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Nicholas A. Steinmetz

Nicholas A. Steinmetz

University of Washington
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
13188
World Ranking
8202
National Ranking
3513

Nicholas A. Steinmetz 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 Nicholas A. Steinmetz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 94 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas A. Steinmetz 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 Nicholas A. Steinmetz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicholas A. Steinmetz is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their research contributions span a variety of subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biophysics, and Sensory Systems.

Their scholarly output includes over one hundred publications, with a focus on diverse aspects of neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neural engineering, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research. Additional topics covered in their work include functional brain connectivity studies, visual perception and processing mechanisms, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, as well as memory and neural mechanisms.

Key venues where Steinmetz frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • eLife
  • Neuron
  • Nature

Some of their prominent papers 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
  • CellExplorer: A framework for visualizing and characterizing single neurons, 2021, Neuron
  • Arousal Modulates Retinal Output, 2020, Neuron
  • Neuropixels 2.0: A miniaturized high-density probe for stable, long-term brain recordings, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Steinmetz collaborates frequently with peers in the field. Common co-authors include:

  • Matteo Carandini
  • Olivier Winter
  • Kenneth D. Harris
  • Tatiana A. Engel
  • Daniel Birman

The main fields of study present in Steinmetz's research emphasize Neuroscience with a strong concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and involve methods bridging electrical and electronic engineering with biophysical approaches.

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

  • Spontaneous behaviors drive multidimensional, brainwide activity.

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

  • 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

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

    Pachitariu M;Steinmetz N;Kadir S;Carandini M

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

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

  • High-dimensional geometry of population responses in visual cortex.

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

  • 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

  • Top-down control of visual attention.

    Behrad Noudoost;Mindy H Chang;Nicholas A Steinmetz;Tirin Moore

  • Fast and accurate spike sorting of high-channel count probes with KiloSort

    Marius Pachitariu;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Shabnam N. Kadir;Matteo Carandini

  • Challenges and opportunities for large-scale electrophysiology with Neuropixels probes

    Nicholas A Steinmetz;Christof Koch;Kenneth D Harris;Matteo Carandini

  • Mechanisms of sleep-dependent consolidation of cortical plasticity.

    Sara J. Aton;Julie Seibt;Michelle Dumoulin;Sushil K. Jha;Sushil K. Jha

  • Aberrant Cortical Activity in Multiple GCaMP6-Expressing Transgenic Mouse Lines.

    Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Christina Buetfering;Jerome Lecoq;Christian R. Lee

  • Striatal activity topographically reflects cortical activity

    Andrew J. Peters;Julie M. J. Fabre;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Kenneth D. Harris

  • Selective modulation of cortical state during spatial attention

    Tatiana A. Engel;Tatiana A. Engel;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Marc A. Gieselmann;Alexander Thiele

  • Visual space is compressed in prefrontal cortex before eye movements

    Marc Zirnsak;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Behrad Noudoost;Kitty Z. Xu

  • High-yield methods for accurate two-alternative visual psychophysics in head-fixed mice

    Christopher P. Burgess;Armin Lak;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Peter Zatka-Haas;Peter Zatka-Haas

  • A tool for analyzing electrode tracks from slice histology

    Philip Shamash;Matteo Carandini;Kenneth D Harris;Nicholas A Steinmetz

  • Arousal Modulates Retinal Output.

    Sylvia Schröder;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Michael Krumin;Marius Pachitariu

  • CellExplorer: A framework for visualizing and characterizing single neurons.

    Peter C. Petersen;Joshua H. Siegle;Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Sara Mahallati

  • 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

  • Eye Movement Preparation Modulates Neuronal Responses in Area V4 When Dissociated from Attentional Demands

    Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Tirin Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth D. Harris
Kenneth D. Harris University College London
Matteo Carandini
Matteo Carandini University College London
Tirin Moore
Tirin Moore Stanford University
Michael S. Okun
Michael S. Okun University of Florida
Alexander Thiele
Alexander Thiele Newcastle University
György Buzsáki
György Buzsáki New York University
Eric I. Knudsen
Eric I. Knudsen Stanford University
Michael Häusser
Michael Häusser University College London
Kwabena Boahen
Kwabena Boahen Stanford University
Kenneth D. M. Harris
Kenneth D. M. Harris Cardiff University

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