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Johan Wessberg 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 Johan Wessberg sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 96 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Johan Wessberg 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 Johan Wessberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Johan Wessberg is a researcher affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their primary field of study is Neuroscience, with a focus on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of areas related to sensory and neural functions. Key subjects include tactile and sensory interactions, pain mechanisms and treatments, muscle activation and electromyography studies, motor control and adaptation, neurobiology and insect physiology research, neural dynamics and brain function, and multisensory perception and integration.

Wessberg has published extensively within notable scientific venues. The frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain
  • The Journal of Physiology

Recent significant papers by Wessberg include:

  • Evidence for sparse C-tactile afferent innervation of glabrous human hand skin, 2020, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Neural feedback strategies to improve grasping coordination in neuromusculoskeletal prostheses, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Nav1.7 is required for normal C-low threshold mechanoreceptor function in humans and mice, 2021, Brain
  • Slowly-adapting type II afferents contribute to conscious touch sensation in humans: Evidence from single unit intraneural microstimulation, 2022, The Journal of Physiology
  • A topographical and physiological exploration of C-tactile afferents and their response to menthol and histamine, 2022, Journal of Neurophysiology

Wessberg collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Helena Backlund Wasling, Line S. Löken, Roger Holmes Watkins, Mariama Dione, and Rochelle Ackerley. These collaborations reflect ongoing research efforts in their main areas of interest.

Best Publications

  • Real-time prediction of hand trajectory by ensembles of cortical neurons in primates

    Johan Wessberg;Christopher R. Stambaugh;Jerald D. Kralik;Pamela D. Beck

  • Coding of pleasant touch by unmyelinated afferents in humans

    Line S Löken;Johan Wessberg;India Morrison;India Morrison;Francis McGlone

  • Discriminative and Affective Touch: Sensing and Feeling

    Francis McGlone;Francis McGlone;Johan Wessberg;Håkan Olausson

  • Unmyelinated afferents constitute a second system coding tactile stimuli of the human hairy skin.

    Å. B. Vallbo;H. Olausson;J. Wessberg

  • The neurophysiology of unmyelinated tactile afferents

    Håkan Olausson;Johan Wessberg;India Morrison;Francis McGlone

  • Human C-tactile afferents are tuned to the temperature of a skin-stroking caress.

    Rochelle Ackerley;Helena Backlund Wasling;Jaquette Liljencrantz;Jaquette Liljencrantz;Håkan Olausson

  • Cortical ensemble activity increasingly predicts behaviour outcomes during learning of a motor task

    Mark Laubach;Johan Wessberg;Miguel A. L. Nicolelis

  • Organization of motor output in slow finger movements in man.

    A B Vallbo;J Wessberg

  • Discriminative touch and emotional touch.

    Francis McGlone;Åke Vallbo;Håkan Olausson;Line Sofie Löken

  • Somatotopic Organization of Gentle Touch Processing in the Posterior Insular Cortex

    Malin Björnsdotter;Line Löken;Håkan Olausson;Ake Vallbo

  • A system of unmyelinated afferents for innocuous mechanoreception in the human skin.

    A˚ke Vallbo;Ha˚kan Olausson;Johan Wessberg;Ulf Norrsell

  • Receptive field characteristics of tactile units with myelinated afferents in hairy skin of human subjects.

    A B Vallbo;H Olausson;J Wessberg;N Kakuda

  • Functional role of unmyelinated tactile afferents in human hairy skin: sympathetic response and perceptual localization

    Håkan Olausson;Jonathan Cole;Karin Rylander;Francis McGlone

  • Reduced C-afferent fibre density affects perceived pleasantness and empathy for touch

    India Morrison;India Morrison;Line S. Löken;Jan Minde;Johan Wessberg

  • Receptive Field Properties of Unmyelinated Tactile Afferents in the Human Skin

    Johan Wessberg;Håkan Olausson;Håkan Olausson;Katarina Wiklund Fernström;Åke B. Vallbo

  • Closed loop brain machine interface

    Miguel A.L. Nicolelis;John K. Chapin;Johan Wessberg

  • The Neurobiology Shaping Affective Touch: Expectation, Motivation, and Meaning in the Multisensory Context

    Dan Mikael Ellingsen;Dan Mikael Ellingsen;Siri Leknes;Guro Engvig Løseth;Johan Wessberg

  • Unmyelinated tactile afferents have opposite effects on insular and somatosensory cortical processing

    Håkan W. Olausson;Jonathan Cole;Åke Vallbo;Francis McGlone

  • Oxytocin enhances pupil dilation and sensitivity to “hidden” emotional expressions

    Siri Leknes;Johan Wessberg;Dan-Mikael Ellingsen;Olga Chelnokova

  • Pleasantness of touch in human glabrous and hairy skin: Order effects on affective ratings

    Line S. Löken;Mika Evert;Johan Wessberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Håkan Olausson
Håkan Olausson Linköping University
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis Duke University
Francis McGlone
Francis McGlone Liverpool John Moores University
John K. Chapin
John K. Chapin State University of New York
Matthew J. Brookes
Matthew J. Brookes University of Nottingham
Veikko Jousmäki
Veikko Jousmäki Aalto University
Tadashi Isa
Tadashi Isa Kyoto University
Jonathan Cole
Jonathan Cole Bournemouth University
Richard Bowtell
Richard Bowtell University of Nottingham
Bruno Laeng
Bruno Laeng University of Oslo

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