2026 Marcello Massimini: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	75	1974	1802	71	67	230	29454

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Neuroscience

1974

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230

29454

Overview

Marcello Massimini is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with significant contributions to the subfields of Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Epidemiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, including:

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neural dynamics and brain function
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Marcello Massimini has published numerous papers, including the following recent works:

Clinical and advanced neurophysiology in the prognostic and diagnostic evaluation of disorders of consciousness: review of an IFCN-endorsed expert group, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
Clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation in neurological disorders. Updated report of an IFCN committee, 2023, Clinical Neurophysiology
Consciousness and complexity: a consilience of evidence, 2021, Neuroscience of Consciousness
Local sleep-like cortical reactivity in the awake brain after focal injury, 2020, Brain
The rt-TEP tool: real-time visualization of TMS-Evoked Potentials to maximize cortical activation and minimize artifacts, 2022, Journal of Neuroscience Methods

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, notably:

Simone Sarasso
Mario Rosanova
Andrea Pigorini
Simone Russo
Ezequiel Mikulan

Marcello Massimini's research findings are often published in specific venues, with multiple contributions in:

Brain Stimulation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Clinical Neurophysiology
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Nature Communications

Best Publications

Local sleep and learning

Reto Huber;M. Felice Ghilardi;Marcello Massimini;Giulio Tononi

2140
Citations
Breakdown of cortical effective connectivity during sleep.

Marcello Massimini;Fabio Ferrarelli;Fabio Ferrarelli;Reto Huber;Reto Huber;Steve K. Esser;Steve K. Esser

1770
Citations
Integrated information theory: from consciousness to its physical substrate

Giulio Tononi;Melanie Boly;Marcello Massimini;Christof Koch

1706
Citations
Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems

Christof Koch;Marcello Massimini;Melanie Boly;Giulio Tononi

1658
Citations
The sleep slow oscillation as a traveling wave.

Marcello Massimini;Reto Huber;Fabio Ferrarelli;Sean Hill

1342
Citations
A theoretically based index of consciousness independent of sensory processing and behavior

Adenauer G. Casali;Olivia Gosseries;Mario Rosanova;Mélanie Boly

1253
Citations
Natural frequencies of human corticothalamic circuits.

Mario Rosanova;Adenauer Casali;Valentina Bellina;Federico Resta

791
Citations
Arm immobilization causes cortical plastic changes and locally decreases sleep slow wave activity.

Reto Huber;M Felice Ghilardi;Marcello Massimini;Fabio Ferrarelli

695
Citations
Breakdown in cortical effective connectivity during midazolam-induced loss of consciousness

Fabio Ferrarelli;Marcello Massimini;Simone Sarasso;Adenauer Casali

626
Citations
Preserved feedforward but impaired top-down processes in the vegetative state.

Melanie Boly;Melanie Boly;Marta Isabel Garrido;Olivia Gosseries;Marie-Aurelie Bruno

607
Citations
Are the Neural Correlates of Consciousness in the Front or in the Back of the Cerebral Cortex? Clinical and Neuroimaging Evidence.

Melanie Boly;Marcello Massimini;Naotsugu Tsuchiya;Bradley R. Postle

599
Citations
Reduced Sleep Spindle Activity in Schizophrenia Patients

Fabio Ferrarelli;Reto Huber;Michael J. Peterson;Marcello Massimini

597
Citations
Triggering sleep slow waves by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Marcello Massimini;Fabio Ferrarelli;Steve K. Esser;Brady A. Riedner

569
Citations
Source modeling sleep slow waves

Michael Murphy;Brady A. Riedner;Reto Huber;Marcello Massimini

523
Citations
Recovery of cortical effective connectivity and recovery of consciousness in vegetative patients

Mario Rosanova;Olivia Gosseries;Silvia Casarotto;Mélanie Boly

502
Citations
Sleep homeostasis and cortical synchronization: III. A high-density EEG study of sleep slow waves in humans.

Brady A. Riedner;Vladyslav V. Vyazovskiy;Reto Huber;Marcello Massimini

487
Citations
Stratification of unresponsive patients by an independently validated index of brain complexity

Casarotto S;Comanducci A;Rosanova M;Sarasso S

467
Citations
Propofol anesthesia and sleep: a high-density EEG study

Michael J.J. Murphy;Marie-Aurélie Bruno;Brady A. Riedner;Pierre Boveroux

440
Citations
Consciousness and Complexity during Unresponsiveness Induced by Propofol, Xenon, and Ketamine

Simone Sarasso;Melanie Boly;Martino Napolitani;Martino Napolitani;Olivia Gosseries

434
Citations
A direct demonstration of cortical LTP in humans: a combined TMS/EEG study.

S.K. Esser;R. Huber;M. Massimini;M.J. Peterson

429
Citations
Electrophysiological correlates of behavioural changes in vigilance in vegetative state and minimally conscious state

Eric Landsness;Marie Aurélie Bruno;Quentin Noirhomme;Brady Riedner

186
Citations
Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems - ERRATUM

Christof Koch;Marcello Massimini;Melanie Boly;Giulio Tononi

18
Citations