Derek Evan Nee

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Derek Evan Nee is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Evan Nee has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 3 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Derek Evan Nee's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (36 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (23 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (21 papers). Derek Evan Nee is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (36 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (23 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (21 papers). Derek Evan Nee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Belgium. Derek Evan Nee's co-authors include John Jonides, Marc G. Berman, Tor D. Wager, Joshua W. Brown, David Badre, Mark D’Esposito, Steven C. Lacey, Katherine Sledge Moore, Richard L. Lewis and Cindy Lustig and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Derek Evan Nee

49 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

The Mind and Brain of Short-Term Memory

2007 655 citations John Jonides, Derek Evan Nee et al. profile →
Interference resolution: Insights from a meta-analysis of neuroimaging tasks

2007 644 citations Derek Evan Nee, John Jonides et al. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience profile →
Frontal Cortex and the Hierarchical Control of Behavior

2017 364 citations Derek Evan Nee et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek Evan Nee United States	35	4.7k	1.4k	518	469	458	50	5.7k
Daniel H. Weissman United States	36	4.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	527 1.0×	404 0.9×	454 1.0×	95	5.5k
Sophie Schwartz Switzerland	48	7.0k 1.5×	2.5k 1.8×	649 1.3×	384 0.8×	772 1.7×	140	8.4k
Sander M. Daselaar Netherlands	27	4.7k 1.0×	816 0.6×	694 1.3×	725 1.5×	494 1.1×	41	5.6k
Florin Dolcos United States	43	5.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	687 1.3×	787 1.7×	834 1.8×	114	7.4k
Michael R. MacAskill New Zealand	23	2.7k 0.6×	977 0.7×	662 1.3×	575 1.2×	569 1.2×	73	5.7k
Motoaki Sugiura Japan	42	3.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	556 1.1×	567 1.2×	1.4k 3.1×	179	5.7k
Emmanuelle Volle France	37	3.9k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	773 1.5×	455 1.0×	433 0.9×	76	5.0k
Klaus Mathiak Germany	47	4.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	552 1.1×	514 1.1×	935 2.0×	200	6.9k
Synnöve Carlson Finland	36	3.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	441 0.9×	334 0.7×	450 1.0×	117	5.0k
Joshua W. Brown United States	39	5.1k 1.1×	851 0.6×	434 0.8×	330 0.7×	583 1.3×	79	6.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, Derek M., et al.. (2025). Precise individual measures of inhibitory control. Nature Human Behaviour. 9(8). 1613–1630.

Nee, Derek Evan, et al.. (2022). Generalizing the control architecture of the lateral prefrontal cortex. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 195. 107688–107688. 5 indexed citations

Lorenc, Elizabeth S., Annelinde R. E. Vandenbroucke, Derek Evan Nee, Floris P. de Lange, & Mark D’Esposito. (2020). Dissociable neural mechanisms underlie currently-relevant, future-relevant, and discarded working memory representations. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 11195–11195. 17 indexed citations

Huang, Xieyining, et al.. (2020). Brain Differences Associated with Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2404–2404. 22 indexed citations

D’Mello, Anila M., John D. E. Gabrieli, & Derek Evan Nee. (2020). Evidence for Hierarchical Cognitive Control in the Human Cerebellum. Current Biology. 30(10). 1881–1892.e3. 65 indexed citations

Nee, Derek Evan. (2019). fMRI replicability depends upon sufficient individual-level data. Communications Biology. 2(1). 130–130. 56 indexed citations

Tambini, Arielle, Derek Evan Nee, & Mark D’Esposito. (2018). Hippocampal-targeted Theta-burst Stimulation Enhances Associative Memory Formation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 30(10). 1452–1472. 86 indexed citations

Lorenc, Elizabeth S., Kartik K. Sreenivasan, Derek Evan Nee, Annelinde R. E. Vandenbroucke, & Mark D’Esposito. (2018). Flexible Coding of Visual Working Memory Representations during Distraction. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(23). 5267–5276. 85 indexed citations

Oberauer, Klaus, Stephan Lewandowsky, Edward Awh, et al.. (2018). Benchmarks for models of short-term and working memory.. Psychological Bulletin. 144(9). 885–958. 226 indexed citations

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Jahn, Andrew, Derek Evan Nee, William H. Alexander, & Joshua W. Brown. (2016). Distinct Regions within Medial Prefrontal Cortex Process Pain and Cognition. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(49). 12385–12392. 59 indexed citations

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Nee, Derek Evan & Mark D’Esposito. (2016). The Representational Basis of Working Memory. Current topics in behavioral neurosciences. 37. 213–230. 42 indexed citations

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Jahn, Andrew, Derek Evan Nee, William H. Alexander, & Joshua W. Brown. (2014). Distinct regions of anterior cingulate cortex signal prediction and outcome evaluation. NeuroImage. 95. 80–89. 46 indexed citations

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Nee, Derek Evan & Joshua W. Brown. (2012). Rostral–caudal gradients of abstraction revealed by multi-variate pattern analysis of working memory. NeuroImage. 63(3). 1285–1294. 58 indexed citations

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Jahn, Andrew, Derek Evan Nee, & Joshua W. Brown. (2011). The Neural Basis of Predicting the Outcomes of Imagined Actions. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 5. 128–128. 10 indexed citations

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Joormann, Jutta, et al.. (2010). Interference resolution in major depression. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 10(1). 21–33. 60 indexed citations

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Nee, Derek Evan & John Jonides. (2010). Dissociable contributions of prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus to short-term memory: Evidence for a 3-state model of memory. NeuroImage. 54(2). 1540–1548. 76 indexed citations

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Berman, Marc G., Derek Evan Nee, Melynda D. Casement, et al.. (2010). Neural and behavioral effects of interference resolution in depression and rumination. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 11(1). 85–96. 88 indexed citations

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Bissett, Patrick G., Derek Evan Nee, & John Jonides. (2009). Dissociating interference-control processes between memory and response.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 35(5). 1306–1316. 23 indexed citations

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Xu, Lei, Timothy D. Johnson, Thomas E. Nichols, & Derek Evan Nee. (2009). Modeling Inter‐Subject Variability in fMRI Activation Location: A Bayesian Hierarchical Spatial Model. Biometrics. 65(4). 1041–1051. 31 indexed citations

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Barch, Deanna M., Robert F. Engle, John Jonides, et al.. (2008). CNTRICS Final Task Selection: Working Memory. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 35(1). 136–152. 87 indexed citations

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