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D-Index
49
Citations
7164
World Ranking
4425
National Ranking
240

Hugh J. McDermott publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hugh J. McDermott sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 170 publications — 36th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Hugh J. McDermott D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hugh J. McDermott sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
  • 2012 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to improved sound-processing techniques for cochlear implants and hearing aids

Overview

Hugh J. McDermott is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a total of 21 and 20 publications respectively. Within these broader disciplines, their work is concentrated in the subfields of Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics including neurological disorders and treatments, neuroscience and neural engineering, and Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments. Additional areas of study include transcranial magnetic stimulation, functional brain connectivity, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and retinal and macular surgery.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hugh J. McDermott include Kristian Bulluss, Wesley Thevathasan, Thushara Perera, Wee-Lih Lee, and San San Xu.

Notable recent publications demonstrate the range of their work:

  • "Can brain signals and anatomy refine contact choice for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease?", 2022, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Electrically evoked and spontaneous neural activity in the subthalamic nucleus under general anesthesia", 2021, Journal of neurosurgery
  • "Tailoring Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease Using Evoked Resonant Neural Activity", 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • "Towards guided and automated programming of subthalamic area stimulation in Parkinson's disease", 2022, Brain Communications
  • "A Second-Generation (44-Channel) Suprachoroidal Retinal Prosthesis: A Single-Arm Clinical Trial of Feasibility", 2024, Ophthalmology Science

Hugh J. McDermott has also published extensively in multiple venues including Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, Journal of Neural Engineering, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Journal of neurosurgery, and Brain Communications.

Their professional recognition includes being named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015 and an IEEE Fellow in 2012, acknowledged for contributions to improved sound-processing techniques for cochlear implants and hearing aids.

Best Publications

  • Music Perception with Cochlear Implants: A Review

    Hugh J. McDermott

  • A new portable sound processor for the University of Melbourne/Nucleus Limited multielectrode cochlear implant.

    Hugh J. McDermott;Colette M. McKay;Andrew E. Vandali

  • Music Perception of Cochlear Implant Users Compared With That of Hearing Aid Users

    Valerie Looi;Hugh McDermott;Colette McKay;Louise Hickson

  • Improvements in speech perception with an experimental nonlinear frequency compression hearing device.

    Andrea Simpson;Adam A. Hersbach;Hugh J. McDermott

  • Embedded data link and protocol

    Christopher Newton Daly Daly;Hugh Mcdermott

  • Sound Coding in Cochlear Implants: From electric pulses to hearing

    Jan Wouters;Hugh Joseph McDermott;Tom Francart

  • Pitch ranking ability of cochlear implant recipients: A comparison of sound-processing strategies

    Andrew E. Vandali;Catherine Sucher;David J. Tsang;Colette M. McKay

  • Musical pitch perception with electrical stimulation of the cochlea.

    Hugh J. McDermott;Colette M. McKay

  • The relationship between speech perception and electrode discrimination in cochlear implantees

    Belinda A. Henry;Colette M. McKay;Hugh J. McDermott;Graeme M. Clark

  • Pitch ranking with nonsimultaneous dual‐electrode electrical stimulation of the cochlea

    Hugh J. McDermott;Colette M. McKay

  • Pitch percepts associated with amplitude‐modulated current pulse trains in cochlear implantees

    Colette M. McKay;Hugh J. McDermott;Graeme M. Clark

  • Loudness perception with pulsatile electrical stimulation: The effect of interpulse intervals

    Colette M. McKay;Hugh J. McDermott

  • Frequency-compression outcomes in listeners with steeply sloping audiograms

    Andrea Simpson;Adam A. Hersbach;Hugh J. Mcdermott

  • Loudness perception and frequency discrimination in subjects with steeply sloping hearing loss: Possible correlates of neural plasticity

    Hugh J. McDermott;Margaret Lech;Michelle S. Kornblum;Dexter R. F. Irvine

  • BIPOLAR PAIRED PULSE SUPPLIED PROSTHETIC DEVICE

    Mcdermott Hugh Joseph

  • Sound-processing strategy for cochlear implants

    Hugh Mcdermott;Collette Mckay;Peter John Blamey

  • Architecture of the Spectra 22 speech processor

    P. Seligman;H. Mcdermott

  • Loudness summation for pulsatile electrical stimulation of the cochlea: Effects of rate, electrode separation, level, and mode of stimulation

    Colette M. McKay;Maria D. Remine;Hugh J. McDermott

  • An advanced multiple channel cochlear implant

    H. McDermott

  • Place and temporal cues in pitch perception: are they truly independent?

    Colette M. McKay;Hugh J. McDermott;Robert P. Carlyon

  • A practical method of predicting the loudness of complex electrical stimuli.

    Colette M. McKay;Katherine R. Henshall;Rebecca J. Farrell;Hugh J. McDermott

Frequent Co-Authors

Colette M. McKay
Colette M. McKay Bionics Institute
Graeme M. Clark
Graeme M. Clark University of Melbourne
Louise Hickson
Louise Hickson University of Queensland
Dexter R. F. Irvine
Dexter R. F. Irvine Monash University
David B. Grayden
David B. Grayden University of Melbourne
Peter Brown
Peter Brown University of Oxford
Robert K. Shepherd
Robert K. Shepherd University of Melbourne
Jan Wouters
Jan Wouters KU Leuven
Ramesh Rajan
Ramesh Rajan Monash University
Robert P. Carlyon
Robert P. Carlyon University of Cambridge

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