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Giovanni Buccino

Giovanni Buccino

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Neuroscience

D-Index
55
Citations
26669
World Ranking
4612
National Ranking
216

Giovanni Buccino 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 Giovanni Buccino sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 135 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Giovanni Buccino 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 Giovanni Buccino sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Giovanni Buccino is affiliated with Magna Graecia University in Italy and has contributed extensively to research at the intersection of psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their work spans several main fields of study including Psychology, Medicine, and Neuroscience, with substantial focus on subfields such as Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's research interests notably cover topics related to Action Observation and Synchronization, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Sport Psychology and Performance, Motor Control and Adaptation, and Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies.

Giovanni Buccino has published in several frequent venues including Frontiers in Neurology, Sensors, Frontiers in Psychology, Brain Sciences, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). The recent papers attributed to their work include:

  • Immersive Virtual Reality in Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review, 2023, Sensors
  • Enhancing motor imagery practice using synchronous action observation, 2022, Psychological Research
  • Evidence for the Concreteness of Abstract Language: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies, 2021, Brain Sciences
  • Action Observation Treatment in a tele-rehabilitation setting: a pilot study in children with cerebral palsy, 2020, Disability and Rehabilitation
  • The Semantics of Natural Objects and Tools in the Brain: A Combined Behavioral and MEG Study, 2022, Brain Sciences

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with several researchers such as Gioacchino Garofalo, Elisa Visani, Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Dunja Duran, and Cosimo Costantino, indicating sustained joint research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study.

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

  • Grasping the intentions of others with one's own mirror neuron system.

    Marco Iacoboni;Istvan Molnar-Szakacs;Vittorio Gallese;Giovanni Buccino

  • Listening to Action-related Sentences Activates Fronto-parietal Motor Circuits

    Marco Tettamanti;Giovanni Buccino;Maria Cristina Saccuman;Vittorio Gallese

  • Speech listening specifically modulates the excitability of tongue muscles: a TMS study.

    Luciano Fadiga;Laila Craighero;Laila Craighero;Giovanni Buccino;Giacomo Rizzolatti

  • Neural Circuits Underlying Imitation Learning of Hand Actions: An Event-Related fMRI Study

    Giovanni Buccino;Stefan Vogt;Afra Ritzl;Gereon R. Fink;Gereon R. Fink

  • Neural Circuits Involved in the Recognition of Actions Performed by Nonconspecifics: An fMRI Study

    Giovanni Buccino;Fausta Lui;Nicola Canessa;Ilaria Patteri

  • Listening to action-related sentences modulates the activity of the motor system: A combined TMS and behavioral study

    G. Buccino;L. Riggio;G. Melli;F. Binkofski

  • A fronto-parietal circuit for object manipulation in man: evidence from an fMRI-study.

    F. Binkofski;G. Buccino;S. Posse;R. J. Seitz

  • Action Observation Has a Positive Impact on Rehabilitation of Motor Deficits After Stroke

    Denis Ertelt;Steven Small;Ana Solodkin;Christian Dettmers

  • The mirror neuron system and action recognition.

    Giovanni Buccino;Ferdinand Binkofski;Lucia Riggio

  • Corticospinal excitability is specifically modulated by motor imagery: a magnetic stimulation study

    Luciano Fadiga;Giovanni Buccino;Laila Craighero;Leonardo Fogassi

  • Processing abstract language modulates motor system activity

    Arthur M. Glenberg;Marc Sato;Luigi Cattaneo;Lucia Riggio

  • Functions of the mirror neuron system: Implications for neurorehabilitation

    Giovanni Buccino;Ana Solodkin;Steven L. Small

  • Cortical mechanism for the visual guidance of hand grasping movements in the monkey: A reversible inactivation study

    Leonardo Fogassi;Vittorio Gallese;Giovanni Buccino;Laila Craighero

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study: Cortical activation during action observation

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

  • A parieto-premotor network for object manipulation: evidence from neuroimaging.

    F. Binkofski;G. Buccino;K. M. Stephan;G. Rizzolatti

  • Prefrontal involvement in imitation learning of hand actions: Effects of practice and expertise

    Stefan Vogt;Giovanni Buccino;Afra M. Wohlschläger;Nicola Canessa

  • Action observation treatment: a novel tool in neurorehabilitation.

    Giovanni Buccino

  • Motor functions of the Broca’s region

    Ferdinand Binkofski;Giovanni Buccino

  • Action observation versus motor imagery in learning a complex motor task: A short review of literature and a kinematics study

    R. Gatti;A. Tettamanti;P.M. Gough;E. Riboldi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferdinand Binkofski
Ferdinand Binkofski RWTH Aachen University
Giacomo Rizzolatti
Giacomo Rizzolatti University of Parma
Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gereon R. Fink
Gereon R. Fink University of Cologne
Vittorio Gallese
Vittorio Gallese University of Parma
Leonardo Fogassi
Leonardo Fogassi University of Parma
Luciano Fadiga
Luciano Fadiga Italian Institute of Technology
Anna M. Borghi
Anna M. Borghi Sapienza University of Rome
Stefan Posse
Stefan Posse University of New Mexico
Ana Solodkin
Ana Solodkin University of California, Irvine

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