Stephen A. Engel

12.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
132 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Stephen A. Engel is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen A. Engel has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Stephen A. Engel's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (90 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (61 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (24 papers). Stephen A. Engel is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (90 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (61 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (24 papers). Stephen A. Engel collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Stephen A. Engel's co-authors include Geoffrey M. Boynton, David J. Heeger, Gary H. Glover, Christopher S. Furmanski, Susan Y. Bookheimer, Barbara J. Knowlton, Michael Zeineh, Frank Tong, Paul M. Thompson and Seth Bouvier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen A. Engel

127 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

Linear Systems Analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Human V1

1996 1.9k citations Stephen A. Engel et al. profile →
Retinotopic organization in human visual cortex and the spatial precision of functional MRI

1997 1.2k citations Stephen A. Engel Cerebral Cortex profile →
Remembering episodes: a selective role for the hippocampus during retrieval

2000 698 citations Stephen A. Engel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen A. Engel United States	36	7.4k	1.2k	1.2k	714	579	132	8.4k
Mark W. Greenlee Germany	48	6.3k 0.9×	689 0.6×	619 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	753 1.3×	246	7.9k
Geoffrey M. Boynton United States	44	7.5k 1.0×	820 0.7×	965 0.8×	1.3k 1.9×	633 1.1×	111	8.7k
Wim Vanduffel Belgium	53	8.6k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	832 1.2×	1.6k 2.7×	198	10.1k
Edgar A. DeYoe United States	27	4.9k 0.7×	884 0.7×	725 0.6×	660 0.9×	491 0.8×	59	5.6k
Stephen L. Macknik United States	41	4.7k 0.6×	554 0.5×	900 0.8×	553 0.8×	689 1.2×	140	6.7k
Krish D. Singh United Kingdom	53	7.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.8×	507 0.7×	392 0.7×	180	10.2k
M Augath Germany	29	7.4k 1.0×	2.4k 2.0×	1.7k 1.5×	892 1.2×	398 0.7×	65	9.0k
Anthony M. Norcia United States	47	5.9k 0.8×	549 0.5×	841 0.7×	614 0.9×	432 0.7×	208	7.2k
Michael H. Herzog Switzerland	43	5.3k 0.7×	399 0.3×	480 0.4×	791 1.1×	574 1.0×	325	6.6k
Yuka Sasaki United States	43	6.2k 0.8×	543 0.4×	708 0.6×	972 1.4×	788 1.4×	166	7.7k

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Engel, Stephen A., et al.. (2025). Alcohol consumption during early adulthood increases the vulnerability of locus coeruleus neurons and amyloid beta pathology in female APP/PS1 mice. Alcohol. 127. 1–9.

Legge, Gordon E., et al.. (2024). Customizing spatial remapping of letters to aid reading in the presence of a simulated central field loss. Journal of Vision. 24(4). 17–17.

Gao, Rong, et al.. (2024). Subregion and sex differences in ethanol activation of cholinergic and glutamatergic cells in the mesopontine tegmentum. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 46–46. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Michael S., et al.. (2023). Photophobia and Poor Night Vision are the Most Disruptive Symptoms of Visual Snow Syndrome. Journal of Vision. 23(9). 4963–4963. 1 indexed citations

Stieger, James, Stephen A. Engel, Haiteng Jiang, et al.. (2020). Mindfulness Improves Brain–Computer Interface Performance by Increasing Control Over Neural Activity in the Alpha Band. Cerebral Cortex. 31(1). 426–438. 46 indexed citations

He, Sheng, et al.. (2020). Natural-scene-based Steady-state Visual Evoked Potentials Reveal Effects of Short-term Monocular Deprivation. Neuroscience. 435. 10–21. 15 indexed citations

Engel, Stephen A., et al.. (2019). Long-term adaptation to color. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 30. 116–121. 9 indexed citations

He, Yingchen, Avi Caspi, Arup Roy, et al.. (2018). Development of an electroencephalogram (EEG) protocol to map electrically-elicited visual responses in blind patients implanted with the Argus II retinal prosthesis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 59(9). 4572–4572. 1 indexed citations

Bao, Min, et al.. (2017). The Best of Both Worlds: Adaptation During Natural Tasks Produces Long-Lasting Plasticity in Perceptual Ocular Dominance. Psychological Science. 29(1). 14–33. 32 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ru‐Yuan, Stephen A. Engel, & Kendrick Kay. (2017). Binocular Rivalry: A Window into Cortical Competition and Suppression. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science. 97(4). 477–485. 3 indexed citations

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Reavis, Eric A., Junghee Lee, Jonathan K. Wynn, et al.. (2017). Assessing neural tuning for object perception in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with multivariate pattern analysis of fMRI data. NeuroImage Clinical. 16. 491–497. 13 indexed citations

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Reavis, Eric A., Junghee Lee, Jonathan K. Wynn, et al.. (2016). Cortical Thickness of Functionally Defined Visual Areas in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. Cerebral Cortex. 27(5). bhw151–bhw151. 44 indexed citations

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Olman, Cheryl A., Peng Bao, Stephen A. Engel, et al.. (2014). Do hemifield representations co-opt ocular dominance column structure in achiasma?. Journal of Vision. 14(10). 377–377. 1 indexed citations

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Katyal, Sucharit, Sang Hyun Cho, Stephen A. Engel, & Shunping He. (2014). Neural signature of the initiation of binocular rivalry. Journal of Vision. 14(10). 1238–1238. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yi, et al.. (2014). Adaptation to patch-wise complementary video reduces perceptual ocular dominance. Journal of Vision. 14(10). 401–401. 3 indexed citations

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Bao, Min & Stephen A. Engel. (2012). Distinct mechanisms control contrast adaptation over different timescales.. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 698–698. 2 indexed citations

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Engel, Stephen A., et al.. (2006). Motion from occlusion. Journal of Vision. 6(5). 9–9. 6 indexed citations

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Engel, Stephen A., et al.. (2001). Neural Response to Perception of Volume in the Lateral Occipital Complex. Neuron. 29(1). 277–286. 69 indexed citations

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Wandell, Brian A., Stephen A. Engel, & Hagit Hel‐Or. (1996). Creating images of the flattened cortical sheet. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 37(3). 15 indexed citations

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Engel, Stephen A.. (1996). Looking into the Black Box: New Directions in Neuroimaging. Neuron. 17(3). 375–378. 9 indexed citations

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