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Massimo Cincotta 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 Massimo Cincotta sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 148 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Massimo Cincotta 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 Massimo Cincotta sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Massimo Cincotta is affiliated with Santa Maria Nuova Hospital in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on Neurology, with significant work in Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Social Psychology.

The researcher's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Massimo Cincotta has published in various scientific journals, with frequent contributions to these venues:

  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Fabio Giovannelli
  • Maria Pia Viggiano
  • Gioele Gavazzi
  • Mario Mascalchi
  • Chiara Noferini

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Massimo Cincotta include:

  • "Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines" (2020), published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Subregional prefrontal cortex recruitment as a function of inhibitory demand: an fMRI metanalysis" (2023), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Drug treatments in patients with cardiac diseases and epilepsy" (2020), published in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
  • "Mouse Tracking to Explore Motor Inhibition Processes in Go/No-Go and Stop Signal Tasks" (2020), published in Brain Sciences
  • "Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Limbic Encephalitis with Anti-CASPR2 Antibodies" (2020), published in Case Reports in Neurological Medicine

Best Publications

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;Nathalie André-Obadia;Andrea Antal;Samar S. Ayache

  • Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines

    Simone Rossi;Andrea Antal;Sven Bestmann;Marom Bikson

  • Dissociation of the pathways mediating ipsilateral and contralateral motor-evoked potentials in human hand and arm muscles

    Ulf Ziemann;Kenji Ishii;Alessandra Borgheresi;Zaneb Yaseen

  • Neurophysiology of unimanual motor control and mirror movements.

    M. Cincotta;U. Ziemann

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation and epilepsy

    Carlo Alberto Tassinari;Massimo Cincotta;Gaetano Zaccara;Roberto Michelucci

  • Slow repetitive TMS for drug-resistant epilepsy: Clinical and EEG findings of a placebo-controlled trial

    Roberto Cantello;Simone Rossi;Claudia Varrasi;Monica Ulivelli

  • Modulation of interhemispheric inhibition by volitional motor activity: an ipsilateral silent period study

    Fabio Giovannelli;Alessandra Borgheresi;Fabrizio Balestrieri;Gaetano Zaccara

  • A real electro-magnetic placebo (REMP) device for sham transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

    Simone Rossi;Marisa Ferro;Massimo Cincotta;Monica Ulivelli

  • Vegetative versus minimally conscious states: a study using TMS-EEG, sensory and event-related potentials.

    Aldo Ragazzoni;Cornelia Pirulli;Domenica Veniero;Matteo Feurra

  • Analysis of facial expressions in parkinson's disease through video-based automatic methods

    Andrea Bandini;Andrea Bandini;Silvia Orlandi;Hugo Jair Escalante;Fabio Giovannelli

  • Central nervous system adverse effects of new antiepileptic drugs: A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled studies

    G. Zaccara;P.F. Gangemi;M. Cincotta

  • A novel DCC mutation and genetic heterogeneity in congenital mirror movements

    C. Depienne;M. Cincotta;S. Billot;D. Bouteiller

  • Comparison of the efficacy and tolerability of new antiepileptic drugs: what can we learn from long-term studies?

    G. Zaccara;A. Messori;M. Cincotta;G. Burchini

  • RAD51 haploinsufficiency causes congenital mirror movements in humans.

    Christel Depienne;Delphine Bouteiller;Aurélie Méneret;Ségolène Billot

  • Suprathreshold 0.3 Hz repetitive TMS prolongs the cortical silent period: potential implications for therapeutic trials in epilepsy.

    M Cincotta;A Borgheresi;C Gambetti;F Balestrieri

  • Trust at first sight: evidence from ERPs

    Tessa Marzi;Stefania Righi;Sara Ottonello;Massimo Cincotta

  • Interictal inhibitory mechanisms in patients with cryptogenic motor cortex epilepsy: a study of the silent period following transcranial magnetic stimulation

    M Cincotta;A Borgheresi;S Lori;M Fabbri

  • No effects of 20 Hz-rTMS of the primary motor cortex in vegetative state: A randomised, sham-controlled study.

    Massimo Cincotta;Fabio Giovannelli;Roberta Chiaramonti;Giovanni Bianco

  • Mechanisms underlying mirror movements in Parkinson's disease: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study.

    Massimo Cincotta;Alessandra Borgheresi;Fabrizio Balestrieri;Fabio Giovannelli

  • Reorganization of the motor cortex in a patient with congenital hemiparesis and mirror movements

    M. Cincotta;A. Borgheresi;P. Liotta;A. Montigiani

  • RAD51 deficiency disrupts the corticospinal lateralization of motor control.

    Cécile Gallea;Cécile Gallea;Traian Popa;Traian Popa;Cécile Hubsch;Romain Valabregue

Frequent Co-Authors

Gaetano Zaccara
Gaetano Zaccara Santa Maria Nuova Hospital
Simone Rossi
Simone Rossi University of Siena
Ulf Ziemann
Ulf Ziemann University of Tübingen
Alfredo Berardelli
Alfredo Berardelli Sapienza University of Rome
Carlo Miniussi
Carlo Miniussi University of Trento
Mirco Cosottini
Mirco Cosottini University of Pisa
Emiliano Santarnecchi
Emiliano Santarnecchi Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Tommaso Pizzorusso
Tommaso Pizzorusso University of Florence
Nicoletta Berardi
Nicoletta Berardi University of Florence
Roberto Cantello
Roberto Cantello University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro

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