Ziv M. Williams

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ziv M. Williams is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziv M. Williams has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 30 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Ziv M. Williams's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (38 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (23 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (20 papers). Ziv M. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (38 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (23 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (20 papers). Ziv M. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Ziv M. Williams's co-authors include Emad N. Eskandar, G. Rees Cosgrove, George Bush, Ramin Amirnovin, Scott L. Rauch, Evan Z. Macosko, Edward S. Boyden, J. L. Sherwood, Daniel R. Berger and Paola Arlotta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ziv M. Williams

88 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cell diversity and network dynamics in photosensitive hum... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2022 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. Cell diversity and network dynamics in photosensitive human brain organoids
    2017 870 citations Ziv M. Williams et al. Nature profile →
  2. Large-scale neural recordings with single neuron resolution using Neuropixels probes in human cortex
    2022 137 citations Angelique C. Paulk, Yoav Kfir et al. Nature 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
Ziv M. Williams United States 30 2.1k 1.3k 841 775 400 93 4.1k
Adam N. Mamelak United States 51 3.3k 1.6× 1.6k 1.3× 604 0.7× 839 1.1× 483 1.2× 159 7.4k
Takuya Hayashi Japan 36 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 655 0.8× 1.7k 2.2× 447 1.1× 143 4.9k
Letizia Leocani Italy 42 2.0k 1.0× 886 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 868 1.1× 668 1.7× 241 6.4k
Joel M. Stein United States 38 1.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 357 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 442 1.1× 98 4.2k
Hajime Mushiake Japan 36 3.5k 1.7× 992 0.8× 413 0.5× 369 0.5× 444 1.1× 161 5.0k
Kelly A. Zalocusky United States 15 1.7k 0.8× 2.1k 1.7× 203 0.2× 1.7k 2.2× 511 1.3× 21 5.5k
Nancy L. Sicotte United States 37 1.6k 0.8× 390 0.3× 455 0.5× 428 0.6× 172 0.4× 78 5.4k
Anne‐Catherine Bachoud‐Lévi France 39 1.5k 0.7× 2.1k 1.7× 1.5k 1.8× 1.2k 1.6× 59 0.1× 161 4.7k
Jeanne T. Paz United States 22 1.9k 0.9× 2.5k 2.0× 330 0.4× 844 1.1× 178 0.4× 37 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ziv M. Williams

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bandyopadhyay, Debasish, Sebastian Unizony, Ziv M. Williams, et al.. (2025). Subclinical Atherosclerosis In ANCA-associated Vasculitis. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 19(4). S79–S79.
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Wimalasena, Lahiru N., Daniel B. Rubin, Ziv M. Williams, et al.. (2025). Stabilizing brain-computer interfaces through alignment of latent dynamics. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4662–4662. 4 indexed citations
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Jamali, Mohsen, Benjamin L. Grannan, Jing Cai, et al.. (2024). Semantic encoding during language comprehension at single-cell resolution. Nature. 631(8021). 610–616. 13 indexed citations
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Khanna, Arjun, William Muñoz, Young Joon Kim, et al.. (2024). Single-neuronal elements of speech production in humans. Nature. 626(7999). 603–610. 23 indexed citations
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Zelmann, Rina, Angelique C. Paulk, Britni Crocker, et al.. (2023). Differential cortical network engagement during states of un/consciousness in humans. Neuron. 111(21). 3479–3495.e6. 19 indexed citations
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Lewis, Laura D., David Zhou, Angelique C. Paulk, et al.. (2023). Characterizing brain dynamics during ketamine-induced dissociation and subsequent interactions with propofol using human intracranial neurophysiology. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1748–1748. 31 indexed citations
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Paulk, Angelique C., Yoav Kfir, Eric M. Trautmann, et al.. (2023). Robust Online Multiband Drift Estimation in Electrophysiology Data. PubMed. 10. 1–5. 4 indexed citations
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Báez-Mendoza, Raymundo, et al.. (2021). Social agent identity cells in the prefrontal cortex of interacting groups of primates. Science. 374(6566). eabb4149–eabb4149. 41 indexed citations
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Jamali, Mohsen, Benjamin L. Grannan, Evelina Fedorenko, et al.. (2021). Single-neuronal predictions of others’ beliefs in humans. Nature. 591(7851). 610–614. 56 indexed citations
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Zelmann, Rina, Angelique C. Paulk, Ishita Basu, et al.. (2020). CLoSES: A platform for closed-loop intracranial stimulation in humans. NeuroImage. 223. 117314–117314. 19 indexed citations
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Fedorenko, Evelina, Mirela V. Simon, William T. Curry, et al.. (2018). Neural encoding and production of functional morphemes in the posterior temporal lobe. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1877–1877. 19 indexed citations
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Fedorenko, Evelina, Ziv M. Williams, & Victor S. Ferreira. (2018). Remaining Puzzles about Morpheme Production in the Posterior Temporal Lobe. Neuroscience. 392. 160–163. 4 indexed citations
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Beaulieu-Laroche, Lou, Enrique H.S. Toloza, Mathieu Lafourcade, et al.. (2018). Enhanced Dendritic Compartmentalization in Human Cortical Neurons. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Beaulieu-Laroche, Lou, Enrique H.S. Toloza, Mathieu Lafourcade, et al.. (2018). Enhanced Dendritic Compartmentalization in Human Cortical Neurons. Cell. 175(3). 643–651.e14. 164 indexed citations
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Hu, Kejia, Tiansong Zhang, Matthew M. Hutter, Wen-Dong Xu, & Ziv M. Williams. (2016). Thirty-Day Perioperative Adverse Outcomes After Peripheral Nerve Surgery: An Analysis of 2351 Patients in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. World Neurosurgery. 94. 409–417. 16 indexed citations
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Shanechi, Maryam M., et al.. (2014). A cortical–spinal prosthesis for targeted limb movement in paralysed primate avatars. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3237–3237. 37 indexed citations
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Shanechi, Maryam M., et al.. (2012). Neural population partitioning and a concurrent brain-machine interface for sequential motor function. Nature Neuroscience. 15(12). 1715–1722. 67 indexed citations
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Williams, Ziv M., Victor Tse, Lewis Hou, Lei Xu, & Gerald D. Silverberg. (2000). Sonic hedgehog promotes proliferation and tyrosine hydroxylase induction of postnatal sympathetic cells in vitro. Neuroreport. 11(15). 3315–3319. 16 indexed citations

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