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Daniel J. Simons

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Neuroscience

D-Index
74
Citations
32874
World Ranking
2064
National Ranking
983

Daniel J. Simons publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 233 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Daniel J. Simons 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 Daniel J. Simons sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 74 D-Index — 79th percentile

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Daniel J. Simons is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Physics and Astronomy with a focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, as well as Neuroscience, particularly Cognitive Neuroscience. Their interdisciplinary work also touches on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and General Decision Sciences.

The scientist's main areas of study encompass:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Neutrino Physics Research
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Nerve injury and regeneration

Recent publications by Daniel J. Simons illustrate a blend of topics across neuroscience and physics. Some notable papers include:

  • "The Trajectory of Truth: A Longitudinal Study of the Illusory Truth Effect" (2021) published in Journal of Cognition
  • "A reproducible systematic map of research on the illusory truth effect" (2021) published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • "Gamma-ray performance study of the HERD payload" (2021) published in Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference - PoS(ICRC2021)
  • "Nerve Wrap for Local Delivery of FK506/Tacrolimus Accelerates Nerve Regeneration" (2024) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Form factor and model dependence in neutrino-nucleus cross section predictions" (2022) published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors in these publications include:

  • Yifan Ding
  • Yannick Meurice
  • Connor M. Hults
  • Emma Henderson
  • Rishi Raja

Publication venues where Daniel J. Simons has contributed repeatedly include:

  • Journal of Cognition
  • Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cognitive Research Principles and Implications

In 1999, Daniel J. Simons received the distinction of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Gorillas in our midst: sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events.

    Daniel J Simons;Christopher F Chabris

  • Change blindness: past, present, and future.

    Daniel J. Simons;Ronald A. Rensink

  • The invisible gorilla: How our intuitions deceive us

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  • The effects of video game playing on attention, memory, and executive control.

    Walter R. Boot;Arthur F. Kramer;Daniel J. Simons;Monica Fabiani

  • Failure to detect changes to people during a real-world interaction

    Daniel J. Simons;Daniel T. Levin

  • Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work?:

    Daniel J. Simons;Walter R. Boot;Neil Charness;Susan E. Gathercole

  • The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

    Christopher F. Chabris;Daniel J. Simons

  • Biometric analyses of vibrissal tactile discrimination in the rat

    GE Carvell;DJ Simons

  • Constraints on Generality (COG): A Proposed Addition to All Empirical Papers:

    Daniel J. Simons;Yuichi Shoda;D. Stephen Lindsay

  • Change blindness

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  • Response properties of vibrissa units in rat SI somatosensory neocortex

    D. J. Simons

  • Current Approaches to Change Blindness

    Daniel J. Simons

  • Moving and looming stimuli capture attention.

    Steven L. Franconeri;Daniel J. Simons

  • Attentional capture and inattentional blindness

    Daniel J. Simons

  • Failure to detect changes to attended objects in motion pictures

    Daniel T. Levin;Daniel J. Simons

  • What You See Is What You Set: Sustained Inattentional Blindness and the Capture of Awareness.

    Steven B. Most;Brian J. Scholl;Erin R. Clifford;Daniel J. Simons

  • The Pervasive Problem With Placebos in Psychology Why Active Control Groups Are Not Sufficient to Rule Out Placebo Effects

    Walter R. Boot;Daniel J. Simons;Cary Stothart;Cassie Stutts

  • The Value of Direct Replication

    Daniel J. Simons

  • In Sight, Out of Mind: When Object Representations Fail

    Daniel J. Simons

  • Thalamocortical response transformation in the rat vibrissa/barrel system.

    D. J. Simons;G. E. Carvell

  • Do Action Video Games Improve Perception and Cognition

    Walter Richard Boot;Daniel P Blakely;Daniel J Simons

  • How not to be Seen: The Contribution of Similarity and Selective Ignoring to Sustained Inattentional Blindness

    Steven B. Most;Daniel J. Simons;Brian J. Scholl;Rachel Jimenez

  • Spatiotemporal continuity, smoothness of motion and object identity in infancy

    Elizabeth S. Spelke;Roberta Kestenbaum;Daniel J. Simons;Debra Wein

  • Feedforward Mechanisms of Excitatory and Inhibitory Cortical Receptive Fields

    Randy M. Bruno;Daniel J. Simons

  • Temporal and spatial integration in the rat SI vibrissa cortex

    Daniel J. Simons

  • Early experience of tactile stimulation influences organization of somatic sensory cortex

    Daniel J. Simons;Peter W. Land

  • Spatial organization of thalamocortical and corticothalamic projection systems in the rat SmI barrel cortex.

    Jolanta Chmielowska;George E. Carvell;Daniel J. Simons

  • Circuit dynamics and coding strategies in rodent somatosensory cortex.

    David J. Pinto;Joshua C. Brumberg;Daniel J. Simons

  • Responses of rat trigeminal ganglion neurons to movements of vibrissae in different directions.

    S. H. Lichtenstein;G. E. Carvell;D. J. Simons

  • Task- and Subject-Related Differences in Sensorimotor Behavior during Active Touch

    George E. Carvell;Daniel J. Simons

  • Cytochrome oxidase staining in the rat SmI barrel cortex.

    Peter W. Land;Daniel J. Simons

  • Imaging implicit perception: promise and pitfalls.

    Deborah E. Hannula;Daniel J. Simons;Neal J. Cohen;Neal J. Cohen

  • Spatial gradients and inhibitory summation in the rat whisker barrel system.

    Joshua C. Brumberg;David J Pinto;Daniel J. Simons

  • Processing in layer 4 of the neocortical circuit: new insights from visual and somatosensory cortex.

    Kenneth D Miller;David J Pinto;Daniel J Simons

  • Morphology of Golgi-Cox-impregnated barrel neurons in rat SmI cortex

    Daniel J. Simons;Daniel J. Simons;Thomas A. Woolsey

  • Robust temporal coding in the trigeminal system.

    Lauren M. Jones;Didier A. Depireux;Daniel J. Simons;Asaf Keller

  • Functional organization in mouse barrel cortex.

    Daniel J. Simons;Thomas A. Woolsey

  • A quantitative population model of whisker barrels: re-examining the Wilson-Cowan equations.

    David J. Pinto;Joshua C. Brumberg;Daniel J. Simons;G. Bard Ermentrout

  • Multi-whisker stimulation and its effects on vibrissa units in rat Sml barrel cortex

    Daniel J. Simons

Frequent Co-Authors

Jed A. Hartings
Jed A. Hartings University of Cincinnati
Randy M. Bruno
Randy M. Bruno University of Oxford
Thomas A. Woolsey
Thomas A. Woolsey Washington University in St. Louis
Asaf Keller
Asaf Keller University of Maryland, Baltimore
Stanley Finger
Stanley Finger Washington University in St. Louis
Patrick M. Kochanek
Patrick M. Kochanek University of Pittsburgh
G. Bard Ermentrout
G. Bard Ermentrout University of Pittsburgh
Matthew A. Howard
Matthew A. Howard University of Iowa
William R. Wagner
William R. Wagner University of Pittsburgh
Raman Venkataramanan
Raman Venkataramanan University of Pittsburgh

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