P. Read Montague

9.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
28 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

P. Read Montague is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Read Montague has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in P. Read Montague's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (8 papers). P. Read Montague is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (8 papers). P. Read Montague collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. P. Read Montague's co-authors include Peter Dayan, Samuel M. McClure, TJ Sejnowski, Jonathan D. Cohen, Steven E. Hyman, Giuseppe Pagnoni, Gregory S. Berns, Gerald M. Edelman, Joseph A. Gally and George N. Reeke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

P. Read Montague

28 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

A framework for mesencephalic dopamine systems based on predictive Hebbian learning

1996 1.4k citations P. Read Montague, Peter Dayan et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Neural Correlates of Behavioral Preference for Culturally Familiar Drinks

2004 811 citations Samuel M. McClure, Jian Li et al. Neuron profile →
Computational roles for dopamine in behavioural control

2004 667 citations P. Read Montague, Steven E. Hyman et al. Nature profile →
The NO hypothesis: possible effects of a short-lived, rapidly diffusible signal in the development and function of the nervous system.

1990 550 citations P. Read Montague et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Predictability Modulates Human Brain Response to Reward

2001 534 citations Gregory S. Berns, Samuel M. McClure 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
P. Read Montague United States	19	3.8k	2.3k	991	690	605	28	6.5k
Wolfram Schultz Switzerland	6	6.3k 1.7×	3.5k 1.5×	1.3k 1.3×	902 1.3×	178 0.3×	6	8.9k
Benjamin Libet United States	39	4.8k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	424 0.7×	105	7.9k
José V. Pardo United States	37	5.5k 1.5×	796 0.3×	839 0.8×	1.4k 2.0×	472 0.8×	82	9.0k
A. David Redish United States	53	7.8k 2.1×	5.3k 2.3×	722 0.7×	897 1.3×	210 0.3×	149	10.4k
Catherine E. Myers United States	45	4.8k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.9×	841 1.2×	303 0.5×	193	9.4k
Mark A. Gluck United States	46	6.2k 1.6×	2.2k 1.0×	322 0.3×	1.2k 1.7×	267 0.4×	179	9.3k
C. R. Gallistel United States	51	7.4k 2.0×	2.9k 1.3×	761 0.8×	1.5k 2.1×	132 0.2×	176	14.4k
John M. Allman United States	41	4.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.5×	961 1.0×	548 0.8×	606 1.0×	74	7.1k
Daeyeol Lee United States	52	6.9k 1.8×	2.3k 1.0×	794 0.8×	699 1.0×	108 0.2×	133	8.5k
Daphna Joel Israel	42	3.0k 0.8×	2.7k 1.2×	796 0.8×	678 1.0×	146 0.2×	94	6.8k

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Montague, P. Read, et al.. (2025). Challenges and spectra interpretability in textile sorting: NIR hyperspectral images and chemometrics. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 344(Pt 1). 126665–126665. 1 indexed citations

Lohrenz, Terry, Kenneth T. Kishida, & P. Read Montague. (2016). BOLD and its connection to dopamine release in human striatum: a cross-cohort comparison. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1705). 20150352–20150352. 22 indexed citations

Dani, John A. & P. Read Montague. (2007). Disrupting addiction through the loss of drug-associated internal states. Nature Neuroscience. 10(4). 403–404. 13 indexed citations

Montague, P. Read, Steven E. Hyman, & Jonathan D. Cohen. (2004). Computational roles for dopamine in behavioural control. Nature. 431(7010). 760–767. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

McClure, Samuel M., et al.. (2004). Neural Correlates of Behavioral Preference for Culturally Familiar Drinks. Neuron. 44(2). 379–387. 811 indexed citations breakdown →

McClure, Samuel M., Michele K. York, & P. Read Montague. (2004). The Neural Substrates of Reward Processing in Humans: The Modern Role of fMRI. The Neuroscientist. 10(3). 260–268. 347 indexed citations

McClure, Samuel M., Nathaniel D. Daw, & P. Read Montague. (2003). A computational substrate for incentive salience. Trends in Neurosciences. 26(8). 423–428. 296 indexed citations

Pagnoni, Giuseppe, Caroline F. Zink, P. Read Montague, & Gregory S. Berns. (2002). Activity in human ventral striatum locked to errors of reward prediction. Nature Neuroscience. 5(2). 97–98. 354 indexed citations

Berns, Gregory S., Samuel M. McClure, Giuseppe Pagnoni, & P. Read Montague. (2001). Predictability Modulates Human Brain Response to Reward. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(8). 2793–2798. 534 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wiest, Michael, David M. Eagleman, Richard King, & P. Read Montague. (2000). Dendritic Spikes and Their Influence on Extracellular Calcium Signaling. Journal of Neurophysiology. 83(3). 1329–1337. 24 indexed citations

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Dayan, Peter, Sham M. Kakade, & P. Read Montague. (2000). Learning and selective attention. Nature Neuroscience. 3(S11). 1218–1223. 343 indexed citations

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Montague, P. Read, et al.. (1999). Calcium Dynamics in the Extracellular Space of Mammalian Neural Tissue. Biophysical Journal. 76(4). 1856–1867. 97 indexed citations

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King, Richard, et al.. (1998). Chapter 14 Interaction of nitric oxide and external calcium fluctuations: A possible substrate for rapid information retrieval. Progress in brain research. 118. 199–211. 10 indexed citations

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Montague, P. Read. (1996). General properties of the resource consumption principle of neural function. Journal of Physiology-Paris. 90(3-4). 239–242. 1 indexed citations

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King, Richard, et al.. (1996). Three-dimensional synaptic distributions influence neural processing through the resource consumption principle. Journal of Physiology-Paris. 90(5-6). 323–325. 1 indexed citations

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Montague, P. Read, et al.. (1995). Bee foraging in uncertain environments using predictive hebbian learning. Nature. 377(6551). 725–728. 209 indexed citations

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Montague, P. Read. (1995). Integrating information at single synaptic connections.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(7). 2424–2425. 5 indexed citations

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Montague, P. Read, et al.. (1992). Role of nitric oxide in NMDA receptor mediated neurotransmitter release in hippocampus. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 18. 761. 2 indexed citations

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Montague, P. Read & M. J. Friedlander. (1991). Morphogenesis and territorial coverage by isolated mammalian retinal ganglion cells. Journal of Neuroscience. 11(5). 1440–1457. 98 indexed citations

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Montague, P. Read, et al.. (1986). Planning the coordination of multiple processes. 1275–1276. 1 indexed citations

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