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68
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2786
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Alexander T. Sack 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 T. Sack sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 348 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexander T. Sack 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 T. Sack sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alexander T. Sack is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research centers primarily around neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, neurology, clinical psychology, anesthesiology, and pain medicine.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

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

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Brain Stimulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • NeuroImage

They have collaborated often with a group of co-authors, including Teresa Schuhmann, Martijn Arns, Felix Duecker, Tom A. de Graaf, and Hanneke van Dijk.

Notable recent papers by Alexander T. Sack are:

  • Target Engagement and Brain State Dependence of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Implications for Clinical Practice (2023, Biological Psychiatry)
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Neurological Diseases (2022, Frontiers in Neurology)
  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and pairwise/network meta-analysis (2022, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Top-down control of visual cortex by the frontal eye fields through oscillatory realignment (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Training in the practice of noninvasive brain stimulation: Recommendations from an IFCN committee (2020, Clinical Neurophysiology)

Best Publications

  • Dissociating cognitive from affective theory of mind: A TMS study

    Elke Kalbe;Marius Schlegel;Alexander T. Sack;Dennis A. Nowak

  • Optimizing functional accuracy of tms in cognitive studies: A comparison of methods

    Alexander T. Sack;Roi Cohen Kadosh;Teresa Schuhmann;Michelle Moerel

  • Pain Attenuation through Mindfulness is Associated with Decreased Cognitive Control and Increased Sensory Processing in the Brain

    Tim Gard;Britta K. Hölzel;Britta K. Hölzel;Alexander T. Sack;Hannes Hempel

  • Virtual Dyscalculia Induced by Parietal-Lobe TMS Impairs Automatic Magnitude Processing

    Roi Cohen Kadosh;Roi Cohen Kadosh;Kathrin Cohen Kadosh;Kathrin Cohen Kadosh;Teresa Schuhmann;Amanda Kaas;Amanda Kaas

  • Tracking the mind's image in the brain I: time-resolved fMRI during visuospatial mental imagery.

    Elia Formisano;David E.J. Linden;Francesco Di Salle;Luigi Trojano

  • The ‘correlates’ in neural correlates of consciousness

    Tom A. de Graaf;Po-Jang Hsieh;Po-Jang Hsieh;Alexander T. Sack

  • Rethinking the role of sham TMS

    Felix Duecker;Alexander T. Sack

  • Guiding transcranial brain stimulation by EEG/MEG to interact with ongoing brain activity and associated functions: A position paper.

    Gregor Thut;Til Ole Bergmann;Flavio Fröhlich;Surjo R. Soekadar

  • Functional imaging of visuospatial processing in Alzheimer's disease.

    David Prvulovic;Daniela Hubl;Alexander Thomas Sack;L. Melillo

  • Imaging the Brain Activity Changes Underlying Impaired Visuospatial Judgments: Simultaneous fMRI, TMS, and Behavioral Studies

    Alexander T. Sack;Axel Kohler;Sven Bestmann;David E. J. Linden

  • Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation boosts associative memory in older individuals.

    Heidi I.L. Jacobs;Heidi I.L. Jacobs;Joost M. Riphagen;Chantalle M. Razat;Svenja Wiese

  • Parietal cortex and spatial cognition.

    Alexander T. Sack

  • The Dynamics of Interhemispheric Compensatory Processes in Mental Imagery

    A. T. Sack;A. T. Sack;J. A. Camprodon;J. A. Camprodon;A. Pascual-Leone;A. Pascual-Leone;R. Goebel;R. Goebel

  • Combining transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional imaging in cognitive brain research: possibilities and limitations.

    Alexander T. Sack;David Edmund Johannes Linden;David Edmund Johannes Linden

  • Alpha-band rhythms in visual task performance: phase-locking by rhythmic sensory stimulation

    Tom A. de Graaf;Joachim Gross;Gavin Paterson;Tessa Rusch;Tessa Rusch

  • Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Body Awareness in Patients with Chronic Pain and Comorbid Depression.

    Marasha de Jong;Marasha de Jong;Sara W. Lazar;Kiran Hug;Kiran Hug;Wolf E. Mehling

  • The Involvement of Endogenous Neural Oscillations in the Processing of Rhythmic Input: More Than a Regular Repetition of Evoked Neural Responses

    Benedikt Zoefel;Sanne ten Oever;Alexander T. Sack

  • The sound of size: Crossmodal binding in pitch-size synesthesia: A combined TMS, EEG and psychophysics study

    Nina Bien;Sanne ten Oever;Rainer Goebel;Alexander Thomas Sack

  • Simultaneous rTMS and psychotherapy in major depressive disorder: Clinical outcomes and predictors from a large naturalistic study.

    Lana Donse;Frank Padberg;Alexander T. Sack;A. John Rush

  • Tracking the Mind's Image in the Brain II: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Reveals Parietal Asymmetry in Visuospatial Imagery

    Alexander T. Sack;Julia M. Sperling;David Prvulovic;Elia Formisano

  • The Brain's Intention to Imitate: The Neurobiology of Intentional versus Automatic Imitation

    Nina Bien;Alard Roebroeck;Rainer Goebel;Alexander T. Sack

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Goebel
Rainer Goebel Maastricht University
David Edmund Johannes Linden
David Edmund Johannes Linden Maastricht University
Arnoud Arntz
Arnoud Arntz University of Amsterdam
Vincent van de Ven
Vincent van de Ven Maastricht University
Martijn Arns
Martijn Arns Brainclinics
Heidi I.L. Jacobs
Heidi I.L. Jacobs Harvard University
Elia Formisano
Elia Formisano Maastricht University
Jill Lobbestael
Jill Lobbestael Maastricht University
Oscar Arias-Carrión
Oscar Arias-Carrión Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación
Antonio Egidio Nardi
Antonio Egidio Nardi Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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