2026 Mark D'Esposito: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	154	136	122	90	79	481	85405

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Neuroscience

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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

2594
Citations
Persistent activity in the prefrontal cortex during working memory

Clayton E. Curtis;Mark D'Esposito

2499
Citations
The neural basis of the central executive system of working memory.

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

2213
Citations
Inverted-U-shaped dopamine actions on human working memory and cognitive control.

Roshan Cools;Mark D'Esposito

1786
Citations
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Working Memory

Mark D'Esposito;Bradley R Postle

1738
Citations
The Variability of Human, BOLD Hemodynamic Responses

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

1638
Citations
Functional MRI studies of spatial and nonspatial working memory.

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

1366
Citations
Prefrontal cortical contributions to working memory: evidence from event-related fMRI studies

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

1191
Citations
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

1181
Citations
Is the rostro-caudal axis of the frontal lobe hierarchical?

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

1168
Citations
Top-down suppression deficit underlies working memory impairment in normal aging

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

1149
Citations
Maintenance versus manipulation of information held in working memory: an event-related fMRI study.

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

1049
Citations
Empirical analyses of BOLD fMRI statistics. I. Spatially unsmoothed data collected under null-hypothesis conditions.

Zarahn E;Aguirre Gk;D'Esposito M

1039
Citations
Alterations in the BOLD fMRI signal with ageing and disease: a challenge for neuroimaging.

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

1036
Citations
Measuring functional connectivity during distinct stages of a cognitive task

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

1027
Citations
From cognitive to neural models of working memory.

Mark D'Esposito

1019
Citations
Topographical disorientation: a synthesis and taxonomy

Geoffrey K. Aguirre;Mark D'Esposito

963
Citations
Dissociable correlates of recollection and familiarity within the medial temporal lobes.

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

868
Citations
The parahippocampus subserves topographical learning in man

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

830
Citations
The Segregation and Integration of Distinct Brain Networks and Their Relationship to Cognition.

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

786
Citations
The neural correlates of direct and reflected self-knowledge.

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

769
Citations