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Alfons Schnitzler 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 Alfons Schnitzler sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 648 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alfons Schnitzler 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 Alfons Schnitzler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alfons Schnitzler is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within medicine and neuroscience, with extensive contributions to neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Key subfields of their work cover:

  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

Alfons Schnitzler's research topics include:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Among their recent papers are:

  • Separating Neural Oscillations from Aperiodic 1/f Activity: Challenges and Recommendations, 2022, Neuroinformatics
  • Hepatic encephalopathy, 2022, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • The association of APOE ε4 with cognitive function over the adult life course and incidence of dementia: 20 years follow-up of the Whitehall II study, 2021, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Toward therapeutic electrophysiology: beta-band suppression as a biomarker in chronic local field potential recordings, 2022, npj Parkinson's Disease
  • Within- and across-network alterations of the sensorimotor network in Parkinson's disease, 2021, Neuroradiology

Frequent co-authors in Schnitzler's publications include:

  • Esther Florin
  • Andrea A. Kühn
  • Jan Vesper
  • Stefan Jun Groiss
  • Markus Butz

Publications have appeared most frequently in journals and venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Movement Disorders
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Scientific Reports

In addition to journal articles, Schnitzler has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Verlag Karl Alber:

  • Bildgebung in den Neurowissenschaften, 2023

Best Publications

  • A Randomized Trial of Deep-Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease

    Günther Deuschl;Carmen Schade-Brittinger;Paul Krack;Jens Volkmann

  • Dynamic imaging of coherent sources: Studying neural interactions in the human brain

    Joachim Gross;J. Kujala;M. Hämäläinen;L. Timmermann

  • DETECTION OF PHASE LOCKING FROM NOISY DATA: APPLICATION TO MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY

    Michael Rosenblum;Peter Tass;Jürgen Kurths;Jens Volkmann

  • Neurostimulation for Parkinson's Disease with Early Motor Complications

    W. M. M. Schuepbach;J. Rau;K. Knudsen;J. Volkmann

  • Normal and pathological oscillatory communication in the brain

    Alfons Schnitzler;Joachim Gross

  • Detection of n:m Phase Locking from Noisy Data: Application to Magnetoencephalography

    P. Tass;M. G. Rosenblum;J. Weule;J. Kurths

  • Pallidal Deep-Brain Stimulation in Primary Generalized or Segmental Dystonia

    Andreas Kupsch;Reiner Benecke;Jörg Müller;Thomas Trottenberg

  • Neuropsychological and psychiatric changes after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a randomised, multicentre study

    Karsten Witt;Christine Daniels;Julia Reiff;Paul Krack

  • The cerebral oscillatory network of parkinsonian resting tremor

    Lars Timmermann;Joachim Gross;Martin Dirks;Jens Volkmann

  • Modulation of long-range neural synchrony reflects temporal limitations of visual attention in humans.

    Joachim Gross;Frank Schmitz;Irmtraud Schnitzler;Klaus Kessler

  • Long-term results of a multicenter study on subthalamic and pallidal stimulation in Parkinson's disease.

    Elena Moro;Andres M. Lozano;Pierre Pollak;Yves Agid

  • Critical flicker frequency for quantification of low-grade hepatic encephalopathy☆

    Gerald Kircheis;Matthias Wettstein;Lars Timmermann;Alfons Schnitzler

  • Involvement of Primary Motor Cortex in Motor Imagery: A Neuromagnetic Study

    Alfons Schnitzler;Stephan Salenius;Riitta Salmelin;Veikko Jousmäki

  • Gamma Oscillations in Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex Reflect Pain Perception

    Joachim Gross;Alfons Schnitzler;Alfons Schnitzler;Lars Timmermann;Markus Ploner;Markus Ploner

  • Neurophysiology and functional neuroanatomy of pain perception.

    A. Schnitzler;M. Ploner

  • The neural basis of intermittent motor control in humans

    J. Gross;L. Timmermann;J. Kujala;M. Dirks

  • Handedness and Asymmetry of Hand Representation in Human Motor Cortex

    J. Volkmann;A. Schnitzler;O. W. Witte;H.-J. Freund

  • Single word reading in developmental stutterers and fluent speakers

    R. Salmelin;A. Schnitzler;F. Schmitz;H.-J. Freund

  • Pallidal deep brain stimulation in patients with primary generalised or segmental dystonia: 5-year follow-up of a randomised trial

    Jens Volkmann;Jens Volkmann;Alexander Wolters;Andreas Kupsch;Jörg Müller

  • Pallidal neurostimulation in patients with medication-refractory cervical dystonia: a randomised, sham-controlled trial

    Jens Volkmann;Joerg Mueller;Günther Deuschl;Andrea A. Kühn

  • Cortico-muscular synchronization during isometric muscle contraction in humans as revealed by magnetoencephalography.

    J. Gross;P. A. Tass;S. Salenius;R. Hari

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Wojtecki
Lars Wojtecki Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Joachim Gross
Joachim Gross University of Münster
Lars Timmermann
Lars Timmermann Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Bettina Pollok
Bettina Pollok Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Jan Vesper
Jan Vesper Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Markus Ploner
Markus Ploner Technical University of Munich
Volker Sturm
Volker Sturm University of Cologne
Günther Deuschl
Günther Deuschl Kiel University
Jens Volkmann
Jens Volkmann University of Würzburg
Alexander Münchau
Alexander Münchau University of Lübeck

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