Tim Otto

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Tim Otto is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Otto has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 20 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Tim Otto's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (34 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (20 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers). Tim Otto is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (34 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (20 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers). Tim Otto collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Ireland. Tim Otto's co-authors include Howard Eichenbaum, Neal J. Cohen, Neal J. Cohen, Graham Cousens, Taejib Yoon, Gregory D. Fox, Brian J. Young, Christopher D. Herzog, Michela Gallagher and Alan H. Nagahara and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and Trends in Neurosciences.

In The Last Decade

Tim Otto

42 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Two functional components of the hippocampal memory system 1992 2026 2003 2014 1994 1992 250 500 750
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. Two functional components of the hippocampal memory system
    1994 829 citations Howard Eichenbaum, Tim Otto et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences profile →
  2. The hippocampus—what does it do?
    1992 731 citations Howard Eichenbaum, Tim Otto et al. Behavioral and Neural Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Otto United States 27 3.5k 2.6k 768 742 542 42 4.3k
Rebecca D. Burwell United States 33 4.5k 1.3× 3.9k 1.5× 844 1.1× 807 1.1× 599 1.1× 70 5.9k
Dave G. Mumby Canada 28 2.7k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 404 0.5× 704 0.9× 576 1.1× 60 3.8k
Paul A. Dudchenko United Kingdom 31 4.2k 1.2× 3.0k 1.2× 666 0.9× 364 0.5× 327 0.6× 70 5.1k
Carolyn W. Harley Canada 38 3.0k 0.9× 2.8k 1.1× 859 1.1× 497 0.7× 679 1.3× 127 5.1k
Taketoshi Ono Japan 43 3.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 629 0.8× 406 0.5× 770 1.4× 220 5.7k
Mark Good United Kingdom 41 4.0k 1.2× 3.5k 1.4× 497 0.6× 911 1.2× 656 1.2× 127 6.5k
David K. Bilkey New Zealand 44 2.6k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 515 0.7× 661 0.9× 803 1.5× 143 4.7k
Boyer D. Winters Canada 30 2.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 454 0.6× 487 0.7× 538 1.0× 73 3.7k
Andrea A. Chiba United States 25 2.8k 0.8× 2.5k 0.9× 383 0.5× 436 0.6× 442 0.8× 52 4.8k
Lizabeth M. Romanski United States 29 4.2k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 561 0.7× 661 0.9× 809 1.5× 40 5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Otto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Otto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Otto

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Otto, Tim, et al.. (2024). Artificial Intelligence Evaluates How Humans Connect to the Built Environment: A Pilot Study of Two Experiments in Biophilia. Sustainability. 16(2). 868–868. 7 indexed citations
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Wass, Christopher, et al.. (2013). Dopamine D1 sensitivity in the prefrontal cortex predicts general cognitive abilities and is modulated by working memory training. Learning & Memory. 20(11). 617–627. 31 indexed citations
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Cox, David, et al.. (2013). Time course of dorsal and ventral hippocampal involvement in the expression of trace fear conditioning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 106. 316–323. 23 indexed citations
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Otto, Tim, et al.. (2010). Time-limited involvement of dorsal hippocampus in unimodal discriminative contextual conditioning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 94(4). 481–487. 10 indexed citations
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Czerniawski, J, Taejib Yoon, & Tim Otto. (2008). Dissociating space and trace in dorsal and ventral hippocampus. Hippocampus. 19(1). 20–32. 71 indexed citations
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Otto, Tim, et al.. (2008). Temporary inactivation of dorsal hippocampus attenuates explicitly nonspatial, unimodal, contextual fear conditioning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 90(1). 261–268. 17 indexed citations
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Cousens, Graham & Tim Otto. (2003). Neural substrates of olfactory discrimination learning with auditory secondary reinforcement. I. Contributions of the basolateral amygdaloid complex and orbitofrontal cortex. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 38(4). 272–294. 17 indexed citations
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Otto, Tim & Nicholas D. Giardino. (2001). Pavlovian Conditioning of Emotional Responses to Olfactory and Contextual Stimuli. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 933(1). 291–309. 21 indexed citations
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Otto, Tim, Graham Cousens, & Christopher D. Herzog. (2000). Behavioral and neuropsychological foundations of olfactory fear conditioning. Behavioural Brain Research. 110(1-2). 119–128. 88 indexed citations
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Herzog, Christopher D. & Tim Otto. (1999). Regeneration of olfactory receptor neurons following chemical lesion: time course and enhancement with growth factor administration. Brain Research. 849(1-2). 155–161. 38 indexed citations
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Cousens, Graham & Tim Otto. (1998). Both pre- and posttraining excitotoxic lesions of the basolateral amygdala abolish the expression of olfactory and contextual fear conditioning.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 112(5). 1092–1103. 121 indexed citations
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Herzog, Christopher D. & Tim Otto. (1998). Contributions of anterior perirhinal cortex to olfactory and contextual fear conditioning. Neuroreport. 9(8). 1855–1859. 36 indexed citations
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Otto, Tim, David S. Wolf, & Thomas J. Walsh. (1997). Combined Lesions of Perirhinal and Entorhinal Cortex Impair Rats’ Performance in Two Versions of the Spatially Guided Radial-Arm Maze. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 68(1). 21–31. 50 indexed citations
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Nagahara, Alan H., Tim Otto, & Michela Gallagher. (1995). Entorhinal^perirhinal lesions impair performance of rats on two versions of place learning in the Morris water maze.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 109(1). 3–9. 108 indexed citations
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Eichenbaum, Howard, Tim Otto, & Neal J. Cohen. (1994). The hippocampal memory system and its functional comments: Further explication and clarification. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 17(3). 500–517. 4 indexed citations
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Otto, Tim & Howard Eichenbaum. (1992). Complementary roles of the orbital prefrontal cortex and the perirhinal-entorhinal cortices in an odor-guided delayed-nonmatching-to-sample task.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 106(5). 762–775. 280 indexed citations
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Eichenbaum, Howard, Tim Otto, & Neal J. Cohen. (1992). The hippocampus—what does it do?. Behavioral and Neural Biology. 57(1). 2–36. 731 indexed citations breakdown →
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