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Christopher D. Smyser 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 Christopher D. Smyser sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 175 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher D. Smyser 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 Christopher D. Smyser sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Christopher D. Smyser is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a substantial number of publications focused on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics of Smyser's work include:

  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 26 publications
  • Biological Psychiatry with 12 publications
  • Pediatric Research with 6 publications
  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience with 5 publications
  • Cerebral Cortex with 5 publications

Smyser's notable recent papers include:

  • "A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex," 2023, published in Nature
  • "Trial of Erythropoietin for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Newborns," 2022, published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Individual-specific functional connectivity of the amygdala: A substrate for precision psychiatry," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Neuroimaging in the term newborn with neonatal encephalopathy," 2021, published in Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
  • "Global motion detection and censoring in high-density diffuse optical tomography," 2020, published in Human Brain Mapping

Frequent collaborators in Smyser's work include:

  • Cynthia Rogers (85 joint publications)
  • Joan L. Luby (51 joint publications)
  • Deanna M. Barch (50 joint publications)
  • Barbara Warner (43 joint publications)
  • Tara A. Smyser (36 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Brain charts for the human lifespan

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  • Resting-State fMRI: A Review of Methods and Clinical Applications

    Megan H. Lee;Christopher D. Smyser;Joshua S. Shimony

  • Longitudinal Analysis of Neural Network Development in Preterm Infants

    Christopher D. Smyser;Terrie E. Inder;Joshua S. Shimony;Jason E. Hill

  • Neonatal intensive care unit stress is associated with brain development in preterm infants.

    Gillian C. Smith;Jordan Gutovich;Christopher Smyser;Roberta Pineda

  • A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex

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  • Alterations in brain structure and neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants hospitalized in different neonatal intensive care unit environments.

    Roberta G. Pineda;Jeff Neil;Donna Dierker;Christopher D. Smyser

  • Functional connectivity MRI in infants: exploration of the functional organization of the developing brain.

    Christopher D. Smyser;Abraham Z. Snyder;Jeffrey J. Neil

  • Resting-State Network Complexity and Magnitude Are Reduced in Prematurely Born Infants

    Christopher D. Smyser;Abraham Z. Snyder;Joshua S. Shimony;Anish Mitra

  • Neonatal Amygdala Functional Connectivity at Rest in Healthy and Preterm Infants and Early Internalizing Symptoms.

    Cynthia E. Rogers;Chad M. Sylvester;Carrie Mintz;Jeanette K. Kenley

  • Prediction of brain maturity in infants using machine-learning algorithms.

    Christopher D. Smyser;Nico U.F. Dosenbach;Tara A. Smyser;Abraham Z. Snyder

  • Aberrant structural and functional connectivity and neurodevelopmental impairment in preterm children

    Cynthia E. Rogers;Rachel E. Lean;Muriah D. Wheelock;Christopher D. Smyser

  • Individual-specific functional connectivity of the amygdala: A substrate for precision psychiatry.

    Chad M. Sylvester;Qiongru Yu;A. Benjamin Srivastava;A. Benjamin Srivastava;Scott Marek

  • Dynamic patterns of cortical expansion during folding of the preterm human brain

    Kara E Garcia;Emma C Robinson;Emma C Robinson;Dimitrios Alexopoulos;Donna L Dierker

  • Effects of white matter injury on resting state fMRI measures in prematurely born infants.

    Christopher D. Smyser;Abraham Z. Snyder;Joshua S. Shimony;Tyler M. Blazey

  • Functional Imaging of the Developing Brain at the Bedside Using Diffuse Optical Tomography

    Silvina L. Ferradal;Steve M. Liao;Adam T. Eggebrecht;Joshua S. Shimony

  • Safety and Short-Term Outcomes of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Preterm Neonates 34-35 Weeks Gestational Age with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

    Rakesh Rao;Shamik Trivedi;Zachary Vesoulis;Steve M. Liao

  • Mutations in STAMBP, encoding a deubiquitinating enzyme, cause Microcephaly-Capillary Malformation syndrome

    Laura M McDonell;Ghayda M Mirzaa;Diana Alcantara;Jeremy Schwartzentruber

  • Comparison of cortical folding measures for evaluation of developing human brain.

    Joshua S. Shimony;Christopher D. Smyser;Graham Wideman;Dimitrios Alexopoulos

  • Neonatal Brain Tissue Classification with Morphological Adaptation and Unified Segmentation.

    Richard J. Beare;Jian Chen;Jian Chen;Claire E. Kelly;Dimitrios Alexopoulos

  • Characterisation of mutations of the phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit, PIK3R2, in perisylvian polymicrogyria: a next-generation sequencing study

    Ghayda M. Mirzaa;Ghayda M. Mirzaa;Valerio Conti;Andrew E. Timms;Christopher D. Smyser

  • Cortical Functional Connectivity Evident After Birth and Behavioral Inhibition at Age 2

    Chad M. Sylvester;Christopher D. Smyser;Tara Smyser;Jeanette Kenley

  • Regional white matter development in very preterm infants: perinatal predictors and early developmental outcomes.

    Cynthia E. Rogers;Tara Smyser;Christopher D. Smyser;Joshua Shimony

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrie E. Inder
Terrie E. Inder Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jeffrey J. Neil
Jeffrey J. Neil Washington University in St. Louis
Joshua S. Shimony
Joshua S. Shimony Washington University in St. Louis
Abraham Z. Snyder
Abraham Z. Snyder Washington University in St. Louis
William B. Dobyns
William B. Dobyns University of Minnesota
Thomas J. Grabowski
Thomas J. Grabowski University of Washington
David C. Van Essen
David C. Van Essen Washington University in St. Louis
Joan L. Luby
Joan L. Luby Washington University in St. Louis
Deanna M. Barch
Deanna M. Barch Washington University in St. Louis
George A. Macones
George A. Macones The University of Texas at Austin

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