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Rutvik H. Desai publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rutvik H. Desai sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 63 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Rutvik H. Desai D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rutvik H. Desai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rutvik H. Desai is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their research primarily spans cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as artificial intelligence and developmental and educational psychology.

Their work is concentrated on several main topics, including:

  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Text Readability and Simplification
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Rutvik H. Desai has published in a range of respected academic venues, with notable recurrent contributions to:

  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Brain and Language
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Psychological Research
  • Behavior Research Methods

Their recent papers reflect diverse topics within their research scope:

  • "Are metaphors embodied? The neural evidence," 2021, Psychological Research
  • "SCOPE: The South Carolina psycholinguistic metabase," 2022, Behavior Research Methods
  • "What we mean when we say semantic: Toward a multidisciplinary semantic glossary," 2024, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • "Neural network bases of thematic semantic processing in language production," 2022, Cortex
  • "HD-tDCS over motor cortex facilitates figurative and literal action sentence processing," 2021, Neuropsychologia

Throughout their career, Rutvik H. Desai has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Nicholas Riccardi
  • Julius Fridriksson
  • Karim Johari
  • Chris Rorden
  • Svetlana V. Shinkareva

Best Publications

  • Where Is the Semantic System? A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis of 120 Functional Neuroimaging Studies

    Jeffrey R. Binder;Rutvik H. Desai;William W. Graves;Lisa L. Conant

  • The Neurobiology of Semantic Memory

    Jeffrey R. Binder;Rutvik H. Desai

  • Toward a brain-based componential semantic representation

    Jeffrey R Binder;Lisa L Conant;Colin J Humphries;Leonardo Fernandino

  • The neural career of sensory-motor metaphors

    Rutvik H. Desai;Jeffrey R. Binder;Lisa L. Conant;Quintino R. Mano

  • Neural Systems for Reading Aloud: A Multiparametric Approach

    William W. Graves;Rutvik Desai;Colin Humphries;Mark S. Seidenberg

  • Concept Representation Reflects Multimodal Abstraction: A Framework for Embodied Semantics

    Leonardo Fernandino;Jeffrey R. Binder;Rutvik H. Desai;Suzanne L. Pendl

  • Some neurophysiological constraints on models of word naming.

    Jeffrey R. Binder;David A. Medler;Rutvik H. Desai;Lisa L. Conant

  • Activation of Sensory–Motor Areas in Sentence Comprehension

    Rutvik H. Desai;Jeffrey R. Binder;Lisa L. Conant;Mark S. Seidenberg

  • Parkinson’s Disease Disrupts Both Automatic and Controlled Processing of Action Verbs

    Leonardo Fernandino;Lisa L. Conant;Jeffrey R. Binder;Karen Blindauer

  • A piece of the action: modulation of sensory-motor regions by action idioms and metaphors.

    Rutvik H. Desai;Lisa L. Conant;Jeffrey R. Binder;Haeil Park

  • Neural correlates of implicit and explicit combinatorial semantic processing.

    William W. Graves;Jeffrey R. Binder;Rutvik H. Desai;Lisa L. Conant

  • The multifaceted abstract brain.

    Rutvik H. Desai;Megan Reilly;Wessel van Dam

  • Specialization along the Left Superior Temporal Sulcus for Auditory Categorization

    Einat Liebenthal;Rutvik Desai;Michael M. Ellingson;Brinda Ramachandran

  • Where is the action? Action sentence processing in Parkinson's disease

    Leonardo Fernandino;Lisa L. Conant;Jeffrey R. Binder;Karen Blindauer

  • Volumetric vs. surface-based alignment for localization of auditory cortex activation.

    Rutvik Desai;Einat Liebenthal;Edward T. Possing;Eric Waldron

  • Left posterior temporal regions are sensitive to auditory categorization

    Rutvik Desai;Einat Liebenthal;Eric Waldron;Jeffrey R. Binder

  • fMRI of Past Tense Processing: The Effects of Phonological Complexity and Task Difficulty

    Rutvik Desai;Lisa L. Conant;Eric Waldron;Jeffrey R. Binder

  • The Neural Substrates of Natural Reading: A Comparison of Normal and Nonword Text Using Eyetracking and fMRI

    Wonil Choi;Rutvik H. Desai;John M. Henderson

  • Attentional and linguistic interactions in speech perception.

    Merav Sabri;Jeffrey R. Binder;Rutvik Desai;David A. Medler

  • The Role of Left Occipitotemporal Cortex in Reading: Reconciling Stimulus, Task, and Lexicality Effects

    Quintino R. Mano;Quintino R. Mano;Colin Humphries;Rutvik H. Desai;Mark S. Seidenberg

  • FEATURE ARTICLE Where Is the Semantic System? A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis of 120 Functional Neuroimaging Studies

    Jeffrey R. Binder;Rutvik H. Desai;William W. Graves

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey R. Binder
Jeffrey R. Binder Medical College of Wisconsin
Lisa L. Conant
Lisa L. Conant Medical College of Wisconsin
Mark S. Seidenberg
Mark S. Seidenberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Julius Fridriksson
Julius Fridriksson University of South Carolina
John M. Henderson
John M. Henderson University of California, Davis
Chris Rorden
Chris Rorden University of South Carolina
Gabriella Vigliocco
Gabriella Vigliocco University College London
Heng-Da Cheng
Heng-Da Cheng Utah State University
Robert W. Cox
Robert W. Cox National Institutes of Health
Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht
Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht Medical University of South Carolina

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