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Mark Tommerdahl 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 Mark Tommerdahl sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 131 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Mark Tommerdahl 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 Mark Tommerdahl sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mark Tommerdahl is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a strong focus on cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and epidemiology. Their work also intersects with psychiatry and mental health as well as developmental and educational psychology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to traumatic brain injury research, tactile and sensory interactions, and transcranial magnetic stimulation studies. Further areas of investigation include traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, autism spectrum disorder research, and cardiac arrest and resuscitation.

Mark Tommerdahl has published multiple papers, some of which include:

  • Disorder-specific alterations of tactile sensitivity in neurodevelopmental disorders (2021, Communications Biology)
  • Auditory and tactile frequency representations are co-embedded in modality-defined cortical sensory systems (2020, NeuroImage)
  • Atypical Tactile Perception in Early Childhood Autism (2022, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
  • Reproducibility of flutter-range vibrotactile detection and discrimination thresholds (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Chronic Neurophysiological Effects of Repeated Head Trauma in Retired Australian Male Sport Athletes (2021, Frontiers in Neurology)

Their frequent coauthors include Oleg V. Favorov, Jameson K. Holden, Eric Francisco, Robert G. Dennis, and B. L. Whitsel. These collaborations reflect ongoing contributions to their areas of study and indicate an active research network.

Key publication venues for their work include UNC Libraries, with 18 publications; The Journal of Science and Medicine, accounting for 6 publications; bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 3; Military Medicine with 2; and Communications Biology with 1 publication.

Best Publications

  • Impaired tactile processing in children with autism spectrum disorder

    Nicolaas A J Puts;Ericka L. Wodka;Ericka L. Wodka;Mark A Tommerdahl;Stewart H. Mostofsky

  • Reduced GABA and altered somatosensory function in children with autism spectrum disorder

    Nicolaas A.J. Puts;Nicolaas A.J. Puts;Ericka L. Wodka;Ericka L. Wodka;Ericka L. Wodka;Ashley D. Harris;Deana Crocetti

  • Role of primary somatosensory cortex in the coding of pain.

    Charles J. Vierck;Barry L. Whitsel;Oleg V. Favorov;Alexander W. Brown

  • Somatosensory cortex functional connectivity abnormalities in autism show opposite trends, depending on direction and spatial scale

    Sheraz Khan;Konstantinos Michmizos;Mark Tommerdahl;Santosh Ganesan

  • Anterior Parietal Cortical Response to Tactile and Skin-Heating Stimuli Applied to the Same Skin Site

    M. Tommerdahl;K. A. Delemos;C. J. Vierck;O. V. Favorov

  • Vibrotactile adaptation fails to enhance spatial localization in adults with autism.

    M. Tommerdahl;V. Tannan;C.J. Cascio;G.T. Baranek

  • Absence of stimulus-driven synchronization effects on sensory perception in autism: Evidence for local underconnectivity?

    Mark Tommerdahl;Vinay Tannan;Jameson K Holden;Grace T Baranek

  • Reduced GABAergic inhibition and abnormal sensory symptoms in children with Tourette syndrome

    Nicolaas A. J. Puts;Ashley D. Harris;Ashley D. Harris;Deana Crocetti;Carrie Nettles

  • Minicolumnar Activation Patterns in Cat and Monkey SI Cortex

    M. Tommerdahl;O. Favorov;B. L. Whitsel;B. Nakhle

  • RESPONSE OF ANTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX TO DIFFERENT MODES OF SAME-SITE SKIN STIMULATION

    Mark A Tommerdahl;K. A. Delemos;Oleg V Favorov;C. B. Metz

  • Time course and action spectrum of vibrotactile adaptation.

    Mark Hollins;Alan K. Goble;Barry L. Whitsel;Mark Tommerdahl

  • Dynamic representations of the somatosensory cortex

    Mark A Tommerdahl;Oleg V Favorov;Barry L. Whitsel

  • Perceptual metrics of individuals with autism provide evidence for disinhibition.

    Vinay Tannan;Jameson K. Holden;Zheng Zhang;Grace T. Baranek

  • Mechanisms Underlying Somatosensory Cortical Dynamics: II. In vitro Studies

    Chang Joong Lee;Barry L. Whitsel;Mark Tommerdahl

  • Altered tactile processing in children with autism spectrum disorder

    Teresa Tavassoli;Katherine Bellesheim;Mark Tommerdahl;Jameson M. Holden

  • Optical imaging of intrinsic signals in somatosensory cortex

    Mark Tommerdahl;Oleg Favorov;Barry L Whitsel

  • Altered central sensitization in subgroups of women with vulvodynia.

    Zheng Zhang;Denniz A. Zolnoun;Eric M. Francisco;Jameson K. Holden

  • Somatosensory Information Processing in the Aging Population

    Zheng Zhang;Eric M. Francisco;Jameson K. Holden;Robert G Dennis

  • Functional deficits in carpal tunnel syndrome reflect reorganization of primary somatosensory cortex

    Yumi Maeda;Yumi Maeda;Norman Kettner;Jameson Holden;Jeungchan Lee

  • Human vibrotactile frequency discriminative capacity after adaptation to 25 Hz or 200 Hz stimulation.

    Mark A Tommerdahl;K. D. Hester;E. R. Felix;Mark Hollins

  • Response of anterior parietal cortex to cutaneous flutter versus vibration.

    M. Tommerdahl;K. A. Delemos;B. L. Whitsel;O. V. Favorov

  • Ipsilateral Input Modifies the Primary Somatosensory Cortex Response to Contralateral Skin Flutter

    Mark Tommerdahl;Stephen B. Simons;Joannellyn S. Chiu;Oleg Favorov

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry L. Whitsel
Barry L. Whitsel University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nicolaas A.J. Puts
Nicolaas A.J. Puts King's College London
Stewart H. Mostofsky
Stewart H. Mostofsky Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Richard Anthony Edward Edden
Richard Anthony Edward Edden Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Charles J. Vierck
Charles J. Vierck University of Florida
C. Justin Lee
C. Justin Lee Institute for Basic Science
Vitaly Napadow
Vitaly Napadow Harvard University
Adam Kohn
Adam Kohn Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Grace T. Baranek
Grace T. Baranek University of Southern California
E. Mark Mahone
E. Mark Mahone Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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