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3847

Karunesh Ganguly 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 Karunesh Ganguly sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 88 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karunesh Ganguly 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 Karunesh Ganguly sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Karunesh Ganguly is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a substantial contribution to cognitive neuroscience and related subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, signal processing, electrical and electronic engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Their work covers key topics including EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neural engineering, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, advanced memory and neural computing, sleep and wakefulness research, and speech and audio processing.

Frequent publication venues for Ganguly include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Nature Communications, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Neuron. These venues reflect a concentration of research output in high-impact journals spanning interdisciplinary fields.

Some notable recent papers authored by Ganguly and collaborators are:

  • Neuroprosthesis for Decoding Speech in a Paralyzed Person with Anarthria, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control, 2023, Nature
  • Generalizable spelling using a speech neuroprosthesis in an individual with severe limb and vocal paralysis, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Plug-and-play control of a brain-computer interface through neural map stabilization, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Single-trial cross-area neural population dynamics during long-term skill learning, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequently collaborating researchers include Adelyn Tu-Chan, Edward F. Chang, David A. Moses, Jessie R. Liu, and Kaylo T. Littlejohn. This network of coauthors indicates involvement in collaborative multidisciplinary projects within neuroscience and neural engineering domains.

Best Publications

  • GABA Itself Promotes the Developmental Switch of Neuronal GABAergic Responses from Excitation to Inhibition

    Karunesh Ganguly;Alejandro F. Schinder;Scott T. Wong;Mu ming Poo

  • Emergence of a Stable Cortical Map for Neuroprosthetic Control

    Karunesh Ganguly;Jose M. Carmena;Jose M. Carmena

  • Neuroprosthesis for Decoding Speech in a Paralyzed Person with Anarthria.

    David A Moses;Sean L Metzger;Jessie R Liu;Gopala K Anumanchipalli

  • Coincident Pre- and Postsynaptic Activity Modifies GABAergic Synapses by Postsynaptic Changes in Cl− Transporter Activity

    Melanie A Woodin;Karunesh Ganguly;Mu-ming Poo

  • Oscillatory phase coupling coordinates anatomically dispersed functional cell assemblies

    Ryan T. Canolty;Karunesh Ganguly;Steven W. Kennerley;Charles F. Cadieu

  • Reversible large-scale modification of cortical networks during neuroprosthetic control

    Karunesh Ganguly;Dragan F Dimitrov;Jonathan D Wallis;Jonathan D Wallis;Jose M Carmena

  • Competing Roles of Slow Oscillations and Delta Waves in Memory Consolidation versus Forgetting.

    Jaekyung Kim;Jaekyung Kim;Tanuj Gulati;Tanuj Gulati;Karunesh Ganguly;Karunesh Ganguly

  • Activity-Dependent Neural Plasticity from Bench to Bedside

    Karunesh Ganguly;Karunesh Ganguly;Mu-ming Poo;Mu-ming Poo

  • Cortical representation of ipsilateral arm movements in monkey and man.

    Karunesh Ganguly;Lavi Secundo;Gireeja Ranade;Amy Orsborn

  • Sleep-Dependent Reactivation of Ensembles in Motor Cortex Promotes Skill Consolidation.

    Dhakshin S. Ramanathan;Tanuj Gulati;Karunesh Ganguly;Karunesh Ganguly

  • Generalizable spelling using a speech neuroprosthesis in an individual with severe limb and vocal paralysis

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  • Enhancement of presynaptic neuronal excitability by correlated presynaptic and postsynaptic spiking.

    Karunesh Ganguly;Laszlo Kiss;Mu-ming Poo

  • Low-frequency cortical activity is a neuromodulatory target that tracks recovery after stroke

    Dhakshin S. Ramanathan;Ling Guo;Ling Guo;Tanuj Gulati;Tanuj Gulati;Gray Davidson;Gray Davidson

  • Reactivation of emergent task-related ensembles during slow-wave sleep after neuroprosthetic learning

    Tanuj Gulati;Dhakshin S Ramanathan;Chelsea C Wong;Chelsea C Wong;Karunesh Ganguly;Karunesh Ganguly

  • Emergent modular neural control drives coordinated motor actions.

    Stefan M. Lemke;Stefan M. Lemke;Dhakshin S. Ramanathan;Ling Guo;Ling Guo;Seok Joon Won;Seok Joon Won

  • Neural reactivations during sleep determine network credit assignment

    Tanuj Gulati;Ling Guo;Ling Guo;Dhakshin S Ramanathan;Anitha Bodepudi;Anitha Bodepudi

  • Plug-and-play control of a brain-computer interface through neural map stabilization.

    Daniel B Silversmith;Daniel B Silversmith;Reza Abiri;Reza Abiri;Nicholas F Hardy;Nicholas F Hardy;Nikhilesh Natraj;Nikhilesh Natraj

  • Emergence of Coordinated Neural Dynamics Underlies Neuroprosthetic Learning and Skillful Control.

    Vivek R. Athalye;Karunesh Ganguly;Rui M. Costa;Rui M. Costa;Jose M. Carmena;Jose M. Carmena

  • Goal-directed whisking increases phase-locking between vibrissa movement and electrical activity in primary sensory cortex in rat

    Karunesh Ganguly;David Kleinfeld

  • Cortical–hippocampal coupling during manifold exploration in motor cortex

    Unknown

  • Learning in Closed-Loop Brain–Machine Interfaces: Modeling and Experimental Validation

    R Héliot;K Ganguly;J Jimenez;J M Carmena

  • Neural Correlates of Skill Acquisition with a Cortical Brain–Machine Interface

    Karunesh Ganguly;Jose M. Carmena

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose M. Carmena
Jose M. Carmena University of California, Berkeley
Gary W. Abrams
Gary W. Abrams Wayne State University
Joshua D. Berke
Joshua D. Berke University of California, San Francisco
Edward F. Chang
Edward F. Chang University of California, San Francisco
Michael Gastpar
Michael Gastpar École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Robert T. Knight
Robert T. Knight University of California, Berkeley
Mu-ming Poo
Mu-ming Poo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jonathan D. Wallis
Jonathan D. Wallis University of California, Berkeley
Raymond A. Swanson
Raymond A. Swanson University of California, San Francisco
Robert J. Morecraft
Robert J. Morecraft University of South Dakota

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