2026 Luca Cocchi: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	43	7319	6745	212	200	108	9921

Overview

Luca Cocchi is a researcher affiliated with the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions to several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their work encompasses key topics such as functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, advanced MRI techniques and applications, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, and issues related to anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

Luca Cocchi has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Andrew Zalesky, Luke J. Hearne, Michael Breakspear, Conor Robinson, and Bjorn Burgher. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of research published in respected scientific venues.

Their recent publications include:

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Personalization of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Depression, 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
Movie viewing elicits rich and reliable brain state dynamics, 2020, Nature Communications
Personalized connectivity-guided DLPFC-TMS for depression: Advancing computational feasibility, precision and reproducibility, 2021, Human Brain Mapping
Individual deviations from normative models of brain structure in a large cross-sectional schizophrenia cohort, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
Core and matrix thalamic sub-populations relate to spatio-temporal cortical connectivity gradients, 2020, NeuroImage

The frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Human Brain Mapping, Nature Communications, eLife, and Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

Best Publications

Whole-brain anatomical networks: does the choice of nodes matter?

Andrew Zalesky;Alexander Fornito;Alexander Fornito;Ian H Harding;Luca Cocchi

1253
Citations
Time-resolved resting-state brain networks

Andrew Zalesky;Alex Fornito;Alex Fornito;Luca Cocchi;Leonardo L. Gollo

846
Citations
Criticality in the brain: A synthesis of neurobiology, models and cognition.

Luca Cocchi;Leonardo L. Gollo;Andrew Zalesky;Michael Breakspear

845
Citations
Disrupted Axonal Fiber Connectivity in Schizophrenia

Andrew Zalesky;Alex Fornito;Alex Fornito;Marc L Seal;Luca Cocchi

494
Citations
Dynamic cooperation and competition between brain systems during cognitive control

Luca Cocchi;Andrew Zalesky;Alex Fornito;Jason B. Mattingley

485
Citations
Connectome sensitivity or specificity: which is more important?

Andrew Zalesky;Alex Fornito;Luca Cocchi;Leonardo L. Gollo

304
Citations
Connectivity differences in brain networks.

Andrew Zalesky;Luca Cocchi;Alex Fornito;Micah M Murray

290
Citations
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Personalization of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Depression.

Robin F. H. Cash;Robin F. H. Cash;Luca Cocchi;Jinglei Lv;Jinglei Lv;Paul B. Fitzgerald

254
Citations
Decreased functional brain connectivity in adolescents with internet addiction.

Soon Beom Hong;Andrew Zalesky;Luca Cocchi;Alex Fornito

248
Citations
Functional brain networks related to individual differences in human intelligence at rest

Luke J. Hearne;Jason B. Mattingley;Luca Cocchi;Luca Cocchi

235
Citations
Subgenual Functional Connectivity Predicts Antidepressant Treatment Response to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Independent Validation and Evaluation of Personalization.

Robin F.H. Cash;Andrew Zalesky;Richard H. Thomson;Ye Tian

215
Citations
Movie viewing elicits rich and reliable brain state dynamics.

Johan N. van der Meer;Michael Breakspear;Luke J. Chang;Saurabh Sonkusare

215
Citations
Reconfiguration of Brain Network Architectures between Resting-State and Complexity-Dependent Cognitive Reasoning.

Luke J Hearne;Luca Cocchi;Andrew Zalesky;Jason B Mattingley;Jason B Mattingley

188
Citations
Altered functional brain connectivity in a non-clinical sample of young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Luca Cocchi;Ivanei E. Bramati;Andrew Zalesky;Emi Furukawa

178
Citations
Individual deviations from normative models of brain structure in a large cross-sectional schizophrenia cohort.

Jinglei Lv;Jinglei Lv;Maria Di Biase;Maria Di Biase;Robin F. H. Cash;Luca Cocchi

178
Citations
Mapping how local perturbations influence systems-level brain dynamics.

Leonardo L. Gollo;James A. Roberts;Luca Cocchi

160
Citations
Personalized connectivity‐guided DLPFC‐TMS for depression: Advancing computational feasibility, precision and reproducibility

Robin F H Cash;Luca Cocchi;Jinglei Lv;Jinglei Lv;Yumeng Wu

155
Citations
Disruption of structure–function coupling in the schizophrenia connectome

Luca Cocchi;Ian Herbert Harding;Anton Lord;Christos Pantelis

154
Citations
Imaging human brain networks to improve the clinical efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation.

Martin V Sale;Jason B Mattingley;Andrew Zalesky;Luca Cocchi

154
Citations
White Matter Disruptions in Schizophrenia Are Spatially Widespread and Topologically Converge on Brain Network Hubs

Paul Klauser;Paul Klauser;Paul Klauser;Simon T. Baker;Vanessa L. Cropley;Chad Bousman;Chad Bousman

145
Citations
Towards a post-traumatic subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Leonardo F Fontenelle;Luca Cocchi;Ben J Harrison;Roseli Gedanke Shavitt

140
Citations
White matter microstructure in opiate addiction.

Emre Bora;Murat Yücel;Murat Yücel;Alex Fornito;Alex Fornito;Christos Pantelis

137
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Zalesky University of Melbourne

Michael Breakspear University of Newcastle Australia

Jason B. Mattingley University of Queensland

Alex Fornito Monash University

Vanessa Cropley University of Melbourne

Murat Yücel QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Susan Shur-Fen Gau National Taiwan University

Paul B. Fitzgerald Australian National University

Leonardo F. Fontenelle Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Ben J. Harrison University of Melbourne

External Links

Personal website of Luca Cocchi

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