2026 David L. Woods: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	73	2219	2028	1057	947	178	17431

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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

694
Citations
Contributions of temporal-parietal junction to the human auditory P3.

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

691
Citations
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

471
Citations
Improving digit span assessment of short-term verbal memory.

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

428
Citations
A distributed cortical network for auditory sensory memory in humans.

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

424
Citations
Evoked potential audiometry.

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

408
Citations
Lesions of frontal cortex diminish the auditory mismatch negativity.

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

405
Citations
Attentional modulation of human auditory cortex.

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

400
Citations
Intracerebral sources of human auditory-evoked potentials.

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

395
Citations
Factors influencing the latency of simple reaction time.

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

361
Citations
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

345
Citations
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

330
Citations
Prefrontal cortex gating of auditory transmission in humans

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

311
Citations
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

302
Citations
Electrophysiologic evidence of increased distractibility after dorsolateral prefrontal lesions.

David L. Woods;Robert T. Knight

292
Citations
Intermodal selective attention. I. Effects on event-related potentials to lateralized auditory and visual stimuli.

David L. Woods;Kimmo Alho;Alain Algazi

285
Citations
Age-related changes in processing auditory stimuli during visual attention: evidence for deficits in inhibitory control and sensory memory.

Claude Alain;David L. Woods

283
Citations
Anatomical and physiological substrates of event-related potentials. Two case studies.

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

282
Citations
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

279
Citations
The habituation of event-related potentials to speech sounds and tones.

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

279
Citations
The physiological basis of selective attention: Implications of event-related potential studies.

David L. Woods

275
Citations