TJ Sejnowski

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

TJ Sejnowski is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, TJ Sejnowski has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in TJ Sejnowski's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (3 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (3 papers). TJ Sejnowski is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (3 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (3 papers). TJ Sejnowski collaborates with scholars based in United States. TJ Sejnowski's co-authors include P. Read Montague, Peter Dayan, Mircea Steriade, Diego Contreras, Alain Destexhe, Robert Desimone, Jennifer M. Jester and William W. Lytton and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PubMed and Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland).

In The Last Decade

TJ Sejnowski

10 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

A framework for mesencephalic dopamine systems based on p... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 400 800 1.2k
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. A framework for mesencephalic dopamine systems based on predictive Hebbian learning
    1996 1.4k citations P. Read Montague, Peter Dayan et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
TJ Sejnowski United States 9 1.6k 936 386 151 127 10 2.0k
Kazuyuki Samejima Japan 16 1.4k 0.9× 563 0.6× 193 0.5× 218 1.4× 248 2.0× 36 2.1k
Doug P. Hanes United States 15 3.7k 2.3× 495 0.5× 275 0.7× 319 2.1× 51 0.4× 17 4.0k
Jamie D. Roitman United States 17 2.3k 1.5× 541 0.6× 183 0.5× 206 1.4× 185 1.5× 26 2.9k
Germund Hesslow Sweden 33 1.5k 1.0× 976 1.0× 223 0.6× 166 1.1× 268 2.1× 68 3.3k
Timothy D. Hanks United States 14 1.8k 1.2× 443 0.5× 188 0.5× 167 1.1× 84 0.7× 21 2.1k
WT Newsome United States 8 4.6k 2.9× 1.3k 1.4× 556 1.4× 303 2.0× 101 0.8× 8 4.9k
Brian Lau United States 23 1.5k 1.0× 733 0.8× 206 0.5× 127 0.8× 70 0.6× 64 2.3k
Jeremiah Y. Cohen United States 19 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 631 1.6× 114 0.8× 48 0.4× 41 2.5k
Emmanuel Procyk France 27 2.3k 1.4× 398 0.4× 109 0.3× 189 1.3× 148 1.2× 62 2.7k
Amos Arieli Israel 28 5.9k 3.7× 2.6k 2.8× 305 0.8× 267 1.8× 213 1.7× 52 6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by TJ Sejnowski

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Fields of papers citing papers by TJ Sejnowski

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of TJ Sejnowski

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Destexhe, Alain, et al.. (1996). In vivo, in vitro, and computational analysis of dendritic calcium currents in thalamic reticular neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 16(1). 169–185. 196 indexed citations
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Montague, P. Read, Peter Dayan, & TJ Sejnowski. (1996). A framework for mesencephalic dopamine systems based on predictive Hebbian learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 16(5). 1936–1947. 1411 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sejnowski, TJ, et al.. (1996). Quantifying neighbourhood preservation in topographic mappings. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 61–82. 28 indexed citations
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Sejnowski, TJ, et al.. (1995). A selection model for motion processing in area MT of primates. Journal of Neuroscience. 15(2). 1195–1214. 138 indexed citations
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Sejnowski, TJ, et al.. (1992). Distributed processing of sensory information in the leech. III. A dynamical neural network model of the local bending reflex. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(10). 3877–3895. 40 indexed citations
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Sejnowski, TJ, et al.. (1992). Predicting responses of nonlinear neurons in monkey striate cortex to complex patterns. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(9). 3568–3581. 44 indexed citations
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Lytton, William W., et al.. (1992). Computer simulations of EPSP-spike (E-S) potentiation in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(2). 607–618. 38 indexed citations
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Dayan, Peter, et al.. (1992). Expectation learning in the brain using diffuse ascending projections. 1210. 4 indexed citations
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Sejnowski, TJ. (1982). Peptidergic synaptic transmission in sympathetic ganglia.. PubMed. 41(13). 2923–8. 23 indexed citations

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