2026 David McAlpine: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	39	8241	7610	243	230	142	8887

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Neuroscience

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Overview

David McAlpine is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has a research focus in the field of Neuroscience, with a notable emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Sensory Systems, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Speech and Hearing, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics broadly cover areas such as Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, and Genetics. Further topics of investigation include Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Music Perception, Noise Effects and Management, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, and Multisensory perception and integration.

Frequent publication venues where David McAlpine has contributed include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, each with 10 publications. Other venues include arXiv (Cornell University) with 4 publications, Neural Networks with 3, and Frontiers in Neuroscience also with 3.

Among their recent papers are the following:

"A survey on deep learning-based non-invasive brain signals: recent advances and new frontiers" (2020), Journal of Neural Engineering
"Analysis methods for measuring passive auditory fNIRS responses generated by a block-design paradigm" (2021), Neurophotonics
"Deep reinforcement learning guided graph neural networks for brain network analysis" (2022), Neural Networks
"Hidden Hearing Loss Impacts the Neural Representation of Speech in Background Noise" (2020), Current Biology
"Cross-modal functional connectivity supports speech understanding in cochlear implant users" (2022), Cerebral Cortex

David McAlpine has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Jessica J. M. Monaghan, Paul F. Sowman, Heivet Hernández-Pérez, Jason Mikiel-Hunter, and Robert Luke, reflecting a network of ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

Tinnitus with a normal audiogram: physiological evidence for hidden hearing loss and computational model.

Roland Schaette;David McAlpine

1138
Citations
Mechanisms of Sound Localization in Mammals

Benedikt Grothe;Michael Pecka;David McAlpine

1062
Citations
Precise inhibition is essential for microsecond interaural time difference coding

Antje Brand;Oliver Behrend;Torsten Marquardt;David McAlpine

707
Citations
Neural population coding of sound level adapts to stimulus statistics.

Isabel Dean;Nicol S Harper;David McAlpine

630
Citations
A neural code for low-frequency sound localization in mammals

David McAlpine;David McAlpine;Dan Jiang;Alan R. Palmer

565
Citations
Optimal neural population coding of an auditory spatial cue

Nicol S. Harper;David McAlpine

340
Citations
Sound localization and delay lines - do mammals fit the model?

David McAlpine;Benedikt Grothe

293
Citations
A survey on deep learning-based non-invasive brain signals: recent advances and new frontiers.

Xiang Zhang;Lina Yao;Xianzhi Wang;Jessica J M Monaghan

256
Citations
Rapid neural adaptation to sound level statistics.

Isabel Dean;Ben L. Robinson;Nicol S. Harper;David McAlpine

240
Citations
The ototoxic mechanism of cisplatin.

David McAlpine;Brian M. Johnstone

187
Citations
Hidden hearing loss selectively impairs neural adaptation to loud sound environments

Warren Michael Henry Bakay;Warren Michael Henry Bakay;Lucy Anne Anderson;Jose Alberto Garcia-Lazaro;David McAlpine;David McAlpine

146
Citations
Creating a sense of auditory space

David McAlpine

143
Citations
A Survey on Deep Learning based Brain Computer Interface: Recent Advances and New Frontiers.

Xiang Zhang;Lina Yao;Xianzhi Wang;Jessica Monaghan

143
Citations
Response properties of neurons in the inferior colliculus of the monaurally deafened ferret to acoustic stimulation of the intact ear.

David McAlpine;Russell L. Martin;Jennifer E. Mossop;David R. Moore

136
Citations
Convergent Input from Brainstem Coincidence Detectors onto Delay-Sensitive Neurons in the Inferior Colliculus

David McAlpine;Dan Jiang;Trevor M. Shackleton;Alan R. Palmer

130
Citations
Meta-adaptation in the auditory midbrain under cortical influence.

Benjamin L. Robinson;Nicol S. Harper;David McAlpine;David McAlpine

129
Citations
Analysis methods for measuring passive auditory fNIRS responses generated by a block-design paradigm.

Robert Luke;Robert Luke;Eric D. Larson;Maureen J. Shader;Maureen J. Shader;Hamish Innes-Brown

124
Citations
Responses of neurons in the inferior colliculus to dynamic interaural phase cues: evidence for a mechanism of binaural adaptation.

David McAlpine;Dan Jiang;Trevor M. Shackleton;Alan R. Palmer

119
Citations
Interaural delay sensitivity and the classification of low best-frequency binaural responses in the inferior colliculus of the guinea pig.

David McAlpine;Dan Jiang;Alan R. Palmer

109
Citations
Gain control mechanisms in the auditory pathway

Benjamin Louis Robinson;David McAlpine

103
Citations
Spike-frequency adaptation in the inferior colliculus.

Neil J. Ingham;David McAlpine

83
Citations