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D-Index
44
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7831
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6976
National Ranking
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Peter D. Balsam publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter D. Balsam sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 137 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Peter D. Balsam D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter D. Balsam sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter D. Balsam is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology. They have also contributed to clinical psychology and social psychology.

The scientist's work explores several key topics related to neural function and behavior. Prominent subjects in their research include neurotrasmitter receptor influence on behavior, receptor mechanisms and signaling, neural dynamics and brain function, memory and neural mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Peter D. Balsam has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Psychiatry, Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition, Neuropsychopharmacology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "How changes in dopamine D2 receptor levels alter striatal circuit function and motivation" (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Dopamine D2 receptors modulate the cholinergic pause and inhibitory learning" (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Dopamine encodes real-time reward availability and transitions between reward availability states on different timescales" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Enduring effects of early-life adversity on reward processes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies" (2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • "Cortical Processing of Multimodal Sensory Learning in Human Neonates" (2020, Cerebral Cortex)

Their frequent collaborators include Eleanor H. Simpson, Christoph Kellendonk, Eduardo F. Gallo, Kelly Martyniuk, and C. R. Gallistel.

Peter D. Balsam has received recognition by being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2000 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1989.

Best Publications

  • The learning curve: Implications of a quantitative analysis

    Charles R. Gallistel;Stephen Fairhurst;Peter Balsam

  • Inhibition of mediodorsal thalamus disrupts thalamofrontal connectivity and cognition.

    Sebastien Parnaudeau;Pia Kelsey O'Neill;Scott S. Bolkan;Ryan D. Ward

  • Context and Learning

    Peter D. Balsam;Arthur Tomie

  • Temporal maps and informativeness in associative learning

    Peter D Balsam;C. Randy Gallistel

  • Mice with Chronically Elevated Dopamine Exhibit Enhanced Motivation, but not Learning, for a Food Reward

    Barbara Cagniard;Peter D Balsam;Daniela Brunner;Xiaoxi Zhuang

  • Transient overexpression of striatal D2 receptors impairs operant motivation and interval timing.

    Michael R. Drew;Eleanor H. Simpson;Christoph Kellendonk;William G. Herzberg;William G. Herzberg

  • Increasing dopamine D2 receptor expression in the adult nucleus accumbens enhances motivation.

    Pierre Trifilieff;Bo Feng;Eneko Urizar;Vanessa Winiger

  • Time and Associative Learning

    Peter D. Balsam;Michael R. Drew;C. R. Gallistel

  • A Perceptual Inference Mechanism for Hallucinations Linked to Striatal Dopamine

    Clifford M. Cassidy;Peter D. Balsam;Jodi J. Weinstein;Rachel J. Rosengard

  • The negative side effects of reward.

    Peter D. Balsam;Andrew S. Bondy

  • Effects of dopamine antagonists on the timing of two intervals.

    Michael R. Drew;Stephen Fairhurst;Chara Malapani;Jon C. Horvitz

  • Mediodorsal Thalamus Hypofunction Impairs Flexible Goal-Directed Behavior

    Sébastien Parnaudeau;Kathleen Taylor;Scott S. Bolkan;Ryan D. Ward

  • Temporal control of conditioned responding in goldfish.

    Michael R. Drew;Bojana Zupan;Anna Cooke;P. A. Couvillon

  • Extended habit training reduces dopamine mediation of appetitive response expression.

    Won Yung Choi;Peter D Balsam;Jon C Horvitz

  • Newborn infants learn during sleep

    William P. Fifer;Dana L. Byrd;Michelle Kaku;Inge-Marie Eigsti

  • Time to rethink the neural mechanisms of learning and memory

    Charles R. Gallistel;Peter D Balsam

  • Neural substrates underlying effort, time, and risk-based decision making in motivated behavior.

    Matthew R. Bailey;Eleanor H. Simpson;Peter D. Balsam

  • Relative Time in Trace Conditioning

    Peter Balsam

  • Decreasing Striatopallidal Pathway Function Enhances Motivation by Energizing the Initiation of Goal-Directed Action

    Fernanda Carvalho Poyraz;Eva Holzner;Matthew R. Bailey;Jozsef Meszaros

  • Rapid contextual conditioning in autoshaping.

    Peter D. Balsam;Amy L. Schwartz

  • Dissociation of Hedonic Reaction to Reward and Incentive Motivation in an Animal Model of the Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

    Ryan D Ward;Eleanor H Simpson;Eleanor H Simpson;Vanessa L Richards;Gita Deo

  • Timing at the Start of Associative Learning

    Peter D. Balsam;Michael R. Drew;Cynthia Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Christoph Kellendonk
Christoph Kellendonk Columbia University
Charles R. Gallistel
Charles R. Gallistel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Rae Silver
Rae Silver Columbia University
John D. Gibbon
John D. Gibbon Imperial College London
Jonathan A. Javitch
Jonathan A. Javitch Columbia University
Holly Moore
Holly Moore Columbia University
Stephen Rayport
Stephen Rayport Columbia University
Joseph LeSauter
Joseph LeSauter Barnard College
Herbert S. Terrace
Herbert S. Terrace Columbia University

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