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Arno Villringer 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 Arno Villringer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 1,278 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Arno Villringer 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 Arno Villringer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 129 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Arno Villringer is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Germany. Their research spans several areas within neuroscience and medicine, focusing on cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging.

Their recent publications include studies on brain-body interactions, dietary influences on behavior, social factors, genetics, and stroke recovery. Notable works are:

  • Heart-brain interactions shape somatosensory perception and evoked potentials, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Gut microbiota link dietary fiber intake and short-chain fatty acid metabolism with eating behavior, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Social factors and the prevalence of social isolation in a population-based adult cohort, 2021, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Common Genetic Variation Indicates Separate Causes for Periventricular and Deep White Matter Hyperintensities, 2020, Stroke
  • The ENIGMA Stroke Recovery Working Group: Big data neuroimaging to study brain-behavior relationships after stroke, 2020, Human Brain Mapping

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • A. Veronica Witte
  • Vadim V. Nikulin
  • Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
  • Frauke Beyer
  • Matthias L. Schroeter

Their work is regularly published in a range of scientific venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NeuroImage
  • Scientific Reports
  • eLife
  • Human Brain Mapping

Within their scientific domains, Arno Villringer's contributions are primarily in the fields of:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Focused subfields within these areas include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The central topics of their research cover:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Best Publications

  • Toward discovery science of human brain function

    Bharat B. Biswal;Maarten Mennes;Xi Nian Zuo;Suril Gohel

  • Brain charts for the human lifespan

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  • Non-invasive optical spectroscopy and imaging of human brain function

    Arno Villringer;Britton Chance

  • Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) : a new tool to study hemodynamic changes during activation of brain function in human adults

    Arno Villringer;J. Planck;C. Hock;L. Schleinkofer

  • Heparin treatment in sinus venous thrombosis

    K.M. Einhäupl;A. Villringer;S. Mehraein;C. Garner

  • Precuneus shares intrinsic functional architecture in humans and monkeys

    Daniel S. Margulies;Daniel S. Margulies;Justin L. Vincent;Clare Kelly;Gabriele Lohmann

  • Beyond the Visible—Imaging the Human Brain with Light:

    Hellmuth Obrig;Arno Villringer

  • Dynamic imaging with lanthanide chelates in normal brain: contrast due to magnetic susceptibility effects.

    A. Villringer;B. R. Rosen;J. W. Belliveau;J. L. Ackerman

  • Coupling of brain activity and cerebral blood flow: basis of functional neuroimaging.

    Arno Villringer;U. Dirnagl

  • Early Setting of Grammatical Processing in the Bilingual Brain

    Isabell Wartenburger;Hauke R. Heekeren;Hauke R. Heekeren;Jubin Abutalebi;Stefano F. Cappa

  • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

    Gail Davies;Max Lam;Sarah E. Harris;Joey W. Trampush

  • Sex hormones affect neurotransmitters and shape the adult female brain during hormonal transition periods

    Claudia Barth;Arno Villringer;Julia Sacher

  • Correlates of alpha rhythm in functional magnetic resonance imaging and near infrared spectroscopy.

    Matthias Moosmann;Petra Ritter;Ina Krastel;Andrea Brink

  • Spontaneous low frequency oscillations of cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism in human adults.

    Hellmuth Obrig;Markus Neufang;Rüdiger Wenzel;Matthias Kohl

  • Dysfunction of ventral striatal reward prediction in schizophrenia.

    Georg Juckel;Florian Schlagenhauf;Michael Koslowski;Torsten Wüstenberg;Torsten Wüstenberg

  • Enhanced performance by a hybrid NIRS–EEG brain computer interface

    Siamac Fazli;Jan Mehnert;Jan Mehnert;Jens Steinbrink;Gabriel Curio

  • Dynamic Properties of Human Brain Structure: Learning-Related Changes in Cortical Areas and Associated Fiber Connections

    Marco Taubert;Bogdan Draganski;Alfred Anwander;Karsten Müller

  • Simultaneous recording of cerebral blood oxygenation changes during human brain activation by magnetic resonance imaging and near-infrared spectroscopy

    Andreas Kleinschmidt;Hellmuth Obrig;Martin Requardt;Klaus-Dietmar Merboldt

  • Eigenvector centrality mapping for analyzing connectivity patterns in fMRI data of the human brain.

    Gabriele Lohmann;Daniel S. Margulies;Annette Horstmann;Burkhard Pleger

  • Constraint-induced movement therapy for motor recovery in chronic stroke patients

    Annett Kunkel;Bruno Kopp;Gudrun Müller;Kersten Villringer

  • Stroke Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Accurate in Hyperacute Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Study on the Validity of Stroke Imaging

    Jochen B. Fiebach;Peter D. Schellinger;Achim Gass;Thomas Kucinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Annette Horstmann
Annette Horstmann University of Helsinki
Burkhard Pleger
Burkhard Pleger Ruhr University Bochum
Matthias L. Schroeter
Matthias L. Schroeter Max Planck Society
Daniel S. Margulies
Daniel S. Margulies Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Vadim V. Nikulin
Vadim V. Nikulin Max Planck Society
Jane Neumann
Jane Neumann Max Planck Society
Patrick Ragert
Patrick Ragert Leipzig University
A. Veronica Witte
A. Veronica Witte Max Planck Society
Hellmuth Obrig
Hellmuth Obrig Max Planck Society
Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Steffi G. Riedel-Heller Leipzig University

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