David L. Sparks

211 total papers · 18.9k total citations
166 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

David L. Sparks is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, David L. Sparks has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 35 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in David L. Sparks's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (53 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (37 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (33 papers). David L. Sparks is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (53 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (37 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (33 papers). David L. Sparks collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Italy. David L. Sparks's co-authors include L. E. Mays, Edward G. Freedman, William H. Rohrer, John D. Porter, Barton L. Guthrie, Terrence R. Stanford, Bernard G. Schreurs, John C. Hunsaker, Choongkil Lee and Jennifer M. Groh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David L. Sparks

163 papers receiving 12.8k citations

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David L. Sparks 7.5k 2.9k 2.4k 2.2k 1.9k 166 13.4k
M.‐Marsel Mesulam 8.9k 1.2× 2.1k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 5.6k 2.6× 3.1k 1.6× 94 17.6k
Douglas P. Munoz 13.2k 1.8× 2.7k 1.0× 968 0.4× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 236 18.2k
Charles H. Adler 4.3k 0.6× 2.9k 1.0× 4.7k 2.0× 5.2k 2.4× 2.7k 1.4× 312 25.5k
David M. Diamond 3.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 2.8k 1.2× 3.4k 1.6× 1.8k 1.0× 156 12.2k
Gordon Winocur 14.1k 1.9× 1.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 4.7k 2.2× 740 0.4× 210 20.6k
Keiji Tanaka 12.3k 1.6× 868 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 3.0k 1.4× 5.5k 2.8× 328 24.7k
Paul E. Gold 6.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 6.5k 3.0× 2.5k 1.3× 211 12.0k
Herbert H. Jasper 10.4k 1.4× 1.5k 0.5× 849 0.4× 4.6k 2.1× 1.1k 0.6× 85 16.4k
Robert E. Clark 6.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 903 0.4× 5.1k 2.3× 1.3k 0.7× 144 11.7k
Andrew Simmons 11.3k 1.5× 2.1k 0.7× 2.9k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 293 23.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David L. Sparks

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David L. Sparks

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