Simon B. Laughlin

18.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
98 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Simon B. Laughlin is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon B. Laughlin has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 45 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 31 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Simon B. Laughlin's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (53 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (31 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (28 papers). Simon B. Laughlin is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (53 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (31 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (28 papers). Simon B. Laughlin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Simon B. Laughlin's co-authors include David Attwell, Jeremy E. Niven, John C. Anderson, Rob R. de Ruyter van Steveninck, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Roger Hardie, Andreas Dubs, Mandyam V. Srinivasan, David C. O’Carroll and Gordon Fain and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Simon B. Laughlin

97 papers receiving 12.4k 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.

An Energy Budget for Signaling in the Grey Matter of the Brain

2001 2.4k citations Simon B. Laughlin et al. profile →
The metabolic cost of neural information

1998 838 citations Simon B. Laughlin, John C. Anderson et al. profile →
Energy limitation as a selective pressure on the evolution of sensory systems

2008 765 citations Jeremy E. Niven, Simon B. Laughlin profile →
Predictive coding: a fresh view of inhibition in the retina

1982 732 citations Mandyam V. Srinivasan, Simon B. Laughlin et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
A Simple Coding Procedure Enhances a Neuron's Information Capacity

1981 678 citations Simon B. Laughlin Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C profile →
Communication in Neuronal Networks

2003 659 citations Simon B. Laughlin et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon B. Laughlin	6.8k	5.8k	2.8k	2.3k	1.4k	98	12.7k
Sten Grillner	10.5k 1.6×	8.9k 1.5×	3.9k 1.4×	1.5k 0.7×	543 0.4×	367	26.5k
Alexander Borst	9.4k 1.4×	5.4k 0.9×	3.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	216	12.6k
Gordon M. Shepherd	13.5k 2.0×	7.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.2×	504 0.2×	892 0.7×	259	21.0k
Gilles Laurent	10.0k 1.5×	5.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	2.4k 1.1×	2.5k 1.8×	125	14.1k
Eve Marder	15.7k 2.3×	11.3k 1.9×	4.3k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	300	22.4k
Sacha B. Nelson	16.1k 2.4×	20.8k 3.6×	7.0k 2.5×	678 0.3×	2.5k 1.9×	303	35.3k
Suzana Herculano‐Houzel	2.6k 0.4×	3.0k 0.5×	2.6k 0.9×	933 0.4×	697 0.5×	83	10.3k
Vivek Jayaraman	7.2k 1.1×	3.4k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	34	10.7k
Markus Meister	8.9k 1.3×	7.3k 1.3×	5.9k 2.1×	313 0.1×	411 0.3×	93	15.2k
Mark J. Schnitzer	7.1k 1.0×	5.1k 0.9×	4.2k 1.5×	212 0.1×	464 0.3×	109	16.1k

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Burr, David C. & Simon B. Laughlin. (2020). Horace Barlow (1921–2020). Current Biology. 30(16). R907–R910. 1 indexed citations

Heras, Francisco J. H., John C. Anderson, Simon B. Laughlin, & Jeremy E. Niven. (2017). Voltage-dependent K ⁺ channels improve the energy efficiency of signalling in blowfly photoreceptors. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 14(129). 20160938–20160938. 5 indexed citations

Baker, Michael S., et al.. (2011). Adaptation reduces sensitivity to save energy without information loss in the fly visual system. Proceedings of The Physiological Society. 2 indexed citations

Stemmler, Martin, Biswa Sengupta, Simon B. Laughlin, & Jeremy E. Niven. (2011). Energetically Optimal Action Potentials. Neural Information Processing Systems. 24. 1566–1574. 8 indexed citations

Niven, Jeremy E., et al.. (2010). Visual Targeting of Forelimbs in Ladder-Walking Locusts. Current Biology. 20(1). 86–91. 32 indexed citations

Niven, Jeremy E., John C. Anderson, & Simon B. Laughlin. (2007). Fly Photoreceptors Demonstrate Energy-Information Trade-Offs in Neural Coding. PLoS Biology. 5(4). e116–e116. 195 indexed citations

Faisal, A. Aldo, John A. White, & Simon B. Laughlin. (2005). Ion-Channel Noise Places Limits on the Miniaturization of the Brain’s Wiring. Current Biology. 15(12). 1143–1149. 161 indexed citations

Vorobyev, Misha, et al.. (2001). Colour thresholds and receptor noise: behaviour and physiology compared. Vision Research. 41(5). 639–653. 265 indexed citations

Harris, R. Adron, David C. O’Carroll, & Simon B. Laughlin. (2000). Contrast Gain Reduction in Fly Motion Adaptation. Neuron. 28(2). 595–606. 114 indexed citations

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Anderson, John C. & Simon B. Laughlin. (2000). Photoreceptor performance and the co-ordination of achromatic and chromatic inputs in the fly visual system. Vision Research. 40(1). 13–31. 50 indexed citations

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Harris, R. Adron, David C. O’Carroll, & Simon B. Laughlin. (1999). Adaptation and the temporal delay filter of fly motion detectors. Vision Research. 39(16). 2603–2613. 80 indexed citations

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Laughlin, Simon B.. (1999). Visual motion: Dendritic integration makes sense of the world. Current Biology. 9(1). R15–R17. 3 indexed citations

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Laughlin, Simon B., et al.. (1997). Modelling the variation in the contrast of natural scenes, and the function of contrast normalization in the mammalian visual cortex. 504. 123–124. 2 indexed citations

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O’Carroll, David C., Simon B. Laughlin, Nicola J. Bidwell, & R. Adron Harris. (1997). Spatio-temporal properties of motion detectors matched to low image velocities in hovering insects. Vision Research. 37(23). 3427–3439. 58 indexed citations

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Laughlin, Simon B.. (1996). Matched filtering by a photoreceptor membrane. Vision Research. 36(11). 1529–1541. 42 indexed citations

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Hateren, J. H. van & Simon B. Laughlin. (1990). Membrane parameters, signal transmission, and the design of a graded potential neuron. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 166(4). 437–448. 39 indexed citations

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Laughlin, Simon B.. (1989). The reliability of single neurons and circuit design: a case study. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 322–336. 10 indexed citations

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Maddess, Ted & Simon B. Laughlin. (1985). Adaptation of the motion-sensitive neuron H1 is generated locally and governed by contrast frequency. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 225(1239). 251–275. 167 indexed citations

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Srinivasan, Mandyam V., Simon B. Laughlin, & Andreas Dubs. (1982). Predictive coding: a fresh view of inhibition in the retina. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 216(1205). 427–459. 732 indexed citations breakdown →

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Laughlin, Simon B.. (1981). A Simple Coding Procedure Enhances a Neuron's Information Capacity. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 36(9-10). 910–912. 678 indexed citations breakdown →

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