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Nicholas V. Swindale

Nicholas V. Swindale

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
6854
World Ranking
8735
National Ranking
513

Nicholas V. Swindale 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 V. Swindale sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 103 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas V. Swindale 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 V. Swindale sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicholas V. Swindale is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has a research focus primarily within the field of Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their research topics broadly cover neural dynamics and brain function, Free Will and Agency, neural and behavioral psychology studies, visual perception and processing mechanisms, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, stochastic dynamics and bifurcation, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Swindale has contributed to several recent scientific papers, which include:

  • Mesoscale cortex-wide neural dynamics predict self-initiated actions in mice several seconds prior to movement (2022), published in eLife
  • Voltage distributions in extracellular brain recordings (2021), published in Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Spontaneous activity in cortical neurons is stereotyped and non-Poisson (2023), published in Cerebral Cortex
  • Mesoscale cortex-wide neural dynamics predict goal-directed, but not random actions in mice several seconds prior to movement (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Editorial: Cortical Maps: Data and Models (2022), published in Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Catalin Mitelut
  • Y Sekino
  • Gergely Silasi
  • Shreya Saxena
  • Timothy H. Murphy

The research work of Swindale appears in various publication venues, such as:

  • eLife
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Best Publications

  • Diffusion tensor fiber tracking shows distinct corticostriatal circuits in humans.

    Stéphane Lehéricy;Mathieu Ducros;Mathieu Ducros;Pierre François Van De Moortele;Pierre François Van De Moortele;Chantal Francois;Chantal Francois

  • The development of topography in the visual cortex: a review of models.

    N V Swindale

  • Ability of the heidelberg retina tomograph to detect early glaucomatous visual field loss.

    Frederick S. Mikelberg;Craig M. Parfitt;Nicholas V. Swindale;Stuart L. Graham

  • Orientation tuning curves: empirical description and estimation of parameters

    Nicholas V. Swindale

  • Polytrodes: High-Density Silicon Electrode Arrays for Large-Scale Multiunit Recording

    Timothy J. Blanche;Martin A. Spacek;Jamille F. Hetke;Nicholas V. Swindale

  • A model for the formation of ocular dominance stripes

    Swindale Nv

  • Automated Analysis of Normal and Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Head Topography Images

    Nicholas V. Swindale;Gordana Stjepanovic;Adeline Chin;Frederick S. Mikelberg

  • Surface organization of orientation and direction selectivity in cat area 18

    N V Swindale;J A Matsubara;M S Cynader

  • Visual cortex maps are optimized for uniform coverage

    Nicholas V. Swindale;Doron Shoham;Amiram Grinvald;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Comparison of psychophysical and electrophysiological testing in early glaucoma.

    S L Graham;S M Drance;B C Chauhan;N V Swindale

  • Anatomical properties and physiological correlates of the intrinsic connections in cat area 18.

    JA Matsubara;Cynader;NV Swindale

  • Mapping cortical mesoscopic networks of single spiking cortical or sub-cortical neurons

    Dongsheng Xiao;Dongsheng Xiao;Matthieu P. Vanni;Catalin C. Mitelut;Allen W. Chan

  • Is the cerebral cortex modular

    N.V. Swindale

  • How Many Maps are there in Visual Cortex

    Nicholas V. Swindale

  • Recovery from monocular deprivation in the monkey. III. Reversal of anatomical effects in the visual cortex.

    N. V. Swindale;F. Vital-Durand;C. Blakemore

  • Intrinsic projections within visual cortex: evidence for orientation-specific local connections.

    J Matsubara;M Cynader;N V Swindale;M P Stryker

  • A model for the coordinated development of columnar systems in primate striate cortex

    N. V. Swindale

  • Sector-based analysis of optic nerve head shape parameters and visual field indices in healthy and glaucomatous eyes.

    Michele Iester;Nicholas V. Swindale;Frederick S. Mikelberg

  • Spectral motion produces an auditory after-effect

    Z. J. Shu;N. V. Swindale;M. S. Cynader

  • Dendritic spines only connect

    N.V. Swindale

  • The spatial pattern of response magnitude and selectivity for orientation and direction in cat visual cortex.

    Nicholas V. Swindale;Amiram Grinvald;Amir Shmuel

Frequent Co-Authors

Max S. Cynader
Max S. Cynader University of British Columbia
Stephen M. Drance
Stephen M. Drance University of British Columbia
Timothy H. Murphy
Timothy H. Murphy University of British Columbia
Amiram Grinvald
Amiram Grinvald Weizmann Institute of Science
Kamil Ugurbil
Kamil Ugurbil University of Minnesota
Tobias Bonhoeffer
Tobias Bonhoeffer Max Planck Society
Andrew C. N. Chen
Andrew C. N. Chen Capital Medical University
Paul R. Benjamin
Paul R. Benjamin University of Sussex
Chantal François
Chantal François Sorbonne University
Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele
Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele University of Minnesota

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