2026 Nicholas D. Schiff: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	67	2833	2589	1316	1182	262	22796

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Overview

Nicholas D. Schiff is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields such as Neurology, Epidemiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Emergency Medicine, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their main topics of study include:

Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neurological disorders and treatments
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

Recent publications by Nicholas D. Schiff include:

Thalamic deep brain stimulation in traumatic brain injury: a phase 1, randomized feasibility study, 2023, Nature Medicine

Other influential recent papers in related areas, although not authored by Schiff but relevant to their research context, are:

Recovery from disorders of consciousness: mechanisms, prognosis and emerging therapies, 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
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
Cognitive Motor Dissociation in Disorders of Consciousness, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Nicholas D. Schiff include:

Sudhin A. Shah
Joseph T. Giacino
Brian L. Edlow
Joseph J. Fins
Jonathan D. Victor

Common publication venues for Schiff's work are:

Neurocritical Care
Neurology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Best Publications

General anesthesia, sleep, and coma

Emery N. Brown;Ralph Lydic;Nicholas D. Schiff

1489
Citations
Harnessing neuroplasticity for clinical applications

Steven C. Cramer;Mriganka Sur;Bruce H. Dobkin;Charles J O'Brien

1427
Citations
Brain function in coma, vegetative state, and related disorders

Steven Laureys;Adrian M Owen;Nicholas D Schiff

1342
Citations
Behavioural improvements with thalamic stimulation after severe traumatic brain injury

N. D. Schiff;J. T. Giacino;K. Kalmar;J. D. Victor

1166
Citations
Disorders of consciousness after acquired brain injury: the state of the science

Joseph T. Giacino;Joseph J. Fins;Steven Laureys;Nicholas D. Schiff

879
Citations
Recovery of consciousness after brain injury: a mesocircuit hypothesis

Nicholas D. Schiff

781
Citations
Recovery from disorders of consciousness: mechanisms, prognosis and emerging therapies.

Brian L. Edlow;Jan Claassen;Nicholas D. Schiff;David M. Greer

634
Citations
Practice guideline update recommendations summary: Disorders of consciousness: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology; the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine; and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research

Joseph T. Giacino;Douglas I. Katz;Nicholas D. Schiff;John Whyte

577
Citations
Central thalamic contributions to arousal regulation and neurological disorders of consciousness.

Nicholas D. Schiff

564
Citations
Human consciousness is supported by dynamic complex patterns of brain signal coordination

Athena Demertzi;Athena Demertzi;Enzo Tagliazucchi;Stanislas Dehaene;Stanislas Dehaene;Gustavo Deco

499
Citations
Coma and consciousness: paradigms (re)framed by neuroimaging.

Steven Laureys;Nicholas D. Schiff

492
Citations
fMRI reveals large-scale network activation in minimally conscious patients

N. D. Schiff;D. Rodriguez-Moreno;A. Kamal;K. H.S. Kim

486
Citations
Cognitive Motor Dissociation Following Severe Brain Injuries.

Nicholas D. Schiff

464
Citations
Feedback mechanism for deep brain stimulation

Nicholas D. Schiff;Keith Purpura;Steven Kalik

422
Citations
Residual cerebral activity and behavioural fragments can remain in the persistently vegetative brain

Nicholas D. Schiff;Urs Ribary;Diana Rodriguez Moreno;Bradley Beattie

422
Citations
Possible axonal regrowth in late recovery from the minimally conscious state.

Henning U. Voss;Aziz M. Uluç;Jonathan P. Dyke;Richard Watts

408
Citations
Intrinsic functional connectivity differentiates minimally conscious from unresponsive patients

Athena Demertzi;Georgios Antonopoulos;Lizette Heine;Henning U. Voss

391
Citations
Therapeutic interventions in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness

Aurore Thibaut;Aurore Thibaut;Nicholas Schiff;Joseph Giacino;Steven Laureys

346
Citations
A Proposal for a Coordinated Effort for the Determination of Brainwide Neuroanatomical Connectivity in Model Organisms at a Mesoscopic Scale

Jason W. Bohland;Caizhi Wu;Helen Barbas;Hemant Bokil

321
Citations
Dissociations between behavioural and functional magnetic resonance imaging-based evaluations of cognitive function after brain injury

Jonathan C. Bardin;Joseph J. Fins;Douglas I. Katz;Jennifer Hersh

320
Citations
Behavioural improvements with thalamic stimulation after severe traumatic brain injury (Nature (2007) 448, (600-603))

N. D. Schiff;J. T. Giacino;K. Kalmar;J. D. Victor

14
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