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David I. Donaldson 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 David I. Donaldson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 93 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David I. Donaldson 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 David I. Donaldson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David I. Donaldson is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Medicine and Neuroscience, comprising 31 and 19 publications respectively. Within these domains, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Genetics, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Neurology.

Their main topics of study include EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Neural dynamics and brain function, Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders, Muscle activation and electromyography studies, and Motor Control and Adaptation.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Donaldson are the following:

  • COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients with CLL: an update of the international ERIC and Campus CLL study, 2021, Leukemia
  • Teachers matter for metacognition: Facilitating metacognition in the primary school through teacher-pupil interactions, 2020, Thinking Skills and Creativity
  • Mobile EEG reveals functionally dissociable dynamic processes supporting real-world ambulatory obstacle avoidance: Evidence for early proactive control, 2021, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Do doorways really matter: Investigating memory benefits of event segmentation in a virtual learning environment, 2021, Cognition
  • The Use of Biofluid Markers to Evaluate the Consequences of Sport-Related Subconcussive Head Impact Exposure: A Scoping Review, 2024, Sports Medicine - Open

David I. Donaldson has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Their most frequent co-authors include Dimitrios Kourtis, Magdalena Ietswaart, Magda Mustile, Simon Ladouce, and Lydia Scarfò.

Their publications are distributed among various venues, with frequent contributions to Frontiers in Psychology and Blood, each hosting two of their papers, as well as to Leukemia, Thinking Skills and Creativity, and European Journal of Neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Neural Mechanisms of Transient and Sustained Cognitive Control during Task Switching

    Todd S Braver;Jeremy R Reynolds;David I Donaldson

  • Human brain activity time-locked to perceptual event boundaries.

    Jeffrey M. Zacks;Todd S. Braver;Margaret A. Sheridan;David I. Donaldson

  • A Parcellation Scheme for Human Left Lateral Parietal Cortex

    Steven M. Nelson;Alexander L. Cohen;Jonathan D. Power;Gagan S. Wig

  • Neural correlates of episodic retrieval success.

    Seiki Konishi;Mark E. Wheeler;David I. Donaldson;Randy L. Buckner;Randy L. Buckner

  • Evidence Accumulation and the Moment of Recognition: Dissociating Perceptual Recognition Processes Using fMRI

    Elisabeth J. Ploran;Steven M. Nelson;Katerina Velanova;David I. Donaldson

  • Large-scale replication study reveals a limit on probabilistic prediction in language comprehension

    Mante S. Nieuwland;Mante S. Nieuwland;Stephen Politzer-Ahles;Stephen Politzer-Ahles;Evelien Heyselaar;Katrien Segaert

  • It's the way that you, er, say it: hesitations in speech affect language comprehension.

    Martin Corley;Lucy J. MacGregor;David I. Donaldson

  • Mixed blocked/event-related designs separate transient and sustained activity in fMRI.

    Kristina M Visscher;Francis M Miezin;James E Kelly;Randy L Buckner

  • Dissociating state and item components of recognition memory using fMRI

    David Donaldson;Steve E Petersen;John M Ollinger;Randy Buckner

  • Making the case for mobile cognition: EEG and sports performance

    Joanne L. Park;Malcolm M. Fairweather;David I. Donaldson

  • Overactivation of fear systems to neutral faces in schizophrenia

    Jeremy Hall;Heather C. Whalley;James W. McKirdy;Liana Romaniuk

  • Recognition memory for new associations: electrophysiological evidence for the role of recollection

    David I Donaldson;Michael D Rugg

  • Dissociable effects of prediction and integration during language comprehension: evidence from a large-scale study using brain potentials

    Mante S. Nieuwland;Mante S. Nieuwland;Dale J. Barr;Federica Bartolozzi;Federica Bartolozzi;Simon Busch-Moreno

  • A review of the effects of diazepam on cognitive and psychomotor performance.

    Ronald A. Kleinknecht;David Donaldson

  • Understanding Minds in Real-World Environments: Toward a Mobile Cognition Approach.

    Simon Ladouce;David I. Donaldson;Paul A. Dudchenko;Magdalena Ietswaart

  • Dissociating Memory Retrieval Processes Using fMRI: Evidence that Priming Does Not Support Recognition Memory

    D.I. Donaldson;S.E. Petersen;R.L. Buckner

  • Evidence for Acute Electrophysiological and Cognitive Changes Following Routine Soccer Heading.

    Thomas G. Di Virgilio;Angus Hunter;Lindsay Wilson;William Stewart

  • Electrophysiological evidence for the influence of unitization on the processes engaged during episodic retrieval: Enhancing familiarity based remembering

    Sinead Maire Rhodes;David Donaldson

  • Effective Paradigm Design

    D.I Donaldson;RL Buckner;P.M Matthews;P Jezzard

  • Mobile EEG identifies the re-allocation of attention during real-world activity

    Simon Ladouce;David I. Donaldson;Paul A. Dudchenko;Magdalena Ietswaart

  • Event-related potential studies of associative recognition and recall: electrophysiological evidence for context dependent retrieval processes.

    David Donaldson;Michael D Rugg

Frequent Co-Authors

Randy L. Buckner
Randy L. Buckner Harvard University
Mante S. Nieuwland
Mante S. Nieuwland Max Planck Society
Falk Huettig
Falk Huettig Max Planck Society
Steven E. Petersen
Steven E. Petersen Washington University in St. Louis
Guillaume A. Rousselet
Guillaume A. Rousselet University of Glasgow
Martin Corley
Martin Corley University of Edinburgh
Paul A. Dudchenko
Paul A. Dudchenko University of Stirling
Todd S. Braver
Todd S. Braver Washington University in St. Louis
Mark Steedman
Mark Steedman University of Edinburgh
Andrew W. Young
Andrew W. Young University of York

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