2026 Robert T. Knight: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	139	202	182	133	117	534	78512

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Neuroscience

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Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Robert T. Knight is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience as demonstrated by a substantial number of publications in this subfield.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurology
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Key research topics addressed in their studies include:

Neural dynamics and brain function
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Neuroscience and Music Perception
Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Their recent publications include the following notable papers:

Parameterizing neural power spectra into periodic and aperiodic components, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
An electrophysiological marker of arousal level in humans, 2020, eLife
Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions, 2021, Neuron
Comparison between a wireless dry electrode EEG system with a conventional wired wet electrode EEG system for clinical applications, 2020, Scientific Reports
Advances in human intracranial electroencephalography research, guidelines and good practices, 2022, NeuroImage

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Scientific Reports
Cerebral Cortex
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators include:

Jack J. Lin
Anne-Kristin Solbakk
Tor Endestad
Anaïs Llorens
Pål G. Larsson

Recognition of their professional contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, both awarded in 2017.

Best Publications

Principles of frontal lobe function

Donald T. Stuss;Robert T. Knight

5433
Citations
High gamma power is phase-locked to theta oscillations in human neocortex.

Ryan T. Canolty;Erik Edwards;Erik Edwards;Sarang Dalal;M. Soltani;M. Soltani

3066
Citations
The functional role of cross-frequency coupling.

Ryan T. Canolty;Robert T. Knight;Robert T. Knight

2333
Citations
Frontal Lobe Contributions to Theory of Mind

Valerie E. Stone;Simon Baron-cohen;Robert T. Knight

2286
Citations
Parameterizing neural power spectra into periodic and aperiodic components.

Thomas Donoghue;Matar Haller;Erik J. Peterson;Paroma Varma

1998
Citations
Voxel-based lesion–symptom mapping

Elizabeth Bates;Stephen M. Wilson;Ayse Pinar Saygin;Frederic Dick

1620
Citations
Contribution of human hippocampal region to novelty detection.

Robert T. Knight

1167
Citations
Prefrontal-cingulate interactions in action monitoring.

William J. Gehring;Robert T. Knight

1114
Citations
Decreased response to novel stimuli after prefrontal lesions in man

Robert T Knight

1109
Citations
Age-Related Changes in 1/f Neural Electrophysiological Noise.

Bradley Voytek;Mark A. Kramer;John Case;Kyle Q. Lepage

802
Citations
Mechanisms of human attention: event-related potentials and oscillations.

Christoph S Herrmann;Robert T Knight

762
Citations
Categorical speech representation in human superior temporal gyrus

Edward F Chang;Jochem W Rieger;Jochem W Rieger;Keith Johnson;Mitchel S Berger

717
Citations
Reconstructing Speech from Human Auditory Cortex

Brian N. Pasley;Stephen V. David;Nima Mesgarani;Nima Mesgarani;Adeen Flinker

706
Citations
Contributions of temporal-parietal junction to the human auditory P3.

Robert T. Knight;Donatella Scabini;David L. Woods;Clay C. Clayworth

691
Citations
Prefrontal cortex regulates inhibition and excitation in distributed neural networks

Robert T. Knight;Robert T. Knight;W. Richard Staines;W. Richard Staines;Diane Swick;Linda L. Chao;Linda L. Chao

683
Citations
CORTICAL NETWORKS UNDERLYING MECHANISMS OF TIME PERCEPTION

Deborah L. Harrington;Kathleen Y. Haaland;Robert T. Knight

670
Citations
Neural representations of skilled movement.

Kathleen Y. Haaland;Deborah L. Harrington;Robert T. Knight

659
Citations
Effects of extensive temporal lobe damage or mild hypoxia on recollection and familiarity.

Andrew P. Yonelinas;Andrew P. Yonelinas;Neal E.A. Kroll;Neal E.A. Kroll;Joel R. Quamme;Michele M. Lazzara

657
Citations
Superior temporal sulcus---it's my area: Or is it?

Grit Hein;Robert T. Knight

650
Citations
The regulatory function of self-conscious emotion: insights from patients with orbitofrontal damage.

Jennifer S. Beer;Erin A. Heerey;Dacher Keltner;Donatella Scabini

649
Citations
Effects of lesions of temporal-parietal junction on perceptual and attentional processing in humans

L C Robertson;M R Lamb;R T Knight

617
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