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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
8040
World Ranking
8019
National Ranking
3447

Alexander Opitz 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 Alexander Opitz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 110 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexander Opitz 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 Alexander Opitz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alexander Opitz is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a total of 192 publications in this field. Within neuroscience, Opitz has contributed extensively to subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Opitz's work covers several key topics including:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

They have published frequently in notable scientific venues, such as:

  • Brain Stimulation (36 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (21 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (5 publications)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology (4 publications)
  • Journal of Neural Engineering (3 publications)

Among Opitz's recent papers are:

  • Dose-dependent effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on spike timing in awake nonhuman primates (2020, Science Advances)
  • Neurocognitive, physiological, and biophysical effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (2022, Trends in Cognitive Sciences)
  • The phase of sensorimotor mu and beta oscillations has the opposite effect on corticospinal excitability (2022, Brain Stimulation)
  • Identifying regions in prefrontal cortex related to working memory improvement: A novel meta-analytic method using electric field modeling (2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • Experimental evaluation of methods for real-time EEG phase-specific transcranial magnetic stimulation (2020, Journal of Neural Engineering)

Frequent collaborators of Opitz include:

  • Ivan Alekseichuk (47 joint publications)
  • Sina Shirinpour (44 joint publications)
  • Miles Wischnewski (40 joint publications)
  • Harry Tran (16 joint publications)
  • Taylor Berger (14 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates the activity of primary somatosensory cortex in humans

    Wynn Legon;Tomokazu F. Sato;Alexander Opitz;Jerel K Mueller

  • Determinants of the electric field during transcranial direct current stimulation

    Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Walter Paulus;Susanne Will;Andre Antunes

  • Immediate neurophysiological effects of transcranial electrical stimulation.

    Anli Liu;Mihály Vöröslakos;Gregory Kronberg;Simon Henin

  • Electric field calculations in brain stimulation based on finite elements: an optimized processing pipeline for the generation and usage of accurate individual head models.

    Mirko Windhoff;Alexander Opitz;Axel Thielscher

  • Impact of the gyral geometry on the electric field induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation

    Axel Thielscher;Alexander Opitz;Mirko Windhoff

  • How the brain tissue shapes the electric field induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Alexander Opitz;Mirko Windhoff;Robin M. Heidemann;Robert Turner

  • Spatiotemporal structure of intracranial electric fields induced by transcranial electric stimulation in humans and nonhuman primates.

    Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Arnaud Falchier;Chao Gan Yan;Chao Gan Yan;Erin M. Yeagle

  • TDCS increases cortical excitability: direct evidence from TMS-EEG.

    Leonor J. Romero Lauro;Mario Rosanova;Giulia Mattavelli;Silvia Convento

  • Physiological observations validate finite element models for estimating subject-specific electric field distributions induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex.

    Alexander Opitz;Wynn Legon;Abby Rowlands;Warren K. Bickel

  • Dose-dependent effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on spike timing in awake nonhuman primates.

    Luke Johnson;Ivan Alekseichuk;Jordan Krieg;Alex Doyle

  • Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates intrinsic and evoked EEG dynamics.

    Jerel K Mueller;Wynn Legon;Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Tomokazu F. Sato

  • Neurocognitive, physiological, and biophysical effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation

    Unknown

  • Repetitive magnetic stimulation induces plasticity of inhibitory synapses

    Maximilian Lenz;Christos Galanis;Florian Müller-Dahlhaus;Alexander Opitz

  • The precision of value-based choices depends causally on fronto-parietal phase coupling.

    Rafael Polanía;Marius Moisa;Marius Moisa;Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Marcus Grueschow

  • Brain state and polarity dependent modulation of brain networks by transcranial direct current stimulation

    Lucia M. Li;Ines R. Violante;Ines R. Violante;Ines R. Violante;Rob Leech;Ewan Ross

  • Wearable transdermal electrical stimulation devices and methods of using them

    Isy Goldwasser;William J. Tyler;Alexander Opitz;Tomokazu Sato

  • Comparative modeling of transcranial magnetic and electric stimulation in mouse, monkey, and human

    Ivan Alekseichuk;Kathleen Mantell;Sina Shirinpour;Alexander Opitz

  • The phase of sensorimotor mu and beta oscillations has the opposite effect on corticospinal excitability

    Unknown

  • Pulsed Ultrasound Differentially Stimulates Somatosensory Circuits in Humans as Indicated by EEG and fMRI

    Wynn Legon;Abby Rowlands;Alexander Opitz;Tomokazu F. Sato

  • An integrated framework for targeting functional networks via transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Michael D. Fox;Michael D. Fox;R. Cameron Craddock;R. Cameron Craddock;Stanley J. Colcombe

  • Impact of transcranial direct current stimulation on fatigue in multiple sclerosis

    Catarina Saiote;Thomas Goldschmidt;Charles Timäus;Martijn D. Steenwijk

  • On the importance of precise electrode placement for targeted transcranial electric stimulation.

    Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Erin Yeagle;Axel Thielscher;Charles E. Schroeder

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Milham
Michael P. Milham Child Mind Institute
Axel Thielscher
Axel Thielscher Technical University of Denmark
Charles E. Schroeder
Charles E. Schroeder Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Walter Paulus
Walter Paulus University of Göttingen
R. Cameron Craddock
R. Cameron Craddock Facebook (United States)
Ting Xu
Ting Xu University of California, Davis
Andrea Antal
Andrea Antal University of Göttingen
William J. Tyler
William J. Tyler University of Alabama at Birmingham
Andreas Vlachos
Andreas Vlachos University of Freiburg
Adam Hampshire
Adam Hampshire Imperial College London

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