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Sliman J. Bensmaia

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
61
Citations
12836
World Ranking
3689
National Ranking
1692

Sliman J. Bensmaia 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 Sliman J. Bensmaia sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 161 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sliman J. Bensmaia 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 Sliman J. Bensmaia sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Sliman J. Bensmaia is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of neuroscience and engineering, with a strong emphasis on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying sensory and motor functions.

Their recent publications cover various aspects of neural engineering and sensory restoration. Notable papers include:

  • Restoration of sensory information via bionic hands, 2020, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity, 2021, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • The science and engineering behind sensitized brain-controlled bionic hands, 2021, Physiological Reviews
  • Unexpected complexity of everyday manual behaviors, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Neural population dynamics in motor cortex are different for reach and grasp, 2020, eLife

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Charles M. Greenspon
  • Lee E. Miller
  • Michael L. Boninger
  • Elizaveta V. Okorokova
  • Robert A. Gaunt

Regular publication venues where their work appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • Nature Communications

Bensmaia's main fields of study are:

  • Neuroscience
  • Engineering

They work extensively within subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Social Psychology

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Best Publications

  • Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex

    Sharlene N. Flesher;Jennifer L. Collinger;Stephen T. Foldes;Stephen T. Foldes;Jeffrey M. Weiss

  • Spatial and temporal codes mediate the tactile perception of natural textures

    Alison I. Weber;Hannes P. Saal;Justin D. Lieber;Ju-Wen Cheng

  • Restoring sensorimotor function through intracortical interfaces: progress and looming challenges

    Sliman J. Bensmaia;Lee E. Miller

  • Individual differences in perceptual space for tactile textures: evidence from multidimensional scaling

    Mark Hollins;Sliman Bensmaïa;Kristie Karlof;Forrest Young

  • Restoring the sense of touch with a prosthetic hand through a brain interface.

    Gregg A. Tabot;John F. Dammann;Joshua A. Berg;Francesco V. Tenore

  • Biomimetic sensory feedback through peripheral nerve stimulation improves dexterous use of a bionic hand

    Jacob A. George;David T. Kluger;Tyler S. Davis;Suzanne M. Wendelken

  • The vibrations of texture.

    Sliman J BensmaIa;Mark Hollins

  • Pacinian representations of fine surface texture

    Sliman Bensmaïa;Mark Hollins

  • Touch is a team effort: interplay of submodalities in cutaneous sensibility.

    Hannes P. Saal;Sliman J. Bensmaia

  • The neural basis of perceived intensity in natural and artificial touch

    Emily L. Graczyk;Matthew A. Schiefer;Hannes P. Saal;Benoit P. Delhaye

  • Simulating tactile signals from the whole hand with millisecond precision.

    Hannes P. Saal;Benoit P. Delhaye;Brandon C. Rayhaun;Sliman J. Bensmaia

  • The Neural Coding of Stimulus Intensity: Linking the Population Response of Mechanoreceptive Afferents with Psychophysical Behavior

    Michael A. Muniak;Supratim Ray;Steven S. Hsiao;J. Frank Dammann

  • Neural Basis of Touch and Proprioception in Primate Cortex.

    Benoit P. Delhaye;Katie H. Long;Sliman J. Bensmaia

  • Restoration of sensory information via bionic hands.

    Sliman J. Bensmaia;Dustin J. Tyler;Dustin J. Tyler;Silvestro Micera;Silvestro Micera

  • Texture perception through direct and indirect touch: An analysis of perceptual space for tactile textures in two modes of exploration

    T. Yoshioka;S. J. Bensmaïa;J. C. Craig;S. S. Hsiao

  • Natural scenes in tactile texture

    Louise R. Manfredi;Hannes P. Saal;Kyler J. Brown;Mark C. Zielinski

  • The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity.

    Anton R. Sobinov;Sliman J. Bensmaia

  • Vibrotactile adaptation impairs discrimination of fine, but not coarse, textures

    Mark Hollins;Sliman J. Bensmaïa;Sean Washburn

  • Multiplexing stimulus information through rate and temporal codes in primate somatosensory cortex.

    Michael A. Harvey;Hannes P. Saal;John F. Dammann;Sliman J. Bensmaia

  • The coding of roughness.

    Mark Hollins;Sliman J. Bensmaïa

  • Temporal Frequency Channels Are Linked across Audition and Touch

    Jeffrey M. Yau;Jonathon B. Olenczak;John F. Dammann;Sliman J. Bensmaia;Sliman J. Bensmaia

  • The neural coding of stimulus intensity: Linking the population response of mechanoreceptive afferents with psychophysical behavior (Journal of Neuroscience (October 24, 2007) (11687-11699))

    Michael A. Muniak;Supratim Ray;Steven S. Hsiao;J. Frank Dammann

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven S. Hsiao
Steven S. Hsiao Johns Hopkins University
Kenneth O. Johnson
Kenneth O. Johnson Johns Hopkins University
Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos
Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos University of Chicago
Lee E. Miller
Lee E. Miller Northwestern University
Dustin J. Tyler
Dustin J. Tyler Case Western Reserve University
Stefan Mihalas
Stefan Mihalas Allen Institute for Brain Science
Pablo Celnik
Pablo Celnik Johns Hopkins University
Nick F. Ramsey
Nick F. Ramsey Utrecht University
A.B. Cohen
A.B. Cohen Arizona State University
Ralph Etienne-Cummings
Ralph Etienne-Cummings Johns Hopkins University

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