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Afonso C. Silva 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 Afonso C. Silva sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 155 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Afonso C. Silva 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 Afonso C. Silva sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Tissue specific perfusion imaging using arterial spin labeling.

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

  • Marmosets: A Neuroscientific Model of Human Social Behavior

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Sensitivity of MRI resonance frequency to the orientation of brain tissue microstructure

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

  • Brains, Genes, and Primates

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

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

    Afonso C. Silva;Alan P. Koretsky

  • 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

  • Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI)

    Alan P. Koretsky;Afonso C. Silva

  • Functional reactivity of cerebral capillaries.

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

  • Micro-compartment specific T2* relaxation in the brain.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Manganese-Enhanced MRI: An Exceptional Tool in Translational Neuroimaging

    Afonso C. Silva;Nicholas A. Bock

  • 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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan P. Koretsky
Alan P. Koretsky National Institutes of Health
David A. Leopold
David A. Leopold National Institutes of Health
Masaki Fukunaga
Masaki Fukunaga National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Jeff H. Duyn
Jeff H. Duyn National Institutes of Health
Frank Q. Ye
Frank Q. Ye National Institutes of Health
Roberto Lent
Roberto Lent Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Fernanda Tovar-Moll
Fernanda Tovar-Moll Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Martina Absinta
Martina Absinta San Raffaele Hospital
Peter L. Strick
Peter L. Strick University of Pittsburgh

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