2026 John A. Assad: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	33	9400	8672	3970	3589	57	8492

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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

1965
Citations
Experience-dependent representation of visual categories in parietal cortex.

David J. Freedman;John A. Assad

663
Citations
Tip-link integrity and mechanical transduction in vertebrate hair cells

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

620
Citations
The representation of economic value in the orbitofrontal cortex is invariant for changes of menu

Camillo Padoa-Schioppa;John A Assad

543
Citations
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

333
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Neuronal correlates of inferred motion in primate posterior parietal cortex.

John A. Assad;John H. R. Maunsell

331
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Dynamic coding of behaviourally relevant stimuli in parietal cortex

Louis J. Toth;John A. Assad

318
Citations
An active motor model for adaptation by vertebrate hair cells.

JA Assad;DP Corey

297
Citations
Beyond Poisson: Increased Spike-Time Regularity across Primate Parietal Cortex

Gaby Maimon;Gaby Maimon;John A. Assad

279
Citations
Voltage dependence of adaptation and active bundle movement in bullfrog saccular hair cells

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

277
Citations
Dissociation of visual, motor and predictive signals in parietal cortex during visual guidance

Emad N. Eskandar;John A. Assad

271
Citations
Multipoint-Emitting Optical Fibers for Spatially Addressable In Vivo Optogenetics

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

251
Citations
A cognitive signal for the proactive timing of action in macaque LIP

Gaby Maimon;John A Assad

201
Citations
Parietal activity and the perceived direction of ambiguous apparent motion.

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

195
Citations
A proposed common neural mechanism for categorization and perceptual decisions

David J Freedman;John A Assad;John A Assad

177
Citations
Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Categorization: An Abstract View on Decision Making

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

153
Citations
Regulation of tension on hair-cell transduction channels: displacement and calcium dependence.

N Hacohen;JA Assad;WJ Smith;DP Corey

151
Citations
Putaminal activity for simple reactions or self-timed movements.

Irwin H. Lee;John A. Assad

125
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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

123
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Distinct Encoding of Spatial and Nonspatial Visual Information in Parietal Cortex

David J. Freedman;John A. Assad

111
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