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Birgit Frauscher

Birgit Frauscher

Duke University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
75
Citations
16307
World Ranking
2052
National Ranking
975

Birgit Frauscher 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 Birgit Frauscher sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 267 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Birgit Frauscher 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 Birgit Frauscher sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Birgit Frauscher is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their specialization includes subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Birgit Frauscher's recent papers showcase a concentration on epilepsy, brain imaging, and neural dynamics, including:

  • Intracranial EEG in the 21st Century, 2020, Epilepsy currents/Epilepsy currents
  • Updated classification of epileptic seizures: Position paper of the International League Against Epilepsy, 2025, Epilepsia
  • A multi-scale cortical wiring space links cellular architecture and functional dynamics in the human brain, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Functional connectome contractions in temporal lobe epilepsy: Microstructural underpinnings and predictors of surgical outcome, 2020, Epilepsia
  • An Open MRI Dataset For Multiscale Neuroscience, 2022, Scientific Data

Frequently, Birgit Frauscher collaborates with a core group of co-authors who have contributed extensively to their research papers. These include:

  • Boris C. Bernhardt
  • Chifaou Abdallah
  • Jean Gotman
  • Jessica Royer
  • Tamir Avigdor

Their work is regularly published in a select group of scientific venues, reflecting expertise in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy, as well as neuroscience more broadly. Prominent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Epilepsia
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Epileptic Disorders
  • Brain

Best Publications

  • Narcolepsy is strongly associated with the T-cell receptor alpha locus.

    Joachim Hallmayer;Juliette Faraco;Ling Lin;Stephanie Hesselson

  • Restless legs syndrome: a community-based study of prevalence, severity, and risk factors.

    B. Högl;S. Kiechl;J. Willeit;M. Saletu

  • A single-question screen for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: a multicenter validation study.

    Ronald B. Postuma;Isabelle Arnulf;Birgit Hogl;Alex Iranzo

  • Normative EMG values during REM sleep for the diagnosis of REM sleep behavior disorder.

    Birgit Frauscher;Alex Iranzo;Carles Gaig;Viola Gschliesser

  • High-frequency oscillations: The state of clinical research

    Birgit Frauscher;Fabrice Bartolomei;Katsuhiro Kobayashi;Jan Cimbalnik

  • PTPRD (protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type delta) is associated with restless legs syndrome.

    Barbara Schormair;David Kemlink;Darina Roeske;Gertrud Eckstein

  • Risk factors for neurodegeneration in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: A multicenter study

    Ronald B. Postuma;Alex Iranzo;Birgit Hogl;Isabelle Arnulf

  • Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: Devising controlled active treatment studies for symptomatic and neuroprotective therapy-a consensus statement from the International Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group

    C. H. Schenck;J. Y. Montplaisir;B. Frauscher;B. Hogl

  • Modafinil for the treatment of daytime sleepiness in Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, randomized, crossover, placebo-controlled polygraphic trial.

    B Högl;M Saletu;E Brandauer;S Glatzl

  • Prevalence and determinants of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder in the general population

    José Haba-Rubio;Birgit Frauscher;Pedro Marques-Vidal;Jérôme Toriel

  • Atlas of the normal intracranial electroencephalogram: neurophysiological awake activity in different cortical areas.

    Birgit Frauscher;Birgit Frauscher;Nicolas von Ellenrieder;Rina Zelmann;Rina Zelmann;Irena Doležalová

  • Common variants in P2RY11 are associated with narcolepsy

    Birgitte R Kornum;Minae Kawashima;Minae Kawashima;Juliette Faraco;Ling Lin

  • ImmunoChip Study Implicates Antigen Presentation to T Cells in Narcolepsy

    Juliette Faraco;Ling Lin;Birgitte Rahbek Kornum;Birgitte Rahbek Kornum;Eimear E. Kenny

  • Facilitation of epileptic activity during sleep is mediated by high amplitude slow waves

    Birgit Frauscher;Birgit Frauscher;Nicolás von Ellenrieder;Nicolás von Ellenrieder;Taissa Ferrari-Marinho;Massimo Avoli

  • White and gray matter abnormalities in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: a diffusion-tensor imaging and voxel-based morphometry study.

    Christoph Scherfler;Birgit Frauscher;Michael Schocke;Alex Iranzo

  • High-Frequency Oscillations in the Normal Human Brain.

    Birgit Frauscher;Birgit Frauscher;Nicolás von Ellenrieder;Rina Zelmann;Rina Zelmann;Christine Rogers

  • World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) 2016 standards for recording and scoring leg movements in polysomnograms developed by a joint task force from the International and the European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Groups (IRLSSG and EURLSSG).

    R Ferri;S Fulda;R P Allen;M Zucconi

  • Olfactory dysfunction predicts early transition to a Lewy body disease in idiopathic RBD

    Philipp Mahlknecht;Alex Iranzo;Birgit Högl;Birgit Frauscher

  • DQB1 locus alone explains most of the risk and protection in narcolepsy with cataplexy in Europe.

    Mehdi Tafti;Mehdi Tafti;Hyun Hor;Hyun Hor;Yves Dauvilliers;Gert J. Lammers

  • Quantification of electromyographic activity during REM sleep in multiple muscles in REM sleep behavior disorder.

    Birgit Frauscher;Alex Iranzo;Birgit Högl;Jordi Casanova-Molla

  • Video analysis of motor events in REM sleep behavior disorder.

    Birgit Frauscher;Viola Gschliesser;Elisabeth Brandauer;Hanno Ulmer

  • Enteric nervous system α-synuclein immunoreactivity in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder

    Fabienne S. Sprenger;Nadia Stefanova;Ellen Gelpi;Klaus Seppi

  • Measurement of endogenous acetone and isoprene in exhaled breath during sleep

    Julian King;Alexander Kupferthaler;Alexander Kupferthaler;Birgit Frauscher;Heinz Hackner

  • Localization of the Epileptogenic Zone Using High Frequency Oscillations

    Aljoscha Thomschewski;Ana-Sofía Hincapié;Birgit Frauscher

Frequent Co-Authors

Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Jean Gotman
Jean Gotman Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Jacques Montplaisir
Jacques Montplaisir University of Montreal
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
François Dubeau
François Dubeau McGill University
Isabelle Arnulf
Isabelle Arnulf Sorbonne University
Juliane Winkelmann
Juliane Winkelmann Technical University of Munich
Klaus Seppi
Klaus Seppi Innsbruck Medical University
Claudia Trenkwalder
Claudia Trenkwalder University of Göttingen

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