Samar Mehta

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Samar Mehta is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Samar Mehta has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Samar Mehta's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (1 paper) and Motor Control and Adaptation (1 paper). Samar Mehta is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (1 paper) and Motor Control and Adaptation (1 paper). Samar Mehta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Samar Mehta's co-authors include David Kleinfeld, Jayant Kulkarni, Hemant Bokil, Partha P. Mitra, Peter Andrews, Daniel Hill, Varda Lev‐Ram, Roger Y. Tsien, Maria Israelsson and Erwin Grill and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Samar Mehta

10 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Chronux: A platform for analyzing neural signals 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
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. Chronux: A platform for analyzing neural signals
    2010 613 citations Hemant Bokil, Peter Andrews et al. Journal of Neuroscience Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samar Mehta United States 9 953 767 173 154 137 10 1.4k
H. Inagaki United States 20 780 0.8× 1.3k 1.7× 248 1.4× 133 0.9× 57 0.4× 39 2.3k
Robert N. S. Sachdev United States 25 1.5k 1.6× 1.2k 1.6× 204 1.2× 26 0.2× 161 1.2× 48 2.0k
Farzan Nadim United States 28 1.5k 1.5× 1.7k 2.3× 320 1.8× 110 0.7× 66 0.5× 92 2.3k
Richardson N. Leão Brazil 29 1.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 471 2.7× 51 0.3× 146 1.1× 61 2.1k
Sebastian Haidarliu Israel 20 1.3k 1.4× 1.0k 1.3× 123 0.7× 21 0.1× 77 0.6× 35 1.6k
Lucy M. Palmer Australia 15 824 0.9× 873 1.1× 185 1.1× 23 0.1× 149 1.1× 26 1.3k
Gilles Bronchti Canada 20 542 0.6× 465 0.6× 251 1.5× 31 0.2× 72 0.5× 43 1.3k
Ehsan Arabzadeh Australia 26 1.9k 2.0× 1.1k 1.4× 121 0.7× 26 0.2× 115 0.8× 65 2.2k
Maik C. Stüttgen Germany 20 1.1k 1.1× 753 1.0× 117 0.7× 22 0.1× 74 0.5× 48 1.5k
Christine M. Pedroarena Germany 17 786 0.8× 835 1.1× 514 3.0× 30 0.2× 228 1.7× 22 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Samar Mehta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samar Mehta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samar Mehta

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Klitting, Raphaëlle, Samar Mehta, Judith U. Oguzie, et al.. (2020). Lassa Virus Genetics. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 440. 23–65. 4 indexed citations
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Kinsella, Cormac M., Molly L Paras, Sandra Smole, et al.. (2020). Jamestown Canyon virus in Massachusetts: clinical case series and vector screening. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 903–912. 19 indexed citations
3.
Hill, Daniel, Samar Mehta, & David Kleinfeld. (2011). Quality Metrics to Accompany Spike Sorting of Extracellular Signals. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(24). 8699–8705. 292 indexed citations
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Bokil, Hemant, Peter Andrews, Jayant Kulkarni, Samar Mehta, & Partha P. Mitra. (2010). Chronux: A platform for analyzing neural signals. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 192(1). 146–151. 613 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mehta, Samar, Diane Whitmer, R. Figueroa, Ben Williams, & David Kleinfeld. (2007). Active Spatial Perception in the Vibrissa Scanning Sensorimotor System. PLoS Biology. 5(2). e15–e15. 122 indexed citations
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Kleinfeld, David & Samar Mehta. (2006). Spectral Mixing in Nervous Systems: Experimental Evidence and Biologically Plausible Circuits. Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement. 161. 86–98. 9 indexed citations
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Young, Jared, et al.. (2006). CO 2 signaling in guard cells: Calcium sensitivity response modulation, a Ca 2+ -independent phase, and CO 2 insensitivity of the gca2 mutant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(19). 7506–7511. 157 indexed citations
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Mehta, Samar & David Kleinfeld. (2004). Frisking the Whiskers. Neuron. 41(2). 181–184. 47 indexed citations
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Lev‐Ram, Varda, Samar Mehta, David Kleinfeld, & Roger Y. Tsien. (2003). Reversing cerebellar long-term depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(26). 15989–15993. 119 indexed citations
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Hopf, F. Woodward, Jack Waters, Samar Mehta, & Stephen J Smith. (2002). Stability and Plasticity of Developing Synapses in Hippocampal Neuronal Cultures. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(3). 775–781. 45 indexed citations

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