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Mélanie Boly

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Neuroscience

D-Index
96
Citations
38411
World Ranking
851
National Ranking
458

Mélanie Boly 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 Mélanie Boly sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 303 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mélanie Boly 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 Mélanie Boly sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Mélanie Boly is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience, Epidemiology, Neurology, Emergency Medicine, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their work covers several main topics including functional brain connectivity studies, traumatic brain injury research, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neural dynamics and brain function, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, as well as sleep and wakefulness research.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Brian L. Edlow, Joseph T. Giacino, Olivia Gosseries, Varina L. Boerwinkle, and Brandon Foreman, reflecting collaborations that contribute to a multidisciplinary approach in their investigations.

Publications by Mélanie Boly appear predominantly in the following venues:

  • Neurocritical Care
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Communications
  • Neurology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Notable recent publications feature:

  • "Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: Formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical terms", 2023, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Clinical and advanced neurophysiology in the prognostic and diagnostic evaluation of disorders of consciousness: review of an IFCN-endorsed expert group", 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "The Curing Coma Campaign: Framing Initial Scientific Challenges-Proceedings of the First Curing Coma Campaign Scientific Advisory Council Meeting", 2020, Neurocritical Care
  • "Quantifying arousal and awareness in altered states of consciousness using interpretable deep learning", 2022, Nature Communications
  • "An adversarial collaboration to critically evaluate theories of consciousness", 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State

    Adrian M. Owen;Martin R. Coleman;Melanie Boly;Matthew H. Davis

  • Willful Modulation of Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness

    Martin M. Monti;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Martin R. Coleman;Melanie Boly

  • Integrated information theory: from consciousness to its physical substrate

    Giulio Tononi;Melanie Boly;Marcello Massimini;Christof Koch

  • Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems

    Christof Koch;Marcello Massimini;Melanie Boly;Giulio Tononi

  • Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: Clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment

    Caroline Schnakers;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Joseph Giacino;Manfredi Ventura

  • A theoretically based index of consciousness independent of sensory processing and behavior

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

  • Default network connectivity reflects the level of consciousness in non-communicative brain- damaged patients

    Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Quentin Noirhomme;Luaba J.-F. Tshibanda;Marie-Aurelie Bruno

  • Breakdown of within- and between-network Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Connectivity during Propofol-induced Loss of Consciousness

    Pierre Boveroux;Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Marie-Aurélie Bruno;Quentin Noirhomme

  • The neural correlates of dreaming

    Francesca Siclari;Benjamin Baird;Lampros Perogamvros;Lampros Perogamvros;Lampros Perogamvros;Giulio Bernardi;Giulio Bernardi;Giulio Bernardi

  • Rethinking segregation and integration: contributions of whole-brain modelling.

    Gustavo Deco;Giulio Tononi;Melanie Boly;Morten L. Kringelbach

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

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

  • Baseline brain activity fluctuations predict somatosensory perception in humans

    Mélanie Boly;Evelyne Balteau;Caroline Schnakers;Christian Degueldre

  • 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

  • Hemodynamic cerebral correlates of sleep spindles during human non-rapid eye movement sleep.

    M. Schabus;T. T. Dang-Vu;G. Albouy;E. Balteau

  • Diagnostic precision of PET imaging and functional MRI in disorders of consciousness: a clinical validation study

    Johan Stender;Johan Stender;Olivia Gosseries;Marie Aurélie Bruno;Vanessa Charland-Verville

  • Two distinct neuronal networks mediate the awareness of environment and of self

    Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse;Athena Demertzi;Manuel Schabus;Quentin Noirhomme

  • Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Martin Desseilles;Geneviève Albouy

  • Sleep transforms the cerebral trace of declarative memories

    Steffen Gais;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu

  • Recovery of cortical effective connectivity and recovery of consciousness in vegetative patients

    Mario Rosanova;Olivia Gosseries;Silvia Casarotto;Mélanie Boly

  • Perception of pain in the minimally conscious state with PET activation: an observational study

    Mélanie Boly;Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville;Caroline Schnakers;Philippe Peigneux

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

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

  • Detecting awareness in the vegetative state.

    Adrian M. Owen;Martin R. Coleman

  • Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems - ERRATUM

    Christof Koch;Marcello Massimini;Melanie Boly;Giulio Tononi

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Laureys
Steven Laureys University of Liège
Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse
Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse University of Liège
Olivia Gosseries
Olivia Gosseries University of Liège
Pierre Maquet
Pierre Maquet University of Liège
Marie-Aurélie Bruno
Marie-Aurélie Bruno University of Liège
Giulio Tononi
Giulio Tononi University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marcello Massimini
Marcello Massimini University of Milan
André Luxen
André Luxen University of Liège
Christophe Phillips
Christophe Phillips University of Liège
Quentin Noirhomme
Quentin Noirhomme University of Liège

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Publications: 105

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George A. Mashour

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Publications: 82

Georg Northoff

Georg Northoff

University of Ottawa

Publications: 79

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Nicholas D. Schiff

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Publications: 74

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Publications: 73

Athena Demertzi

Athena Demertzi

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Publications: 72

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Publications: 71

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Publications: 71

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