2026 Bijan Pesaran: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	42	7532	6946	3247	2933	123	10949

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Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Bijan Pesaran is affiliated with New York University in the United States and specializes in the field of neuroscience. Their research has a strong focus on neural dynamics and brain function across a range of topics and applications.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

Neuroscience

Within neuroscience, Pesaran's work spans several subfields such as:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Neurology
Artificial Intelligence
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The primary topics covered in their research include:

Neural dynamics and brain function
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Neurological disorders and treatments
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
Neural Networks and Applications

Pesaran frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

Maryam M. Shanechi (16 publications)
Katie Wingel (12 publications)
Jonathan Viventi (10 publications)
Agrita Dubey (10 publications)
Chia-Han Chiang (9 publications)

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on high-definition neural interfaces, modeling neural dynamics, brain network responses, and neural engineering technologies. Selected recent papers include:

Development of a neural interface for high-definition, long-term recording in rodents and nonhuman primates (2020, Science Translational Medicine)
Modeling behaviorally relevant neural dynamics enabled by preferential subspace identification (2020, Nature Neuroscience)
Modelling and prediction of the dynamic responses of large-scale brain networks during direct electrical stimulation (2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering)
Multiscale low-dimensional motor cortical state dynamics predict naturalistic reach-and-grasp behavior (2021, Nature Communications)
Flexible, high-resolution thin-film electrodes for human and animal neural research (2021, Journal of Neural Engineering)

The venues where Pesaran frequently publishes include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 17 publications
Journal of Neural Engineering with 9 publications
Neuron with 5 publications
Nature Biomedical Engineering with 3 publications
Neurosurgery with 3 publications

Bijan Pesaran was awarded the Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2007.

Best Publications

Analysis of Dynamic Brain Imaging Data

P.P. Mitra;B. Pesaran

1306
Citations
Temporal structure in neuronal activity during working memory in macaque parietal cortex

Bijan Pesaran;John S. Pezaris;John S. Pezaris;Maneesh Sahani;Partha P. Mitra

1253
Citations
A procedure for an automated measurement of song similarity

Ofer Tchernichovski;Fernando Nottebohm;Ching Elizabeth Ho;Bijan Pesaran

878
Citations
Free choice activates a decision circuit between frontal and parietal cortex

Bijan Pesaran;Matthew J. Nelson;Richard A. Andersen

519
Citations
Dorsal Premotor Neurons Encode the Relative Position of the Hand, Eye, and Goal during Reach Planning

Bijan Pesaran;Matthew J. Nelson;Richard A. Andersen

438
Citations
Selecting the signals for a brain–machine interface

Richard A Andersen;Sam Musallam;Bijan Pesaran

414
Citations
Investigating large-scale brain dynamics using field potential recordings: analysis and interpretation

Bijan Pesaran;Bijan Pesaran;Martin Vinck;Gaute T. Einevoll;Gaute T. Einevoll;Anton Sirota

402
Citations
Visual stimuli induce waves of electrical activity in turtle cortex

J. C. Prechtl;L. B. Cohen;L. B. Cohen;B. Pesaran;P. P. Mitra

377
Citations
The role of nonlinear dynamics of the syrinx in the vocalizations of a songbird.

Michale S. Fee;Boris Shraiman;Bijan Pesaran;Partha P. Mitra

310
Citations
Sensory–motor transformations for speech occur bilaterally

Gregory B. Cogan;Thomas Thesen;Chad Carlson;Werner Doyle

300
Citations
Neural prosthetic control signals from plan activity

Krishna V. Shenoy;Daniella Meeker;Shiyan Cao;Sohaib A. Kureshi;Sohaib A. Kureshi

264
Citations
Development of a neural interface for high-definition, long-term recording in rodents and nonhuman primates.

Chia Han Chiang;Sang Min Won;Amy L. Orsborn;Amy L. Orsborn;Ki Jun Yu

201
Citations
An oscillator model better predicts cortical entrainment to music

Keith B. Doelling;M. Florencia Assaneo;Dana Bevilacqua;Bijan Pesaran

190
Citations
Human Reinforcement Learning Subdivides Structured Action Spaces by Learning Effector-Specific Values

Samuel J. Gershman;Bijan Pesaran;Nathaniel Douglass Daw

167
Citations
Cognitive Neural Prosthetics

R.A. Andersen;J.W. Burdick;S. Musallam;B. Pesaran

167
Citations
Modeling behaviorally relevant neural dynamics enabled by preferential subspace identification

Omid G. Sani;Hamidreza Abbaspourazad;Yan T. Wong;Yan T. Wong;Bijan Pesaran

155
Citations
Multiple component networks support working memory in prefrontal cortex

David A. Markowitz;Clayton E. Curtis;Bijan Pesaran

134
Citations
Optimizing the Decoding of Movement Goals from Local Field Potentials in Macaque Cortex

David A. Markowitz;Yan T. Wong;Charles M. Gray;Bijan Pesaran

134
Citations
Modelling and prediction of the dynamic responses of large-scale brain networks during direct electrical stimulation

Yuxiao Yang;Shaoyu Qiao;Omid G. Sani;J. Isaac Sedillo

132
Citations
Only Coherent Spiking in Posterior Parietal Cortex Coordinates Looking and Reaching

Heather L. Dean;Maureen A. Hagan;Bijan Pesaran

130
Citations
PrimerCognitive neural prosthetics

B. Pesaran;S. Musallam;R.A. Andersen

101
Citations