Claudia Clopath

15.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Claudia Clopath is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudia Clopath has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 57 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Claudia Clopath's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (79 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (25 papers). Claudia Clopath is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (79 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (25 papers). Claudia Clopath collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Claudia Clopath's co-authors include Wulfram Gerstner, Demis Hassabis, John Quan, Neil C. Rabinowitz, Guillaume Desjardins, Dharshan Kumaran, Razvan Pascanu, James Kirkpatrick, Kieran Milan and Agnieszka Grabska‐Barwińska and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Claudia Clopath

100 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Overcoming catastrophic forgetting in neural networks 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Overcoming catastrophic forgetting in neural networks
    2017 3.6k citations James Kirkpatrick, Razvan Pascanu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Claudia Clopath United Kingdom 32 3.2k 3.1k 2.2k 1.6k 1.5k 106 7.3k
Sen Song China 32 3.9k 1.2× 1.2k 0.4× 3.4k 1.5× 3.8k 2.4× 846 0.6× 87 8.4k
Rajesh P. N. Rao United States 49 9.5k 2.9× 1.4k 0.5× 2.8k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 203 12.4k
Bruno A. Olshausen United States 34 6.6k 2.0× 2.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 4.3k 2.9× 104 12.9k
Guoqi Li China 46 2.3k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 4.1k 2.6× 1.2k 0.8× 245 8.5k
Dewen Hu China 58 6.2k 1.9× 1.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 996 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 367 11.7k
Justin Dauwels Singapore 40 3.3k 1.0× 934 0.3× 914 0.4× 894 0.6× 637 0.4× 267 7.0k
Gert Cauwenberghs United States 49 4.3k 1.3× 2.0k 0.6× 3.5k 1.6× 6.1k 3.8× 772 0.5× 378 11.7k
John H. Reynolds United States 32 8.7k 2.7× 1.6k 0.5× 2.6k 1.2× 557 0.4× 919 0.6× 128 11.9k
Kenji Doya Japan 50 7.5k 2.3× 2.3k 0.7× 2.9k 1.3× 559 0.4× 740 0.5× 219 13.1k
Surya Ganguli United States 37 2.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 484 0.3× 486 0.3× 119 5.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Claudia Clopath

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claudia Clopath

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Claudia Clopath. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Claudia Clopath based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Claudia Clopath. Claudia Clopath is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Robert, Vincent, et al.. (2025). Cortical glutamatergic and GABAergic inputs support learning-driven hippocampal stability. Science. 390(6778). eadn0623–eadn0623.
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Perich, Matthew G., et al.. (2025). A neural implementation model of feedback-based motor learning. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1805–1805. 3 indexed citations
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Clopath, Claudia, et al.. (2024). Unifying network model links recency and central tendency biases in working memory. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Cothi, William de, et al.. (2024). RatInABox, a toolkit for modelling locomotion and neuronal activity in continuous environments. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Wilmes, Katharina A., et al.. (2023). Disinhibition by VIP interneurons is orthogonal to cross-modal attentional modulation in primary visual cortex. Neuron. 112(4). 628–645.e7. 10 indexed citations
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Pedrosa, Victor, et al.. (2023). Learning predictive cognitive maps with spiking neurons during behavior and replays. eLife. 12. 13 indexed citations
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Clopath, Claudia, et al.. (2023). Unifying network model links recency and central tendency biases in working memory. eLife. 12. 5 indexed citations
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Rigby, Mark, Federico W. Grillo, Benjamin Compans, et al.. (2023). Multi-synaptic boutons are a feature of CA1 hippocampal connections in the stratum oriens. Cell Reports. 42(5). 112397–112397. 8 indexed citations
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Hertäg, Loreen & Claudia Clopath. (2022). Prediction-error neurons in circuits with multiple neuron types: Formation, refinement, and functional implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(13). e2115699119–e2115699119. 24 indexed citations
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Perich, Matthew G., et al.. (2022). Small, correlated changes in synaptic connectivity may facilitate rapid motor learning. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5163–5163. 12 indexed citations
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Clopath, Claudia, et al.. (2021). Free recall scaling laws and short-term memory effects in a latching attractor network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(49). 2 indexed citations
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Clopath, Claudia, et al.. (2021). Neural manifold under plasticity in a goal driven learning behaviour. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(2). e1008621–e1008621. 29 indexed citations
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Poort, Jasper, Katharina A. Wilmes, Antonin Blot, et al.. (2021). Learning and attention increase visual response selectivity through distinct mechanisms. Neuron. 110(4). 686–697.e6. 34 indexed citations
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Hay, Y. Audrey, et al.. (2021). The functional role of sequentially neuromodulated synaptic plasticity in behavioural learning. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(6). e1009017–e1009017. 1 indexed citations
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Sadeh, Sadra & Claudia Clopath. (2020). Theory of neuronal perturbome in cortical networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(43). 26966–26976. 23 indexed citations
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Nicola, Wilten, et al.. (2018). Gap junction plasticity as a mechanism to regulate network-wide oscillations. PLoS Computational Biology. 14(3). e1006025–e1006025. 42 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, James, Razvan Pascanu, Neil C. Rabinowitz, et al.. (2017). Overcoming catastrophic forgetting in neural networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(13). 3521–3526. 3594 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sadeh, Sadra, Claudia Clopath, & Stefan Rotter. (2015). Processing of Feature Selectivity in Cortical Networks with Specific Connectivity. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0127547–e0127547. 7 indexed citations
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Clopath, Claudia, Jean‐Pierre Nadal, & Nicolas Brunel. (2012). Storage of Correlated Patterns in Standard and Bistable Purkinje Cell Models. PLoS Computational Biology. 8(4). e1002448–e1002448. 33 indexed citations
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Vogels, Tim P., Henning Sprekeler, Friedemann Zenke, Claudia Clopath, & Wulfram Gerstner. (2011). Inhibitory Plasticity Balances Excitation and Inhibition in Sensory Pathways and Memory Networks. Science. 334(6062). 1569–1573. 470 indexed citations

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