🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Samuel A. Nastase

University of Southern California

ORCID: 0000-0001-7013-5275

Also affiliated with Princeton University

NeurosciencePsychology

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

Top 1%percentile
4.8Author DataRank

Indexed papers

4in pilot corpus
datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology
Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 4 indexed papers attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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Top data-sharing exemplar

The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

The “Narratives” fMRI dataset for evaluating models of naturalistic language comprehension

Scientific Data(2021)10.1038/s41597-021-01033-3
Top 7%
3.0DataRank
Top 7%154 citations

Yunfei Liu, Hanna Hillman, Asieh Zadbood, Liat Hasenfratz, Neggin Keshavarzian +20 more

Papers

Driven by 33 papers — median percentile 70. Top paper: “Keep it real: rethinking the primacy of experimental control in cognitive neuroscience”.

Keep it real: rethinking the primacy of experimental control in cognitive neuroscience

NeuroImage(2020)10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117254
N/A
6.2DataRank · unranked
364 citations

Ariel Goldstein, Uri Hasson, Samuel A. Nastase

The “Narratives” fMRI dataset for evaluating models of naturalistic language comprehension

Scientific Data(2021)10.1038/s41597-021-01033-3
Top 7%
3.0DataRank
Top 7%154 citations

Yunfei Liu, Hanna Hillman, Asieh Zadbood, Liat Hasenfratz, Neggin Keshavarzian +20 more

Thinking ahead: spontaneous prediction in context as a keystone of language in humans and machines

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.12.02.403477
N/A
2.1DataRank · unranked
52 citations

Zaid Zada, Eliav Buchnik, Mariano Schain, Amy Price, Bobbi Aubrey +27 more

Narratives: fMRI data for evaluating models of naturalistic language comprehension

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.12.23.424091
Top 14%
1.5DataRank
Top 14%35 citations

Yunfei Liu, Hanna Hillman, Asieh Zadbood, Liat Hasenfratz, Neggin Keshavarzian +20 more

Shared computational principles for language processing in humans and deep language models

Nature Neuroscience(2022)10.1038/s41593-022-01026-4
N/A
0.920DataRank · unranked
459 citations

Zaid Zada, Eliav Buchnik, Mariano Schain, Amy Price, Bobbi Aubrey +27 more

Neural representations of naturalistic events are updated as our understanding of the past changes

eLife(2022)10.7554/elife.79045
N/A
0.590DataRank · unranked
50 citations

Samuel A. Nastase, Janice Chen, Kenneth A. Norman, Uri Hasson, Asieh Zadbood

Teacher-student neural coupling during teaching and learning

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.05.07.082958
N/A
0.449DataRank · unranked
19 citations

Ashley Chang, Emily Micciche, Meir Meshulam, Samuel A. Nastase, Uri Hasson +1 more

A shared linguistic space for transmitting our thoughts from brain to brain in natural conversations

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.06.27.546708
N/A
0.406DataRank · unranked
14 citations

Ariel Goldstein, Sebastian Michelmann, Erez Simony, Amy Price, Liat Hasenfratz +12 more

The “Podcast” ECoG dataset for modeling neural activity during natural language comprehension

Scientific Data(2025)10.1038/s41597-025-05462-2
Top 47%
0.390DataRank
Top 47%10 citations

Samuel A. Nastase, Bobbi Aubrey, Itamar Jalon, Sebastian Michelmann, Haocheng Wang +11 more

Temporal structure of natural language processing in the human brain corresponds to layered hierarchy of large language models

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-65518-0
N/A
0.345DataRank · unranked
9 citations

Eric Ham, Mariano Schain, Samuel A. Nastase, Bobbi Aubrey, Zaid Zada +17 more

Scale matters: Large language models with billions (rather than millions) of parameters better match neural representations of natural language

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.06.12.598513
N/A
0.104DataRank · unranked
1 citations

Haocheng Wang, Zaid Zada, Harshvardhan Gazula, David D. Turner, Bobbi Aubrey +11 more

Cross-movie prediction of individualized functional topography

eLife(2023)10.7554/elife.86037
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
7 citations

Ma Feilong, Samuel A. Nastase, James V. Haxby, M. Ida Gobbini, Guo Jiahui

Shared functional specialization in transformer-based language models and the human brain

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-49173-5
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
57 citations

Theodore R. Sumers, Takateru Yamakoshi, Ariel Goldstein, Uri Hasson, Kenneth A. Norman +4 more

Alignment of brain embeddings and artificial contextual embeddings in natural language points to common geometric patterns

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-46631-y
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
65 citations

Avigail Grinstein-Dabush, Mariano Schain, Haocheng Wang, Zhuoqiao Hong, Bobbi Aubrey +17 more

