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Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos

Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos

University of Chicago
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
61
Citations
14282
World Ranking
3666
National Ranking
1683

Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos 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 G. Hatsopoulos sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 235 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos 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 G. Hatsopoulos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their work spans several areas within the field of neuroscience, with a significant focus on neural dynamics and brain function, as well as EEG and brain-computer interfaces. Their research integrates investigations into the underlying mechanisms of motor control, sensory interactions, and neural engineering.

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Neuron, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Cell Reports. Notable recent publications include:

  • Neural population dynamics in motor cortex are different for reach and grasp (2020, eLife)
  • Propagating Motor Cortical Dynamics Facilitate Movement Initiation (2020, Neuron)
  • Biomimetic multi-channel microstimulation of somatosensory cortex conveys high resolution force feedback for bionic hands (2023, bioRxiv)
  • Interplay between external inputs and recurrent dynamics during movement preparation and execution in a network model of motor cortex (2023, eLife)
  • Chronic wireless neural population recordings with common marmosets (2021, Cell Reports)

Hatsopoulos's collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Karthikeyan Balasubramanian, Fritzie I. Arce-McShane, Jennifer L. Collinger, Sliman J. Bensmaïa, and Vasileios Papadourakis. These collaborative efforts span both experimental and computational neuroscience research.

Their primary fields of study encompass:

  • Neuroscience

Within this broad discipline, subfields of study include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Social Psychology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The key topics covered in their research are diverse and include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

This body of work positions Hatsopoulos within a multidisciplinary framework addressing the neural substrates of motor behaviors and sensorimotor feedback mechanisms. Their research contributes to advancing knowledge on how neural circuits support complex motor actions and how artificial interfaces can interact with the nervous system.

Best Publications

  • Instant neural control of a movement signal.

    Mijail D. Serruya;Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos;Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos;Liam Paninski;Liam Paninski;Matthew R. Fellows

  • Neural Discharge and Local Field Potential Oscillations in Primate Motor Cortex During Voluntary Movements

    John P. Donoghue;Jerome N. Sanes;Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos;Gyöngyi Gaál

  • Propagating waves mediate information transfer in the motor cortex

    Doug Rubino;Kay A Robbins;Nicholas G Hatsopoulos

  • Spatiotemporal Tuning of Motor Cortical Neurons for Hand Position and Velocity

    Liam Paninski;Matthew R. Fellows;Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos;John P. Donoghue

  • The science of neural interface systems.

    Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos;John P. Donoghue

  • Neuronal interactions improve cortical population coding of movement direction.

    E. M. Maynard;N. G. Hatsopoulos;C. L. Ojakangas;B. D. Acuna

  • Congruent activity during action and action observation in motor cortex.

    Dennis Tkach;Jacob Reimer;Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos

  • Elementary computation of object approach by a wide-field visual neuron

    Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos;Fabrizio Gabbiani;Gilles Laurent

  • Information about movement direction obtained from synchronous activity of motor cortical neurons

    Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos;Catherine L. Ojakangas;Liam Paninski;John P. Donoghue

  • Fast and Slow Oscillations in Human Primary Motor Cortex Predict Oncoming Behaviorally Relevant Cues

    Maryam Saleh;Jacob Reimer;Richard Penn;Catherine L. Ojakangas

  • Estimating the directed information to infer causal relationships in ensemble neural spike train recordings

    Christopher J. Quinn;Todd P. Coleman;Negar Kiyavash;Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos

  • Dynamic Balance of Excitation and Inhibition in Human and Monkey Neocortex.

    Nima Dehghani;Nima Dehghani;Adrien Peyrache;Bartosz Telenczuk;Michel Le Van Quyen

  • Single-unit stability using chronically implanted multielectrode arrays.

    Adam S. Dickey;Aaron J. Suminski;Yali Amit;Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos

  • Incorporating Feedback from Multiple Sensory Modalities Enhances Brain–Machine Interface Control

    Aaron J. Suminski;Dennis C. Tkach;Andrew H. Fagg;Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos

  • Decoding Continuous and Discrete Motor Behaviors Using Motor and Premotor Cortical Ensembles

    Nicholas Hatsopoulos;Jignesh Joshi;John G. O'Leary

  • Encoding of Movement Fragments in the Motor Cortex

    Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos;Qingqing Xu;Yali Amit

  • On the sufficiency of the velocity field for perception of heading

    W. H. Warren;A. W. Blackwell;K. J. Kurtz;N. G. Hatsopoulos

  • Base-rate effects in category learning: a comparison of parallel network and memory storage-retrieval models.

    William K. Estes;Jane A. Campbell;Nicholas Hatsopoulos;Joshua B. Hurwitz

  • Sensing with the Motor Cortex

    Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos;Aaron J. Suminski

  • MATLAB for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to Scientific Computing in MATLAB

    Pascal Wallisch;Michael E. Lusignan;Marc D. Benayoun;Tanya I. Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Donoghue
John P. Donoghue Brown University
Lee E. Miller
Lee E. Miller Northwestern University
Alain Destexhe
Alain Destexhe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Eric Halgren
Eric Halgren University of California, San Diego
Sliman J. Bensmaia
Sliman J. Bensmaia University of Chicago
Sydney S. Cash
Sydney S. Cash Harvard University
Barry J. Sessle
Barry J. Sessle University of Toronto
Michel Le Van Quyen
Michel Le Van Quyen Sorbonne University
Konrad P. Kording
Konrad P. Kording University of Pennsylvania
Nikos K. Logothetis
Nikos K. Logothetis Chinese Academy of Sciences

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