscience addressed in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience expands to the thematically related Rhythm. While Deep learning is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Neuroimaging and Dyslexia.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evaluating State Space Discovery by Persistent Cohomology in the Spatial Representation System. (5 citations)
  • A Deep Learning Approach for Automatic Seizure Detection in Children With Epilepsy. (4 citations)
  • A Study on Arrhythmia via ECG Signal Classification Using the Convolutional Neural Network (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rotter Stefan (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Matthias Bethge (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Egert Ulrich (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nawrot Martin (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Triesch Jochen (15 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (76 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Southern California (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (26 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (25 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.16% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.29% of all publications and 61.22% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Opportunities and Requirements in Computational Neuroscience

In the sphere of Computational Neuroscience, career opportunities are varied and plentiful. Aspiring scientists can pursue rewarding careers as research scientists, professors, data analysts, and more. But it's critical to understand that each role requires specific academic qualifications and licensure. One such career path is that of a Speech-Language Pathologist, who can play a vital role in assisting those with communication or swallowing disorders.

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Ultimately, a move into the field of Computational Neuroscience can be rewarding both professionally and personally. It's a sector ripe with opportunities for those with the willingness to obtain the necessary qualifications and continue in the pursuit of further knowledge and understanding.

Top Publications

  • An Active Inference Approach to Modeling Structure Learning: Concept Learning as an Example Case.

    Ryan Smith;Philipp Schwartenbeck;Thomas Parr;Karl J. Friston

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • A comprehensive neural simulation of slow-wave sleep and highly responsive wakefulness dynamics

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • Dynamic models for musical rhythm perception and coordination

    (2023)
    43 Citations
  • Measuring the Non-linear Directed Information Flow in Schizophrenia by Multivariate Transfer Entropy.

    Dennis Joe Harmah;Cunbo Li;Fali Li;Yuanyuan Liao

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • An Investigation of the Free Energy Principle for Emotion Recognition.

    Daphne Demekas;Thomas Parr;Karl J. Friston

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Unsupervised Learning of Persistent and Sequential Activity

    Ulises Pereira;Nicolas Brunel

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Perceptron learning and classification in a modeled cortical pyramidal cell

    Toviah Moldwin;Idan Segev

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Oscillatory Bursting as a Mechanism for Temporal Coupling and Information Coding.

    Idan Tal;Idan Tal;Samuel Neymotin;Stephan Bickel;Stephan Bickel;Peter Lakatos;Peter Lakatos

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Learning Invariant Object and Spatial View Representations in the Brain Using Slow Unsupervised Learning.

    Edmund T Rolls;Edmund T Rolls

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Aberrant Whole-Brain Transitions and Dynamics of Spontaneous Network Microstates in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

    Marios Antonakakis;Stavros I. Dimitriadis;Michalis E. Zervakis;Andrew C. Papanicolaou

    (2020)
    26 Citations

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