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D-Index
53
Citations
12871
World Ranking
5044
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2260

Dennis M. Dacey 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 Dennis M. Dacey sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 136 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dennis M. Dacey 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 Dennis M. Dacey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dennis M. Dacey is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. While their work primarily contributes to the fields of molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and ophthalmology, it also touches on cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as cell biology.

Their scientific inquiries focus on topics related to retinal development and disorders, neural dynamics and brain function, visual perception and processing mechanisms, retinal diseases and treatments, glaucoma and retinal disorders, neuroscience and neural engineering, and melanin and skin pigmentation.

Dacey has published in several prominent venues, including:

  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Neuron
  • Visual Neuroscience

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Dacey include:

  • "Atlas of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Organelles Significant for Clinical Imaging" (2020, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science)
  • "Origins of direction selectivity in the primate retina" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Circuit Reorganization Shapes the Developing Human Foveal Midget Connectome toward Single-Cone Resolution" (2020, Neuron)
  • "Volumetric Reconstruction of a Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Reveals Specialized Membranes and Polarized Distribution of Organelles" (2023, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science)
  • "Comparative connectomics reveals noncanonical wiring for color vision in human foveal retina" (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Dacey frequently collaborates with several researchers. Their most common co-authors include:

  • Yeon Jin Kim
  • Orin Packer
  • Christine A. Curcio
  • Andreas Pollreisz
  • Deepayan Kar

Best Publications

  • Melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells in primate retina signal colour and irradiance and project to the LGN.

    Dennis M. Dacey;Hsi-Wen Liao;Beth B. Peterson;Farrel R. Robinson

  • The 'blue-on' opponent pathway in primate retina originates from a distinct bistratified ganglion cell type

    Dennis M. Dacey;Barry B. Lee

  • Human and macaque pupil responses driven by melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells

    Paul D.R. Gamlin;David H. McDougal;Joel Pokorny;Vivianne C. Smith

  • Dendritic field size and morphology of midget and parasol ganglion cells of the human retina.

    Dennis M. Dacey;Michael R. Petersen

  • The mosaic of midget ganglion cells in the human retina

    Dennis M. Dacey

  • Parallel pathways for spectral coding in primate retina.

    Dennis M. Dacey

  • Fireworks in the Primate Retina: In Vitro Photodynamics Reveals Diverse LGN-Projecting Ganglion Cell Types

    Dennis M. Dacey;Beth B. Peterson;Farrel R. Robinson;Paul D. Gamlin

  • Recoverin immunoreactivity in mammalian cone bipolar cells.

    Ann H. Milam;Dennis M. Dacey;Alexander M. Dizhoor

  • Melanopsin-Positive Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells: From Form to Function

    Tiffany M. Schmidt;Michael Tri H. Do;Dennis Dacey;Robert Lucas

  • Horizontal cells of the primate retina: cone specificity without spectral opponency.

    Dennis M. Dacey;Barry B. Lee;Donna K. Stafford;Joel Pokorny

  • Colour coding in the primate retina: diverse cell types and cone-specific circuitry.

    Dennis M Dacey;Orin S Packer

  • Center surround receptive field structure of cone bipolar cells in primate retina.

    Dennis Dacey;Orin S. Packer;Lisa Diller;David Brainard

  • Primate retina: cell types, circuits and color opponency.

    Dennis M. Dacey

  • Circuitry for color coding in the primate retina

    Dennis M. Dacey

  • Morphology of a small-field bistratified ganglion cell type in the macaque and human retina

    Dennis M. Dacey

  • Aphagia and adipsia after preferential destruction of nerve cell bodies in hypothalamus

    Sebastian P. Grossman;Dennis Dacey;Angelos E. Halaris;Timothy Collier

  • A coupled network for parasol but not midget ganglion cells in the primate retina.

    Dennis M. Dacey;Sarah Brace

  • Physiology, morphology and spatial densities of identified ganglion cell types in primate retina.

    Dennis M. Dacey

  • The dopaminergic amacrine cell

    Dennis M. Dacey

  • Y-Cell Receptive Field and Collicular Projection of Parasol Ganglion Cells in Macaque Monkey Retina

    Joanna D. Crook;Beth B. Peterson;Orin S. Packer;Farrel R. Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Vivianne C. Smith
Vivianne C. Smith University of Chicago
Joel Pokorny
Joel Pokorny University of Chicago
Paul D. Gamlin
Paul D. Gamlin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Barry B. Lee
Barry B. Lee Max Planck Society
Christine A. Curcio
Christine A. Curcio University of Alabama at Birmingham
King Wai Yau
King Wai Yau Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jeff W. Lichtman
Jeff W. Lichtman Harvard University
Rachel O.L. Wong
Rachel O.L. Wong University of Washington
Samer Hattar
Samer Hattar National Institutes of Health
John B. Troy
John B. Troy Northwestern University

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