Neural dynamics and brain function

Neural dynamics and brain function is a research topic within Cognitive Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 87k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of neuronal oscillations, synchronization, and neural activity in cortical networks. It investigates the role of gamma rhythms, interneurons, and sensory processing, as well as their implications for working memory, neural synchrony, and cognitive functions.

Neuronal Oscillations
Cortical Networks
Synchronization
Gamma Rhythms
Neural Activity
Interneurons
Sensory Processing
Working Memory
Neural Synchrony
Cognitive Functions

Research works: 87k
In the world top 10%: 8.5k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -1%
Largest producer: United States

Neural dynamics and brain function

Which countries lead Neural dynamics and brain function research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.6k and 2.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 3.6k works
2 China 2.5k works
3 Germany 1k works
4 United Kingdom 771 works
5 Japan 602 works
6 France 542 works
7 Italy 492 works
8 Canada 460 works
9 India 368 works
10 Russia 293 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States3,614 · 34.0%China2,476 · 23.3%Germany1,006 · 9.5%United Kingdom771 · 7.3%6 others listed2,757 · 26.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Neural dynamics and brain function research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Neural dynamics and brain function research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 204 works
2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 150 works
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 130 works
4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 107 works
5 New York UniversityUnited States 103 works
6 Max Planck SocietyGermany 99 works
7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 94 works
8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 89 works
9 InsermFrance 82 works
10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 77 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neural dynamics and brain function?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neural dynamics and brain function include Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey E. Hinton and Richard M. Durbin.

1 Yoshua Bengio Canada 476k citations
2 Geoffrey E. Hinton Canada 454k citations
3 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
4 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k citations
5 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
6 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
7 John Q. Trojanowski United States 286k citations
8 Wei Huang China 267k citations
9 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Neural dynamics and brain function?

The most cited paper in Neural dynamics and brain function is "Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning" (Volodymyr Mnih, Koray Kavukcuoglu, David Lawrence Silver et al., 2015), with 31,206 citations. Next come "EEGLAB: an open source toolbox for analysis of single-trial EEG dynamics including independent component analysis" (25,692) and "Improved patch-clamp techniques for high-resolution current recording from cells and cell-free membrane patches" (18,543).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning Volodymyr Mnih, Koray Kavukcuoglu, David Lawrence Silver et al. · Nature	24 Feb 2015	31,206
2	EEGLAB: an open source toolbox for analysis of single-trial EEG dynamics including independent component analysis Arnaud Delorme, Scott Makeig · Journal of Neuroscience Methods	5 Feb 2004	25,692
3	Improved patch-clamp techniques for high-resolution current recording from cells and cell-free membrane patches Owen P. Hamill, Alain Marty, Erwin Neher et al. · Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology	Aug 1981	18,543
4	Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex David Hunter Hubel, T. N. Wiesel · The Journal of Physiology Open access	1962	13,971
5	An Integrative Theory of Prefrontal Cortex Function Earl K. Miller, Jonathan D. Cohen · Annual Review of Neuroscience Review	Mar 2001	13,094

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Where is Neural dynamics and brain function research done?

The largest centres of Neural dynamics and brain function research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 531 works
2 ParisFrance 251 works
3 LondonUnited Kingdom 236 works
4 New YorkUnited States 234 works
5 ShanghaiChina 233 works
6 TokyoJapan 211 works
7 HangzhouChina 147 works
8 SeoulSouth Korea 139 works
9 CambridgeUnited States 135 works
10 BostonUnited States 128 works

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Where is the best place to study Neural dynamics and brain function?

