2026 Alfons Schnitzler: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	93	963	863	72	68	648	41854
Medicine	93	10713	10060	584	560	647	41923

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

963

863

648

41854

Medicine

10713

10060

584

560

647

41923

Neuroscience

D-Index

Citations

41854

World Ranking

963

National Ranking

Medicine

D-Index

Citations

41923

World Ranking

10713

National Ranking

584

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

3369
Citations
Dynamic imaging of coherent sources: Studying neural interactions in the human brain

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

2049
Citations
DETECTION OF PHASE LOCKING FROM NOISY DATA: APPLICATION TO MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY

Michael Rosenblum;Peter Tass;Jürgen Kurths;Jens Volkmann

1688
Citations
Neurostimulation for Parkinson's Disease with Early Motor Complications

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

1576
Citations
Normal and pathological oscillatory communication in the brain

Alfons Schnitzler;Joachim Gross

1536
Citations
Detection of n:m Phase Locking from Noisy Data: Application to Magnetoencephalography

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

1415
Citations
Pallidal Deep-Brain Stimulation in Primary Generalized or Segmental Dystonia

Andreas Kupsch;Reiner Benecke;Jörg Müller;Thomas Trottenberg

1120
Citations
Neuropsychological and psychiatric changes after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a randomised, multicentre study

Karsten Witt;Christine Daniels;Julia Reiff;Paul Krack

755
Citations
The cerebral oscillatory network of parkinsonian resting tremor

Lars Timmermann;Joachim Gross;Martin Dirks;Jens Volkmann

721
Citations
Modulation of long-range neural synchrony reflects temporal limitations of visual attention in humans.

Joachim Gross;Frank Schmitz;Irmtraud Schnitzler;Klaus Kessler

721
Citations
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

547
Citations
Critical flicker frequency for quantification of low-grade hepatic encephalopathy☆

Gerald Kircheis;Matthias Wettstein;Lars Timmermann;Alfons Schnitzler

523
Citations
Involvement of Primary Motor Cortex in Motor Imagery: A Neuromagnetic Study

Alfons Schnitzler;Stephan Salenius;Riitta Salmelin;Veikko Jousmäki

517
Citations
Gamma Oscillations in Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex Reflect Pain Perception

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

471
Citations
Neurophysiology and functional neuroanatomy of pain perception.

A. Schnitzler;M. Ploner

451
Citations
The neural basis of intermittent motor control in humans

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

442
Citations
Handedness and Asymmetry of Hand Representation in Human Motor Cortex

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

429
Citations
Single word reading in developmental stutterers and fluent speakers

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

387
Citations
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

382
Citations
Pallidal neurostimulation in patients with medication-refractory cervical dystonia: a randomised, sham-controlled trial

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

348
Citations
Cortico-muscular synchronization during isometric muscle contraction in humans as revealed by magnetoencephalography.

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

340
Citations