2026 Giulio Tononi: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	146	162	147	102	91	570	97882

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Neuroscience

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97882

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
2005 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award

Overview

Giulio Tononi is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, particularly in the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and brain function.

The main fields of study for Tononi encompass:

Neuroscience

Within neuroscience, their subfields of specialization include:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Molecular Biology
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

The topics frequently covered in their work are:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Sleep and related disorders
Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Tononi has contributed to numerous publications. Their recent significant papers include:

"Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: Formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical terms" (2023), published in PLoS Computational Biology
"Quantifying arousal and awareness in altered states of consciousness using interpretable deep learning" (2022), published in Nature Communications
"An adversarial collaboration to critically evaluate theories of consciousness" (2023), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"An adversarial collaboration protocol for testing contrasting predictions of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theory" (2023), published in PLoS ONE
"EEG microstates of dreams" (2020), published in Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tononi include:

Chiara Cirelli
William Marshall
Mélanie Boly
Larissa Albantakis
Christof Koch

Tononi's research has been published extensively in several venues, notably:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
arXiv (Cornell University)
SLEEP
iScience
PLoS ONE

Among the awards received, Tononi was honored with the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award in 2005.

Best Publications

The Human Connectome: A Structural Description of the Human Brain

Olaf Sporns;Giulio Tononi;Rolf Kötter

3877
Citations
A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination

Gerald M. Edelman;Giulio Tononi

2933
Citations
Sleep function and synaptic homeostasis.

Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

2567
Citations
Sleep and the Price of Plasticity: From Synaptic and Cellular Homeostasis to Memory Consolidation and Integration

Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

2444
Citations
Consciousness and Complexity

Giulio Tononi;Gerald M. Edelman

2253
Citations
An information integration theory of consciousness

Giulio Tononi

2164
Citations
Local sleep and learning

Reto Huber;M. Felice Ghilardi;Marcello Massimini;Giulio Tononi

2140
Citations
A measure for brain complexity: relating functional segregation and integration in the nervous system

Giulio Tononi;Olaf Sporns;Gerald M. Edelman

2005
Citations
Consciousness as Integrated Information: a Provisional Manifesto

Giulio Tononi

1850
Citations
Breakdown of cortical effective connectivity during sleep.

Marcello Massimini;Fabio Ferrarelli;Fabio Ferrarelli;Reto Huber;Reto Huber;Steve K. Esser;Steve K. Esser

1770
Citations
Integrated information theory: from consciousness to its physical substrate

Giulio Tononi;Melanie Boly;Marcello Massimini;Christof Koch

1706
Citations
Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems

Christof Koch;Marcello Massimini;Melanie Boly;Giulio Tononi

1658
Citations
Consciousness and Anesthesia

Michael T. Alkire;Anthony G. Hudetz;Giulio Tononi

1481
Citations
Correlates of Sleep and Waking in Drosophila melanogaster

Paul J. Shaw;Chiara Cirelli;Ralph J. Greenspan;Giulio Tononi

1461
Citations
Sleep and synaptic homeostasis: a hypothesis.

Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

1399
Citations
The sleep slow oscillation as a traveling wave.

Marcello Massimini;Reto Huber;Fabio Ferrarelli;Sean Hill

1342
Citations
From the phenomenology to the mechanisms of consciousness: Integrated Information Theory 3.0.

Masafumi Oizumi;Larissa Albantakis;Giulio Tononi

1257
Citations
A theoretically based index of consciousness independent of sensory processing and behavior

Adenauer G. Casali;Olivia Gosseries;Mario Rosanova;Mélanie Boly

1253
Citations
Regional Slow Waves and Spindles in Human Sleep

Yuval Nir;Richard J. Staba;Thomas Andrillon;Thomas Andrillon;Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy

1060
Citations
Local sleep in awake rats

Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy;Umberto Olcese;Umberto Olcese;Erin C. Hanlon;Yuval Nir

996
Citations
Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems - ERRATUM

Christof Koch;Marcello Massimini;Melanie Boly;Giulio Tononi

18
Citations