2026 John O. Willoughby: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	44	7240	6670	210	198	139	6272

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Overview

John O. Willoughby is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and focuses on research at the intersection of neuroscience and medicine. Their work primarily addresses complex neurological phenomena and biomedical applications with a particular emphasis on brain-computer interfaces, neural engineering, and retinal sciences.

Their research encompasses a range of fields including:

Neuroscience
Medicine

Within these broader categories, their subfields of study include:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Biomedical Engineering
Ophthalmology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Willoughby's main research topics cover:

EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Neural dynamics and brain function
Retinal Diseases and Treatments
Retinal Imaging and Analysis
Neurological and metabolic disorders

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

Kenneth J. Pope
Trent Lewis
Sean P. Fitzgibbon
Azin S. Janani
Tyler S. Grummett

Their work has been published repeatedly in notable venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Brain and Behavior
Modeling and Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology
South African Medical Journal

John O. Willoughby's recent papers include:

Managing electromyogram contamination in scalp recordings: An approach identifying reliable beta and gamma EEG features of psychoses or other disorders (2022, Brain and Behavior)
Managing electromyogram contamination in scalp recordings: an approach identifying reliable beta and gamma EEG features of psychoses or other disorders (2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
Using mathematics to avoid blindness in diabetics (Part 2): eliminating re-emergent diabetic retinopathy caused by blood thinners (2024, Modeling and Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology)
Paediatric nephroblastoma at a South African tertiary hospital: A 21-year retrospective analysis (2024, South African Medical Journal)
The effect of neuromuscular blockade on EEG-based measures of awareness (2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Best Publications

Scalp electrical recording during paralysis: quantitative evidence that EEG frequencies above 20 Hz are contaminated by EMG.

Emma M. Whitham;Kenneth J. Pope;Sean P. Fitzgibbon;Trent Lewis

586
Citations
Cognitive tasks augment gamma EEG power

S Fitzgibbon;Kenneth Pope;Lorraine Mackenzie;Christopher Clark

290
Citations
Distribution of tyrosine hydroxylase and neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactive neurons in rabbit medulla oblongata, with attention to colocalization studies, presumptive adrenaline-synthesizing perikarya, and vagal preganglionic cells.

W. W. Blessing;P. R. C. Howe;T. H. Joh;J. R. Oliver

285
Citations
Thinking activates EMG in scalp electrical recordings.

Emma M. Whitham;Trent Lewis;Kenneth J. Pope;Sean P. Fitzgibbon

215
Citations
Antiserum to somatostatin prevents stress-induced inhibition of growth hormone secretion in the rat.

Leon C. Terry;John O. Willoughby;Paul Braseau;Joseph B. Martin

200
Citations
Noradrenergic and dopaminergic projections to the medial preoptic area of the rat. A combined horseradish peroxidase/catecholamine fluorescence study

Trevor A. Day;William Blessing;John O. Willoughby

183
Citations
Neuroendocrine organization of growth hormone regulation.

Martin Jb;Brazeau P;Tannenbaum Gs;Willoughby Jo

150
Citations
Pulsatile growth hormone, prolactin, and thyrotropin secretion in rats with hypothalamic deafferentation

J.O. Willoughby;L.C. Terry;P. Brazeau;J.B. Martin

131
Citations
Effects of Brain Lesions and Hypothalamic Deafferentation on Somatostatin Distribution in the Rat Brain

Jacques Epelbaum;John O. Willoughby;Paul Brazeau;Joseph B. Martin

125
Citations
Inhibiting the rabbit caudal ventrolateral medulla prevents baroreceptor-initiated secretion of vasopressin.

W W Blessing;J O Willoughby

121
Citations
Neurons in the area postrema are the only catecholamine-synthesizing cells in the medulla or pons with projections to the rostral ventrolateral medulla (C1-area) in the rabbit.

W.W. Blessing;S.C. Hedger;T.H. Joh;J.O. Willoughby

117
Citations
Persistent abnormality detected in the non-ictal electroencephalogram in primary generalised epilepsy

J O Willoughby;S P Fitzgibbon;K J Pope;L Mackenzie

106
Citations
Origin of serotonin innervation of the arcuate and ventromedial hypothalamic region

J.O. Willoughby;W.W. Blessing

105
Citations
Neuropeptide Y injected into the supraoptic nucleus causes secretion of vasopressin in the unanesthetized rat.

J.O. Willoughby;W.W. Blessing

105
Citations
PHYSIOLOGIC SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE AND PROLACTIN IN MALE AND FEMALE RATS

Leon C. Terry;Adah Saunders;Judy Audet;John O. Willoughby

101
Citations
Kainic acid induces distinct types of epileptiform discharge with differential involvement of hippocampus and neocortex.

A Medvedev;L Mackenzie;J.J Hiscock;J.O Willoughby

101
Citations
Relation of neurological findings after cardiac arrest to outcome.

John O. Willoughby;Brian G. Leach

99
Citations
Nicotine as an antiepileptic agent in ADNFLE: an N-of-one study.

John O. Willoughby;Kenneth J. Pope;Vaughn Eaton

99
Citations
Relation of gamma oscillations in scalp recordings to muscular activity.

Kenneth J. Pope;Sean P. Fitzgibbon;Trent W. Lewis;Emma M. Whitham

98
Citations
Neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactive C1 neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rabbit project to sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the spinal cord.

W.W. Blessing;J.R. Oliver;A.H. Hodgson;T.H. Joh

97
Citations