2026 Matteo Carandini: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	90	1095	985	124	113	246	37421

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Neuroscience

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Overview

Matteo Carandini is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on neural dynamics and brain function.

The scientist's work spans several main fields and subfields, including:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Sensory Systems
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Key topics covered in their research include:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

They have published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
Nature
Neuron
Nature Methods

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Matteo Carandini are:

Neuropixels 2.0: A miniaturized high-density probe for stable, long-term brain recordings (2021, Science)
Striatal activity topographically reflects cortical activity (2021, Nature)
Standardized and reproducible measurement of decision-making in mice (2021, eLife)
Spatial connectivity matches direction selectivity in visual cortex (2020, Nature)
A transcriptomic axis predicts state modulation of cortical interneurons (2022, Nature)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Leading coauthors include:

Kenneth D. Harris
Nicholas A. Steinmetz (17 coauthored publications)
Anne K. Churchland (14 coauthored publications)
Miles J. Wells (13 coauthored publications)
Guido T. Meijer (12 coauthored publications)

Best Publications

Fully integrated silicon probes for high-density recording of neural activity

James J Jun;Nicholas A Steinmetz;Nicholas A Steinmetz;Nicholas A Steinmetz;Joshua H Siegle;Daniel J Denman

2302
Citations
Normalization as a canonical neural computation.

Matteo Carandini;David J. Heeger

2213
Citations
Spontaneous behaviors drive multidimensional, brainwide activity.

Carsen Stringer;Marius Pachitariu;Nicholas Steinmetz;Charu Bai Reddy

1669
Citations
Suite2p: beyond 10,000 neurons with standard two-photon microscopy

Marius Pachitariu;Carsen Stringer;Sylvia Schröder;Mario Dipoppa

1488
Citations
Transgenic mice for intersectional targeting of neural sensors and effectors with high specificity and performance.

Linda Madisen;Aleena R. Garner;Daisuke Shimaoka;Amy S. Chuong

1200
Citations
Linearity and Normalization in Simple Cells of the Macaque Primary Visual Cortex

Matteo Carandini;David J. Heeger;J. Anthony Movshon

1192
Citations
Neuropixels 2.0: A miniaturized high-density probe for stable, long-term brain recordings

Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Cagatay Aydin;Anna Lebedeva;Michael Okun;Michael Okun

1016
Citations
Spike sorting for large, dense electrode arrays

Cyrille Rossant;Cyrille Rossant;Shabnam N. Kadir;Shabnam N. Kadir;Dan F. M. Goodman;John Schulman

911
Citations
Do we know what the early visual system does

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

883
Citations
Summation and division by neurons in primate visual cortex

Matteo Carandini;David J. Heeger

822
Citations
Kilosort: realtime spike-sorting for extracellular electrophysiology with hundreds of channels

Pachitariu M;Steinmetz N;Kadir S;Carandini M

800
Citations
Distributed coding of choice, action and engagement across the mouse brain

Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Peter Zatka-Haas;Matteo Carandini;Kenneth D. Harris

798
Citations
Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons Linearly Transform Cortical Responses to Visual Stimuli

Bassam V. Atallah;William Bruns;Matteo Carandini;Massimo Scanziani

738
Citations
Somatosensory Integration Controlled by Dynamic Thalamocortical Feed-Forward Inhibition

Laetitia Gabernet;Shantanu P. Jadhav;Daniel E. Feldman;Matteo Carandini

733
Citations
Local Origin of Field Potentials in Visual Cortex

Steffen Katzner;Ian Nauhaus;Andrea Benucci;Vincent Bonin

698
Citations
Inhibition dominates sensory responses in the awake cortex

Bilal Haider;Michael Häusser;Matteo Carandini

659
Citations
High-dimensional geometry of population responses in visual cortex.

Carsen Stringer;Marius Pachitariu;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Matteo Carandini

645
Citations
Orientation tuning of input conductance, excitation, and inhibition in cat primary visual cortex.

Jeffrey S. Anderson;Matteo Carandini;Matteo Carandini;Matteo Carandini;David Ferster

616
Citations
Restoration of vision after transplantation of photoreceptors

R. A. Pearson;A. C. Barber;M. Rizzi;C. Hippert

567
Citations
Diverse coupling of neurons to populations in sensory cortex

Michael Okun;Michael Okun;Michael Okun;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Lee Cossell;Lee Cossell;M. Florencia Iacaruso;M. Florencia Iacaruso

497
Citations
Neuropixels 2.0: A miniaturized high-density probe for stable, long-term brain recordings

Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Cagatay Aydin;Anna Lebedeva;Michael Okun;Michael Okun

127
Citations