John E. Downey

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
20 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

John E. Downey is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Downey has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in John E. Downey's work include EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (17 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (16 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (8 papers). John E. Downey is often cited by papers focused on EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (17 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (16 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (8 papers). John E. Downey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Russia. John E. Downey's co-authors include Jennifer L. Collinger, Michael L. Boninger, Elizabeth C. Tyler‐Kabara, Andrew B. Schwartz, Brian Wodlinger, Douglas J. Weber, Wei Wang, Meel Velliste, Angus J. C. McMorland and Jeffrey M. Weiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

John E. Downey

19 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

High-performance neuroprosthetic control by an individual with tetraplegia

2012 1.2k citations Jennifer L. Collinger, Brian Wodlinger et al. The Lancet profile →
Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex

2016 454 citations Sharlene N. Flesher, Jennifer L. Collinger et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
A brain-computer interface that evokes tactile sensations improves robotic arm control

2021 322 citations Sharlene N. Flesher, John E. Downey et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John E. Downey United States	15	2.4k	2.0k	969	546	236	20	2.9k
Daniel Bacher United States	9	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	676 0.7×	495 0.9×	268 1.1×	11	2.3k
Beata Jarosiewicz United States	7	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	601 0.6×	427 0.8×	242 1.0×	8	2.1k
Meel Velliste United States	17	2.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	828 0.9×	585 1.1×	209 0.9×	24	3.4k
Mijail D. Serruya United States	20	3.4k 1.5×	3.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	931 1.7×	242 1.0×	44	4.4k
Jörn Vogel Germany	14	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	781 0.8×	398 0.7×	263 1.1×	33	2.2k
Stephen I. Helms Tillery United States	18	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	390 0.7×	125 0.5×	28	3.2k
Brian Wodlinger United States	13	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	790 0.8×	384 0.7×	174 0.7×	31	2.4k
John D. Simeral United States	26	4.1k 1.7×	3.5k 1.8×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 2.0×	448 1.9×	43	4.9k
Jennifer L. Collinger United States	33	3.7k 1.6×	3.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	801 1.5×	354 1.5×	87	5.0k

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Hatsopoulos, Nicholas G., et al.. (2025). Motor somatotopy impacts imagery strategy success in human intracortical brain–computer interfaces. Journal of Neural Engineering. 22(2). 26004–26004. 1 indexed citations

Valle, Giacomo, John E. Downey, Anton R. Sobinov, et al.. (2025). Tactile edges and motion via patterned microstimulation of the human somatosensory cortex. Science. 387(6731). 315–322. 9 indexed citations

Ikegaya, Naoki, Arka N. Mallela, Peter C. Warnke, et al.. (2024). A novel robot-assisted method for implanting intracortical sensorimotor devices for brain-computer interface studies: principles, surgical techniques, and challenges. Journal of neurosurgery. 142(5). 1–9.

Herrera, Angelica J., et al.. (2021). The impact of distractions on intracortical brain–computer interface control of a robotic arm. 9(1). 23–35. 3 indexed citations

Hughes, Christopher, Sharlene N. Flesher, Jeffrey M. Weiss, et al.. (2021). Neural stimulation and recording performance in human sensorimotor cortex over 1500 days. Journal of Neural Engineering. 18(4). 45012–45012. 53 indexed citations

Flesher, Sharlene N., John E. Downey, Jeffrey M. Weiss, et al.. (2021). A brain-computer interface that evokes tactile sensations improves robotic arm control. Science. 372(6544). 831–836. 322 indexed citations breakdown →

Sponheim, Caleb, et al.. (2021). Longevity and reliability of chronic unit recordings using the Utah, intracortical multi-electrode arrays. Journal of Neural Engineering. 18(6). 66044–66044. 32 indexed citations

Downey, John E., Kristin M. Quick, Jeffrey M. Weiss, et al.. (2020). The Motor Cortex Has Independent Representations for Ipsilateral and Contralateral Arm Movements But Correlated Representations for Grasping. Cerebral Cortex. 30(10). 5400–5409. 18 indexed citations

Downey, John E., Jeffrey M. Weiss, Sharlene N. Flesher, et al.. (2018). Implicit Grasp Force Representation in Human Motor Cortical Recordings. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. 801–801. 17 indexed citations

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Downey, John E., et al.. (2018). Intracortical recording stability in human brain–computer interface users. Journal of Neural Engineering. 15(4). 46016–46016. 92 indexed citations

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Downey, John E., Lucas Brane, Robert A. Gaunt, et al.. (2017). Motor cortical activity changes during neuroprosthetic-controlled object interaction. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16947–16947. 46 indexed citations

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Muelling, Katharina, Arun Venkatraman, Jean‐Sebastien Valois, et al.. (2017). Autonomy infused teleoperation with application to brain computer interface controlled manipulation. Autonomous Robots. 41(6). 1401–1422. 67 indexed citations

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Downey, John E., Jeffrey M. Weiss, Katharina Muelling, et al.. (2016). Blending of brain-machine interface and vision-guided autonomous robotics improves neuroprosthetic arm performance during grasping. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 13(1). 28–28. 74 indexed citations

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Flesher, Sharlene N., Jennifer L. Collinger, Stephen T. Foldes, et al.. (2016). Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex. Science Translational Medicine. 8(361). 361ra141–361ra141. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mülling, Katharina, Arun Venkatraman, Jean‐Sebastien Valois, et al.. (2015). Autonomy Infused Teleoperation with Application to BCI Manipulation. 30 indexed citations

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Tyler‐Kabara, Elizabeth C., John E. Downey, Jeffrey M. Weiss, et al.. (2015). 201 Brain-Machine Interface Control of a Robotic Arm for Object Grasping is Improved With Computer-Vision Based Shared Control. Neurosurgery. 62(Supplement 1). 233–233. 2 indexed citations

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Wodlinger, Brian, John E. Downey, Elizabeth C. Tyler‐Kabara, et al.. (2014). Ten-dimensional anthropomorphic arm control in a human brain−machine interface: difficulties, solutions, and limitations. Journal of Neural Engineering. 12(1). 16011–16011. 339 indexed citations

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Collinger, Jennifer L., Brian Wodlinger, John E. Downey, et al.. (2012). High-performance neuroprosthetic control by an individual with tetraplegia. The Lancet. 381(9866). 557–564. 1243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gupta, Kshitiz, Maimon E. Hubbi, Eun Hyun Ahn, et al.. (2012). Matrix Rigidity Controls Endothelial Differentiation and Morphogenesis of Cardiac Precursors. Science Signaling. 5(227). ra41–ra41. 54 indexed citations

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Li, Nan, John E. Downey, Amnon Bar‐Shir, et al.. (2011). Optogenetic-guided cortical plasticity after nerve injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(21). 8838–8843. 53 indexed citations

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