2026 Hal Blumenfeld: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	71	2440	2231	1153	1036	226	15587

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Overview

Hal Blumenfeld is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. The research focus spans neuroscience and medicine, with concentrations in cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and neurology.

The core research topics covered by Blumenfeld's work include epilepsy research and treatment, neural dynamics and brain function, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, functional brain connectivity studies, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, and neural and behavioral psychology studies.

Recent publication venues frequently featuring Blumenfeld's work are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Epilepsia, Epileptic Disorders, NeuroImage, and Neurology.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Blumenfeld are:

Seizure semiology: ILAE glossary of terms and their significance, 2022, Epileptic Disorders
Updated classification of epileptic seizures: Position paper of the International League Against Epilepsy, 2025, Epilepsia
Subcortical Cognition: The Fruit Below the Rind, 2022, Annual Review of Neuroscience
An adversarial collaboration to critically evaluate theories of consciousness, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
An adversarial collaboration protocol for testing contrasting predictions of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theory, 2023, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Blumenfeld include Aya Khalaf, Kate L. Christison-Lagay, Sharif I. Kronemer, Lim-Anna Sieu, and Cian McCafferty.

Best Publications

Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases

Hal Blumenfeld

926
Citations
Cellular and network mechanisms of spike-wave seizures

Hal Blumenfeld

469
Citations
The role of subcortical structures in human epilepsy.

Andrew D Norden;Hal Blumenfeld

426
Citations
Impaired consciousness in epilepsy

Hal Blumenfeld

407
Citations
Cerebral energetics and spiking frequency: The neurophysiological basis of fMRI

Arien J. Smith;Hal Blumenfeld;Kevin L. Behar;Douglas L. Rothman

404
Citations
Positive and Negative Network Correlations in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Hal Blumenfeld;Kelly A. McNally;Susan D. Vanderhill;A. LeBron Paige

386
Citations
Cortical and subcortical networks in human secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures.

H. Blumenfeld;G. I. Varghese;M.J. Purcaro;J.E. Motelow

380
Citations
Dynamic time course of typical childhood absence seizures: EEG, behavior, and functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Xiaoxiao Bai;Matthew Vestal;Rachel Berman;Michiro Negishi

329
Citations
Corticothalamic Inputs Control the Pattern of Activity Generated in Thalamocortical Networks

Hal Blumenfeld;David A. McCormick

326
Citations
Inhibitor of protein synthesis blocks long-term behavioral sensitization in the isolated gill-withdrawal reflex of Aplysia.

V. F. Castellucci;H. Blumenfeld;P. Goelet;E. R. Kandel

298
Citations
Negative BOLD with Large Increases in Neuronal Activity

Ulrich Schridde;Manjula Khubchandani;Joshua E. Motelow;Basavaraju G. Sanganahalli

274
Citations
Impaired consciousness in temporal lobe seizures: role of cortical slow activity

Dario J. Englot;Li Yang;Hamada Hamid;Nathan Danielson

239
Citations
Early treatment suppresses the development of spike-wave epilepsy in a rat model.

Hal Blumenfeld;Joshua P. Klein;Ulrich Schridde;Matthew Vestal

236
Citations
Consciousness and epilepsy: why are patients with absence seizures absent?

Hal Blumenfeld

234
Citations
From molecules to networks: cortical/subcortical interactions in the pathophysiology of idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

Hal Blumenfeld

222
Citations
Why do Seizures Cause Loss of Consciousness

Hal Blumenfeld;Jacob Taylor

213
Citations
Selective frontal, parietal, and temporal networks in generalized seizures.

Hal Blumenfeld;Michael Westerveld;Robert B. Ostroff;Susan D. Vanderhill

195
Citations
Simultaneous EEG, fMRI, and behavior in typical childhood absence seizures

Rachel Berman;Michiro Negishi;Matthew Vestal;Marisa Spann

190
Citations
Impaired attention and network connectivity in childhood absence epilepsy.

Brendan D. Killory;Xiaoxiao Bai;Michiro Negishi;Clemente Vega

190
Citations
Dynamic fMRI and EEG recordings during spike-wave seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures in WAG/Rij rats.

Hrachya Nersesyan;Fahmeed Hyder;Douglas L Rothman;Hal Blumenfeld

182
Citations