DJ Simons

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

DJ Simons is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, DJ Simons has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 1 paper in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in DJ Simons's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (7 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (5 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (3 papers). DJ Simons is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (7 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (5 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (3 papers). DJ Simons collaborates with scholars based in United States and Bulgaria. DJ Simons's co-authors include G. E. Carvell, Joshua C. Brumberg, Daniel Goldreich and Peter W. Land and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology and Physiology & Behavior.

In The Last Decade

DJ Simons

7 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biometric analyses of vibrissal tactile discrimination in the rat

1990 647 citations DJ Simons et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
DJ Simons United States	7	861	710	80	60	56	7	1.1k
Sebastian Haidarliu Israel	20	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	133 1.7×	85 1.4×	123 2.2×	35	1.6k
A Aertsen Germany	9	1.0k 1.2×	466 0.7×	101 1.3×	65 1.1×	34 0.6×	12	1.2k
Samar Mehta United States	9	953 1.1×	767 1.1×	109 1.4×	68 1.1×	173 3.1×	10	1.4k
Jakob Voigts United States	13	744 0.9×	614 0.9×	45 0.6×	67 1.1×	69 1.2×	22	940
Moritz von Heimendahl Germany	10	801 0.9×	615 0.9×	96 1.2×	53 0.9×	73 1.3×	19	966
Lauren M. Jones United States	11	508 0.6×	305 0.4×	115 1.4×	33 0.6×	44 0.8×	15	726
Ronen Sosnik Israel	16	1.0k 1.2×	651 0.9×	48 0.6×	67 1.1×	68 1.2×	31	1.2k
Harald Hentschke Germany	14	637 0.7×	501 0.7×	60 0.8×	25 0.4×	105 1.9×	24	1.0k
Shabnam Kadir United Kingdom	6	804 0.9×	593 0.8×	81 1.0×	106 1.8×	60 1.1×	10	966
Shay Ohayon United States	12	652 0.8×	396 0.6×	67 0.8×	50 0.8×	86 1.5×	13	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by DJ Simons

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Fields of papers citing papers by DJ Simons

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of DJ Simons

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of DJ Simons. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of DJ Simons 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 DJ Simons. DJ Simons is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Goldreich, Daniel, et al.. (2002). Texture discrimination and unit recordings in the rat whisker/barrel system. Physiology & Behavior. 77(4-5). 671–675. 59 indexed citations

2.

Simons, DJ. (1997). Rodent Whisker Barrerls: Windows Into Cerebral Cortical Function. Physiology. 12(6). 268–273. 7 indexed citations

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Carvell, G. E., et al.. (1996). Quantitative effects of GABA and bicuculline methiodide on receptive field properties of neurons in real and simulated whisker barrels. Journal of Neurophysiology. 75(2). 547–560. 137 indexed citations

4.

Simons, DJ, et al.. (1996). Abnormal tactile experience early in life disrupts active touch. Journal of Neuroscience. 16(8). 2750–2757. 104 indexed citations

5.

Simons, DJ & Peter W. Land. (1994). Neonatal whisker trimming produces greater effects in nondeprived than deprived thalamic barreloids. Journal of Neurophysiology. 72(3). 1434–1437. 22 indexed citations

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Simons, DJ, et al.. (1993). Thalamocortical response transformations in simulated whisker barrels. Journal of Neuroscience. 13(4). 1601–1615. 78 indexed citations

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Simons, DJ, et al.. (1990). Biometric analyses of vibrissal tactile discrimination in the rat. Journal of Neuroscience. 10(8). 2638–2648. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

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