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Barbara L. Finlay

Barbara L. Finlay

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Neuroscience

D-Index
60
Citations
15237
World Ranking
3799
National Ranking
1737

Barbara L. Finlay publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara L. Finlay sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 153 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Barbara L. Finlay D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara L. Finlay sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Barbara L. Finlay is a researcher affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their work spans neuroscience and psychology, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and other related subfields. The research covers neural dynamics and brain function, memory and neural mechanisms, as well as areas like zebrafish biomedical research applications and functional brain connectivity studies.

Finlay has multiple recent publications, including:

  • The neuroecology of the water-to-land transition and the evolution of the vertebrate brain, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Self-organization of cortical areas in the development and evolution of neocortex, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Multiple Contexts of Brain Scaling: Phenotypic Integration in Brain and Behavioral Evolution, 2022, Brain Behavior and Evolution
  • Self-organization of cortical areas in the development and evolution of neocortex: a network growth model, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Focusing the eyes and recognizing objects: evo-devo and the sensitive period, 2020, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Their frequent coauthors include Nabil Imam, Malcolm A. MacIver, Ryutaro Uchiyama, Matthew Kielo, and Brandon M. Trude.

Finlay's publications tend to appear in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Brain Behavior and Evolution, and Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences.

Their main fields of study focus on:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Subfields include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Paleontology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cell Biology
  • Artificial Intelligence

The primary research topics covered are:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

In 1998, Finlay was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Linked regularities in the development and evolution of mammalian brains

    Barbara L. Finlay;Richard B. Darlington

  • Translating developmental time across mammalian species.

    B Clancy;R.B Darlington;B.L Finlay

  • Extrapolating brain development from experimental species to humans.

    Barbara Clancy;Barbara L. Finlay;Richard B. Darlington;K.J.S. Anand;K.J.S. Anand

  • Modeling Transformations of Neurodevelopmental Sequences across Mammalian Species

    Alan D. Workman;Christine J. Charvet;Barbara Clancy;Richard B. Darlington

  • Developmental structure in brain evolution.

    Barbara L. Finlay;Richard B. Darlington;Nicholas Nicastro

  • Quantitative studies of single-cell properties in monkey striate cortex. I. Spatiotemporal organization of receptive fields

    P. H. Schiller;B. L. Finlay;S. F. Volman

  • Author's Response: Developmental structure in brain evolution

    Barbara L. Finlay;Richard B. Darlington;Nicholas Nicastro

  • Quantitative studies of single-cell properties in monkey striate cortex. II. Orientation specificity and ocular dominance

    P. H. Schiller;B. L. Finlay;S. F. Volman

  • Web-based method for translating neurodevelopment from laboratory species to humans.

    Barbara Clancy;Brandon Kersh;James Hyde;Richard B. Darlington

  • Local differences in the amount of early cell death in neocortex predict adult local specializations

    Barbara L. Finlay;Michael Slattery

  • Quantitative studies of single-cell properties in monkey striate cortex. III. Spatial frequency.

    P. H. Schiller;B. L. Finlay;S. F. Volman

  • The early development of thalamocortical and corticothalamic projections.

    Brad Miller;Larry Chou;Barbara L. Finlay

  • A conserved pattern of brain scaling from sharks to primates

    Kara E. Yopak;Thomas J. Lisney;Richard B. Darlington;Shaun P. Collin

  • Patterns of Vertebrate Neurogenesis and the Paths of Vertebrate Evolution

    Barbara L. Finlay;Michael N. Hersman;Richard B. Darlington

  • Topography of visual and somatosensory projections to the superior colliculus of the golden hamster

    Barbara L. Finlay;Sue E. Schneps;Karen G. Wilson;Gerald E. Schneider

  • Cell death in the mammalian visual system during normal development : I. Retinal ganglion cells.

    D. R. Sengelaub;B. L. Finlay

  • Developmental mechanisms channeling cortical evolution

    Barbara L. Finlay;Ryutaro Uchiyama

  • The Limbic System in Mammalian Brain Evolution

    R.L. Reep;B.L. Finlay;R.B. Darlington

  • Neural development in metatherian and eutherian mammals: variation and constraint.

    R.B. Darlington;S.A. Dunlop;B.L. Finlay

  • The course of human events: predicting the timing of primate neural development

    Barbara Clancy;Richard B. Darlington;Barbara L. Finlay

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale R. Sengelaub
Dale R. Sengelaub Indiana University
Luiz Carlos L. Silveira
Luiz Carlos L. Silveira Federal University of Para
Chet C. Sherwood
Chet C. Sherwood George Washington University
Kanwaljeet J. S. Anand
Kanwaljeet J. S. Anand Stanford University
Giorgio M. Innocenti
Giorgio M. Innocenti Karolinska Institute
Henning Scheich
Henning Scheich Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Georg F. Striedter
Georg F. Striedter University of California, Irvine
Paul Bloom
Paul Bloom Columbia University
José Muñiz
José Muñiz University of Oviedo
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Lisa Feldman Barrett Northeastern University

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