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Neuroscience

D-Index
95
Citations
26154
World Ranking
918
National Ranking
489

Harvey J. Karten 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 Harvey J. Karten sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 210 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Harvey J. Karten 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 Harvey J. Karten sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 95 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Harvey J. Karten was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego, in the United States. Their research spanned several fields within biology and psychology, focusing on the biochemical, genetic, and molecular foundations of behavior and development.

The main fields of study covered by Karten included Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, alongside Psychology. Within these broad areas, subfields of their research incorporated Developmental Biology, Social Psychology, and Molecular Biology.

Karten's work addressed key topics such as Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and Retinal Development and Disorders, each area contributing notable insights through their research efforts.

Their publication record includes work in specialized scientific journals. One recent example of their scholarly output is a 2024 paper titled Neurochemistry and circuit organization of the lateral spiriform nucleus of birds: A uniquely nonmammalian direct pathway component of the basal ganglia, published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology. This paper was authored in collaboration with others and added to a body of research represented in that publication venue.

Karten frequently collaborated with several researchers in related fields. Notable coauthors in their work included:

  • Anton Reiner
  • Loreta Medina
  • Antonio Abellán
  • Yunping Deng
  • Cláudio A.B. Toledo

Throughout their career, Karten received multiple recognitions from scientific societies. These included being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1996, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008, and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Best Publications

  • A stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the pigeon (Columba livia)

    Harvey J. Karten;William Hodos

  • Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution

    Erich David Jarvis;Onur Güntürkün;Laura Bruce;András Csillag

  • Neural connections of the "visual wulst" of the avian telencephalon. Experimental studies in the piegon (Columba livia) and owl (Speotyto cunicularia).

    Harvey J. Karten;William Hodos;Walle J. H. Nauta;Alvin M. Revzin

  • Correlations of neuronal and microvascular densities in murine cortex revealed by direct counting and colocalization of nuclei and vessels.

    Philbert S. Tsai;John P. Kaufhold;Pablo Blinder;Beth Friedman

  • THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AVIAN TELENCEPHALON AND SOME SPECULATIONS ON THE PHYLOGENY OF THE AMNIOTE TELENCEPHALON

    Harvey J. Karten

  • Immunocytochemical localization of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide- containing cells and processes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat: light and electron microscopic analysis

    JP Card;N Brecha;HJ Karten;RY Moore

  • The archistriatum of the pigeon: Organization of afferent and efferent connections

    Hans Zeier;Hans Zeier;Harvey J. Karten;Harvey J. Karten

  • The ascending auditory pathway in the pigeon (Columba livia) II. Telencephalic projections of the nucleus ovoidalis thalami

    Harvey J. Karten

  • Localization of enkephalin-like immunoreactivity to identified axonal and neuronal populations of the rat hippocampus

    Christine Gall;Nicholas Brecha;H. J. Karten;Kwen-Jen Chang

  • Comparison of fixation and penetration enhancement techniques for use in ultrastructural immunocytochemistry.

    William D. Eldred;Charles Zucker;Harvey J. Karten;Stephen Yazulla

  • The organization of the ascending auditory pathway in the pigeon (Columba livia). I. Diencephalic projections of the inferior colliculus (nucleus mesencephali lateralis, pars dorsalis).

    Harvey J. Karten

  • A General Profile of the Vertebrate Brain, with Sidelights on the Ancestry of Cerebral Cortex

    Walle J. H. Nauta;Harvey J. Karten

  • Telencephalic projections of the nucleus rotundus in the pigeon (Columba livia).

    Harvey J. Karten;William Hodos

  • Organization of the tectofugal visual pathway in the pigeon: a retrograde transport study.

    Larry I. Benowitz;Harvey J. Karten

  • The organization and projections of the paleostriatal complex in the pigeon (columba livia)

    Harvey J. Karten;Jacob L. Dubbeldam

  • A Proposal for a Coordinated Effort for the Determination of Brainwide Neuroanatomical Connectivity in Model Organisms at a Mesoscopic Scale

    Jason W. Bohland;Caizhi Wu;Helen Barbas;Hemant Bokil

  • Connections of the auditory forebrain in the pigeon (columba livia)

    J. Martin Wild;H. J. Karten;B. J. Frost

  • Evolution of the amniote basal ganglia

    Anton Reiner;Steven E Brauth;Harvey J. Karten

  • Projections of the nucleus of the basal optic root in the pigeon: an autoradiographic and horseradish peroxidase study.

    Nicholas Brecha;H. J. Karten;S. P. Hunt

  • Homology and evolutionary origins of the 'neocortex'.

    Harvey J. Karten

  • A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Brain of the Pigeon (Columbia livia)

    Bruce P. Halpern;Harvey J. Karten;William Hodos

Frequent Co-Authors

Kent T. Keyser
Kent T. Keyser University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nicholas C. Brecha
Nicholas C. Brecha University of California, Los Angeles
Jon Lindstrom
Jon Lindstrom University of Pennsylvania
Luiz R.G. Britto
Luiz R.G. Britto Universidade de São Paulo
David Kleinfeld
David Kleinfeld University of California, San Diego
Anton Reiner
Anton Reiner University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jonathan T. Erichsen
Jonathan T. Erichsen Cardiff University
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Paul D. Gamlin
Paul D. Gamlin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Steven E. Brauth
Steven E. Brauth University of Maryland, College Park

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