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46
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6786
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John D. Rolston 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 John D. Rolston sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 166 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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John D. Rolston 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 John D. Rolston sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 32nd percentile

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Overview

John D. Rolston is a researcher affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their work spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with 185 and 181 publications respectively. Within these broad disciplines, Rolston's contributions focus heavily on subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their main topics of research include Neurological Disorders and Treatments, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Epilepsy Research and Treatment, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Rolston has published extensively in various venues, with the most frequent being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurosurgery
  • Epilepsia
  • Journal of Neurosurgery
  • Neurocritical Care

Several recent papers reflect their areas of focus, including:

  • "Therapies to Restore Consciousness in Patients with Severe Brain Injuries: A Gap Analysis and Future Directions" (2021), Neurocritical Care
  • "Comparative Effectiveness of Stereotactic Electroencephalography Versus Subdural Grids in Epilepsy Surgery" (2021), Annals of Neurology
  • "Neurostimulation in people with drug-resistant epilepsy: Systematic review and meta-analysis from the ILAE Surgical Therapies Commission" (2022), Epilepsia
  • "Seizure-onset regions demonstrate high inward directed connectivity during resting-state: An SEEG study in focal epilepsy" (2020), Epilepsia
  • "Human interictal epileptiform discharges are bidirectional traveling waves echoing ictal discharges" (2022), eLife

Rolston frequently collaborates with several notable co-authors, including:

  • Elliot H. Smith
  • Tyler S. Davis
  • Amir Arain
  • Melissa Chua
  • Aaron E. L. Warren

Best Publications

  • Rates and Predictors of Seizure Freedom With Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Epilepsy.

    Dario J. Englot;John D. Rolston;Clinton W. Wright;Kevin H. Hassnain

  • Visual percepts evoked with an intracortical 96-channel microelectrode array inserted in human occipital cortex.

    Eduardo Fernández;Arantxa Alfaro;Cristina Soto-Sánchez;Pablo González-López

  • Rates and predictors of long-term seizure freedom after frontal lobe epilepsy surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Dario J Englot;Doris D Wang;John D Rolston;Tina T Shih

  • Precisely timed spatiotemporal patterns of neural activity in dissociated cortical cultures

    John D. Rolston;Daniel A. Wagenaar;Steve M. Potter

  • Frequency and predictors of complications in neurological surgery: national trends from 2006 to 2011

    John D. Rolston;Seunggu J. Han;Catherine Y. Lau;Mitchel S. Berger

  • An unexpectedly high rate of revisions and removals in deep brain stimulation surgery: Analysis of multiple databases.

    John D. Rolston;Dario J. Englot;Philip A. Starr;Paul S. Larson

  • Improving Impedance of Implantable Microwire Multi-Electrode Arrays by Ultrasonic Electroplating of Durable Platinum Black

    Sharanya Arcot Desai;John D Rolston;John D Rolston;Liang Guo;Steve M Potter

  • Comprehensive study of back and leg pain improvements after adult spinal deformity surgery: analysis of 421 patients with 2-year follow-up and of the impact of the surgery on treatment satisfaction.

    Justin K Scheer;Justin S Smith;Aaron J Clark;Virginie Lafage

  • Neurostimulation in people with drug‐resistant epilepsy: Systematic review and meta‐analysis from the ILAE Surgical Therapies Commission

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  • Rathke's cleft cysts: review of natural history and surgical outcomes.

    Seunggu J. Han;John D. Rolston;Arman Jahangiri;Manish K. Aghi

  • Pain Outcomes Following Microvascular Decompression for Drug-Resistant Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Katherine Holste;Alvin Y Chan;John D Rolston;Dario J Englot

  • How to Culture, Record and Stimulate Neuronal Networks on Micro-electrode Arrays (MEAs)

    Chadwick M. Hales;John D. Rolston;Steve M. Potter

  • Therapies to Restore Consciousness in Patients with Severe Brain Injuries: A Gap Analysis and Future Directions.

    Brian L Edlow;Leandro R D Sanz;Len Polizzotto;Nader Pouratian

  • Seizure outcomes after temporal lobectomy in pediatric patients.

    Dario J Englot;John D Rolston;Doris D Wang;Peter P Sun;Peter P Sun

  • A low-cost multielectrode system for data acquisition enabling real-time closed-loop processing with rapid recovery from stimulation artifacts.

    John D Rolston;Robert E Gross;Steve M Potter

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Stereotactic Electroencephalography Versus Subdural Grids in Epilepsy Surgery.

    Lara Jehi;Marcia Morita-Sherman;Thomas E. Love;Fabrice Bartolomei

  • Rates and predictors of success and failure in repeat epilepsy surgery: A meta-analysis and systematic review.

    Max O. Krucoff;Alvin Y. Chan;Stephen C. Harward;Shervin Rahimpour

  • Increased nationwide use of stereoencephalography for intracranial epilepsy electroencephalography recordings.

    Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar;Andrea A. Brock;Bornali Kundu;Dario J. Englot

  • Quality-of-life metrics with vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy from provider survey data

    Dario J. Englot;Kevin H. Hassnain;John D. Rolston;Stephen C. Harward

  • What clinical factors predict the incidence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in neurosurgical patients

    John D. Rolston;Seunggu J. Han;Orin Bloch;Andrew T. Parsa;Andrew T. Parsa

  • Rates and predictors of seizure outcome after corpus callosotomy for drug-resistant epilepsy: a meta-analysis.

    Alvin Y Chan;John D Rolston;Brian Lee;Sumeet Vadera

  • Radiosurgery for epilepsy: clinical experience and potential antiepileptic mechanisms.

    Mark Quigg;John Rolston;Nicholas M. Barbaro

  • Deep brain stimulation for the treatment of disorders of consciousness and cognition in traumatic brain injury patients: a review.

    Bornali Kundu;Andrea A. Brock;Dario J. Englot;Christopher R. Butson

  • Stereotactic Laser Ablation for Hypothalamic Hamartoma.

    John D. Rolston;Edward F. Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Dario J. Englot
Dario J. Englot Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Edward F. Chang
Edward F. Chang University of California, San Francisco
Robert E. Gross
Robert E. Gross Emory University
Mitchel S. Berger
Mitchel S. Berger University of California, San Francisco
Christopher R. Butson
Christopher R. Butson University of Utah
Michael W. McDermott
Michael W. McDermott University of California, San Francisco
Andrew T. Parsa
Andrew T. Parsa Northwestern University
Ronald G. Emerson
Ronald G. Emerson Hospital for Special Surgery
Sameer A. Sheth
Sameer A. Sheth Baylor College of Medicine
Catherine A. Schevon
Catherine A. Schevon Columbia University Medical Center

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