2026 Afonso C. Silva: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	67	2917	2666	1351	1215	155	13713

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Current World Ranking

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Neuroscience

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13713

Overview

Afonso C. Silva is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their primary fields of study encompass Medicine and Neuroscience, with a substantial publication record in these areas.

Their work spans several subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Physiology, and Molecular Biology. The focus areas within these subfields cover various topics related to brain function and neurological disorders.

Key topics in Silva's research include:

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Neural dynamics and brain function
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders

Frequent publication venues for Silva include:

Alzheimer s & Dementia
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cerebral Cortex
NeuroImage
Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition

Silva has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

David J. Schaeffer
Diego Szczupak
Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo
Gregory W. Carter
Jung Eun Park

Representative recent publications by Silva include:

"A resource for the detailed 3D mapping of white matter pathways in the marmoset brain" (2020, Nature Neuroscience)
"Accelerating the Evolution of Nonhuman Primate Neuroimaging" (2020, Neuron)
"Marmoset Brain Mapping V3: Population multi-modal standard volumetric and surface-based templates" (2020, NeuroImage)
"Toward next-generation primate neuroscience: A collaboration-based strategic plan for integrative neuroimaging" (2021, Neuron)
"An open access resource for functional brain connectivity from fully awake marmosets" (2022, NeuroImage)

Best Publications

Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI): methodological and practical considerations.

Afonso C. Silva;Jung Hee Lee;Ichio Aoki;Alan P. Koretsky

571
Citations
In vivo neuronal tract tracing using manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.

Robia G. Pautler;Afonso C. Silva;Alan P. Koretsky

548
Citations
Superficial white matter fiber systems impede detection of long-range cortical connections in diffusion MR tractography

Colin Reveley;Anil K. Seth;Carlo Pierpaoli;Afonso C. Silva

459
Citations
Tissue specific perfusion imaging using arterial spin labeling.

John A. Detre;Weiguo Zhang;David A. Roberts;Afonso C. Silva

445
Citations
Marmosets: A Neuroscientific Model of Human Social Behavior

Cory T. Miller;Winrich A. Freiwald;David A. Leopold;Jude F. Mitchell

370
Citations
Diffusion-weighted spin-echo fMRI at 9.4 T: microvascular/tissue contribution to BOLD signal changes.

Sang Pil Lee;Afonso C. Silva;Kamil Ugurbil;Seong Gi Kim

348
Citations
In vivo detection of neuroarchitecture in the rodent brain using manganese-enhanced MRI.

Ichio Aoki;Yi Jen Lin Wu;Afonso C. Silva;Ronald M. Lynch

344
Citations
Sensitivity of MRI resonance frequency to the orientation of brain tissue microstructure

Jongho Lee;Karin Shmueli;Masaki Fukunaga;Peter van Gelderen

308
Citations
Brains, Genes, and Primates

Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte;Edward M. Callaway;Sarah J. Caddick;Patricia Churchland

296
Citations
Laminar specificity of functional MRI onset times during somatosensory stimulation in rat

Afonso C. Silva;Alan P. Koretsky

296
Citations
Functional MRI of calcium-dependent synaptic activity: cross correlation with CBF and BOLD measurements.

Timothy Q. Duong;Afonso C. Silva;Sang Pil Lee;Seong Gi Kim

293
Citations
Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI)

Alan P. Koretsky;Afonso C. Silva

282
Citations
Functional reactivity of cerebral capillaries.

Bojana Stefanovic;Elizabeth B Hutchinson;Victoria Yakovleva;Vincent Schram

255
Citations
Micro-compartment specific T2* relaxation in the brain.

Pascal Sati;Peter van Gelderen;Afonso C. Silva;Daniel S. Reich

233
Citations
The contribution of myelin to magnetic susceptibility-weighted contrasts in high-field MRI of the brain.

Jongho Lee;Karin Shmueli;Byeong-Teck Kang;Byeong-Teck Kang;Bing Yao

231
Citations
Simultaneous blood oxygenation level-dependent and cerebral blood flow functional magnetic resonance imaging during forepaw stimulation in the rat.

Afonso C. Silva;Sang-Pil Lee;Guang Yang;Costantino Iadecola

229
Citations
Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of mouse brain after systemic administration of MnCl2: dose-dependent and temporal evolution of T1 contrast.

Jung Hee Lee;Afonso C. Silva;Hellmut Merkle;Alan P. Koretsky

210
Citations
Early temporal characteristics of cerebral blood flow and deoxyhemoglobin changes during somatosensory stimulation.

Afonso C. Silva;Sang-Pil Lee;Costantino Iadecola;Seong-Gi Kim

209
Citations
Manganese-Enhanced MRI: An Exceptional Tool in Translational Neuroimaging

Afonso C. Silva;Nicholas A. Bock

201
Citations
A digital 3D atlas of the marmoset brain based on multi-modal MRI.

Cirong Liu;Frank Q. Ye;Cecil Chern-Chyi Yen;John D. Newman

198
Citations
NMR Measurement of Perfusion Using Arterial Spin Labeling Without Saturation of Macromolecular Spins

Weiguo Zhang;Afonso C. Silva;Donald S. Williams;Alan P. Koretsky

197
Citations