Among universities, judged by research, Changzhou University, Lanzhou University of Technology and Central China Normal University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Changzhou UniversityChina	70.6	55.7%	7.3×	22	+38.4%
2	Lanzhou University of TechnologyChina	66.5	50.6%	7.2×	27	+133.5%
3	Central China Normal UniversityChina	57.1	39.5%	6.8×	20	+123.0%
4	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	57.0	15.3%	5.7×	107	-19.8%
5	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	57.0	13.6%	5.4×	89	-4.1%
6	Harvard UniversityUnited States	56.4	15.5%	3.5×	130	-16.1%
7	New York UniversityUnited States	54.9	12.5%	7.8×	103	-9.8%
8	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States	53.2	20.0%	7.4×	60	-16.4%
9	Columbia UniversityUnited States	52.9	15.6%	5.3×	68	+2.2%
10	Yale UniversityUnited States	52.1	14.1%	5.3×	67	+0.5%
11	University of Arkansas at FayettevilleUnited States	50.5	50.5%	3.4×	9	+73.6%
12	Peking UniversityChina	50.2	11.7%	2.9×	69	+58.7%
13	Stanford UniversityUnited States	49.8	18.1%	4.1×	71	-19.0%
14	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States	49.7	9.7%	4.3×	76	+0.2%
15	Dongguk UniversitySouth Korea	49.7	35.1%	5.1×	11	+375.2%
16	Xiangtan UniversityChina	49.6	36.7%	4.6×	13	+292.7%
17	École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland	48.4	12.0%	8.9×	43	-2.8%
18	Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael	47.7	12.8%	6.0×	36	+13.2%
19	Emory UniversityUnited States	47.3	8.8%	5.4×	51	+31.7%
20	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	46.8	14.2%	4.2×	58	-19.8%
21	Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands	46.6	12.9%	7.5×	52	-23.3%
22	Zhejiang UniversityChina	46.3	10.0%	2.1×	66	+75.6%
23	McGill UniversityCanada	46.1	15.3%	5.5×	64	-22.0%
24	Princeton UniversityUnited States	45.5	18.5%	6.5×	34	-31.2%
25	University of California San DiegoUnited States	45.2	11.9%	5.9×	67	-29.4%
26	University of PittsburghUnited States	45.2	9.4%	6.9×	64	-8.0%
27	Fudan UniversityChina	45.1	11.7%	2.7×	50	+75.5%
28	University of OttawaCanada	44.4	10.3%	4.4×	34	+27.8%
29	The University of TokyoJapan	44.2	5.3%	5.1×	74	+2.2%
30	Beijing Normal UniversityChina	43.5	8.6%	4.1×	38	+40.3%
31	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina	43.2	13.1%	1.9×	37	+38.1%
32	Tsinghua UniversityChina	43.1	10.4%	1.7×	46	+34.0%
33	The University of MelbourneAustralia	43.0	10.0%	2.5×	33	+19.6%
34	Washington University in St. LouisUnited States	42.9	10.8%	5.1×	43	-5.5%
35	University of TorontoCanada	42.8	9.0%	3.0×	70	-15.8%
36	Boston UniversityUnited States	42.8	7.1%	7.7×	43	-4.7%
37	Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands	42.4	12.6%	6.0×	28	-5.8%
38	Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael	42.0	11.2%	3.2×	30	+41.2%
39	University of MinnesotaUnited States	41.7	14.1%	4.7×	40	-1.8%
40	Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States	41.7	7.8%	5.1×	37	+16.5%
41	Chongqing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina	41.1	35.1%	3.5×	12	-1.1%
42	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityJapan	39.6	6.3%	30.2×	18	+12.8%
43	University of OregonUnited States	39.6	10.4%	10.2×	16	+28.5%
44	Maastricht UniversityNetherlands	38.8	5.1%	5.0×	23	+4.2%
45	Zhejiang University of Science and TechnologyChina	38.3	26.1%	3.9×	8	+144.4%
46	University of Hong KongChina	37.9	9.4%	1.7×	18	+79.9%
47	National University of SingaporeSingapore	37.1	19.4%	1.2×	17	+3.8%
48	Karolinska InstitutetSweden	35.3	15.9%	2.8×	19	-17.7%
49	N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodRussia	34.8	2.7%	16.2×	24	+42.6%
50	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	34.6	17.9%	1.9×	17	-7.8%
51	Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityRussia	33.7	9.9%	16.8×	14	+188.7%
52	Brandeis UniversityUnited States	32.7	13.7%	14.4×	13	-32.1%
53	Rockefeller UniversityUnited States	32.2	7.5%	11.3×	8	+13.5%
54	New Jersey Institute of TechnologyUnited States	32.1	2.1%	10.1×	13	+32.5%
55	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	30.6	15.4%	0.8×	8	+97.3%
56	Salesian UniversityMexico	30.1	8.6%	221.6×	12	-
57	Chinese University of Hong KongChina	30.1	9.3%	1.2×	10	+30.0%
58	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina	28.1	6.1%	1.9×	9	+27.2%
59	City University of Hong KongChina	27.9	8.7%	1.9×	13	-11.3%
60	Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi AvanzatiItaly	26.0	7.7%	19.3×	10	-14.5%
61	Saratov State UniversityRussia	22.1	1.8%	15.4×	15	-7.8%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Neural dynamics and brain function, country by country

Is Neural dynamics and brain function research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Neural dynamics and brain function as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.055% in 2024.

Fractional works of Neural dynamics and brain function over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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Which countries lead Neural dynamics and brain function research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Neural dynamics and brain function research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Neural dynamics and brain function?

What are the most cited papers in Neural dynamics and brain function?

Where is Neural dynamics and brain function research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Neural dynamics and brain function?

Is Neural dynamics and brain function research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

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