Saul Kato

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Saul Kato is a scholar working on Aging, Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Saul Kato has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Aging, 5 papers in Biophysics and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Saul Kato's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (6 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (4 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers). Saul Kato is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (6 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (4 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers). Saul Kato collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Switzerland. Saul Kato's co-authors include Manuel Zimmer, L. F. Abbott, Cornelia I. Bargmann, Edward S. Boyden, Alipasha Vaziri, Gordon Wetzstein, Young‐Gyu Yoon, Robert Prevedel, Ramesh Raskar and Maximilian Hoffmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Neuron and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Saul Kato

11 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Simultaneous whole-animal 3D imaging of neuronal activity using light-field microscopy

2014 515 citations Robert Prevedel, Young‐Gyu Yoon et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers

Saul Kato

AGING

CMN

EAS

BIOPH

CN

Jeffrey N. Stirman United States

Andrew M. Leifer United States

Johannes Larsch Germany

Edward Soucy United States

Marc Gershow United States

Jennifer Li United States

Drew N. Robson United States

Jessica C. Nelson United States

Carsten Duch Germany

Marta Zlatic United States

Jeffrey N. Stirman United States

Saul Kato

363 ×0.8

AGING

499 ×1.2

CMN

202 ×0.6

EAS

268 ×1.0

BIOPH

211 ×0.9

CN

Citations per year, relative to Saul Kato Saul Kato (= 1×) peers Jeffrey N. Stirman

Countries citing papers authored by Saul Kato

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Fields of papers citing papers by Saul Kato

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saul Kato

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

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Zhou, Kevin C., Muneki Ikeda, Saul Kato, et al.. (2025). High-spatiotemporal-throughput video microscopy of freely moving organisms with diffractive multiplexing across a sensor array. 32–32.

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L’Étoile, Noëlle D., et al.. (2025). Short-term memory by distributed neural network oscillators in a simple nervous system. Current Biology. 35(22). 5582–5593.e4.

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Wen, Chentao, Hyun Jee Lee, Ben Dichter, et al.. (2025). Unifying community whole-brain imaging datasets enables robust neuron identification and reveals determinants of neuron position in C. elegans. Cell Reports Methods. 5(1). 100964–100964. 2 indexed citations

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Kato, Saul, et al.. (2022). A set of hub neurons and non-local connectivity features support global brain dynamics in C. elegans. Current Biology. 32(16). 3443–3459.e8. 21 indexed citations

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Ramkumar, Pavan, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical confounder discovery in the experiment-machine learning cycle. Patterns. 3(4). 100451–100451. 1 indexed citations

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Kato, Saul, et al.. (2021). minimo: a linked data and metadata storage system for small labs. The Journal of Open Source Software. 6(60). 2979–2979. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Yiming, Heeun Jang, Perry W.E. Spratt, et al.. (2020). Soma-Targeted Imaging of Neural Circuits by Ribosome Tethering. Neuron. 107(3). 454–469.e6. 48 indexed citations

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Antipa, Nick, et al.. (2019). Single-shot 3D fluorescence microscopy with Fourier DiffuserCam. NS2B.3–NS2B.3. 3 indexed citations

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Riedl, Julia, Fanny Mende, Saul Kato, et al.. (2016). Regulation of two motor patterns enables the gradual adjustment of locomotion strategy in Caenorhabditis elegans. eLife. 5. 41 indexed citations

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Kato, Saul, Harris S. Kaplan, Theodore H. Lindsay, et al.. (2015). Global Brain Dynamics Embed the Motor Command Sequence of Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell. 163(3). 656–669. 294 indexed citations

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Prevedel, Robert, Young‐Gyu Yoon, Maximilian Hoffmann, et al.. (2014). Simultaneous whole-animal 3D imaging of neuronal activity using light-field microscopy. Nature Methods. 11(7). 727–730. 515 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prevedel, Robert, Young‐Gyu Yoon, Maximilian Hoffmann, et al.. (2014). Simultaneous whole-animal 3D-imaging of neuronal activity using light field microscopy. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

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Kato, Saul, et al.. (2014). Temporal Responses of C. elegans Chemosensory Neurons Are Preserved in Behavioral Dynamics. Neuron. 81(3). 616–628. 89 indexed citations

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Chalasani, Sreekanth H., Saul Kato, Dirk R. Albrecht, et al.. (2010). Neuropeptide feedback modifies odor-evoked dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans olfactory neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 13(5). 615–621. 181 indexed citations

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