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Russell A. Epstein

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Neuroscience

D-Index
52
Citations
15777
World Ranking
5218
National Ranking
2334

Russell A. Epstein 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 Russell A. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 127 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Russell A. Epstein 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 Russell A. Epstein sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Russell A. Epstein is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research centers on neuroscience, computer science, and engineering, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, automotive engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, and sensory systems.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
  • Cognitive Science and Mapping
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Multisensory Perception and Integration
  • Face Recognition and Perception

Russell A. Epstein has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vision
  • Nature Communications
  • Current Biology
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Recent notable publications include:

  • Structuring Knowledge with Cognitive Maps and Cognitive Graphs, 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Object representations in the human brain reflect the co-occurrence statistics of vision and language, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The parahippocampal place area and hippocampus encode the spatial significance of landmark objects, 2021, NeuroImage
  • The human brain uses spatial schemas to represent segmented environments, 2021, Current Biology
  • Exploration patterns shape cognitive map learning, 2022, Cognition

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Michael Peer
  • Joshua B. Julian
  • Michael Bonner
  • Alexandra T. Keinath
  • Iva K. Brunec

Russell A. Epstein's work integrates approaches from cognitive neuroscience and computer science to explore how the human brain represents and processes visual and spatial information. This interdisciplinary research contributes to understanding neural mechanisms underlying navigation, memory, and perception. Their investigations also involve computational modeling and artificial intelligence methodologies applied to sensory processing and mapping.

Best Publications

  • A cortical representation of the local visual environment

    Russell Epstein;Nancy Kanwisher

  • Parahippocampal and retrosplenial contributions to human spatial navigation.

    Russell A. Epstein

  • The parahippocampal place area: recognition, navigation, or encoding?

    Russell Epstein;Alison Harris;Damian Stanley;Nancy Kanwisher;Nancy Kanwisher

  • The cognitive map in humans: spatial navigation and beyond

    Russell A Epstein;Eva Zita Patai;Joshua B Julian;Hugo J Spiers

  • 'Insight' in the pigeon: antecedents and determinants of an intelligent performance.

    R. Epstein;C. E. Kirshnit;R. P. Lanza;L. C. Rubin

  • Viewpoint-specific scene representations in human parahippocampal cortex

    Russell Epstein;Russell Epstein;Kim Samantha Graham;Paul E. Downing

  • Where Am I Now? Distinct Roles for Parahippocampal and Retrosplenial Cortices in Place Recognition

    Russell A Epstein;Whitney E Parker;Alana M Feiler

  • Perceptual deficits in amnesia: challenging the medial temporal lobe 'mnemonic' view.

    Andy C. H. Lee;Tim J. Bussey;Elisabeth A. Murray;Lisa M. Saksida

  • Scene Perception in the Human Brain.

    Russell A Epstein;Chris I Baker

  • Variations in Cognitive Maps: Understanding Individual Differences in Navigation

    Steven M. Weisberg;Victor R. Schinazi;Nora S. Newcombe;Thomas F. Shipley

  • Anchoring the neural compass: coding of local spatial reference frames in human medial parietal lobe.

    Steven A Marchette;Lindsay K Vass;Jack Ryan;Russell A Epstein

  • Structuring Knowledge with Cognitive Maps and Cognitive Graphs.

    Michael Peer;Iva K. Brunec;Nora S. Newcombe;Russell A. Epstein

  • Hippocampal size predicts rapid learning of a cognitive map in humans

    Victor R. Schinazi;Daniele Nardi;Nora S. Newcombe;Thomas F. Shipley

  • Distances between Real-World Locations Are Represented in the Human Hippocampus

    Lindsay K. Morgan;Sean P. MacEvoy;Geoffrey K. Aguirre;Russell A. Epstein

  • Coding of navigational affordances in the human visual system.

    Michael F. Bonner;Russell A. Epstein

  • Neural systems for landmark-based wayfinding in humans.

    Russell A. Epstein;Lindsay K. Vass

  • Neuropsychological evidence for a topographical learning mechanism in parahippocampal cortex

    Russell Epstein;Edgar A. DeYoe;Daniel Z. Press;Allyson C. Rosen

  • Visual scene processing in familiar and unfamiliar environments.

    Russell A. Epstein;J. Stephen Higgins;Karen Jablonski;Alana M. Feiler

  • Differential parahippocampal and retrosplenial involvement in three types of visual scene recognition.

    Russell A. Epstein;J. Stephen Higgins

  • Learning Places from Views: Variation in Scene Processing as a Function of Experience and Navigational Ability

    Russell A. Epstein;J. Stephen Higgins;Sharon L. Thompson-schill

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey K. Aguirre
Geoffrey K. Aguirre University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Kanwisher
Nancy Kanwisher MIT
Alan L. Yuille
Alan L. Yuille Johns Hopkins University
Sharon L. Thompson-Schill
Sharon L. Thompson-Schill University of Pennsylvania
Paul E. Downing
Paul E. Downing Bangor University
Nora S. Newcombe
Nora S. Newcombe Temple University
Adrian M. Owen
Adrian M. Owen University of Western Ontario
John C. Trueswell
John C. Trueswell University of Pennsylvania
Roy H. Hamilton
Roy H. Hamilton University of Pennsylvania
Kim S. Graham
Kim S. Graham Cardiff University

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