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Franco Pestilli

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Neuroscience

D-Index
35
Citations
5688
World Ranking
9160
National Ranking
3867

Franco Pestilli 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 Franco Pestilli sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 122 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Franco Pestilli 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 Franco Pestilli sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Franco Pestilli is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, as well as Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional interests include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Neurology, and Information Systems and Management.

The scientist's work spans several advanced topics related to brain research and imaging. These include:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders

Franco Pestilli has published prolifically across several venues. Among the most frequent publication outlets are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Vision
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Data

Some recent papers exemplify their research scope and impact:

  • A massive 7T fMRI dataset to bridge cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Bundle analytics, a computational framework for investigating the shapes and profiles of brain pathways across populations, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Open and reproducible neuroimaging: From study inception to publication, 2022, NeuroImage
  • Tractostorm: The what, why, and how of tractography dissection reproducibility, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Open science, communal culture, and women's participation in the movement to improve science, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors. Notable repeated collaborators include:

  • Bradley Caron
  • Sophia Vinci-Booher
  • Daniel Bullock
  • Brent McPherson
  • Damian Eke

Best Publications

  • A massive 7T fMRI dataset to bridge cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence

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  • Attention enhances contrast sensitivity at cued and impairs it at uncued locations

    Franco Pestilli;Marisa Carrasco

  • Evaluation and statistical inference for human connectomes

    Franco Pestilli;Jason D Yeatman;Ariel Rokem;Kendrick N Kay

  • The vertical occipital fasciculus: A century of controversy resolved by in vivo measurements

    Jason D. Yeatman;Jason D. Yeatman;Kevin S. Weiner;Franco Pestilli;Ariel Rokem

  • Transient Attention Enhances Perceptual Performance and fMRI Response in Human Visual Cortex

    Taosheng Liu;Taosheng Liu;Franco Pestilli;Marisa Carrasco;Marisa Carrasco

  • Attentional Enhancement via Selection and Pooling of Early Sensory Responses in Human Visual Cortex

    Franco Pestilli;Marisa Carrasco;David J. Heeger;Justin L. Gardner;Justin L. Gardner

  • Functionally Defined White Matter Reveals Segregated Pathways in Human Ventral Temporal Cortex Associated with Category-Specific Processing

    Jesse Gomez;Franco Pestilli;Nathan Witthoft;Golijeh Golarai

  • A Major Human White Matter Pathway Between Dorsal and Ventral Visual Cortex

    Hiromasa Takemura;Ariel Rokem;Jonathan Winawer;Jason D. Yeatman;Jason D. Yeatman

  • Attention trades off spatial acuity.

    Barbara Montagna;Franco Pestilli;Marisa Carrasco;Marisa Carrasco

  • How do attention and adaptation affect contrast sensitivity

    Franco Pestilli;Gerardo Viera;Marisa Carrasco

  • Tractography dissection variability: What happens when 42 groups dissect 14 white matter bundles on the same dataset?

    Kurt G. Schilling;François Rheault;Laurent Petit;Colin B. Hansen

  • Methods for analysis of brain connectivity: An IFCN-sponsored review.

    P.M. Rossini;R. Di Iorio;M. Bentivoglio;G. Bertini

  • Human blindsight is mediated by an intact geniculo-extrastriate pathway

    Sara Ajina;Franco Pestilli;Ariel Rokem;Christopher Kennard

  • A population-coding model of attention's influence on contrast response: Estimating neural effects from psychophysical data

    Franco Pestilli;Sam Ling;Sam Ling;Marisa Carrasco

  • Open and reproducible neuroimaging: From study inception to publication

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  • Ensemble Tractography

    Hiromasa Takemura;Cesar F. Caiafa;Brian A. Wandell;Franco Pestilli

  • Bundle analytics, a computational framework for investigating the shapes and profiles of brain pathways across populations.

    Bramsh Qamar Chandio;Shannon Leigh Risacher;Franco Pestilli;Daniel Bullock

  • Evaluating the Accuracy of Diffusion MRI Models in White Matter

    Ariel Rokem;Jason D. Yeatman;Franco Pestilli;Kendrick N. Kay

  • White-Matter Tract Connecting Anterior Insula to Nucleus Accumbens Correlates with Reduced Preference for Positively Skewed Gambles

    Josiah K. Leong;Franco Pestilli;Charlene C. Wu;Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin

  • The open diffusion data derivatives, brain data upcycling via integrated publishing of derivatives and reproducible open cloud services

    Paolo Avesani;Paolo Avesani;Brent McPherson;Soichi Hayashi;Cesar F. Caiafa;Cesar F. Caiafa;Cesar F. Caiafa

  • Tractostorm: The what, why, and how of tractography dissection reproducibility

    Francois Rheault;Alessandro De Benedictis;Alessandro Daducci;Chiara Maffei

  • White matter consequences of retinal receptor and ganglion cell damage.

    Shumpei Ogawa;Shumpei Ogawa;Hiromasa Takemura;Hiromasa Takemura;Hiroshi Horiguchi;Masahiko Terao;Masahiko Terao

  • Altered white matter in early visual pathways of humans with amblyopia

    Brian Allen;Daniel P. Spiegel;Benjamin Thompson;Franco Pestilli

Frequent Co-Authors

Marisa Carrasco
Marisa Carrasco New York University
Brian A. Wandell
Brian A. Wandell Stanford University
David J. Heeger
David J. Heeger New York University
Kendrick Kay
Kendrick Kay University of Minnesota
Antony B. Morland
Antony B. Morland University of York
Clayton E. Curtis
Clayton E. Curtis New York University
Kevin S. Weiner
Kevin S. Weiner University of California, Berkeley
Jörn Kaufmann
Jörn Kaufmann Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Benjamin Thompson
Benjamin Thompson University of Waterloo
Nathalie George
Nathalie George Université Paris Cité

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