2026 Elizabeth A. Franz: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	31	11206	10485	70	65	87	3781

Elizabeth A. Franz publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth A. Franz sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 87 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Elizabeth A. Franz D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth A. Franz sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Elizabeth A. Franz is a researcher affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their work spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Clinical Psychology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including:

Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Neurological disorders and treatments
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Neural dynamics and brain function
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Elizabeth A. Franz has contributed to several publications across a variety of journals. Notable recent papers include:

"Functional connectivity changes in patients with brain tumours-A systematic review on resting state-fMRI," 2020, published in Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research
"The role of an individual's olfactory discriminability in influencing snacking and habitual energy intake," 2021, published in Appetite
"The utilisation of resting-state fMRI as a pre-operative mapping tool in patients with brain tumours in comparison to task-based fMRI and intraoperative mapping: A systematic review," 2021, published in European Journal of Cancer Care
"Cortical oscillatory dysfunction in Parkinson disease during movement activation and inhibition," 2022, published in PLoS ONE
"Does acute exercise benefit emotion regulation? Electrophysiological evidence from affective ratings and implicit emotional effects on cognition," 2022, published in Biological Psychology

Frequent publication venues for Elizabeth A. Franz include:

Experimental Brain Research
Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research
PLoS ONE
Appetite
European Journal of Cancer Care

Their collaborations often involve coauthors such as Hanani Abdul Manan, Noorazrul Yahya, Rachel Ginieis, Mei Peng, and Yifan Zhang, each contributing to multiple joint publications. This collaborative network reflects a multidisciplinary approach to their research themes.

Best Publications

Spatial topological constraints in a bimanual task.

Elizabeth A. Franz;Howard N. Zelaznik;George McCabe

342
Citations
Dissociation of Spatial and Temporal Coupling in the Bimanual Movements of Callosotomy Patients

Elizabeth A. Franz;James C. Eliassen;Richard B. Ivry;Michael S. Gazzaniga

303
Citations
Effect of age on exercise-induced alterations in cognitive executive function: Relationship to cerebral perfusion

Samuel J.E. Lucas;Philip N. Ainslie;Carissa J. Murrell;Kate N. Thomas

218
Citations
Spatial conceptual influences on the coordination of bimanual actions: when a dual task becomes a single task.

Elizabeth A Franz;Howard N Zelaznik;Stephan Swinnen;Charles B Walter

185
Citations
Spatial Coupling in the Coordination of Complex Actions

Elizabeth A. Franz

163
Citations
Bimanual coupling in amputees with phantom limbs

Elizabeth A. Franz;V. S. Ramachandran

146
Citations
Hemispheric competition in left-handers on bimanual reaction time tasks.

Yin-Chen Shen;Elizabeth A franz

129
Citations
The Effect of Callosotomy on Novel Versus Familiar Bimanual Actions: A Neural Dissociation Between Controlled and Automatic Processes?

Elizabeth A. Franz;Karen E. Waldie;Melissa J. Smith

113
Citations
Evidence of Common Timing Processes in the Control of Manual, Orofacial, and Speech Movements.

Elizabeth A. Franz;Howard N. Zelaznik;Anne Smith

109
Citations
John Hughlings Jackson's evolutionary neurology: a unifying framework for cognitive neuroscience.

Elizabeth A. Franz;Grant Gillett

103
Citations
Experience-Dependent Effects in Unimanual and Bimanual Reaction Time Tasks in Musicians

Charmayne M. L. Hughes;Elizabeth A. Franz

103
Citations
Fooling the brain into thinking it sees both hands moving enhances bimanual spatial coupling.

Elizabeth A. Franz;Tamara Packman

94
Citations
Markers' influence on the duration discrimination of intermodal intervals.

Simon Grondin;Richard B. Ivry;Elizabeth Franz;Lynn Perreault

88
Citations
Agency attribution: event-related potentials and outcome monitoring

Jeffery G. Bednark;Jeffery G. Bednark;Elizabeth A. Franz

85
Citations
Differences in bimanual coordination associated with stuttering.

Howard N Zelaznik;Anne Smith;Elizabeth A Franz;Michael Ho

80
Citations
Reduced timing variability in patients with unilateral cerebellar lesions during bimanual movements

E. A. Franz;R. B. Ivry;L. L. Helmuth

78
Citations
Goal-related planning constraints in bimanual grasping and placing of objects

Charmayne M. L. Hughes;Elizabeth A. Franz

72
Citations
The rubber hand illusion and its application to clinical neuroscience.

Hari Ramakonar;Elizabeth A. Franz;Christopher R.P. Lind;Christopher R.P. Lind

71
Citations
Conceptual unifying constraints override sensorimotor interference during anticipatory control of bimanual actions

Elizabeth A. Franz;Robert McCormick

70
Citations
The psychological refractory period effect following callosotomy: uncoupling of lateralized response codes.

Richard B. Ivry;Elizabeth A. Franz;Alan Kingstone;James C. Johnston

70
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard N. Zelaznik Purdue University West Lafayette

Holger Regenbrecht University of Otago

Richard B. Ivry University of California, Berkeley

Peter Redgrave University of Sheffield

Jeff Miller University of Otago

Anne Smith Purdue University West Lafayette

Stephen P. Robertson University of Otago

Thomas W. Schubert University of Oslo

Christel Depienne Essen University Hospital

Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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