Hugo Merchant

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Hugo Merchant is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hugo Merchant has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 14 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hugo Merchant's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (57 papers), Neuroscience and Music Perception (48 papers) and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (16 papers). Hugo Merchant is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (57 papers), Neuroscience and Music Perception (48 papers) and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (16 papers). Hugo Merchant collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United States and Netherlands. Hugo Merchant's co-authors include Luis Prado, Ramón Bartolo, Wilbert Zarco, Warren H. Meck, Deborah L. Harrington, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Oswaldo Pérez, Henkjan Honing, Víctor de Lafuente and Germán Mendoza and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hugo Merchant

89 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

  1. Neural Basis of the Perception and Estimation of Time
    2013 524 citations Hugo Merchant 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
Hugo Merchant Mexico 38 4.1k 946 507 416 384 93 4.5k
Bernhard Roß Canada 37 5.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 503 1.0× 58 0.1× 259 0.7× 115 5.5k
Jonathan B. Fritz United States 32 4.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 323 0.6× 554 1.3× 513 1.3× 53 4.9k
Catalin V. Buhusi United States 23 2.9k 0.7× 779 0.8× 335 0.7× 43 0.1× 334 0.9× 47 3.2k
Edward W. Large United States 30 4.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 723 1.4× 226 0.5× 54 0.1× 87 4.7k
Adrian Rees United Kingdom 34 3.8k 0.9× 672 0.7× 90 0.2× 388 0.9× 419 1.1× 74 4.6k
Troy A. Hackett United States 35 4.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.9× 544 1.1× 232 0.6× 704 1.8× 74 5.6k
Robert P. Carlyon United Kingdom 50 7.2k 1.7× 1.5k 1.6× 114 0.2× 157 0.4× 231 0.6× 246 7.9k
Teemu Rinne Finland 34 6.1k 1.5× 2.4k 2.6× 345 0.7× 35 0.1× 106 0.3× 59 6.5k
Virginie van Wassenhove France 29 3.9k 0.9× 2.5k 2.7× 585 1.2× 53 0.1× 94 0.2× 89 4.7k
Trevor B. Penney Singapore 31 2.9k 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 382 0.8× 32 0.1× 176 0.5× 63 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Hugo Merchant

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hugo Merchant

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hugo Merchant

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

All Works

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Pérez, Oswaldo, et al.. (2025). Flexible tapping synchronization in macaques: dynamic switching of timing strategies within rhythmic sequences. Journal of Neurophysiology. 134(2). 580–590. 3 indexed citations
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Rajendran, Vani G., Luis Prado, J. Pablo Marquez, & Hugo Merchant. (2025). Monkeys have rhythm. Science. 390(6776). 940–944. 1 indexed citations
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Rodriguez‐Larios, Julio, et al.. (2025). Beta-band frequency shifts signal decisions in human prefrontal cortex. iScience. 28(11). 113806–113806.
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Merchant, Hugo & Víctor de Lafuente. (2024). A Second Introduction to the Neurobiology of Interval Timing. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1455. 3–23. 2 indexed citations
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Lafuente, Víctor de, et al.. (2024). Keeping time and rhythm by internal simulation of sensory stimuli and behavioral actions. Science Advances. 10(2). eadh8185–eadh8185. 7 indexed citations
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Rodriguez‐Larios, Julio, et al.. (2024). Common neural mechanisms supporting time judgements in humans and monkeys. PeerJ. 12. e18477–e18477.
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Merchant, Hugo, et al.. (2024). Preconfigured cortico-thalamic neural dynamics constrain movement-associated thalamic activity. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10185–10185.
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Gámez, Jorge, et al.. (2019). The amplitude in periodic neural state trajectories underlies the tempo of rhythmic tapping. PLoS Biology. 17(4). e3000054–e3000054. 59 indexed citations
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Merchant, Hugo & Ramón Bartolo. (2017). Primate beta oscillations and rhythmic behaviors. Journal of Neural Transmission. 125(3). 461–470. 33 indexed citations
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Merchant, Hugo & Bruno B. Averbeck. (2017). The Computational and Neural Basis of Rhythmic Timing in Medial Premotor Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(17). 4552–4564. 65 indexed citations
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Crowe, David A., Wilbert Zarco, Ramón Bartolo, & Hugo Merchant. (2014). Dynamic Representation of the Temporal and Sequential Structure of Rhythmic Movements in the Primate Medial Premotor Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(36). 11972–11983. 100 indexed citations
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Honing, Henkjan, Hugo Merchant, Gábor P. Háden, Luis Prado, & Ramón Bartolo. (2012). Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Detect Rhythmic Groups in Music, but Not the Beat. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e51369–e51369. 97 indexed citations
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Méndez, Juan Carlos, Luis Prado, Germán Mendoza, & Hugo Merchant. (2011). Temporal and Spatial Categorization in Human and Non-Human Primates. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 5. 50–50. 47 indexed citations
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Merchant, Hugo, et al.. (2011). Top-Down Spatial Categorization Signal from Prefrontal to Posterior Parietal Cortex in the Primate. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 5. 69–69. 34 indexed citations
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Merchant, Hugo, Thomas Naselaris, & Apostolos P. Georgopoulos. (2008). Dynamic Sculpting of Directional Tuning in the Primate Motor Cortex during Three-Dimensional Reaching. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(37). 9164–9172. 70 indexed citations
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Naselaris, Thomas, Hugo Merchant, Bagrat Amirikian, & Apostolos P. Georgopoulos. (2006). Large-Scale Organization of Preferred Directions in the Motor Cortex. II. Analysis of Local Distributions. Journal of Neurophysiology. 96(6). 3237–3247. 31 indexed citations
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Merchant, Hugo, Alexandra Battaglia‐Mayer, & A. P. Georgopoulos. (2004). Neurophysiology of the parieto-frontal system during target interception.. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 2004. 1–1. 5 indexed citations
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Merchant, Hugo, Alexandra Battaglia‐Mayer, & A. P. Georgopoulos. (2001). Effects of Optic Flow in Motor Cortex and Area 7a. Journal of Neurophysiology. 86(4). 1937–1954. 79 indexed citations
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Romo, Ranulfo, et al.. (1995). Neuronal activity of primate putamen during categorical perception of somaesthetic stimuli. Neuroreport. 6(7). 1013–1017. 25 indexed citations
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Merchant, Hugo, Jacqueline Vázquez, Raúl Aguilar‐Roblero, & René Drucker‐Colín. (1992). c-fos proto-oncogene change in relation to REM sleep duration. Brain Research. 579(2). 342–346. 28 indexed citations

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