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James A. Simmons

James A. Simmons

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
48
Citations
8370
World Ranking
4602
National Ranking
1327

James A. Simmons 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 James A. Simmons sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 253 publications — 65th percentile

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

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

James A. Simmons 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 James A. Simmons sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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

  • 1968 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James A. Simmons is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. The subfields of study in which they have contributed include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Developmental Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of biological and medical themes. These include:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications

Frequent publication venues for their research feature a mix of specialized and broad scientific journals. Notable venues are:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology A
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Stroke

The following recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their work, including year and venue:

  • "Dual-Modal Photoacoustic Imaging and Optical Coherence Tomography [Review]", 2021, Frontiers in Physics
  • "A comprehensive computational model of animal biosonar signal processing", 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Functional Analyses of Peripheral Auditory System Adaptations for Echolocation in Air vs. Water", 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "How frequency hopping suppresses pulse-echo ambiguity in bat biosonar", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Characteristics and outcomes among a hospitalized patient cohort with Streptococcus pneumoniae infection", 2020, Medicine

James A. Simmons has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, reflecting a diverse network of research partnerships. Some frequent coauthors include:

  • Andrea Megela Simmons
  • Parsin Haji Reza
  • Amaro Tuninetti
  • Zubair Bashir
  • Phinnara Has

In recognition of their scientific contributions, the scientist was awarded Fellow status by both the American Physical Society (APS) in 1968 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1933.

Best Publications

  • Measurements of atmospheric attenuation at ultrasonic frequencies and the significance for echolocation by bats.

    Beatrice D. Lawrence;James A. Simmons

  • The resolution of target range by echolocating bats

    James A. Simmons

  • Acoustic imaging in bat sonar: Echolocation signals and the evolution of echolocation

    James A. Simmons;Roger A. Stein

  • Perception of echo phase information in bat sonar.

    James A. Simmons

  • Automatic gain control in the bat's sonar receiver and the neuroethology of echolocation

    SA Kick;JA Simmons

  • Peripheral specialization for fine analysis of doppler-shifted echoes in the auditory system of the “CF-FM” bat Pteronotus parnellii

    N. Suga;J. A. Simmons;P. H. Jen

  • A view of the world through the bat's ear: the formation of acoustic images in echolocation

    James A. Simmons

  • A computational model of echo processing and acoustic imaging in frequency‐ modulated echolocating bats: The spectrogram correlation and transformation receiver

    Prestor A. Saillant;James A. Simmons;Steven P. Dear;Teresa A. McMullen

  • Information content of bat sonar echoes.

    James A. Simmons;Donna J. Howell;Nobuo Suga

  • Discrimination of jittered sonar echoes by the echolocating bat, Eptesicus fuscus: the shape of target images in echolocation.

    James A. Simmons;Michael Ferragamo;Cynthia F. Moss;Scott B. Stevenson

  • Target structure and echo spectral discrimination by echolocating bats.

    J. A. Simmons;W. A. Lavender;B. A. Lavender;C. A. Doroshow

  • Engineering metal ion coordination to regulate amyloid fibril assembly and toxicity

    Jijun Dong;Jeffrey M. Canfield;Anil K. Mehta;Jacob E. Shokes

  • Echo Detection and Target-Ranging Neurons in the Auditory System of the Bat Eptesicus fuscus

    AS Feng;JA Simmons;SA Kick

  • Echolocation by free-tailed bats (Tadarida)

    James A. Simmons;W. A. Lavender;B. A. Lavender;J. E. Childs

  • Acuity of horizontal angle discrimination by the echolocating bat,Eptesicus fuscus

    J. A. Simmons;S. A. Kick;B. D. Lawrence;C. Hale

  • FM echolocating bats shift frequencies to avoid broadcast–echo ambiguity in clutter

    Shizuko Hiryu;Mary E. Bates;James A. Simmons;Hiroshi Riquimaroux

  • Echolocation in Bats: Signal Processing of Echoes for Target Range

    James A. Simmons

  • Convergence of temporal and spectral information into acoustic images of complex sonar targets perceived by the echolocating bat, Eptesicus fuscus.

    James A. Simmons;Cynthia F. Moss;Michael Ferragamo

  • Spatially dependent acoustic cues generated by the external ear of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus

    Janine M. Wotton;Tim Haresign;James A. Simmons

  • The acoustic basis for target discrimination by FM echolocating bats.

    James A. Simmons;Lynda Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan Intrator
Nathan Intrator Tel Aviv University
Nobuo Suga
Nobuo Suga Washington University in St. Louis
James H. Fullard
James H. Fullard University of Toronto
David G. Lynn
David G. Lynn Emory University
Michael K. Gould
Michael K. Gould Kaiser Permanente
M. Brock Fenton
M. Brock Fenton University of Western Ontario

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