2026 Nicholas A. Steinmetz: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	39	8202	7573	3514	3177	94	13188

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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

2302
Citations
Spontaneous behaviors drive multidimensional, brainwide activity.

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

1669
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
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
High-dimensional geometry of population responses in visual cortex.

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

645
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
Top-down control of visual attention.

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

458
Citations
Fast and accurate spike sorting of high-channel count probes with KiloSort

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

378
Citations
Challenges and opportunities for large-scale electrophysiology with Neuropixels probes

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

362
Citations
Mechanisms of sleep-dependent consolidation of cortical plasticity.

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

280
Citations
Aberrant Cortical Activity in Multiple GCaMP6-Expressing Transgenic Mouse Lines.

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

263
Citations
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

256
Citations
Selective modulation of cortical state during spatial attention

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

239
Citations
Visual space is compressed in prefrontal cortex before eye movements

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

231
Citations
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

215
Citations
A tool for analyzing electrode tracks from slice histology

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

156
Citations
Arousal Modulates Retinal Output.

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

146
Citations
CellExplorer: A framework for visualizing and characterizing single neurons.

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

145
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
Eye Movement Preparation Modulates Neuronal Responses in Area V4 When Dissociated from Attentional Demands

Nicholas A. Steinmetz;Tirin Moore

123
Citations