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Johannes Sarnthein

Johannes Sarnthein

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Neuroscience

D-Index
44
Citations
10523
World Ranking
7070
National Ranking
164

Johannes Sarnthein 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 Johannes Sarnthein sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 192 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johannes Sarnthein 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 Johannes Sarnthein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

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

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

Overview

Johannes Sarnthein is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a significant focus on Cognitive Neuroscience as well as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. The scientist's work also extends into Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Neurology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Research topics that Johannes Sarnthein has contributed to include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on neuronal function, brain oscillations, and memory processes. Selected papers are:

  • "An electronic neuromorphic system for real-time detection of high frequency oscillations (HFO) in intracranial EEG," 2021, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • "The Architecture of Human Memory: Insights from Human Single-Neuron Recordings," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Information flows from hippocampus to auditory cortex during replay of verbal working memory items," 2022, eLife
  • "Anterior-Posterior Hippocampal Dynamics Support Working Memory Processing," 2022, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • "Dataset of human medial temporal lobe neurons, scalp and intracranial EEG during a verbal working memory task," 2020, Scientific Data

Johannes Sarnthein has published extensively in various venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Brain and Spine

Collaboration is evident through repeated co-authorship with several researchers, including:

  • Lennart Stieglitz
  • Luca Regli
  • Georgia Ramantani
  • Lukas Imbach
  • Giacomo Indiveri

Best Publications

  • Different frequencies for different scales of cortical integration: from local gamma to long range alpha/theta synchronization.

    Astrid von Stein;Johannes Sarnthein

  • Synchronization between prefrontal and posterior association cortex during human working memory

    J. Sarnthein;H. Petsche;P. Rappelsberger;G. L. Shaw

  • Increased EEG power and slowed dominant frequency in patients with neurogenic pain

    Johannes Sarnthein;Jair Stern;Christoph Aufenberg;Valentin Rousson

  • Synchronization Between Temporal and Parietal Cortex During Multimodal Object Processing in Man

    A. von Stein;A. von Stein;P. Rappelsberger;J. Sarnthein;J. Sarnthein;H. Petsche

  • Persistent EEG overactivation in the cortical pain matrix of neurogenic pain patients

    Jair Stern;Daniel Jeanmonod;Johannes Sarnthein

  • Structural and electronic properties of liquid and amorphous SiO2: An ab initio molecular dynamics study.

    Johannes Sarnthein;Alfredo Pasquarello;Roberto Car

  • Model of vitreous SiO 2 generated by an ab initio molecular-dynamics quench from the melt

    Johannes Sarnthein;Alfredo Pasquarello;Roberto Car

  • Structure and Hyperfine Parameters of E 1 ′ Centers in α -Quartz and in Vitreous SiO 2

    Mauro Boero;Alfredo Pasquarello;Johannes Sarnthein;Roberto Car

  • Test–retest reliability of resting EEG spectra validates a statistical signature of persons

    Markus Näpflin;Marc Wildi;Johannes Sarnthein

  • Persistent patterns of brain activity: an EEG coherence study of the positive effect of music on spatial-temporal reasoning.

    Johannes Sarnthein;Astrid vonStein;Peter Rappelsberger;Hellmuth Petsche

  • High thalamocortical theta coherence in patients with neurogenic pain

    Johannes Sarnthein;Daniel Jeanmonod

  • Origin of the High-Frequency Doublet in the Vibrational Spectrum of Vitreous SiO2

    Johannes Sarnthein;Alfredo Pasquarello;Roberto Car

  • Human Intracranial High Frequency Oscillations (HFOs) Detected by Automatic Time-Frequency Analysis

    Sergey Burnos;Peter Hilfiker;Oguzkan Sürücü;Felix Scholkmann

  • Enhanced frontal low and high frequency power and synchronization in the resting EEG of parkinsonian patients

    Morteza Moazami-Goudarzi;Johannes Sarnthein;Lars Michels;Renata Moukhtieva

  • EEG alpha distinguishes between cuneal and precuneal activation in working memory

    Lars Michels;Morteza Moazami-Goudarzi;Daniel Jeanmonod;Johannes Sarnthein

  • Resection of high frequency oscillations predicts seizure outcome in the individual patient.

    Tommaso Fedele;Sergey Burnos;Sergey Burnos;Ece Boran;Niklaus Krayenbühl

  • High Thalamocortical Theta Coherence in Patients with Parkinson's Disease

    Johannes Sarnthein;Daniel Jeanmonod

  • Dynamic structure factor of vitreous silica from first principles: Comparison to neutron-inelastic-scattering experiments

    Alfredo Pasquarello;Johannes Sarnthein;Roberto Car

  • An electronic neuromorphic system for real-time detection of High Frequency Oscillations (HFOs) in intracranial EEG

    Mohammadali Sharifshazileh;Karla Burelo;Johannes Sarnthein;Giacomo Indiveri

  • An electronic neuromorphic system for real-time detection of high frequency oscillations (HFO) in intracranial EEG.

    Mohammadali Sharifshazileh;Karla Burelo;Johannes Sarnthein;Giacomo Indiveri

  • Thalamic theta field potentials and EEG: high thalamocortical coherence in patients with neurogenic pain, epilepsy and movement disorders

    J. Sarnthein;A. Morel;A. von Stein;D. Jeanmonod

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Jeanmonod
Daniel Jeanmonod University of Zurich
Giacomo Indiveri
Giacomo Indiveri University of Zurich
Alfredo Pasquarello
Alfredo Pasquarello École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Roberto Car
Roberto Car Princeton University
Christoph Schmid
Christoph Schmid University of Augsburg
Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Peter Wurz
Peter Wurz University of Bern
Peter Klaver
Peter Klaver University of Zurich
Peter Rappelsberger
Peter Rappelsberger University of Vienna

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