2026 Richard A. Andersen: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	109	550	498	313	276	320	53556

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Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1994 - W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons
1982 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Richard A. Andersen is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Neuroscience, with a concentration on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering. Additional subfields include Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Neural dynamics and brain function
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Action Observation and Synchronization
Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography

Their recent publications include:

"Representation of internal speech by single neurons in human supramarginal gyrus," 2024, Nature Human Behaviour
"Decoding motor plans using a closed-loop ultrasonic brain-machine interface," 2023, Nature Neuroscience
"Single-trial decoding of movement intentions using functional ultrasound neuroimaging," 2021, Neuron
"Neuropathological effects of chronically implanted, intracortical microelectrodes in a tetraplegic patient," 2021, Journal of Neural Engineering
"A shared neural substrate for action verbs and observed actions in human posterior parietal cortex," 2020, Science Advances

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Andersen include:

Charles Y. Liu
Tyson Aflalo
Spencer Kellis
Kelsie Pejsa
Nader Pouratian

Their research has been disseminated primarily through several publication venues, including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with 18 publications
Journal of Neural Engineering, 4 publications
Neuron, 2 publications
eLife, 2 publications
Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2 publications

Throughout their career, Andersen has been recognized with several honors, including:

Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2007
Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2005
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2002
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2000
W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1994
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1982

Best Publications

MULTIMODAL REPRESENTATION OF SPACE IN THE POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX AND ITS USE IN PLANNING MOVEMENTS

Richard A. Andersen;Lawrence H. Snyder;David C. Bradley;Jing Xing

1957
Citations
Encoding of spatial location by posterior parietal neurons.

Richard A. Andersen;Gregory K Essick;Ralph M. Siegel

1884
Citations
Functional analysis of human MT and related visual cortical areas using magnetic resonance imaging

R. B. H. Tootell;J. B. Reppas;K. K. Kwong;R. Malach

1727
Citations
Intentional maps in posterior parietal cortex

Richard A. Andersen;Christopher A. Buneo

1568
Citations
A back-propagation programmed network that simulates response properties of a subset of posterior parietal neurons.

David Zipser;Richard A. Andersen

1567
Citations
Coding of intention in the posterior parietal cortex

L. H. Snyder;A. P. Batista;R. A. Andersen

1397
Citations
Memory related motor planning activity in posterior parietal cortex of macaque.

J W Gnadt;R A Andersen

1279
Citations
Temporal structure in neuronal activity during working memory in macaque parietal cortex

Bijan Pesaran;John S. Pezaris;John S. Pezaris;Maneesh Sahani;Partha P. Mitra

1253
Citations
Cognitive control signals for neural prosthetics

Sam Musallam;Richard A. Andersen;Brian D. Corneil;Bradley Greger

1057
Citations
Corticocortical connections of anatomically and physiologically defined subdivisions within the inferior parietal lobule.

R. A. Andersen;C. Asanuma;Gregory K Essick;R. M. Siegel

1051
Citations
Reach plans in eye-centered coordinates.

Aaron P. Batista;Christopher A. Buneo;Lawrence H. Snyder;Richard A. Andersen

976
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Eye position effects on visual, memory, and saccade-related activity in areas LIP and 7a of macaque

RA Andersen;RM Bracewell;S Barash;JW Gnadt

903
Citations
Direct visuomotor transformations for reaching

Christopher A. Buneo;Murray R. Jarvis;Aaron P. Batista;Richard A. Andersen

879
Citations
A common reference frame for movement plans in the posterior parietal cortex

Yale E. Cohen;Richard A. Andersen

851
Citations
Intention, action planning, and decision making in parietal-frontal circuits.

Richard A. Andersen;He Cui

804
Citations
The influence of the angle of gaze upon the excitability of the light- sensitive neurons of the posterior parietal cortex

RA Andersen;VB Mountcastle

777
Citations
Visual receptive field organization and cortico-cortical connections of the lateral intraparietal area (area LIP) in the macaque

Gene J. Blatt;Richard A. Andersen;Gene R. Stoner

715
Citations
The posterior parietal cortex: sensorimotor interface for the planning and online control of visually guided movements

Christopher A. Buneo;Richard A. Andersen

704
Citations
The response of area MT and V1 neurons to transparent motion

Robert J. Snowden;Stefan Treue;Roger G. Erickson;Richard A. Andersen

683
Citations
Decoding motor imagery from the posterior parietal cortex of a tetraplegic human

Tyson Aflalo;Spencer Kellis;Christian Klaes;Brian Lee

680
Citations
Separate body- and world-referenced representations of visual space in parietal cortex

Lawrence H. Snyder;Kenneth L. Grieve;Kenneth L. Grieve;Peter Brotchie;Peter Brotchie;Richard A. Andersen

673
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