2026 Axel Thielscher: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	62	3503	3205	23	20	260	14994

Overview

Axel Thielscher is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and medicine, focusing particularly on brain stimulation and neuroimaging techniques.

The main fields of study in their work are Neuroscience and Medicine, with numerous contributions also in subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Thielscher's research topics cover a range of specialized subjects such as:

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Neural dynamics and brain function
Muscle activation and electromyography studies

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent academic venues, including:

Brain Stimulation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
NeuroImage
Clinical Neurophysiology
arXiv (Cornell University)

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Axel Thielscher include:

"Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: What is stimulated? - A consensus and critical position paper," 2022, Clinical Neurophysiology
"SynthSeg: Segmentation of brain MRI scans of any contrast and resolution without retraining," 2023, Medical Image Analysis
"Accurate and robust whole-head segmentation from magnetic resonance images for individualized head modeling," 2020, NeuroImage
"Guidelines for TMS/tES clinical services and research through the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Brain Stimulation
"Concurrent TMS-fMRI for causal network perturbation and proof of target engagement," 2021, NeuroImage

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's research include:

Hartwig R. Siebner
Oula Puonti
Kristoffer H. Madsen
Lars G. Hanson
Torge Worbs

Best Publications

Simultaneous PET-MRI: a new approach for functional and morphological imaging

Martin S. Judenhofer;Hans F. Wehrl;Danny F. Newport;Ciprian Catana

1174
Citations
Field modeling for transcranial magnetic stimulation: A useful tool to understand the physiological effects of TMS?

Axel Thielscher;Andre Antunes;Guilherme B Saturnino

896
Citations
Determinants of the electric field during transcranial direct current stimulation

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

690
Citations
Motor thresholds in humans: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study comparing different pulse waveforms, current directions and stimulator types

Thomas Kammer;Sandra Beck;Axel Thielscher;Ulrike Laubis-Herrmann

508
Citations
Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: What is stimulated? – A consensus and critical position paper

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474
Citations
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

469
Citations
Impact of the gyral geometry on the electric field induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Axel Thielscher;Alexander Opitz;Mirko Windhoff

460
Citations
Combining non-invasive transcranial brain stimulation with neuroimaging and electrophysiology: Current approaches and future perspectives

Til Ole Bergmann;Til Ole Bergmann;Anke N. Karabanov;Gesa Hartwigsen;Gesa Hartwigsen;Axel Thielscher;Axel Thielscher

369
Citations
How the brain tissue shapes the electric field induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation.

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

366
Citations
Electric field properties of two commercial figure-8 coils in TMS: calculation of focality and efficiency.

Axel Thielscher;Thomas Kammer

361
Citations
The non-transcranial TMS-evoked potential is an inherent source of ambiguity in TMS-EEG studies

Virginia Conde;Leo Tomasevic;Irina Akopian;Konrad Stanek

345
Citations
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

320
Citations
SimNIBS 2.1: A Comprehensive Pipeline for Individualized Electric Field Modelling for Transcranial Brain Stimulation

Guilherme B. Saturnino;Guilherme B. Saturnino;Oula Puonti;Jesper D Nielsen;Jesper D Nielsen;Daria Antonenko

295
Citations
Automatic skull segmentation from MR images for realistic volume conductor models of the head: Assessment of the state-of-the-art.

Jesper Duemose Nielsen;Kristoffer Hougaard Madsen;Oula Puonti;Hartwig R. Siebner

276
Citations
On the importance of electrode parameters for shaping electric field patterns generated by tDCS

Guilherme B. Saturnino;André Antunes;Axel Thielscher

266
Citations
Linking physics with physiology in TMS: A sphere field model to determine the cortical stimulation site in TMS

Axel Thielscher;Thomas Kammer

262
Citations
The navigation of transcranial magnetic stimulation

Uwe Herwig;Carlos Schönfeldt-Lecuona;Arthur P. Wunderlich;Cyrill von Tiesenhausen

249
Citations
Accurate and robust whole-head segmentation from magnetic resonance images for individualized head modeling.

Oula Puonti;Oula Puonti;Koen Van Leemput;Koen Van Leemput;Guilherme B Saturnino;Guilherme B Saturnino;Hartwig R Siebner;Hartwig R Siebner

212
Citations
Neural Correlates of Perceptual Choice and Decision Making during Fear–Disgust Discrimination

Axel Thielscher;Luiz Pessoa

206
Citations
A novel approach to localize cortical TMS effects

Konstantin Weise;Ole Numssen;Axel Thielscher;Gesa Hartwigsen

176
Citations
Where does TMS Stimulate the Motor Cortex? Combining Electrophysiological Measurements and Realistic Field Estimates to Reveal the Affected Cortex Position.

Andreas Bungert;André Antunes;Svenja Espenhahn;Svenja Espenhahn;Axel Thielscher;Axel Thielscher;Axel Thielscher

169
Citations
Disrupting Parietal Function Prolongs Dominance Durations in Binocular Rivalry

Natalia Zaretskaya;Axel Thielscher;Nikos K. Logothetis;Nikos K. Logothetis;Andreas Bartels;Andreas Bartels

152
Citations