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John A. Assad 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 John A. Assad sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 57 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John A. Assad 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 John A. Assad sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 33 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John A. Assad is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in neuroscience, with a particular focus on neural dynamics and brain function. Their work spans several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and cell biology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Assad's frequent coauthors are:

  • Allison E. Hamilos
  • Bernardo L. Sabatini
  • Barbara Spagnolo
  • Rui T. Peixoto
  • Marco Pisanello

The principal venues for Assad's publications include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • eLife
  • Nature Materials
  • Nature Neuroscience

Notable publications by Assad include:

  • Slowly evolving dopaminergic activity modulates the moment-to-moment probability of reward-related self-timed movements (2021, eLife)
  • Tapered fibertrodes for optoelectrical neural interfacing in small brain volumes with reduced artefacts (2022, Nature Materials)
  • Explaining dopamine through prediction errors and beyond (2024, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Slowly evolving dopaminergic activity modulates the moment-to-moment probability of movement initiation (2020, bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Dopamine mediates the bidirectional update of interval timing (2022, Behavioral Neuroscience)

Best Publications

  • Neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex encode economic value

    Camillo Padoa-Schioppa;John A. Assad

  • Experience-dependent representation of visual categories in parietal cortex.

    David J. Freedman;John A. Assad

  • Tip-link integrity and mechanical transduction in vertebrate hair cells

    John A. Assad;Gordon M.G. Shepherd;David P. Corey;David P. Corey

  • The representation of economic value in the orbitofrontal cortex is invariant for changes of menu

    Camillo Padoa-Schioppa;John A Assad

  • Visual response latencies of magnocellular and parvocellular LGN neurons in macaque monkeys.

    John H.R. Maunsell;Geoffrey M. Ghose;Geoffrey M. Ghose;John A. Assad;Carrie J. McADAMS

  • Neuronal correlates of inferred motion in primate posterior parietal cortex.

    John A. Assad;John H. R. Maunsell

  • Dynamic coding of behaviourally relevant stimuli in parietal cortex

    Louis J. Toth;John A. Assad

  • An active motor model for adaptation by vertebrate hair cells.

    JA Assad;DP Corey

  • Beyond Poisson: Increased Spike-Time Regularity across Primate Parietal Cortex

    Gaby Maimon;Gaby Maimon;John A. Assad

  • Voltage dependence of adaptation and active bundle movement in bullfrog saccular hair cells

    John A. Assad;Nir Hacohen;David P. Corey

  • Dissociation of visual, motor and predictive signals in parietal cortex during visual guidance

    Emad N. Eskandar;John A. Assad

  • Multipoint-Emitting Optical Fibers for Spatially Addressable In Vivo Optogenetics

    Ferruccio Pisanello;Leonardo Sileo;Ian A. Oldenburg;Marco Pisanello

  • A cognitive signal for the proactive timing of action in macaque LIP

    Gaby Maimon;John A Assad

  • Parietal activity and the perceived direction of ambiguous apparent motion.

    Ziv M Williams;John C Elfar;Emad N Eskandar;Louis J Toth

  • A proposed common neural mechanism for categorization and perceptual decisions

    David J Freedman;John A Assad;John A Assad

  • Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Categorization: An Abstract View on Decision Making

    David J. Freedman;John A. Assad;John A. Assad

  • Regulation of tension on hair-cell transduction channels: displacement and calcium dependence.

    N Hacohen;JA Assad;WJ Smith;DP Corey

  • Putaminal activity for simple reactions or self-timed movements.

    Irwin H. Lee;John A. Assad

  • The Effect of Microsaccades on the Correlation between Neural Activity and Behavior in Middle Temporal, Ventral Intraparietal, and Lateral Intraparietal Areas

    Todd M. Herrington;Nicolas Y. Masse;Karim J. Hachmeh;Jackson E. T. Smith

  • Distinct Encoding of Spatial and Nonspatial Visual Information in Parietal Cortex

    David J. Freedman;John A. Assad

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Corey
David P. Corey Harvard University
David J. Freedman
David J. Freedman University of Chicago
Massimo De Vittorio
Massimo De Vittorio University of Salento
Emad N. Eskandar
Emad N. Eskandar Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bernardo L. Sabatini
Bernardo L. Sabatini Harvard Medical School
Nir Hacohen
Nir Hacohen Harvard University
Aaron R. Seitz
Aaron R. Seitz University of California, Riverside
Samuel J. Gershman
Samuel J. Gershman Harvard University
Yulong Li
Yulong Li Peking University
John H. R. Maunsell
John H. R. Maunsell University of Chicago

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