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Kenneth C. Catania 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 Kenneth C. Catania sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 123 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth C. Catania 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 Kenneth C. Catania 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.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2006 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Kenneth C. Catania is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research spans several fields within biological sciences, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work is particularly focused on various subfields such as Genetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cell Biology, and Insect Science.

The body of research produced by Kenneth C. Catania addresses main topics including Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insects and Parasite Interactions, Plant and Animal Studies, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Insect and Pesticide Research, Fish Biology, Ecology, and Behavior, as well as Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Getting the Most Out of Your Zombie: Abdominal Sensors and Neural Manipulations Help Jewel Wasps Find the Roach's Weak Spot (2020), published in Brain Behavior and Evolution
  • Early destruction of cockroach respiratory system and heart by emerald jewel wasp larvae (2023), published in Current Biology
  • Electric Eels Wield a Functional Venom Analogue (2021), published in Toxins
  • La stupéfiante attaque de la guêpe émeraude (2021), published in Pour la Science
  • Les superpouvoirs de l'anguille électrique (2020), published in Pour la Science

Frequent publication venues for Kenneth C. Catania's work include:

  • Brain Behavior and Evolution
  • Current Biology
  • Pour la Science
  • Toxins

Throughout their career, Kenneth C. Catania has received recognition in the form of awards including Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2014 and Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Development of Partner Preferences in Female Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster): The Role of Social and Sexual Experience

    Jessie R. Williams;Kenneth C. Catania;C.Sue Carter

  • Hypersensitivity to contact inhibition provides a clue to cancer resistance of naked mole-rat

    Andrei Seluanov;Christopher Hine;Jorge Azpurua;Marina Feigenson

  • Mammalian Brains Are Made of These: A Dataset of the Numbers and Densities of Neuronal and Nonneuronal Cells in the Brain of Glires, Primates, Scandentia, Eulipotyphlans, Afrotherians and Artiodactyls, and Their Relationship with Body Mass.

    Suzana Herculano-Houzel;Kenneth Catania;Paul R. Manger;Jon H. Kaas

  • Deactivation and reactivation of somatosensory cortex after dorsal spinal cord injury

    Neeraj Jain;Kenneth C. Catania;Jon H. Kaas

  • Organization of the somatosensory cortex of the star‐nosed mole

    Kenneth C. Catania;Jon H. Kaas

  • Somatosensory fovea in the star-nosed mole: Behavioral use of the star in relation to innervation patterns and cortical representation

    Kenneth C. Catania;Jon H. Kaas

  • Stereo and serial sniffing guide navigation to an odour source in a mammal

    Kenneth C. Catania

  • Organization of somatosensory cortex in the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus): Evidence for two lateral areas joined at the representation of the teeth

    Michael S. Remple;Erin C. Henry;Kenneth C. Catania

  • Somatosensory cortex dominated by the representation of teeth in the naked mole-rat brain

    Kenneth C. Catania;Michael S. Remple

  • Anatomic correlates of the face and oral cavity representations in the somatosensory cortical area 3b of monkeys.

    Neeraj Jain;Hui-Xin Qi;Kenneth C. Catania;Jon H. Kaas

  • Development of lateral line organs in the axolotl

    R G Northcutt;K C Catania;B B Criley

  • Structure, innervation and response properties of integumentary sensory organs in crocodilians

    Duncan B. Leitch;Kenneth C. Catania

  • A nose that looks like a hand and acts like an eye: the unusual mechanosensory system of the star-nosed mole.

    K. C. Catania

  • Tentacled snakes turn C-starts to their advantage and predict future prey behavior

    Kenneth C. Catania

  • A histologically visible representation of the fingers and palm in primate area 3b and its immutability following long-term deafferentations.

    Neeraj Jain;Kenneth C. Catania;Jon H. Kaas

  • The shocking predatory strike of the electric eel.

    Kenneth Catania

  • Updated Neuronal Scaling Rules for the Brains of Glires (Rodents/Lagomorphs)

    Suzana Herculano-Houzel;Pedro Ribeiro;Leandro Campos;Alexandre Valotta da Silva

  • Touching on somatosensory specializations in mammals

    Kenneth C Catania;Erin C Henry

  • Cellular Scaling Rules of Insectivore Brains

    Diana K Sarko;Kenneth C Catania;Duncan B Leitch;Jon H Kaas

  • Cortical organization in shrews: evidence from five species.

    Kenneth C. Catania;David C. Lyon;Orin B. Mock;Jon H. Kaas

  • Cortical organization in insectivora: the parallel evolution of the sensory periphery and the brain.

    Kenneth C. Catania

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon H. Kaas
Jon H. Kaas Vanderbilt University
Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Suzana Herculano-Houzel Vanderbilt University
R. Glenn Northcutt
R. Glenn Northcutt University of California, San Diego
Andrei Seluanov
Andrei Seluanov University of Rochester
Vera Gorbunova
Vera Gorbunova University of Rochester
Paul R. Manger
Paul R. Manger University of the Witwatersrand
Richard Hawkes
Richard Hawkes University of Calgary
Todd M. Preuss
Todd M. Preuss Emory University
Leah Krubitzer
Leah Krubitzer University of California, Davis
Andrew N. Iwaniuk
Andrew N. Iwaniuk University of Lethbridge

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