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Maria V. Sanchez-Vives

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
67
Citations
22982
World Ranking
2832
National Ranking
40

Maria V. Sanchez-Vives 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 Maria V. Sanchez-Vives sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 208 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Maria V. Sanchez-Vives 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 Maria V. Sanchez-Vives sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Maria V. Sanchez-Vives is affiliated with the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats in Spain. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience, focusing on neural dynamics and brain function as well as applications involving virtual reality.

Their work is prominent in the field of Neuroscience, with notable emphasis on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Psychology, and Pharmacology.

Among the main topics covered in their publications are:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Their research has appeared in various publication venues with a concentration in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain stimulation
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent papers from Maria V. Sanchez-Vives include:

  • "The Rocketbox Library and the Utility of Freely Available Rigged Avatars," 2020, Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  • "Modulation of cortical slow oscillations and complexity across anesthesia levels," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Being the Victim of Intimate Partner Violence in Virtual Reality: First- Versus Third-Person Perspective," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Up and Down States During Slow Oscillations in Slow-Wave Sleep and Different Levels of Anesthesia," 2021, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • "Impact of virtual embodiment and exercises on functional ability and range of motion in orthopedic rehabilitation," 2022, Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include:

  • Maurizio Mattia
  • Arnau Manasanch
  • Almudena Barbero-Castillo
  • Alessandra Camassa
  • Alain Destexhe

Best Publications

  • From presence to consciousness through virtual reality

    Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;Mel Slater

  • Cellular and network mechanisms of rhythmic recurrent activity in neocortex.

    Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;David A. McCormick

  • Enhancing Our Lives with Immersive Virtual Reality

    Mel Slater;Mel Slater;Mel Slater;Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;Maria V. Sanchez-Vives

  • First person experience of body transfer in virtual reality.

    Mel Slater;Mel Slater;Bernhard Spanlang;Bernhard Spanlang;María Victoria Sánchez-Vives;Olaf Blanke

  • Immersive journalism: Immersive virtual reality for the first-person experience of news

    Nonny de la Peòa;Peggy Weil;Joan Llobera;Bernhard Spanlang

  • A virtual reprise of the Stanley Milgram obedience experiments.

    Mel Slater;Mel Slater;Angus Antley;Adam Davison;David Swapp

  • Inducing illusory ownership of a virtual body

    Mel Slater;Daniel Perez-Marcos;H. Henrik Ehrsson;María Victoria Sánchez-Vives;María Victoria Sánchez-Vives

  • Cellular and network mechanisms of slow oscillatory activity (<1 Hz) and wave propagations in a cortical network model.

    Albert Compte;Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;David A. McCormick;Xiao Jing Wang

  • Towards a digital body: the virtual arm illusion

    Mel Slater;Daniel Perez-Marcos;H. Henrik Ehrsson;María Victoria Sánchez-Vives

  • Extending body space in immersive virtual reality: a very long arm illusion.

    Konstantina Kilteni;Jean-Marie Normand;María Victoria Sánchez-Vives;Mel Slater;Mel Slater

  • Electrophysiological classes of cat primary visual cortical neurons in vivo as revealed by quantitative analyses.

    Lionel G. Nowak;Rony Azouz;Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;Charles M. Gray

  • Virtual Hand Illusion Induced by Visuomotor Correlations

    María Victoria Sánchez-Vives;Bernhard Spanlang;Antonio Frisoli;Massimo Bergamasco

  • Changing bodies changes minds: owning another body affects social cognition

    Lara Maister;Mel Slater;Mel Slater;Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;Manos Tsakiris

  • Functional dynamics of GABAergic inhibition in the thalamus

    Uhnoh Kim;Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;David A. McCormick

  • How we experience immersive virtual environments: the concept of presence and its measurement *

    Mel Slater;Beau Lotto;María Marta Arnold;María Victoria Sánchez-Vives

  • Cellular mechanisms of long-lasting adaptation in visual cortical neurons in vitro.

    Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;Lionel G. Nowak;David A. McCormick

  • Membrane Mechanisms Underlying Contrast Adaptation in Cat Area 17In Vivo

    Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;Lionel G. Nowak;David A. McCormick

  • Influence of low and high frequency inputs on spike timing in visual cortical neurons.

    Lionel G. Nowak;Maria V. Sanchez-Vives;David A. McCormick

  • Effects of music learning and piano practice on cognitive function, mood and quality of life in older adults

    Sofia Seinfeld;Heidi Figueroa;Jordi Ortiz-Gil;Maria V. Sanchez-Vives

  • Offenders become the victim in virtual reality: impact of changing perspective in domestic violence.

    Sofia Seinfeld;J. Arroyo-Palacios;G. Iruretagoyena;R. Hortensius;R. Hortensius

Frequent Co-Authors

Mel Slater
Mel Slater University of Barcelona
David A. McCormick
David A. McCormick University of Oregon
Christoph Guger
Christoph Guger Graz University of Technology
Gustavo Deco
Gustavo Deco Pompeu Fabra University
Jose A. Garrido
Jose A. Garrido Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
Alain Destexhe
Alain Destexhe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Vadim V. Nikulin
Vadim V. Nikulin Max Planck Society
Shane M. O'Mara
Shane M. O'Mara Trinity College Dublin
Beatrice de Gelder
Beatrice de Gelder Maastricht University
Xiao-Jing Wang
Xiao-Jing Wang New York University

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