David Terman

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
96 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

David Terman is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, David Terman has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 37 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 31 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in David Terman's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (39 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (31 papers) and stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (28 papers). David Terman is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (39 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (31 papers) and stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (28 papers). David Terman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. David Terman's co-authors include Jonathan E. Rubin, Bard Ermentrout, DeLiang Wang, Charles J. Wilson, Alice C. Yew, John Rinzel, L. A. Peletier, Amitabha Bose, Nancy Kopell and Haı̈m Brezis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David Terman

94 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Mathematical Foundations of Neuroscience 2002 2026 2010 2018 2010 2002 250 500 750
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. Mathematical Foundations of Neuroscience
    2010 806 citations David Terman et al. profile →
  2. Activity Patterns in a Model for the Subthalamopallidal Network of the Basal Ganglia
    2002 512 citations David Terman, Jonathan E. Rubin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Terman United States 31 2.5k 1.7k 1.7k 1.5k 893 96 4.9k
Jonathan E. Rubin United States 41 2.5k 1.0× 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 821 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 190 5.4k
Jack D. Cowan United States 31 4.3k 1.7× 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 90 0.1× 81 6.5k
Klaus Lehnertz Germany 56 12.2k 4.9× 2.8k 1.6× 1.9k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 429 0.5× 213 15.1k
Florian Mormann Germany 46 8.5k 3.4× 2.3k 1.3× 824 0.5× 766 0.5× 347 0.4× 97 10.4k
Nancy Kopell United States 74 12.6k 5.0× 7.8k 4.5× 3.4k 2.0× 3.4k 2.2× 769 0.9× 164 17.4k
G. Bard Ermentrout United States 32 2.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 2.0k 1.2× 1.9k 1.3× 50 0.1× 82 4.9k
Tom T. Hartley United States 42 3.7k 1.5× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 801 0.5× 36 0.0× 190 8.7k
Ralph G. Andrzejak Spain 31 5.4k 2.2× 1.0k 0.6× 846 0.5× 707 0.5× 134 0.2× 70 6.7k
L. F. Abbott United States 50 5.5k 2.2× 4.1k 2.4× 2.3k 1.3× 791 0.5× 125 0.1× 121 12.5k
Jonathan D. Victor United States 55 7.9k 3.2× 3.3k 1.9× 687 0.4× 185 0.1× 655 0.7× 244 10.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Terman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Terman

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All Works

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Terman, David & Min Zhou. (2019). Modeling the Role of the Astrocyte Syncytium and K+ Buffering in Maintaining Neuronal Firing Patterns. 5(1). 7–16. 4 indexed citations
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Huguet, Gemma, et al.. (2016). Neuroprotective Role of Gap Junctions in a Neuron Astrocyte Network Model. Biophysical Journal. 111(2). 452–462. 24 indexed citations
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Terman, David, Jonathan E. Rubin, & Casey O. Diekman. (2013). Irregular activity arises as a natural consequence of synaptic inhibition. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 23(4). 46110–46110. 9 indexed citations
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Rubin, Jonathan E. & David Terman. (2012). Explicit maps to predict activation order in multiphase rhythms of a coupled cell network. PubMed. 2(1). 4–4. 10 indexed citations
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Terman, David, et al.. (2011). Stability of Anti-Phase and In-Phase Locking by Electrical Coupling but Not Fast Inhibition Alone. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems. 10(3). 1127–1153. 14 indexed citations
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Ahn, Sungwoo, Brian H. Smith, Alla Borisyuk, & David Terman. (2010). Analyzing neuronal networks using discrete-time dynamics. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 239(9). 515–528. 11 indexed citations
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Lyman, Kyle A., Robert A. McDougal, Brian E. Myers, et al.. (2010). A working memory model based on excitatory-inhibitory interactions and calcium dynamics. BMC Neuroscience. 11(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Su, Jianzhong, Jonathan E. Rubin, & David Terman. (2003). Effects of noise on elliptic bursters. Nonlinearity. 17(1). 133–157. 42 indexed citations
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Rubin, Jonathan E. & David Terman. (2000). Analysis of clustered firing patterns in synaptically coupled networks of oscillators. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 41(6). 513–545. 40 indexed citations
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Aronson, D. G., Eusebius J. Doedel, & David Terman. (1997). A codimension-two point associated with coupled Josephson junctions. Nonlinearity. 10(5). 1231–1255. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, DeLiang & David Terman. (1994). Synchrony and Desynchrony in Neural Oscillator Networks. Neural Information Processing Systems. 7. 199–206. 3 indexed citations
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Terman, David. (1988). Traveling wave solutions of a gradient system: solutions with a prescribed winding number. II. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 308(1). 391–412. 2 indexed citations
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Terman, David. (1987). Infinitely many traveling wave solutions of a gradient system. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 301(2). 537–556. 8 indexed citations
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Terman, David. (1987). Infinitely Many Traveling Wave Solutions of a Gradient System. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 301(2). 537–537. 4 indexed citations
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Terman, David. (1987). Infinitely many radial solutions of an elliptic system. Annales de l Institut Henri Poincaré C Analyse Non Linéaire. 4(6). 549–604. 5 indexed citations
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Peletier, L. A. & David Terman. (1986). A very singular solution of the porous media equation with absorption. Journal of Differential Equations. 65(3). 396–410. 47 indexed citations
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Terman, David. (1985). A free boundary arising from a model for nerve conduction. Journal of Differential Equations. 58(3). 345–363. 16 indexed citations
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Terman, David. (1985). Directed graphs and traveling waves. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 289(2). 809–847. 11 indexed citations
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Terman, David. (1985). Directed Graphs and Traveling Waves. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 289(2). 809–809. 4 indexed citations

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