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D-Index
82
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27353
World Ranking
1497
National Ranking
133

Ad Aertsen publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ad Aertsen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 269 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Ad Aertsen D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ad Aertsen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

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

  • Dynamics of neuronal firing correlation: modulation of "effective connectivity"

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

  • 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

  • Review of the BCI Competition IV

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

  • Stable propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks

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

  • Dynamics of neuronal interactions in monkey cortex in relation to behavioural events

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

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

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

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

    Arvind Kumar;Stefan Rotter;Ad Aertsen

  • Hand movement direction decoded from MEG and EEG.

    Stephan Waldert;Hubert Preissl;Evariste Demandt;Christoph Braun

  • Signal quality of simultaneously recorded invasive and non-invasive EEG.

    Tonio Ball;Markus Kern;Isabella Mutschler;Ad Aertsen

  • Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Balanced Random Networks

    Abigail Morrison;Ad Aertsen;Markus Diesmann

  • Prediction of arm movement trajectories from ECoG-recordings in humans

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

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

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

  • Neuronal assemblies

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

  • Evaluation of neuronal connectivity: sensitivity of cross-correlation

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

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

    Sonja Grün;Markus Diesmann;Ad Aertsen

  • The Spectro-Temporal Receptive Field

    A. M. Aertsen;P. I. Johannesma

  • Motor Task Variation Induces Structural Learning

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

  • On the significance of correlations among neuronal spike trains.

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

  • Movement related activity in the high gamma range of the human EEG

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Schulze-Bonhage
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage University of Freiburg
Tonio Ball
Tonio Ball University of Freiburg
Markus Diesmann
Markus Diesmann RWTH Aachen University
Jos J. Eggermont
Jos J. Eggermont University of Calgary
Günther Palm
Günther Palm University of Ulm
Eilon Vaadia
Eilon Vaadia Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michael Erb
Michael Erb Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
George L. Gerstein
George L. Gerstein University of Pennsylvania
Detlef H. Heck
Detlef H. Heck University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Guillaume S. Masson
Guillaume S. Masson Aix-Marseille University

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