2026 Ad Aertsen: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	82	1497	1361	133	128	269	27353

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Neuroscience

1497

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128

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27353

Overview

Ad Aertsen is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has a research portfolio largely centered on neuroscience and related engineering fields. Their work spans several subfields, primarily cognitive neuroscience, electrical and electronic engineering, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main fields of study for Aertsen include:

Neuroscience
Engineering

Within these areas, the subfields of study they focus on include:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Signal Processing

Aertsen's research covers a range of topics, such as:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Multisensory perception and integration
Face Recognition and Perception
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

The scientist has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in the following journals:

PLoS Computational Biology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Nature Computational Science
Biological Cybernetics

Some of their recent papers include:

"Facilitating the propagation of spiking activity in feedforward networks by including feedback," 2020, PLoS Computational Biology
"Relevance of network topology for the dynamics of biological neuronal networks," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Spontaneous Necker-cube reversals may not be that spontaneous," 2023, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
"Insights into hippocampal network function," 2021, Nature Computational Science
"Spontaneous Necker-Cube Reversals are not that Spontaneous," 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Aertsen include:

Arvind Kumar
Hedyeh Rezaei
Alireza Valizadeh
Mareike Wilson
Lukas Hecker

Best Publications

Dynamics of Ongoing Activity: Explanation of the Large Variability in Evoked Cortical Responses

Amos Arieli;Alexander Sterkin;Amiram Grinvald;Ad Aertsen

2097
Citations
Dynamics of neuronal firing correlation: modulation of "effective connectivity"

A. M. H. H. Aertsen;G. L. Gerstein;M. K. Habib;G. Palm

1483
Citations
Spike Synchronization and Rate Modulation Differentially Involved in Motor Cortical Function

Alexa Riehle;Sonja Grün;Sonja Grün;Markus Diesmann;Markus Diesmann;Ad Aertsen;Ad Aertsen

1238
Citations
Review of the BCI Competition IV

Michael Tangermann;Klaus Robert Müller;Ad Aertsen;Niels Birbaumer

1208
Citations
Stable propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks

Markus Diesmann;Marc-Oliver Gewaltig;Marc-Oliver Gewaltig;Ad Aertsen

1199
Citations
Dynamics of neuronal interactions in monkey cortex in relation to behavioural events

E. Vaadia;I. Haalman;M. Abeles;H. Bergman

969
Citations
Inference of hand movements from local field potentials in monkey motor cortex

Carsten Mehring;Jörn Rickert;Eilon Vaadia;Simone Cardoso de Oliveira

547
Citations
Spiking activity propagation in neuronal networks: reconciling different perspectives on neural coding

Arvind Kumar;Stefan Rotter;Ad Aertsen

530
Citations
Hand movement direction decoded from MEG and EEG.

Stephan Waldert;Hubert Preissl;Evariste Demandt;Christoph Braun

520
Citations
Signal quality of simultaneously recorded invasive and non-invasive EEG.

Tonio Ball;Markus Kern;Isabella Mutschler;Ad Aertsen

480
Citations
Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Balanced Random Networks

Abigail Morrison;Ad Aertsen;Markus Diesmann

455
Citations
Prediction of arm movement trajectories from ECoG-recordings in humans

Tobias Pistohl;Tonio Ball;Andreas Schulze-Bonhage;Ad Aertsen

424
Citations
Encoding of movement direction in different frequency ranges of motor cortical local field potentials.

Jörn Rickert;Simone Cardoso de Oliveira;Eilon Vaadia;Ad Aertsen

394
Citations
Neuronal assemblies

G.L. Gerstein;P. Bedenbaugh;A.M.H.J. Aertsen

379
Citations
Evaluation of neuronal connectivity: sensitivity of cross-correlation

Ad M.H.J. Aertsen;George L. Gerstein

369
Citations
Unitary events in multiple single-neuron spiking activity: I. detection and significance

Sonja Grün;Markus Diesmann;Ad Aertsen

319
Citations
The Spectro-Temporal Receptive Field

A. M. Aertsen;P. I. Johannesma

319
Citations
Motor Task Variation Induces Structural Learning

Daniel A. Braun;Ad Aertsen;Daniel M. Wolpert;Carsten Mehring

305
Citations
On the significance of correlations among neuronal spike trains.

G. Palm;A. M. H. J. Aertsen;G. L. Gerstein

301
Citations
Movement related activity in the high gamma range of the human EEG

Tonio Ball;Evariste Demandt;Isabella Mutschler;Isabella Mutschler;Eva Neitzel

300
Citations