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2026

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D-Index
146
Citations
97882
World Ranking
162
National Ranking
102

Giulio Tononi 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 Giulio Tononi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 570 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Giulio Tononi 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 Giulio Tononi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 146 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination

    Gerald M. Edelman;Giulio Tononi

  • Sleep function and synaptic homeostasis.

    Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

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

    Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

  • Consciousness and Complexity

    Giulio Tononi;Gerald M. Edelman

  • An information integration theory of consciousness

    Giulio Tononi

  • Local sleep and learning

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

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

    Giulio Tononi;Olaf Sporns;Gerald M. Edelman

  • Consciousness as Integrated Information: a Provisional Manifesto

    Giulio Tononi

  • Breakdown of cortical effective connectivity during sleep.

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

  • Integrated information theory: from consciousness to its physical substrate

    Giulio Tononi;Melanie Boly;Marcello Massimini;Christof Koch

  • Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems

    Christof Koch;Marcello Massimini;Melanie Boly;Giulio Tononi

  • Consciousness and Anesthesia

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

  • Correlates of Sleep and Waking in Drosophila melanogaster

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

  • Sleep and synaptic homeostasis: a hypothesis.

    Giulio Tononi;Chiara Cirelli

  • The sleep slow oscillation as a traveling wave.

    Marcello Massimini;Reto Huber;Fabio Ferrarelli;Sean Hill

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

    Masafumi Oizumi;Larissa Albantakis;Giulio Tononi

  • A theoretically based index of consciousness independent of sensory processing and behavior

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

  • Regional Slow Waves and Spindles in Human Sleep

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

  • Local sleep in awake rats

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

  • Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems - ERRATUM

    Christof Koch;Marcello Massimini;Melanie Boly;Giulio Tononi

Frequent Co-Authors

Chiara Cirelli
Chiara Cirelli University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brady A. Riedner
Brady A. Riedner University of Wisconsin–Madison
Fabio Ferrarelli
Fabio Ferrarelli University of Pittsburgh
Marcello Massimini
Marcello Massimini University of Milan
Mélanie Boly
Mélanie Boly University of Wisconsin–Madison
Simone Sarasso
Simone Sarasso University of Milan
Reto Huber
Reto Huber University of Zurich
Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy
Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy University of Oxford
Gerald M. Edelman
Gerald M. Edelman Neurosciences Institute
Olivia Gosseries
Olivia Gosseries University of Liège

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