John E. Desmond

23.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
145 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

John E. Desmond is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Desmond has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 54 papers in Neurology and 22 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in John E. Desmond's work include Vestibular and auditory disorders (38 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (33 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (28 papers). John E. Desmond is often cited by papers focused on Vestibular and auditory disorders (38 papers), Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (33 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (28 papers). John E. Desmond collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Germany. John E. Desmond's co-authors include John D. E. Gabrieli, Gary H. Glover, Shen‐Hsing Annabel Chen, Russell A. Poldrack, Anthony D. Wagner, Zuo Zhao, Edith V. Sullivan, Vivek Prabhakaran, Turhan Canli and Matthew W. Prull and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John E. Desmond

144 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Functional Specialization for Semantic and Phonological Processing in the Left Inferior Prefrontal Cortex

1999 1.2k citations John E. Desmond, Gary H. Glover et al. profile →
Making Memories: Brain Activity that Predicts How Well Visual Experience Will Be Remembered

1998 817 citations John E. Desmond, Gary H. Glover et al. profile →
The role of left prefrontal cortex in language and memory

1998 713 citations John D. E. Gabrieli, John E. Desmond et al. profile →
Selective effects of methylphenidate in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A functional magnetic resonance study

1998 638 citations John E. Desmond, Gary H. Glover et al. profile →
Estimating sample size in functional MRI (fMRI) neuroimaging studies: Statistical power analyses

2002 520 citations John E. Desmond, Gary H. Glover profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John E. Desmond United States	66	12.3k	2.7k	2.3k	2.2k	2.1k	145	17.6k
Thomas Elbert Germany	96	16.5k 1.3×	3.7k 1.4×	2.5k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	2.2k 1.0×	519	33.2k
Wolfgang Grodd Germany	73	10.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	3.5k 1.6×	1.2k 0.6×	296	17.2k
Eric Courchesne United States	96	24.5k 2.0×	2.2k 0.8×	4.8k 2.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	200	31.3k
Christoph M. Michel Switzerland	77	22.3k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	3.7k 1.6×	3.4k 1.5×	2.2k 1.0×	335	26.2k
Michael Petrides Canada	85	24.1k 2.0×	2.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.3×	3.8k 1.7×	3.2k 1.5×	239	31.0k
Andrew P. Holmes United Kingdom	37	18.7k 1.5×	1.7k 0.6×	3.2k 1.4×	3.0k 1.3×	1.9k 0.9×	96	26.6k
Julie A. Fiez United States	51	10.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	973 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	119	13.6k
Hans‐Jochen Heinze Germany	65	9.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	340	15.4k
Julien Doyon Canada	69	12.3k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	235	17.5k
Leslie G. Ungerleider United States	84	28.0k 2.3×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	5.0k 2.2×	2.8k 1.3×	197	32.2k

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Mundorf, Annakarina, Laura C. Rice, Jutta Peterburs, & John E. Desmond. (2025). Dynamic inferior olive activation in a cognitive task: an fMRI study. Brain Structure and Function. 230(5). 72–72. 1 indexed citations

Mundorf, Annakarina, et al.. (2024). Early Adversity Affects Cerebellar Structure and Function—A Systematic Review of Human and Animal Studies. Developmental Psychobiology. 66(7). e22556–e22556. 2 indexed citations

Bhattacharjee, Sagarika, Rajan Kashyap, Vanteemar S. Sreeraj, et al.. (2024). Personalized Dose Selection for Treatment of Patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders Using tDCS. Brain Sciences. 14(12). 1162–1162. 1 indexed citations

Bhattacharjee, Sagarika, Rajan Kashyap, Kaviraja Udupa, et al.. (2024). Alignment of behaviour and tDCS stimulation site induces maximum response: evidence from online tDCS and ERP. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 19715–19715. 2 indexed citations

Rice, Laura C., Dominic T. Cheng, Yi‐Shin Sheu, et al.. (2023). Disrupted executive cerebro‐cerebellar functional connectivity in alcohol use disorder. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 48(1). 33–47. 3 indexed citations

Mundorf, Annakarina, et al.. (2023). The role of the cerebellum in internet gaming disorder—A systematic review. Addiction Biology. 28(10). e13331–e13331. 6 indexed citations

Peterburs, Jutta, Yu Liang, Dominic T. Cheng, & John E. Desmond. (2021). Sensory acquisition functions of the cerebellum in verbal working memory. Brain Structure and Function. 226(3). 833–844. 12 indexed citations

Kashyap, Rajan, et al.. (2020). i-SATA: A MATLAB based toolbox to estimate current density generated by transcranial direct current stimulation in an individual brain. Journal of Neural Engineering. 17(5). 56034–56034. 7 indexed citations

Peterburs, Jutta, et al.. (2018). Cerebellar contributions to sequence prediction in verbal working memory. Brain Structure and Function. 224(1). 485–499. 31 indexed citations

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Ying, Sarah H., et al.. (2017). Distinct cerebellar regions related to motor and cognitive performance in SCA6 patients. Neuropsychologia. 107. 25–30. 6 indexed citations

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Peterburs, Jutta & John E. Desmond. (2016). The role of the human cerebellum in performance monitoring. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 40. 38–44. 96 indexed citations

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Cheng, Dominic T., Sandra W. Jacobson, Joseph L. Jacobson, et al.. (2015). Eyeblink Classical Conditioning in Alcoholism and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 6. 155–155. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Shen‐Hsing Annabel, et al.. (2012). A meta‐analysis of cerebellar contributions to higher cognition from PET and fMRI studies. Human Brain Mapping. 35(2). 593–615. 389 indexed citations

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Marvel, Cherie L. & John E. Desmond. (2010). Functional Topography of the Cerebellum in Verbal Working Memory. Neuropsychology Review. 20(3). 271–279. 158 indexed citations

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Bunge, S.A., et al.. (2001). 9. The neural basis of interference resolution: Manipulations of interference. Brain and Cognition. 47. 60–62. 1 indexed citations

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Sobel, Noam, Vivek Prabhakaran, John E. Desmond, et al.. (1998). Sniffing and smelling: separate subsystems in the human olfactory cortex. Nature. 392(6673). 282–286. 382 indexed citations

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Menon, Vinod, Walter Freeman, Brian A. Cutillo, et al.. (1996). Spatio-temporal correlations in human gamma band electrocorticograms. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 98(2). 89–102. 151 indexed citations

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Gevins, Alan, et al.. (1994). High resolution EEG: 124-channel recording, spatial deblurring and MRI integration methods. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 90(5). 337–358. 173 indexed citations

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Gevins, Alan, et al.. (1994). Subdural grid recordings of distributed neocortical networks involved with somatosensory discrimination. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section. 92(4). 282–290. 41 indexed citations

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Desmond, John E., et al.. (1984). Certification of a holographic head-up display system for low visibility landings. 4 indexed citations

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