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Mark D'Esposito 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 Mark D'Esposito sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 481 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark D'Esposito 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 Mark D'Esposito sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 154 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mark D'Esposito is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Neuroscience, with particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience among other related subfields such as Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark D'Esposito are the following:

  • "The role of PFC networks in cognitive control and executive function," 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Causal Evidence for a Role of Theta and Alpha Oscillations in the Control of Working Memory," 2020, Current Biology
  • "A simple method for detecting chaos in nature," 2020, Communications Biology
  • "Consciousness is supported by near-critical slow cortical electrodynamics," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Brain-wide functional architecture remodeling by alcohol dependence and abstinence," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark D'Esposito include:

  • Ioannis Pappas
  • Andrew S. Kayser
  • Daniella J. Furman
  • Jacob A. Miller
  • William J. Jagust

Mark D'Esposito has published multiple articles in prominent venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

They have also contributed to academic literature in book form, with a publication titled "Competition and Control during Working Memory" released by Cambridge University Press in 2020.

Recognition in the form of awards includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Role of left inferior prefrontal cortex in retrieval of semantic knowledge: A reevaluation

    Sharon L. Thompson-Schill;Mark D’Esposito;Geoffrey K. Aguirre;Martha J. Farah

  • Persistent activity in the prefrontal cortex during working memory

    Clayton E. Curtis;Mark D'Esposito

  • The neural basis of the central executive system of working memory.

    Mark D'Esposito;John A. Detre;David C. Alsop;Robert K. Shin

  • Inverted-U-shaped dopamine actions on human working memory and cognitive control.

    Roshan Cools;Mark D'Esposito

  • The Cognitive Neuroscience of Working Memory

    Mark D'Esposito;Bradley R Postle

  • The Variability of Human, BOLD Hemodynamic Responses

    G.K. Aguirre;E. Zarahn;M. D'Esposito

  • Functional MRI studies of spatial and nonspatial working memory.

    M D'Esposito;G.K Aguirre;E Zarahn;D Ballard

  • Prefrontal cortical contributions to working memory: evidence from event-related fMRI studies

    Mark D'Esposito;Bradley R. Postle;Bart Rypma

  • Variation of BOLD hemodynamic responses across subjects and brain regions and their effects on statistical analyses

    Daniel A. Handwerker;John M. Ollinger;Mark D'Esposito

  • Is the rostro-caudal axis of the frontal lobe hierarchical?

    David Badre;Mark D'Esposito;Mark D'Esposito

  • Top-down suppression deficit underlies working memory impairment in normal aging

    Adam Gazzaley;Jeffrey W Cooney;Jesse Rissman;Mark D'Esposito

  • Maintenance versus manipulation of information held in working memory: an event-related fMRI study.

    Mark D'Esposito;B. R. Postle;D. Ballard;J. Lease

  • Empirical analyses of BOLD fMRI statistics. I. Spatially unsmoothed data collected under null-hypothesis conditions.

    Zarahn E;Aguirre Gk;D'Esposito M

  • Alterations in the BOLD fMRI signal with ageing and disease: a challenge for neuroimaging.

    Mark D'Esposito;Leon Y. Deouell;Adam Gazzaley

  • Measuring functional connectivity during distinct stages of a cognitive task

    Jesse Rissman;Adam Gazzaley;Adam Gazzaley;Mark D'Esposito;Mark D'Esposito

  • From cognitive to neural models of working memory.

    Mark D'Esposito

  • Topographical disorientation: a synthesis and taxonomy

    Geoffrey K. Aguirre;Mark D'Esposito

  • Dissociable correlates of recollection and familiarity within the medial temporal lobes.

    Charan Ranganath;Andrew P. Yonelinas;Michael X Cohen;Christine J. Dy

  • The parahippocampus subserves topographical learning in man

    G.K. Aguirre;J.A. Detre;D.C. Alsop;M. D'Esposito

  • The Segregation and Integration of Distinct Brain Networks and Their Relationship to Cognition.

    Jessica R. Cohen;Mark D'Esposito;Mark D'Esposito

  • The neural correlates of direct and reflected self-knowledge.

    Kevin N. Ochsner;Jennifer S. Beer;Elaine R. Robertson;Jeffrey C. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Gazzaley
Adam Gazzaley University of California, San Francisco
Geoffrey K. Aguirre
Geoffrey K. Aguirre University of Pennsylvania
Murray Grossman
Murray Grossman University of Pennsylvania
Bradley R. Postle
Bradley R. Postle University of Wisconsin–Madison
John A. Detre
John A. Detre University of Pennsylvania
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Roshan Cools
Roshan Cools Radboud University
Derek Evan Nee
Derek Evan Nee Florida State University
David C. Alsop
David C. Alsop Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bart Rypma
Bart Rypma The University of Texas at Dallas

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