2026 Alexander Sher: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	47	6303	5799	2744	2474	139	14347

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Overview

Alexander Sher is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on Neuroscience and related domains within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work spans several main fields of study, including:

Neuroscience
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader areas, Sher's subfields of study consist of:

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Biophysics

They have contributed extensively to topics such as:

Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Neural dynamics and brain function
Retinal Development and Disorders
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Visual perception and processing mechanisms

The scientist has published in multiple venues, with frequent publications in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Neural Engineering
eLife
Journal of Neuroscience
Nature Communications

Selected recent papers by Alexander Sher include:

"Reconstruction of natural images from responses of primate retinal ganglion cells," 2020, eLife
"Inference of nonlinear receptive field subunits with spike-triggered clustering," 2020, eLife
"Functional Organization of Midget and Parasol Ganglion Cells in the Human Retina," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Focal electrical stimulation of human retinal ganglion cells for vision restoration," 2022, Journal of Neural Engineering
"High-Fidelity Reproduction of Visual Signals by Electrical Stimulation in the Central Primate Retina," 2023, Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors with whom Alexander Sher has collaborated multiple times are:

A. M. Litke
E. J. Chichilnisky
Alex Gogliettino
Alexandra Kling
Nishal P. Shah

Best Publications

The classical complement cascade mediates CNS synapse elimination.

Beth Stevens;Nicola J. Allen;Luis E. Vazquez;Gareth R. Howell

3578
Citations
Spatio-temporal correlations and visual signalling in a complete neuronal population

Jonathan William Pillow;Jonathon Shlens;Liam Paninski;Alexander Sher

1705
Citations
Astrocytes mediate synapse elimination through MEGF10 and MERTK pathways

Won-Suk Chung;Laura E. Clarke;Gordon X. Wang;Benjamin K. Stafford

1422
Citations
The structure of multi-neuron firing patterns in primate retina

Jonathon Shlens;Greg D. Field;Jeffrey L. Gauthier;Matthew I. Grivich

609
Citations
Photovoltaic retinal prosthesis with high pixel density

Keith Mathieson;James Loudin;Georges Goetz;Philip Huie

496
Citations
What does the eye tell the brain?: Development of a system for the large-scale recording of retinal output activity

A.M. Litke;N. Bezayiff;E.J. Chichilnisky;W. Cunningham

429
Citations
Functional connectivity in the retina at the resolution of photoreceptors

Greg D. Field;Jeffrey L. Gauthier;Jeffrey L. Gauthier;Alexander Sher;Martin Greschner

424
Citations
Electrical Stimulation of Mammalian Retinal Ganglion Cells With Multielectrode Arrays

Chris Sekirnjak;Pawel Hottowy;Alexander Sher;Wladyslaw Dabrowski

401
Citations
Photovoltaic restoration of sight with high visual acuity

Henri Lorach;Georges Goetz;Richard Smith;Xin Lei

379
Citations
A Maximum Entropy Model Applied to Spatial and Temporal Correlations from Cortical Networks In Vitro

Aonan Tang;David Jackson;Jon Hobbs;Wei Chen

367
Citations
High-Resolution Electrical Stimulation of Primate Retina for Epiretinal Implant Design

Chris Sekirnjak;Pawel Hottowy;Alexander Sher;Wladyslaw Dabrowski

237
Citations
Spatial Properties and Functional Organization of Small Bistratified Ganglion Cells in Primate Retina

Greg D. Field;Alexander Sher;Jeffrey L. Gauthier;Martin Greschner

229
Citations
A wireless multi-channel neural amplifier for freely moving animals

Tobi A. Szuts;Vitaliy Fadeyev;Sergei Kachiguine;Alexander Sher

224
Citations
Spatial-temporal patterns of retinal waves underlying activity-dependent refinement of retinofugal projections.

Ben K. Stafford;Alexander Sher;Alan M. Litke;David A. Feldheim

200
Citations
Identification and Characterization of a Y-Like Primate Retinal Ganglion Cell Type

Dumitru Petrusca;Matthew I Grivich;Alexander Sher;Greg D Field

186
Citations
The Structure of Large-Scale Synchronized Firing in Primate Retina

Jonathon Shlens;Greg D. Field;Jeffrey L. Gauthier;Martin Greschner

175
Citations
Direction Selectivity in the Retina Is Established Independent of Visual Experience and Cholinergic Retinal Waves

Justin Elstrott;Anastasia Anishchenko;Martin Greschner;Alexander Sher

169
Citations
Fidelity of the ensemble code for visual motion in primate retina.

E. S. Frechette;A. Sher;M. I. Grivich;D. Petrusca

162
Citations
Receptive fields in primate retina are coordinated to sample visual space more uniformly.

Jeffrey L Gauthier;Greg D Field;Alexander Sher;Martin Greschner

160
Citations
Photovoltaic retinal prosthesis: implant fabrication and performance

Lele Wang;Keith Mathieson;Keith Mathieson;Keith Mathieson;Theodore I. Kamins;James D. Loudin

151
Citations