Robert S. Turner

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Robert S. Turner is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Turner has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Neurology, 33 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Turner's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (49 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (23 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (16 papers). Robert S. Turner is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (49 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (23 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (16 papers). Robert S. Turner collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Robert S. Turner's co-authors include Michel Desmurget, Scott T. Grafton, Marjorie E. Anderson, Mahlon R. DeLong, Claude Prablanc, Charles M. Epstein, Garrett E. Alexander, Benjamin Pasquereau, Philip A. Starr and Jill L. Ostrem and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Turner

93 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Role of the posterior parietal cortex in updating reaching movements to a visual target

1999 648 citations Michel Desmurget, Robert S. Turner et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert S. Turner United States	37	2.3k	2.2k	1.9k	564	378	97	4.9k
Ned Jenkinson United Kingdom	36	2.6k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	974 1.7×	163 0.4×	82	5.0k
Donald J. Weisz United States	34	818 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	527 0.9×	224 0.6×	71	4.2k
Gammon M. Earhart United States	47	3.9k 1.7×	1.0k 0.5×	419 0.2×	415 0.7×	389 1.0×	171	7.3k
Edgar García‐Rill United States	47	1.5k 0.7×	3.2k 1.5×	3.5k 1.9×	756 1.3×	251 0.7×	211	6.9k
Marjorie E. Anderson United States	27	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	554 1.0×	156 0.4×	35	2.9k
Hironobu Tokuno Japan	32	2.5k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	886 1.6×	236 0.6×	86	4.4k
Amy J. Bastian United States	22	511 0.2×	1.9k 0.9×	703 0.4×	1.1k 2.0×	562 1.5×	26	3.6k
Bin Hu Canada	30	516 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	270 0.5×	360 1.0×	125	3.1k
M. Illert Germany	33	588 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	857 0.5×	942 1.7×	248 0.7×	75	3.5k
Garrett W. Milliken United States	17	667 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	443 0.2×	1.1k 1.9×	471 1.2×	22	3.1k

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Vissani, Matteo, Alan Bush, Witold Lipski, et al.. (2025). Spike-phase coupling of subthalamic neurons to posterior perisylvian cortex predicts speech sound accuracy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3357–3357. 2 indexed citations

Swan, Dawn, Robert S. Turner, James D. Douketis, & Jecko Thachil. (2024). How to undertake procedures while on antiplatelet agents: a hematologist's view. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 8(6). 102539–102539.

Qi, Xue-Lian, Fernando Ĺ. Vale, Sarah K. Bick, et al.. (2022). Protocol for behavioral and neural recording during stimulation of the macaque monkey nucleus basalis. STAR Protocols. 3(1). 101136–101136.

Lipski, Witold, et al.. (2022). Hyperdirect connectivity of opercular speech network to the subthalamic nucleus. Cell Reports. 38(10). 110477–110477. 19 indexed citations

Disbrow, Elizabeth A., Elizabeth A. Franz, Robert S. Turner, et al.. (2022). Cortical oscillatory dysfunction in Parkinson disease during movement activation and inhibition. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0257711–e0257711. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Jinyang, Felicity Hayes, Robert S. Turner, et al.. (2019). Effects of four years of elevated ozone on microbial biomass and extracellular enzyme activities in a semi-natural grassland. The Science of The Total Environment. 660. 260–268. 24 indexed citations

Chrabaszcz, Anna, Wolf‐Julian Neumann, Otilia Stretcu, et al.. (2019). Subthalamic Nucleus and Sensorimotor Cortex Activity During Speech Production. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(14). 2698–2708. 42 indexed citations

Zimnik, Andrew J., et al.. (2015). Movement-Related Discharge in the Macaque Globus Pallidus during High-Frequency Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(9). 3978–3989. 19 indexed citations

Liou, Kevin, et al.. (2014). Patent Foramen Ovale Influences the Presentation of Decompression Illness in SCUBA Divers. Heart Lung and Circulation. 24(1). 26–31. 17 indexed citations

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Rosenbaum, Robert, Andrew J. Zimnik, Fang Zheng, et al.. (2013). Axonal and synaptic failure suppress the transfer of firing rate oscillations, synchrony and information during high frequency deep brain stimulation. Neurobiology of Disease. 62. 86–99. 81 indexed citations

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Zumer, Johanna M., et al.. (2010). MEG in the macaque monkey and human: Distinguishing cortical fields in space and time. Brain Research. 1345. 110–124. 5 indexed citations

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Desmurget, Michel & Robert S. Turner. (2007). Testing Basal Ganglia Motor Functions Through Reversible Inactivations in the Posterior Internal Globus Pallidus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 99(3). 1057–1076. 60 indexed citations

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Wu, Alex K., Kevin W. McCairn, Gabriel Zada, Tiffany Wu, & Robert S. Turner. (2007). Motor cortex stimulation: mild transient benefit in a primate model of Parkinson disease. Journal of neurosurgery. 106(4). 695–700. 13 indexed citations

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Turner, Robert S. & Marjorie E. Anderson. (2005). Context-Dependent Modulation of Movement-Related Discharge in the Primate Globus Pallidus. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(11). 2965–2976. 80 indexed citations

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Starr, Philip A., et al.. (2005). Spontaneous Pallidal Neuronal Activity in Human Dystonia: Comparison With Parkinson’s Disease and Normal Macaque. Journal of Neurophysiology. 93(6). 3165–3176. 207 indexed citations

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Starr, Philip A., Robert S. Turner, Geoff Rau, et al.. (2004). Microelectrode-guided implantation of deep brain stimulators into the globus pallidus internus for dystonia: techniques, electrode locations, and outcomes. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 17(1). 20–31. 64 indexed citations

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Desmurget, Michel, et al.. (2003). Basal ganglia network mediates the control of movement amplitude. Experimental Brain Research. 153(2). 197–209. 53 indexed citations

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Henson, Richard N., T Shallice, C.J. Price, et al.. (1999). Lexical decision: differences in magnitude and onset as indexed by event-related fMRI. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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Passingham, R.E., Ivan Toni, Michael Krams, et al.. (1997). The time-course of activity in motor areas during motor learning. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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Turner, Robert S., David W. Johnson, Jerry W. Elwood, et al.. (1986). Factors affecting response of surface waters to acidic deposition. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 53. 270–6. 6 indexed citations

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