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Dana M. Small

Dana M. Small

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
64
Citations
17675
World Ranking
3226
National Ranking
188

Dana M. Small 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 Dana M. Small sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 157 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dana M. Small 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 Dana M. Small sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dana M. Small is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their scholarly work spans focused subfields including Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed to several main topics, particularly in biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, olfactory and sensory function studies, diet and metabolism studies, regulation of appetite and obesity, eating disorders and behaviors, advanced chemical sensor technologies, and obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Frequent collaboration is notable with several co-authors, including Xue S. Davis, Emily E. Perszyk, Zach Hutelin, Maria G. Veldhuizen, and Serge Luquet.

The publication record of Dana M. Small includes papers published in high-impact venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Metabolism, the International Journal of Obesity, Physiology & Behavior, and Scientific Reports. These venues have hosted multiple contributions, for example, eight papers in bioRxiv and four in Cell Metabolism.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Small include:

  • Central nervous pathways of insulin action in the control of metabolism and food intake, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Short-Term Consumption of Sucralose with, but Not without, Carbohydrate Impairs Neural and Metabolic Sensitivity to Sugar in Humans, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Habitual daily intake of a sweet and fatty snack modulates reward processing in humans, 2023, Cell Metabolism
  • Loss of nucleus accumbens low-frequency fluctuations is a signature of chronic pain, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Circulating Triglycerides Gate Dopamine-Associated Behaviors through DRD2-Expressing Neurons, 2020, Cell Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Changes in brain activity related to eating chocolate: from pleasure to aversion.

    Dana M. Small;Robert J. Zatorre;Alain Dagher;Alan C. Evans

  • Relation of reward from food intake and anticipated food intake to obesity: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Eric Stice;Sonja Spoor;Cara Bohon;Marga G. Veldhuizen

  • Relation Between Obesity and Blunted Striatal Response to Food Is Moderated by TaqIA A1 Allele

    E. Stice;S. Spoor;C. Bohon;C. Bohon;D. M. Small

  • Dissociation of neural representation of intensity and affective valuation in human gustation.

    Dana M Small;Michael D Gregory;Y.Erica Mak;Darren Gitelman

  • Feeding-induced dopamine release in dorsal striatum correlates with meal pleasantness ratings in healthy human volunteers.

    Dana M Small;Marilyn Jones-Gotman;Alain Dagher

  • Odor/taste integration and the perception of flavor

    Dana M. Small;John Prescott

  • Differential Neural Responses Evoked by Orthonasal versus Retronasal Odorant Perception in Humans

    Dana M. Small;Johannes C. Gerber;Y. Erica Mak;Thomas Hummel

  • Human cortical gustatory areas: a review of functional neuroimaging data.

    Dana M. Small;David H. Zald;Marilyn Jones-Gotman;Robert J. Zatorre

  • Food and drug cues activate similar brain regions: a meta-analysis of functional MRI studies.

    D.W. Tang;L.K. Fellows;D.M. Small;A. Dagher

  • Experience-dependent neural integration of taste and smell in the human brain.

    Dana M. Small;Joel Voss;Y. Erica Mak;Katharine B. Simmons

  • Youth at risk for obesity show greater activation of striatal and somatosensory regions to food

    Eric Stice;Sonja Yokum;Kyle S. Burger;Leonard H. Epstein

  • The posterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex mediate the anticipatory allocation of spatial attention.

    Dana M. Small;Darren R. Gitelman;Michael D. Gregory;Anna Christina Nobre;Anna Christina Nobre

  • Flavor is in the brain

    Dana M. Small

  • Taste representation in the human insula.

    Dana M. Small

  • Flavor processing: more than the sum of its parts.

    Dana M. Small;Marilyn Jones-Gotman;Robert J. Zatorre;Michael Petrides

  • The Spatial Attention Network Interacts with Limbic and Monoaminergic Systems to Modulate Motivation-Induced Attention Shifts

    Aprajita Mohanty;Darren R. Gitelman;Dana M. Small;M. Marsel Mesulam

  • Monetary Incentives Enhance Processing in Brain Regions Mediating Top-down Control of Attention

    Dana M. Small;Darren Gitelman;Katharine Simmons;Suzanne M. Bloise;Suzanne M. Bloise

  • Supra-Additive Effects of Combining Fat and Carbohydrate on Food Reward

    Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio;Géraldine Coppin;Géraldine Coppin;Lionel Rigoux;Lionel Rigoux;Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah

  • Rethinking Food Reward

    Ivan E de Araujo;Ivan E de Araujo;Mark Schatzker;Dana M Small

  • Neural Correlates of Stress- and Food Cue–Induced Food Craving in Obesity: Association with insulin levels

    Ania M. Jastreboff;Rajita Sinha;Cheryl Lacadie;Dana M. Small

  • Brain imaging: Human cortical gustatory areas: A review of functional neuroimaging data

    Dana M. Small;David H. Zald;Marilyn Jones-Gotman;Robert J. Zatorre

Frequent Co-Authors

Darren R. Gitelman
Darren R. Gitelman Northwestern University
Marilyn Jones-Gotman
Marilyn Jones-Gotman Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Ivan E. de Araujo
Ivan E. de Araujo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Robert J. Zatorre
Robert J. Zatorre McGill University
M.-Marsel Mesulam
M.-Marsel Mesulam Northwestern University
Alain Dagher
Alain Dagher Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Eric Stice
Eric Stice Stanford University
Barry G. Green
Barry G. Green Yale University
Todd B. Parrish
Todd B. Parrish Northwestern University
Rajita Sinha
Rajita Sinha Yale University

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