Spencer L. Smith

3.3k total citations
40 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Spencer L. Smith is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Spencer L. Smith has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Spencer L. Smith's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (11 papers). Spencer L. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (11 papers). Spencer L. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Spencer L. Smith's co-authors include Michael Häusser, Ikuko T. Smith, Jeremy Freeman, Jeffrey N. Stirman, Tiago Branco, Na Ji, Joshua T. Trachtenberg, Thomas S. Otis, Michael W. Kudenov and Kenneth D. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Spencer L. Smith

38 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Spencer L. Smith United States 20 1.2k 1.1k 466 403 183 40 1.9k
Pengcheng Zhou China 22 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 431 0.9× 327 0.8× 142 0.8× 60 2.9k
Aaron Kerlin United States 10 1.6k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 619 1.3× 653 1.6× 277 1.5× 12 2.7k
Clay Lacefield United States 17 1.0k 0.9× 877 0.8× 436 0.9× 467 1.2× 216 1.2× 29 2.0k
Tara Keck United Kingdom 16 1.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 589 1.3× 349 0.9× 233 1.3× 20 2.5k
Boaz Mohar United States 13 1.2k 1.0× 638 0.6× 642 1.4× 509 1.3× 250 1.4× 15 2.1k
Forrest Collman United States 10 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 398 0.9× 498 1.2× 153 0.8× 14 2.0k
Knut Holthoff Germany 22 1.9k 1.7× 1.1k 1.0× 837 1.8× 345 0.9× 167 0.9× 46 2.7k
Björn M. Kampa Germany 18 1.8k 1.5× 1.4k 1.3× 511 1.1× 357 0.9× 181 1.0× 33 2.4k
Prakash Kara United States 14 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.4× 449 1.0× 293 0.7× 148 0.8× 27 2.3k
Nathalie L. Rochefort Germany 24 1.6k 1.4× 1.5k 1.4× 510 1.1× 209 0.5× 87 0.5× 33 2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Spencer L. Smith

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Spencer L., et al.. (2025). Measuring the felt sense of dehumanization: A COSMIN systematic review of the psychometric properties of self‐ and meta‐dehumanization measures. British Journal of Psychology. 117(1). 155–176. 1 indexed citations
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Bianco, Isaac H., Robert A. A. Campbell, N. S. Orlova, et al.. (2025). Standardized measurements for monitoring and comparing multiphoton microscope systems. Nature Protocols. 20(8). 2171–2208. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhe, Sean C. Piantadosi, Na Ji, et al.. (2023). Deep-brain optical recording of neural dynamics during behavior. Neuron. 111(23). 3716–3738. 13 indexed citations
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Yu, Yiyi, et al.. (2022). Selective representations of texture and motion in mouse higher visual areas. Current Biology. 32(13). 2810–2820.e5. 8 indexed citations
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Yu, Che‐Hang, Jeffrey N. Stirman, Yiyi Yu, Riichiro Hira, & Spencer L. Smith. (2021). Diesel2p mesoscope with dual independent scan engines for flexible capture of dynamics in distributed neural circuitry. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6639–6639. 67 indexed citations
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Philpot, Benjamin D., et al.. (2021). The Impact of SST and PV Interneurons on Nonlinear Synaptic Integration in the Neocortex. eNeuro. 8(5). ENEURO.0235–21.2021. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Anderson, et al.. (2021). Flexible simultaneous mesoscale two-photon imaging of neural activity at high speeds. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6638–6638. 20 indexed citations
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Aoi, Mikio, et al.. (2020). Identifying signal and noise structure in neural population activity with Gaussian process factor models. Neural Information Processing Systems. 33. 13795–13805. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Yiyi, Riichiro Hira, Jeffrey N. Stirman, et al.. (2018). Mice use robust and common strategies to discriminate natural scenes. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1379–1379. 18 indexed citations
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Wallace, Michael L., Geeske M. van Woerden, Ype Elgersma, Spencer L. Smith, & Benjamin D. Philpot. (2017). Ube3a loss increases excitability and blunts orientation tuning in the visual cortex of Angelman syndrome model mice. Journal of Neurophysiology. 118(1). 634–646. 21 indexed citations
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TOWNSEND, L. B. & Spencer L. Smith. (2017). Genotype- and sex-dependent effects of altered Cntnap2 expression on the function of visual cortical areas. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 9(1). 2–2. 10 indexed citations
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Ji, Na, Jeremy Freeman, & Spencer L. Smith. (2016). Technologies for imaging neural activity in large volumes. Nature Neuroscience. 19(9). 1154–1164. 187 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Ayumi, Vijay Swahari, Charlotte Plestant, et al.. (2016). Bcl-xL Is Essential for the Survival and Function of Differentiated Neurons in the Cortex That Control Complex Behaviors. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(20). 5448–5461. 51 indexed citations
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Stirman, Jeffrey N., L. B. TOWNSEND, & Spencer L. Smith. (2016). A touchscreen based global motion perception task for mice. Vision Research. 127. 74–83. 33 indexed citations
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Larsen, Rylan S., Ikuko T. Smith, Jayalakshmi Miriyala, et al.. (2014). Synapse-Specific Control of Experience-Dependent Plasticity by Presynaptic NMDA Receptors. Neuron. 83(6). 1481–1481. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Spencer L., et al.. (2013). Target-Specific Effects of Somatostatin-Expressing Interneurons on Neocortical Visual Processing. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(50). 19567–19578. 97 indexed citations
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Marra, Vincenzo, Jemima J. Burden, Julian R. Thorpe, et al.. (2012). A Preferentially Segregated Recycling Vesicle Pool of Limited Size Supports Neurotransmission in Native Central Synapses. Neuron. 76(3). 579–589. 64 indexed citations
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Smith, Spencer L. & Michael Häusser. (2010). Parallel processing of visual space by neighboring neurons in mouse visual cortex. Nature Neuroscience. 13(9). 1144–1149. 145 indexed citations
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Smith, Spencer L., et al.. (2008). Ipsilateral Eye Cortical Maps Are Uniquely Sensitive to Binocular Plasticity. Journal of Neurophysiology. 101(2). 855–861. 30 indexed citations
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Smith, Spencer L. & Joshua T. Trachtenberg. (2007). Experience-dependent binocular competition in the visual cortex begins at eye opening. Nature Neuroscience. 10(3). 370–375. 105 indexed citations

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