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Nina Kraus 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 Nina Kraus sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 453 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nina Kraus 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 Nina Kraus sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 124 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Nina Kraus is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience with specific attention to auditory processing and its related cognitive and developmental implications.

The main fields of study in which Kraus has contributed include:

  • Neuroscience

Kraus's subfields of study further detail their focus areas:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Sensory Systems
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Epidemiology
  • Neurology

The scientist's work covers key topics within auditory and cognitive research such as:

  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Noise Effects and Management

Kraus has coauthored numerous papers with frequent collaborators including:

  • Trent Nicol
  • Travis White-Schwoch
  • Jennifer Krizman
  • Silvia Bonacina
  • Albert Magohe

The scientist has published in various venues, with a concentration of their work appearing in:

  • The Hearing Journal
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • AIDS
  • Clinical Neurophysiology

Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • "Sex differences in auditory processing vary across estrous cycle," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Rhythm, reading, and sound processing in the brain in preschool children," 2021, npj Science of Learning
  • "Auditory neurophysiology reveals central nervous system dysfunction in HIV-infected individuals," 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Distinct rhythmic abilities align with phonological awareness and rapid naming in school-age children," 2020, Cognitive Processing
  • "Auditory Processing Differences in Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder," 2020, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Kraus has also contributed to academic books, with a publication titled Of Sound Mind released in 2021 by The MIT Press.

Best Publications

  • Music training for the development of auditory skills

    Nina Kraus;Bharath Chandrasekaran

  • Musical experience shapes human brainstem encoding of linguistic pitch patterns

    Patrick C M Wong;Erika Skoe;Nicole M Russo;Tasha Dees

  • Auditory brain stem response to complex sounds: a tutorial.

    Erika Skoe;Nina Kraus

  • Musicians have enhanced subcortical auditory and audiovisual processing of speech and music

    Gabriella Musacchia;Mikko Sams;Erika Skoe;Nina Kraus

  • Auditory Neurophysiologic Responses and Discrimination Deficits in Children with Learning Problems

    Nina Kraus;Therese J. McGee;Thomas D. Carrell;Steven G. Zecker

  • Musician enhancement for speech-in-noise.

    Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Erika Skoe;Carrie Lam;Nina Kraus

  • Central auditory plasticity: changes in the N1-P2 complex after speech-sound training.

    Kelly Tremblay;Nina Kraus;Therese McGee;Curtis Ponton

  • Musical Experience Limits the Degradative Effects of Background Noise on the Neural Processing of Sound

    Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Erika Skoe;Nina Kraus

  • The scalp‐recorded brainstem response to speech: Neural origins and plasticity

    Bharath Chandrasekaran;Nina Kraus

  • Developmental changes in P1 and N1 central auditory responses elicited by consonant-vowel syllables.

    Anu Sharma;Nina Kraus;Therese J. McGee;Trent G Nicol

  • Speaking clearly for children with learning disabilities: sentence perception in noise.

    Ann R. Bradlow;Nina Kraus;Erin Hayes

  • Brainstem responses to speech syllables

    Nicole Russo;Trent Nicol;Gabriella Musacchia;Nina Kraus

  • Musical experience shapes top-down auditory mechanisms: evidence from masking and auditory attention performance.

    Dana L. Strait;Nina Kraus;Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Richard Ashley

  • Aging Affects Neural Precision of Speech Encoding

    Samira Anderson;Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Travis White-Schwoch;Nina Kraus

  • Central auditory system plasticity associated with speech discrimination training

    Nina Kraus;Therese McGee;Thomas D. Carrell;Cynthia King

  • Auditory training improves neural timing in the human brainstem

    Nicole M. Russo;Trent G. Nicol;Steven G. Zecker;Erin A. Hayes

  • Neurobiologic responses to speech in noise in children with learning problems: deficits and strategies for improvement

    Jenna Cunningham;Trent Nicol;Steven G Zecker;Ann R Bradlow

  • Central auditory system plasticity: Generalization to novel stimuli following listening training

    Kelly Tremblay;Kelly Tremblay;Nina Kraus;Thomas D. Carrell;Therese McGee

  • Musical experience and the aging auditory system: implications for cognitive abilities and hearing speech in noise.

    Alexandra Parbery-Clark;Dana L. Strait;Samira Anderson;Emily Hittner

  • The time course of auditory perceptual learning: neurophysiological changes during speech-sound training.

    K. Tremblay;N. Kraus;T. McGee

  • Mismatch negativity (MMN) as a tool for investigating auditory discrimination and sensory memory in infants and children.

    Marie Cheour;Marie Cheour;Paavo H.T. Leppänen;Nina Kraus

Frequent Co-Authors

Trent Nicol
Trent Nicol Northwestern University
Erika Skoe
Erika Skoe University of Connecticut
Samira Anderson
Samira Anderson University of Maryland, College Park
Steven G. Zecker
Steven G. Zecker Northwestern University
Ann R. Bradlow
Ann R. Bradlow Northwestern University
Bharath Chandrasekaran
Bharath Chandrasekaran University of Pittsburgh
Anu Sharma
Anu Sharma University of Colorado Boulder
Mikko Sams
Mikko Sams Aalto University
Patrick C. M. Wong
Patrick C. M. Wong Chinese University of Hong Kong
Robert J. Zatorre
Robert J. Zatorre McGill University

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