Barry E. Stein

22.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
197 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

Barry E. Stein is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sensory Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry E. Stein has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 121 papers in Sensory Systems and 104 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Barry E. Stein's work include Multisensory perception and integration (122 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (118 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (62 papers). Barry E. Stein is often cited by papers focused on Multisensory perception and integration (122 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (118 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (62 papers). Barry E. Stein collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Barry E. Stein's co-authors include M. Alex Meredith, Mark T. Wallace, Terrence R. Stanford, Benjamin A. Rowland, John G. McHaffie, Charles Spence, Gemma A. Calvert, J. William Vaughan, H. Ruth Clemo and Thomas J. Perrault and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Barry E. Stein

195 papers receiving 16.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Multisensory integration: current issues from the perspective of the single neuron

2008 1.1k citations Barry E. Stein, Terrence R. Stanford profile →
Visual, auditory, and somatosensory convergence on cells in superior colliculus results in multisensory integration

1986 810 citations M. Alex Meredith, Barry E. Stein Journal of Neurophysiology profile →
The Handbook of Multisensory Processing

2004 799 citations Gemma A. Calvert, Charles Spence et al. MIT Press eBooks profile →
Interactions Among Converging Sensory Inputs in the Superior Colliculus

1983 653 citations M. Alex Meredith, Barry E. Stein profile →
Sources of subcortical projections to the superior colliculus in the cat

1979 462 citations Barry E. Stein et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barry E. Stein United States	71	11.1k	10.6k	7.8k	2.6k	2.2k	197	16.8k
Mark T. Wallace United States	63	8.5k 0.8×	8.4k 0.8×	5.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	193	12.3k
Robert J. Zatorre Canada	105	11.7k 1.1×	32.1k 3.0×	3.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	7.6k 3.4×	325	39.0k
Warren H. Meck United States	84	5.8k 0.5×	19.8k 1.9×	1.4k 0.2×	712 0.3×	2.4k 1.1×	213	25.3k
M. Alex Meredith United States	40	5.2k 0.5×	4.8k 0.5×	3.4k 0.4×	962 0.4×	956 0.4×	86	7.2k
Josef P. Rauschecker United States	66	5.8k 0.5×	15.0k 1.4×	2.8k 0.4×	177 0.1×	1.3k 0.6×	166	17.4k
Jay A. Gottfried United States	39	1.6k 0.1×	3.6k 0.3×	3.9k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	807 0.4×	80	7.9k
Michael M. Merzenich United States	89	3.4k 0.3×	22.8k 2.1×	4.4k 0.6×	538 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	226	31.1k
Henning Scheich Germany	66	1.8k 0.2×	7.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.2×	452 0.2×	961 0.4×	283	11.9k
Mark E. Bouton United States	71	2.6k 0.2×	14.3k 1.4×	1.8k 0.2×	529 0.2×	4.1k 1.9×	203	19.5k
Risto Näätänen Finland	108	16.5k 1.5×	41.5k 3.9×	2.4k 0.3×	351 0.1×	2.5k 1.1×	402	45.5k

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Stein, Barry E., et al.. (2025). The reliability of multisensory integration in enhancing behavioral performance. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 180. 106476–106476.

Stein, Barry E., et al.. (2023). Predictability alters multisensory responses by modulating unisensory inputs. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17. 1150168–1150168. 3 indexed citations

Stein, Barry E., et al.. (2021). Multisensory enhancement of overt behavior requires multisensory experience. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(2). 4514–4527. 12 indexed citations

Stein, Barry E., et al.. (2021). Stimulus value gates multisensory integration. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(9). 3142–3159. 11 indexed citations

Jiang, Huai, et al.. (2019). Interhemispheric visual competition after multisensory reversal of hemianopia. European Journal of Neuroscience. 50(11). 3702–3712. 9 indexed citations

Cuppini, Cristiano, Barry E. Stein, & Benjamin A. Rowland. (2018). Development of the Mechanisms Governing Midbrain Multisensory Integration. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(14). 3453–3465. 23 indexed citations

Yu, Liping, Jinghong Xu, Benjamin A. Rowland, & Barry E. Stein. (2014). Multisensory Plasticity in Superior Colliculus Neurons is Mediated by Association Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 26(3). 1130–1137. 20 indexed citations

Stein, Barry E.. (2012). The new handbook of multisensory processes. MIT Press eBooks. 245 indexed citations

Stein, Barry E. & Benjamin A. Rowland. (2011). Organization and plasticity in multisensory integration. Progress in brain research. 191. 145–163. 43 indexed citations

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Stein, Barry E., Terrence R. Stanford, & Benjamin A. Rowland. (2009). The neural basis of multisensory integration in the midbrain: Its organization and maturation. Hearing Research. 258(1-2). 4–15. 132 indexed citations

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Alvarado, Juan Carlos, Terrence R. Stanford, Benjamin A. Rowland, J. William Vaughan, & Barry E. Stein. (2009). Multisensory Integration in the Superior Colliculus Requires Synergy among Corticocollicular Inputs. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(20). 6580–6592. 52 indexed citations

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Wallace, Mark T. & Barry E. Stein. (2006). Early Experience Determines How the Senses Will Interact. Journal of Neurophysiology. 97(1). 921–926. 164 indexed citations

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Jiang, Wan, Huai Jiang, & Barry E. Stein. (2005). Neonatal Cortical Ablation Disrupts Multisensory Development in Superior Colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 95(3). 1380–1396. 35 indexed citations

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Calvert, Gemma A., Charles Spence, & Barry E. Stein. (2004). The Handbook of Multisensory Processing. MIT Press eBooks. 799 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stein, Barry E., Wan Jiang, Mark T. Wallace, & Terrence R. Stanford. (2001). Chapter 10 Nonvisual influences on visual-information processing in the superior colliculus. Progress in brain research. 134. 143–156. 27 indexed citations

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Stein, Barry E., et al.. (1999). Cross-Modal Integration: Bringing Coherence to the Sensory World.. AVSP. 3. 2 indexed citations

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Stein, Barry E. & Mark T. Wallace. (1996). Chapter 20 Comparisons of cross-modality integration in midbrain and cortex. Progress in brain research. 112. 289–299. 85 indexed citations

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McHaffie, John G., M. Alex Meredith, & Barry E. Stein. (1991). Physiological maturation of the visual topography in the cat superior colliculus. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 17. 1378. 2 indexed citations

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Stein, Barry E. & M. Alex Meredith. (1990). Multisensory Integration. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 608(1). 51–70. 129 indexed citations

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Stein, Barry E.. (1978). Development and organization of multimodal representation in cat superior colliculus.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 37(9). 2240–5. 25 indexed citations

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