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David L. Woods

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Neuroscience

D-Index
73
Citations
17431
World Ranking
2219
National Ranking
1057

David L. Woods 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 L. Woods sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 178 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David L. Woods 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 L. Woods sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David L. Woods is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Surgery, and Clinical Psychology.

The primary research topics covered by Woods include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Spatial Cognition and Navigation

Woods has contributed to various publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Woods include the following:

  • Mindfulness-based therapy compared to cognitive behavioral therapy for opioid-treated chronic low back pain: Protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial, 2021, Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • The California Cognitive Assessment Battery (CCAB), 2024, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Effects of Aging, Sex and Forgetfulness on Mental Rotation Performance, 2022, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Interference and Facilitation Effects on Stroop-like Tasks in Older Adults, 2023, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Structured Psychological Support for people with probable personality disorder in mental health services in England: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, 2024, BMJ Open

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Timothy J. Herron
  • Juliana V. Baldo
  • Kathleen Hall
  • Michael Blank
  • Jas M. Chok

Best Publications

  • Shape perception reduces activity in human primary visual cortex

    Scott O. Murray;Daniel Kersten;Bruno A. Olshausen;Paul Schrater

  • Contributions of temporal-parietal junction to the human auditory P3.

    Robert T. Knight;Donatella Scabini;David L. Woods;Clay C. Clayworth

  • Intermodal selective attention. II. Effects of attentional load on processing of auditory and visual stimuli in central space.

    Kimmo Alho;David L. Woods;Alain Algazi;Risto Näätänen

  • Improving digit span assessment of short-term verbal memory.

    David L Woods;Mark M. Kishiyama;E. William Yund;Timothy J. Herron

  • A distributed cortical network for auditory sensory memory in humans.

    Claude Alain;David L. Woods;Robert T. Knight

  • Evoked potential audiometry.

    Picton Tw;Woods Dl;Baribeau-Braun J;Healey Tm

  • Lesions of frontal cortex diminish the auditory mismatch negativity.

    K. Alho;David L Woods;A. Algazi;R. T. Knight

  • Attentional modulation of human auditory cortex.

    Christopher I Petkov;Xiaojian Kang;Kimmo Alho;Olivier Bertrand

  • Intracerebral sources of human auditory-evoked potentials.

    Terence Picton;C. Alain;David L Woods;M. S. John

  • Factors influencing the latency of simple reaction time.

    David L Woods;John M. Wyma;E. William Yund;Timothy J. Herron

  • The effects of frontal cortex lesions on event-related potentials during auditory selective attention

    Robert T. Knight;Robert T. Knight;Steven A. Hillyard;Steven A. Hillyard;David L. Woods;David L. Woods;Helen J. Neville;Helen J. Neville

  • The effects of frontal and temporal-parietal lesions on the auditory evoked potential in man

    Robert T. Knight;Steven A. Hillyard;David L. Woods;Helen J. Neville

  • Prefrontal cortex gating of auditory transmission in humans

    Robert T. Knight;Donatella Scabini;David L. Woods

  • Generators of middle- and long-latency auditory evoked potentials: implications from studies of patients with bitemporal lesions.

    David L Woods;C.C Clayworth;R.T Knight;G.V Simpson

  • Electrophysiologic evidence of increased distractibility after dorsolateral prefrontal lesions.

    David L. Woods;Robert T. Knight

  • Intermodal selective attention. I. Effects on event-related potentials to lateralized auditory and visual stimuli.

    David L. Woods;Kimmo Alho;Alain Algazi

  • Age-related changes in processing auditory stimuli during visual attention: evidence for deficits in inhibitory control and sensory memory.

    Claude Alain;David L. Woods

  • Anatomical and physiological substrates of event-related potentials. Two case studies.

    Charles C. Wood;Gregory McCARTHY;Nancy K. Squires;Herbert G. Vaughan

  • Human auditory sustained potentials. II. Stimulus relationships

    T. W. Picton;T. W. Picton;David L Woods;David L Woods;G. B. Proulx;G. B. Proulx

  • The habituation of event-related potentials to speech sounds and tones.

    David L Woods;David L Woods;Robert Elmasian;Robert Elmasian

  • The physiological basis of selective attention: Implications of event-related potential studies.

    David L. Woods

Frequent Co-Authors

E. William Yund
E. William Yund University of California, Davis
Bradford J. Wood
Bradford J. Wood National Institutes of Health
Claude Alain
Claude Alain University of Toronto
Andrew L. Lewis
Andrew L. Lewis BioCity Nottingham
Robert T. Knight
Robert T. Knight University of California, Berkeley
Kimmo Alho
Kimmo Alho University of Helsinki
Shihui Han
Shihui Han Peking University
Bruce R Reed
Bruce R Reed University of California, Davis
Teemu Rinne
Teemu Rinne University of Helsinki
Steven A. Hillyard
Steven A. Hillyard University of California, San Diego

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