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D-Index
33
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4314
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9460
National Ranking
281

David T. J. Liley 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 David T. J. Liley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 102 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David T. J. Liley 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 David T. J. Liley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David T. J. Liley is affiliated with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Their research primarily falls within the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience as a major subfield. Other areas of study include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Developmental Neuroscience, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their work addresses several key topics related to brain function and neural mechanisms. These main topics include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
  • Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

David T. J. Liley has contributed to various scientific publications, with multiple papers appearing in leading journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Anesthesiology
  • Sensors
  • NeuroImage

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by David T. J. Liley are:

  • "Alpha blocking and 1/fβ spectral scaling in resting EEG can be accounted for by a sum of damped alpha band oscillatory processes," 2022, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Inferring a simple mechanism for alpha-blocking by fitting a neural population model to EEG spectra," 2020, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Multi-Center Evaluation of Gel-Based and Dry Multipin EEG Caps," 2022, Sensors
  • "Space-time resolved inference-based neurophysiological process imaging: Application to resting-state alpha rhythm," 2022, NeuroImage
  • "Source-level Cortical Power Changes for Xenon and Nitrous Oxide-induced Reductions in Consciousness in Healthy Male Volunteers," 2020, Anesthesiology

David T. J. Liley collaborates frequently with a range of co-authors. Regular collaborators include:

  • Levin Kuhlmann
  • Andria Pelentritou
  • D. G. Hicks
  • Mario Boley
  • Rick Evertz

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of the brain at global and microscopic scales: neural networks and the EEG

    James J. Wright;David T. J. Liley

  • A spatially continuous mean field theory of electrocortical activity

    David T J Liley;Peter J Cadusch;Mathew P Dafilis

  • The Acute Effects of L-theanine in Comparison With Alprazolam on Anticipatory Anxiety in Humans

    Kristy Lu;Marcus A. Gray;Chris Oliver;David T. Liley

  • Modeling the effects of anesthesia on the electroencephalogram.

    Ingo Bojak;David T. J. Liley

  • Theoretical electroencephalogram stationary spectrum for a white-noise-driven cortex: evidence for a general anesthetic-induced phase transition.

    Moira L. Steyn-Ross;D. A. Steyn-Ross;J. W. Sleigh;D. T. J. Liley

  • Epilepsyecosystem.org: crowd-sourcing reproducible seizure prediction with long-term human intracranial EEG

    Levin Kuhlmann;Levin Kuhlmann;Philippa Karoly;Dean R. Freestone;Benjamin H. Brinkmann

  • Simulation of electrocortical waves

    J. J. Wright;D. T. Liley

  • Intracortical connectivity of pyramidal and stellate cells: estimates of synaptic densities and coupling symmetry

    David T. J. Liley;David T. J. Liley;David T. J. Liley;James J. Wright;James J. Wright;James J. Wright

  • 1/f electrophysiological spectra in resting and drug-induced states can be explained by the dynamics of multiple oscillatory relaxation processes.

    Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy;David T. J. Liley

  • A Continuum Theory of Electro-Cortical Activity

    David T.J. Liley;David T.J. Liley;Peter J. Cadusch;James J. Wright;James J. Wright

  • Modeling electrocortical activity through improved local approximations of integral neural field equations.

    Stephen Coombes;Nikola A. Venkov;Lie June Shiau;Ingo Bojak

  • Interictal and ictal source localization for epilepsy surgery using high-density EEG with MEG: a prospective long-term study.

    Chris Plummer;Chris Plummer;Chris Plummer;Simon J Vogrin;Simon J Vogrin;Simon J Vogrin;William P Woods;Michael A Murphy;Michael A Murphy

  • Understanding the transition to seizure by modeling the epileptiform activity of general anesthetic agents.

    David T. J. Liley;Ingo Bojak

  • Robust chaos in a model of the electroencephalogram: Implications for brain dynamics.

    Mathew P. Dafilis;David T. J. Liley;Peter J. Cadusch

  • A millimetric-scale simulation of electrocortical wave dynamics based on anatomical estimates of cortical synaptic density

    J J Wright;J J Wright;J J Wright;D T J Liley;D T J Liley;D T J Liley

  • Axonal velocity distributions in neural field equations.

    Ingo Bojak;David T. J. Liley

  • Population based models of cortical drug response: insights from anaesthesia

    Brett L. Foster;Ingo Bojak;David T. J. Liley

  • The Mesoscopic Modeling of Burst Suppression during Anesthesia

    David T. J. Liley;Matthew Walsh

  • Nitrous oxide paradoxically modulates slow electroencephalogram oscillations: implications for anesthesia monitoring.

    Brett L. Foster;David T. J. Liley

  • Propofol and remifentanil differentially modulate frontal electroencephalographic activity.

    David T. J. Liley;Nicholas C. Sinclair;Tarmo Lipping;Bjorn Heyse

  • Drug-induced modification of the system properties associated with spontaneous human electroencephalographic activity

    David T J Liley;Peter J Cadusch;Marcus Gray;Pradeep Jonathan Nathan

  • Alpha rhythm emerges from large-scale networks of realistically coupled multicompartmental model cortical neurons

    David T J Liley;David M Alexander;James J Wright;Mathew D Aldous

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Struys
Michel Struys University Medical Center Groningen
Pradeep J. Nathan
Pradeep J. Nathan University of Cambridge
Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy
Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy University of Auckland
Mark J. Cook
Mark J. Cook University of Melbourne
Ben J. Harrison
Ben J. Harrison University of Melbourne
Kathryn A. Ellis
Kathryn A. Ellis University of Melbourne
David B. Grayden
David B. Grayden University of Melbourne
Marcus A. Gray
Marcus A. Gray University of Queensland
Raymond C. Boston
Raymond C. Boston St Vincent's Hospital
Jonathan H. Manton
Jonathan H. Manton University of Melbourne

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