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Jonathan B. Demb

Jonathan B. Demb

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
44
Citations
11793
World Ranking
7056
National Ranking
3047

Jonathan B. Demb 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 Jonathan B. Demb sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 102 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jonathan B. Demb 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 Jonathan B. Demb sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Jonathan B. Demb is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The main topics covered in their work include Retinal Development and Disorders, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Glaucoma and Retinal Disorders.

Jonathan B. Demb has published several recent papers, including:

  • Preservation of vision after CaMKII-mediated protection of retinal ganglion cells (2021, Cell)
  • Connectomic analysis reveals an interneuron with an integral role in the retinal circuit for night vision (2020, eLife)
  • Photoreceptive Ganglion Cells Drive Circuits for Local Inhibition in the Mouse Retina (2021, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Computational and Molecular Properties of Starburst Amacrine Cell Synapses Differ With Postsynaptic Cell Type (2021, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience)
  • Receptoral Mechanisms for Fast Cholinergic Transmission in Direction-Selective Retinal Circuitry (2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience)

The venues where Jonathan B. Demb frequently publishes include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neuroscience, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, The Journal of Physiology, and Cell.

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their research approach, with frequent co-authors including Thomas E. Zapadka, Joshua H. Singer, In-Jung Kim, Joseph Pottackal, and Pouyan Rahmani.

Among the recognitions received, Jonathan B. Demb was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Semantic encoding and retrieval in the left inferior prefrontal cortex: a functional MRI study of task difficulty and process specificity

    Jonathan B. Demb;John E. Desmond;Anthony D. Wagner;Chandan J. Vaidya

  • An optimized fluorescent probe for visualizing glutamate neurotransmission

    Jonathan S. Marvin;Bart G. Borghuis;Bart G. Borghuis;Lin Tian;Lin Tian;Joseph Cichon

  • Do we know what the early visual system does

    Matteo Carandini;Jonathan B. Demb;Valerio Mante;David J. Tolhurst

  • Functional MRI measurement of language Lateralization in Wada-tested patients

    J. E. Desmond;J. M. Sum;A. D. Wagner;J. B. Demb

  • Neuronal basis of contrast discrimination.

    Geoffrey M. Boynton;Jonathan B. Demb;Gary H. Glover;David J. Heeger

  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Early Visual Pathways in Dyslexia

    Jonathan B. Demb;Geoffrey M. Boynton;David J. Heeger

  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Semantic Memory Processes in the Frontal Lobes

    John D.E. Gabrieli;John E. Desmond;Jonathan B. Demb;Anthony D. Wagner

  • Motion Opponency in Visual Cortex

    David J. Heeger;Geoffrey M. Boynton;Jonathan B. Demb;Eyal Seidemann

  • Psychophysical evidence for a magnocellular pathway deficit in dyslexia

    Jonathan B Demb;Geoffrey M Boynton;Mary Best;David J Heeger

  • Semantic repetition priming for verbal and pictorial knowledge: A functional mri study of left inferior prefrontal cortex

    Anthony D. Wagner;John E. Desmond;Jonathan B. Demb;Gary H. Glover

  • Lamina Propria and Olfactory Bulb Ensheathing Cells Exhibit Differential Integration and Migration and Promote Differential Axon Sprouting in the Lesioned Spinal Cord

    Miranda W. Richter;Patrick A. Fletcher;Jie Liu;Wolfram Tetzlaff

  • Different circuits for ON and OFF retinal ganglion cells cause different contrast sensitivities.

    Kareem A. Zaghloul;Kwabena Boahen;Jonathan B. Demb

  • Restoration of vision after de novo genesis of rod photoreceptors in mammalian retinas

    Kai Yao;Suo Qiu;Suo Qiu;Yanbin V. Wang;Silvia J. H. Park

  • Form and Function of the M4 Cell, an Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cell Type Contributing to Geniculocortical Vision

    M. E. Estevez;P. M. Fogerson;M. C. Ilardi;B. G. Borghuis

  • Disinhibition combines with excitation to extend the operating range of the OFF visual pathway in daylight.

    Michael B. Manookin;Deborah Langrill Beaudoin;Zachary Raymond Ernst;Leigh J. Flagel

  • Brain activity in visual cortex predicts individual differences in reading performance

    Jonathan B. Demb;Geoffrey M. Boynton;David J. Heeger

  • Bipolar Cells Contribute to Nonlinear Spatial Summation in the Brisk-Transient (Y) Ganglion Cell in Mammalian Retina

    Jonathan B. Demb;Kareem Zaghloul;Loren Haarsma;Loren Haarsma;Peter Sterling

  • Functional Circuitry of the Retina.

    Jonathan B. Demb;Joshua H. Singer

  • Two-Photon Imaging of Nonlinear Glutamate Release Dynamics at Bipolar Cell Synapses in the Mouse Retina

    Bart G. Borghuis;Jonathan S. Marvin;Loren L. Looger;Jonathan B. Demb

  • Functional circuitry of the retinal ganglion cell's nonlinear receptive field.

    Jonathan B. Demb;Loren Haarsma;Michael A. Freed;Peter Sterling

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey M. Boynton
Geoffrey M. Boynton University of Washington
David J. Heeger
David J. Heeger New York University
Loren L. Looger
Loren L. Looger Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kareem A. Zaghloul
Kareem A. Zaghloul National Institutes of Health
Gary H. Glover
Gary H. Glover Stanford University
Anthony D. Wagner
Anthony D. Wagner Stanford University
Peter Sterling
Peter Sterling University of Pennsylvania
John E. Desmond
John E. Desmond Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kwabena Boahen
Kwabena Boahen Stanford University

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