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Ranulfo Romo 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 Ranulfo Romo sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 188 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ranulfo Romo 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 Ranulfo Romo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Ranulfo Romo is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a significant concentration in cognitive neuroscience. The scholar's work also extends into experimental and cognitive psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, electrical and electronic engineering, as well as statistical and nonlinear physics.

The scientist's main fields of research encompass:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

The central topics of Romo's work involve:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Tactile and sensory interactions
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Motor control and adaptation
  • Advanced memory and neural computing

Ranulfo Romo has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Román Rossi-Pool
  • Antonio Zainos
  • M. Álvarez
  • Sergio Parra
  • Lucas Bayones

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Neuron
  • Nature Communications
  • iScience

Among recent publications are:

  • "Low-dimensional dynamics for working memory and time encoding," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Turning Touch into Perception," 2020, Neuron
  • "Invariant timescale hierarchy across the cortical somatosensory network," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A continuum of invariant sensory and behavioral-context perceptual coding in secondary somatosensory cortex," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "An abstract categorical decision code in dorsal premotor cortex," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Ranulfo Romo has received several recognitions, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2003
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1991

Best Publications

  • A hierarchy of intrinsic timescales across primate cortex

    John D. Murray;Alberto Bernacchia;David J. Freedman;Ranulfo Romo

  • Neuronal correlates of parametric working memory in the prefrontal cortex

    Ranulfo Romo;Carlos D. Brody;Adrián Hernández;Luis Lemus

  • α-Oscillations in the monkey sensorimotor network influence discrimination performance by rhythmical inhibition of neuronal spiking

    Saskia Haegens;Verónica Nácher;Rogelio Luna;Ranulfo Romo

  • Phantom percepts: Tinnitus and pain as persisting aversive memory networks

    Dirk De Ridder;Ana Belen Elgoyhen;Ranulfo Romo;Berthold Langguth

  • Flutter discrimination: neural codes, perception, memory and decision making.

    Ranulfo Romo;Emilio Salinas

  • Demixed principal component analysis of neural population data

    Dmitry Kobak;Wieland Brendel;Wieland Brendel;Christos Constantinidis;Claudia E. Feierstein

  • Flexible Control of Mutual Inhibition: A Neural Model of Two-Interval Discrimination

    Christian K. Machens;Christian K. Machens;Ranulfo Romo;Ranulfo Romo;Carlos D. Brody;Carlos D. Brody

  • Somatosensory discrimination based on cortical microstimulation

    Ranulfo Romo;Adrián Hernández;Anótonio Zainos;Emilio Salinas

  • Dopamine neurons of the monkey midbrain: contingencies of responses to active touch during self-initiated arm movements.

    Ranulfo Romo;Wolfram Schultz

  • Neuronal correlates of decision-making in secondary somatosensory cortex

    Ranulfo Romo;Adrián Hernández;Antonio Zainos;Luis Lemus

  • Stochastic dynamics as a principle of brain function

    Gustavo Deco;Edmund T. Rolls;Ranulfo Romo

  • Dopamine neurons of the monkey midbrain: contingencies of responses to stimuli eliciting immediate behavioral reactions.

    W Schultz;R Romo

  • Timing and Neural Encoding of Somatosensory Parametric Working Memory in Macaque Prefrontal Cortex

    Carlos D. Brody;Adrián Hernández;Antonio Zainos;Ranulfo Romo

  • Neuronal Correlates of a Perceptual Decision in Ventral Premotor Cortex

    Ranulfo Romo;Adrián Hernández;Antonio Zainos

  • Stable population coding for working memory coexists with heterogeneous neural dynamics in prefrontal cortex

    John D. Murray;Alberto Bernacchia;Nicholas A. Roy;Christos Constantinidis

  • Periodicity and Firing Rate As Candidate Neural Codes for the Frequency of Vibrotactile Stimuli

    Emilio Salinas;Adrián Hernández;Antonio Zainos;Ranulfo Romo

  • In vivo presynaptic control of dopamine release in the cat caudate nucleus--II. Facilitatory or inhibitory influence of L-glutamate.

    A Chéramy;R Romo;G Godeheu;P Baruch

  • Role of primate basal ganglia and frontal cortex in the internal generation of movements. I. Preparatory activity in the anterior striatum.

    Ranulfo Romo;Eugenio Scarnati;Wolfram Schultz

  • Sensing without Touching: Psychophysical Performance Based on Cortical Microstimulation

    Ranulfo Romo;Adrián Hernández;Antonio Zainos;Carlos D Brody

  • Neuronal correlates of subjective sensory experience

    Victor de Lafuente;Ranulfo Romo

Frequent Co-Authors

Emilio Salinas
Emilio Salinas Wake Forest University
Jacques Glowinski
Jacques Glowinski Collège de France
Gustavo Deco
Gustavo Deco Pompeu Fabra University
Wolfram Schultz
Wolfram Schultz University of Cambridge
Carlos D. Brody
Carlos D. Brody Princeton University
André Chéramy
André Chéramy Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Edmund T. Rolls
Edmund T. Rolls University of Warwick
Michael N. Shadlen
Michael N. Shadlen Columbia University
Xiao-Jing Wang
Xiao-Jing Wang New York University
Adam Kepecs
Adam Kepecs Washington University in St. Louis

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