A shared model-based linguistic space for transmitting our thoughts from brain to brain in natural conversations

Neuron(2024)10.1016/j.neuron.2024.06.025
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
64 citations

Ariel Goldstein, Sebastian Michelmann, Erez Simony, Amy Price, Liat Hasenfratz +12 more

Scale matters: Large language models with billions (rather than millions) of parameters better match neural representations of natural language

eLife(2024)10.7554/elife.101204
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Haocheng Wang, Zaid Zada, Harshvardhan Gazula, David D. Turner, Bobbi Aubrey +11 more

A unified acoustic-to-speech-to-language embedding space captures the neural basis of natural language processing in everyday conversations

Nature Human Behaviour(2025)10.1038/s41562-025-02105-9
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
33 citations

Haocheng Wang, Leonard Niekerken, Mariano Schain, Zaid Zada, Bobbi Aubrey +18 more

Linguistic coupling between neural systems for speech production and comprehension during real-time dyadic conversations

Neuron(2025)10.1016/j.neuron.2025.11.004
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Samuel A. Nastase, Sebastian Speer, Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo, Lily Tsoi, Shannon M. Burns +4 more

Cortical language areas are coupled via a soft hierarchy of model-based linguistic features

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.06.02.657491
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
4 citations

Zaid Zada, Tamara Vanderwal, Uri Hasson, Samuel A. Nastase, Ahmad Samara

Linguistic coupling between neural systems for speech production and comprehension during real-time dyadic conversations

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.02.14.638276
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
3 citations

Samuel A. Nastase, Sebastian Speer, Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo, Lily Tsoi, Shannon M. Burns +4 more

The “Podcast” ECoG dataset for modeling neural activity during natural language comprehension

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.02.14.638352
Top 100%
0DataRank
Top 100%0 citations

Samuel A. Nastase, Bobbi Aubrey, Itamar Jalon, Sebastian Michelmann, Haocheng Wang +11 more

Direct Fit to Nature: An Evolutionary Perspective on Biological and Artificial Neural Networks

Neuron(2020)10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.002
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
360 citations

Samuel A. Nastase, Ariel Goldstein, Uri Hasson

Context modulates brain state dynamics and behavioral responses during narrative comprehension

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.04.05.647323
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Zaid Zada, Samuel A. Nastase, F. Gregory Ashby, Satrajit S. Ghosh, Yibei Chen

Leveraging shared connectivity to aggregate heterogeneous datasets into a common response space

NeuroImage(2020)10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116865
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
43 citations

Yun-Fei Liu, Hanna Hillman, Kenneth A. Norman, Uri Hasson, Samuel A. Nastase

Teacher–student neural coupling during teaching and learning

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience(2021)10.1093/scan/nsab103
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
60 citations

Ashley Chang, Emily Micciche, Meir Meshulam, Samuel A. Nastase, Uri Hasson +1 more

Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences—An OHBM–Open Science perspective

GigaScience(2021)10.1093/gigascience/giab051
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
55 citations

Cassandra Gould van Praag, Rémi Gau, Stephan Heunis, Elizabeth DuPré, Gregory Kiar +95 more

Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience

Neuron(2021)10.1016/j.neuron.2021.04.001
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
53 citations

Stephanie Noble, Katja Heuer, Katherine L. Bottenhorn, Isil Poyraz Bilgin, Yufang Yang +95 more

Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences - An OHBM - Open Science perspective

Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine)(2021)10.31234/osf.io/vj5tu
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
6 citations

Cassandra Gould van Praag, Rémi Gau, Stephan Heunis, Elizabeth DuPré, Greg Kiar +95 more

Here’s the twist: How the brain updates the representations of naturalistic events as our understanding of the past changes

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.09.28.462068
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
5 citations

Samuel A. Nastase, Janice Chen, Kenneth A. Norman, Uri Hasson, Asieh Zadbood

Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences - An OHBM - Open Science perspective

PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints)(2021)10.31234/osf.io/vj5tu_v1
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Cassandra Gould van Praag, Rémi Gau, Stephan Heunis, Elizabeth DuPré, Greg Kiar +95 more

Shared functional specialization in transformer-based language models and the human brain

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.06.08.495348
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
31 citations

Theodore R. Sumers, Takateru Yamakoshi, Ariel Goldstein, Uri Hasson, Kenneth A. Norman +4 more

Real-time neurofeedback to alter interpretations of a naturalistic narrative

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.01.30.478388
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Samuel A. Nastase, Yaara Yeshurun, Uri Hasson, Kenneth A. Norman, Anne C. Mennen

Cross-movie prediction of individualized functional topography

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.11.21.517253
N/A
0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Ma Feilong, Samuel A. Nastase, James V. Haxby, M. Ida Gobbini, Guo Jiahui