Daniel R. Berger

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Daniel R. Berger is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel R. Berger has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Daniel R. Berger's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (8 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (6 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (5 papers). Daniel R. Berger is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (8 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (6 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (5 papers). Daniel R. Berger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Daniel R. Berger's co-authors include Jeff W. Lichtman, Paola Arlotta, H. Sebastian Seung, Kenneth J. Hayworth, Richard Schalek, Josh Morgan, Narayanan Kasthuri, HH Bülthoff, Steven A. McCarroll and Sung Min Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Daniel R. Berger

39 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cell diversity and network dynamics in photosensitive human brain organoids

2017 870 citations Giorgia Quadrato, Tuan Nguyen et al. Nature profile →
Distinct Profiles of Myelin Distribution Along Single Axons of Pyramidal Neurons in the Neocortex

2014 398 citations Giulio Srubek Tomassy, Daniel R. Berger et al. Science profile →
Connectomes across development reveal principles of brain maturation

2021 200 citations Daniel Witvliet, Ben Mulcahy et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel R. Berger United States	19	1.1k	803	570	507	375	41	2.8k
Christel Genoud Switzerland	30	1.7k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	512 0.9×	256 0.5×	290 0.8×	57	3.3k
Wei-Chung Allen Lee United States	21	753 0.7×	1.6k 2.0×	1.1k 1.9×	213 0.4×	624 1.7×	48	3.3k
Narayanan Kasthuri United States	23	819 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	907 1.6×	447 0.9×	553 1.5×	57	3.2k
Ju Lu United States	23	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	627 1.1×	253 0.5×	782 2.1×	62	3.2k
Zhuhao Wu United States	24	1.6k 1.5×	1.4k 1.7×	280 0.5×	413 0.8×	718 1.9×	44	3.8k
Eran A. Mukamel United States	26	2.0k 1.8×	1.2k 1.5×	1.4k 2.5×	359 0.7×	588 1.6×	44	4.7k
Philippe Rostaing France	25	2.3k 2.1×	1.7k 2.1×	355 0.6×	301 0.6×	305 0.8×	30	4.6k
Kenneth J. Hayworth United States	15	669 0.6×	559 0.7×	379 0.7×	256 0.5×	312 0.8×	30	2.0k
Jean Livet France	25	2.1k 1.9×	1.6k 2.0×	310 0.5×	681 1.3×	753 2.0×	43	4.1k
Guisheng Zhong China	25	1.4k 1.3×	810 1.0×	282 0.5×	244 0.5×	734 2.0×	52	3.4k

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Tian, Qiyuan, Chanon Ngamsombat, Hong‐Hsi Lee, et al.. (2025). Quantifying axonal features of human superficial white matter from three-dimensional multibeam serial electron microscopy data assisted by deep learning. NeuroImage. 313. 121212–121212. 1 indexed citations

Czeisler, Mark É., Yongli Shan, Richard Schalek, et al.. (2024). Extensive soma‐soma plate‐like contact sites (ephapses) connect suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 532(6). e25624–e25624.

Meirovitch, Yaron, Richard Schalek, Adi Peleg, et al.. (2023). Connectomics of the Octopus vulgaris vertical lobe provides insight into conserved and novel principles of a memory acquisition network. eLife. 12. 12 indexed citations

Dorkenwald, Sven, Peter H. Li, Michał Januszewski, et al.. (2023). Multi-layered maps of neuropil with segmentation-guided contrastive learning. Nature Methods. 20(12). 2011–2020. 8 indexed citations

Mulcahy, Ben, Daniel Witvliet, James K. Mitchell, et al.. (2022). Post-embryonic remodeling of the C. elegans motor circuit. Current Biology. 32(21). 4645–4659.e3. 13 indexed citations

Witvliet, Daniel, Ben Mulcahy, James K. Mitchell, et al.. (2021). Connectomes across development reveal principles of brain maturation. Nature. 596(7871). 257–261. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

Ofer, Netanel, Daniel R. Berger, Narayanan Kasthuri, Jeff W. Lichtman, & Rafael Yuste. (2021). Ultrastructural analysis of dendritic spine necks reveals a continuum of spine morphologies. Developmental Neurobiology. 81(5). 746–757. 36 indexed citations

Lin, Zudi, Donglai Wei, Won-Dong Jang, et al.. (2020). Two Stream Active Query Suggestion for Active Learning in Connectomics. Lecture notes in computer science. 12363. 103–120. 10 indexed citations

Nettersheim, Daniel, et al.. (2019). N6‐Methyladenosine detected in RNA of testicular germ cell tumors is controlled by METTL3, ALKBH5, YTHDC1/F1/F2, and HNRNPC as writers, erasers, and readers. Andrology. 7(4). 498–506. 38 indexed citations

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Zonouzi, Marzieh, Daniel R. Berger, Vahbiz Jokhi, et al.. (2019). Individual Oligodendrocytes Show Bias for Inhibitory Axons in the Neocortex. Cell Reports. 27(10). 2799–2808.e3. 68 indexed citations

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Nettersheim, Daniel, Daniel R. Berger, Sina Jostes, Margaretha A. Skowron, & Hubert Schorle. (2018). Deciphering the molecular effects of romidepsin on germ cell tumours: DHRS2 is involved in cell cycle arrest but not apoptosis or induction of romidepsin effectors. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 23(1). 670–679. 17 indexed citations

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Berger, Daniel R., H. Sebastian Seung, & Jeff W. Lichtman. (2018). VAST (Volume Annotation and Segmentation Tool): Efficient Manual and Semi-Automatic Labeling of Large 3D Image Stacks. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 12. 88–88. 106 indexed citations

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Fang, Tao, Daniel R. Berger, Julia Cho, et al.. (2018). Nanobody immunostaining for correlated light and electron microscopy with preservation of ultrastructure. Nature Methods. 15(12). 1029–1032. 76 indexed citations

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Quadrato, Giorgia, Tuan Nguyen, Evan Z. Macosko, et al.. (2017). Cell diversity and network dynamics in photosensitive human brain organoids. Nature. 545(7652). 48–53. 870 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morgan, Josh, Daniel R. Berger, Arthur W. Wetzel, & Jeff W. Lichtman. (2016). The Fuzzy Logic of Network Connectivity in Mouse Visual Thalamus. Cell. 165(1). 192–206. 155 indexed citations

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Tomassy, Giulio Srubek, Daniel R. Berger, Hsu-Hsin Chen, et al.. (2014). Distinct Profiles of Myelin Distribution Along Single Axons of Pyramidal Neurons in the Neocortex. Science. 344(6181). 319–324. 398 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hayworth, Kenneth J., Josh Morgan, Richard Schalek, et al.. (2014). Imaging ATUM ultrathin section libraries with WaferMapper: a multi-scale approach to EM reconstruction of neural circuits. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 8. 68–68. 173 indexed citations

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Tapia, Juan Carlos, Narayanan Kasthuri, Kenneth J. Hayworth, et al.. (2012). Pervasive Synaptic Branch Removal in the Mammalian Neuromuscular System at Birth. Neuron. 74(5). 816–829. 89 indexed citations

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Berger, Daniel R. & HH Bülthoff. (2009). The role of attention on the integration of visual and inertial cues. Experimental Brain Research. 198(2-3). 287–300. 17 indexed citations

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MacNeilage, Paul R., Martin S. Banks, Daniel R. Berger, & HH Bülthoff. (2006). A Bayesian model of the disambiguation of gravitoinertial force by visual cues. Experimental Brain Research. 179(2). 263–290. 171 indexed citations

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