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Alessandro E. P. Villa

Alessandro E. P. Villa

University of Lausanne
Switzerland

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
6348
World Ranking
8531
National Ranking
196

Alessandro E. P. Villa 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 Alessandro E. P. Villa sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 196 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alessandro E. P. Villa 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 Alessandro E. P. Villa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alessandro E. P. Villa is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and has an extensive research portfolio primarily concentrated in the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence, psychiatry and mental health, otorhinolaryngology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects including EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neural and behavioral psychology studies, neural dynamics and brain function, functional brain connectivity studies, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), head and neck cancer studies, and optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques.

Recent publications by Villa include:

  • Attention Networks in ADHD Adults after Working Memory Training with a Dual n-Back Task, 2020, Brain Sciences
  • Electrophysiological Markers of Fairness and Selfishness Revealed by a Combination of Dictator and Ultimatum Games, 2022, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • On the semantics of ecoacoustic codes, 2023, Biosystems
  • A Review of Immunotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer, 2024, Journal of Dental Research
  • Financial Burden of Dental Care Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer, 2024, JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Villa has published in various frequently appearing venues, including:

  • Brain Sciences
  • Brainiacs Journal of Brain Imaging And Computing Sciences
  • Biosystems
  • JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
  • Scientific Reports

Collaborative work is reflected in frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Alessandra Lintas, Manon Jaquerod, Michel Bader, Yoshiyuki Asai, and Sarah K. Mesrobian.

In addition to research articles, Villa has contributed to book publications, including a chapter in "Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics (VII)" published by Springer Nature in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of n-octanol/water partition coefficients from PHYSPROP database using artificial neural networks and E-state indices.

    Igor V. Tetko;Vsevolod Yu. Tanchuk;Alessandro E. P. Villa

  • Estimation of aqueous solubility of chemical compounds using E-state indices.

    Igor V. Tetko;Vsevolod Yu. Tanchuk;Tamara N. Kasheva;Alessandro E. P. Villa

  • Auditory corticocortical interconnections in the cat: evidence for parallel and hierarchical arrangement of the auditory cortical areas.

    E. M. Rouiller;E. M. Rouiller;G. M. Simm;A. E. P. Villa;Y. de Ribaupierre

  • Changes of single unit activity in the cat's auditory thalamus and cortex associated to different anesthetic conditions

    P. Zurita;A.E.P. Villa;Y. de Ribaupierre;F. de Ribaupierre

  • Corticofugal modulation of the information processing in the auditory thalamus of the cat.

    A. E. P. Villa;E. M. Rouiller;G. M. Simm;P. Zurita

  • Parvalbumin deficiency affects network properties resulting in increased susceptibility to epileptic seizures.

    Beat Schwaller;I. V. Tetko;P. Tandon;D. C. Silveira

  • Functional organization of the ventral division of the medial geniculate body of the cat: evidence for a rostro-caudal gradient of response properties and cortical projections.

    C. Rodrigues-Dagaeff;G. Simm;Y. De Ribaupierre;A. Villa

  • Spatiotemporal activity patterns of rat cortical neurons predict responses in a conditioned task

    Alessandro E. P. Villa;Igor V. Tetko;Brian Hyland;Abdellatif Najem

  • Dynamics of pruning in simulated large-scale spiking neural networks.

    Javier Iglesias;Jan Eriksson;François Grize;Marco Tomassini

  • Evidence for a repetitive (burst) firing pattern in a sub-population of 5-hydroxytryptamine neurons in the dorsal and median raphe nuclei of the rat.

    M. Hajós;S.E. Gartside;A.E.P. Villa;T. Sharp

  • Functional organization of the medial division of the medial geniculate body of the cat: tonotopic organization, spatial distribution of response properties and cortical connections.

    E.M. Rouiller;C. Rodrigues-Dagaeff;G. Simm;Y. De Ribaupierre

  • Reversible deactivation of cerebral network components

    Betram R Payne;Stephen G Lomber;Stephen G Lomber;Stephen G Lomber;Alessandro E Villa;Alessandro E Villa;Alessandro E Villa;Jean Bullier;Jean Bullier;Jean Bullier

  • POEtic tissue: an integrated architecture for bio-inspired hardware

    Andy M. Tyrrell;Eduardo Sanchez;Dario Floreano;Gianluca Tempesti

  • Morphology and spatial distribution of corticothalamic terminals originating from the cat auditory cortex

    V. M. Bajo;E. M. Rouiller;E. Welker;S. Clarke

  • Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2012

    Alessandro E. P. Villa;Włodzisław Duch;Péter Érdi;Francesco Masulli

  • Efficient partition of learning data sets for neural network training

    Igor V. Tetko;Alessandro E. P. Villa

  • Internet Software for the Calculation of the Lipophilicity and Aqueous Solubility of Chemical Compounds

    Igor V. Tetko;Vsevolod Yu. Tanchuk;and Tamara N. Kasheva;Alessandro E. P. Villa

  • Evidence for spatiotemporal firing patterns within the auditory thalamus of the cat.

    Alessandro E.P. Villa;Moshe Abeles

  • An unsupervised automatic method for sorting neuronal spike waveforms in awake and freely moving animals.

    Tetyana I. Aksenova;Tetyana I. Aksenova;Olga K. Chibirova;Oleksandr A. Dryga;Igor V. Tetko

  • Physiological differentiation within the auditory part of the thalamic reticular nucleus of the cat

    Alessandro E.P. Villa

  • A pattern grouping algorithm for analysis of spatiotemporal patterns in neuronal spike trains. 1. Detection of repeated patterns

    Igor V. Tetko;Alessandro E.P. Villa

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor V. Tetko
Igor V. Tetko Helmholtz Zentrum München
Eric M. Rouiller
Eric M. Rouiller University of Fribourg
Beat Schwaller
Beat Schwaller University of Fribourg
Günther Palm
Günther Palm University of Ulm
Brian I. Hyland
Brian I. Hyland University of Otago
Marco R. Celio
Marco R. Celio University of Fribourg
Włodzisław Duch
Włodzisław Duch Nicolaus Copernicus University
Alim-Louis Benabid
Alim-Louis Benabid Grenoble Alpes University
Jean Bullier
Jean Bullier Grenoble Alpes University
Stephen G. Lomber
Stephen G. Lomber McGill University

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