2026 Robert Desimone: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	103	676	607	376	329	222	75000

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Research.com Recognitions

2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1999 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1994 - Golden Brain Award, Minerva Foundation
1990 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For his outstanding work on the cortical and subcortical neuronal mechanisms underlying visual perception and attention.

Overview

Robert Desimone is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Their research also spans subfields such as Biophysics, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work primarily addresses topics including Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks, and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques.

Desimone has contributed extensively to scientific literature with frequent publications appearing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, Progress in Neurobiology, UNC Libraries, and the Journal of Vision.

Diego Mendoza-Halliday
Haoran Xu
André M. Bastos
Earl K. Miller
Guoping Feng

Recent research publications authored by or closely associated with Robert Desimone include:

An Ultra-Sensitive Step-Function Opsin for Minimally Invasive Optogenetic Stimulation in Mice and Macaques, 2020, Neuron
High-throughput mapping of a whole rhesus monkey brain at micrometer resolution, 2021, Nature Biotechnology
An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics, 2020, Neuron
A ubiquitous spectrolaminar motif of local field potential power across the primate cortex, 2024, Nature Neuroscience
The cortical connectome of primate lateral prefrontal cortex, 2021, Neuron

Robert Desimone has been recognized by multiple scientific organizations and awards, including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1999
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999
Golden Brain Award, Minerva Foundation, 1994
Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences, 1990 (For outstanding work on the cortical and subcortical neuronal mechanisms underlying visual perception and attention)

Best Publications

Neural Mechanisms of Selective Visual Attention

Robert Desimone;John Duncan

10793
Citations
Selective attention gates visual processing in the extrastriate cortex.

Jeffrey Moran;Robert Desimone

3606
Citations
Modulation of Oscillatory Neuronal Synchronization by Selective Visual Attention

Pascal Fries;John H. Reynolds;John H. Reynolds;Alan E. Rorie;Robert Desimone

3369
Citations
Neural mechanisms of spatial selective attention in areas V1, V2, and V4 of macaque visual cortex

Steven J. Luck;Leonardo Chelazzi;Steven A. Hillyard;Robert Desimone

2064
Citations
Increased Activity in Human Visual Cortex during Directed Attention in the Absence of Visual Stimulation

Sabine Kastner;Mark A. Pinsk;Peter De Weerd;Robert Desimone

2021
Citations
Stimulus-selective properties of inferior temporal neurons in the macaque

R Desimone;TD Albright;CG Gross;C Bruce

2013
Citations
Neural Mechanisms of Visual Working Memory in Prefrontal Cortex of the Macaque

Earl K. Miller;Cynthia A. Erickson;Robert Desimone

1889
Citations
A neural basis for visual search in inferior temporal cortex

Leonardo Chelazzi;Earl K. Miller;John Duncan;Robert Desimone

1705
Citations
Visual properties of neurons in a polysensory area in superior temporal sulcus of the macaque.

C Bruce;R Desimone;C G Gross

1656
Citations
Competitive Mechanisms Subserve Attention in Macaque Areas V2 and V4

John H. Reynolds;Leonardo Chelazzi;Robert Desimone

1594
Citations
Modulation of neuronal interactions through neuronal synchronization

Thilo Womelsdorf;Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen;Robert Oostenveld;Wolf Singer;Wolf Singer

1562
Citations
High-frequency, long-range coupling between prefrontal and visual cortex during attention.

Georgia G. Gregoriou;Stephen J. Gotts;Huihui Zhou;Robert Desimone

1421
Citations
Neural mechanisms for visual memory and their role in attention.

Robert Desimone

1410
Citations
Attention Increases Sensitivity of V4 Neurons

John H Reynolds;Tatiana Pasternak;Robert Desimone

1288
Citations
Mechanisms of Directed Attention in the Human Extrastriate Cortex as Revealed by Functional MRI

Sabine Kastner;Peter De Weerd;Robert Desimone;Leslie G. Ungerleider

1215
Citations
Increased attention enhances both behavioral and neuronal performance

Hedva Spitzer;Robert Desimone;Jeffrey Moran

980
Citations
Visual attention mediated by biased competition in extrastriate visual cortex

Robert Desimone

973
Citations
Organization of visual inputs to the inferior temporal and posterior parietal cortex in macaques

JS Baizer;LG Ungerleider;R Desimone

969
Citations
Activity of neurons in anterior inferior temporal cortex during a short- term memory task

Earl K. Miller;Lin Li;Robert Desimone

967
Citations
Cortical connections of visual area MT in the macaque

Leslie G. Ungerleider;Robert Desimone

959
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