2026 Peter Brugger: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	78	1786	1629	33	32	412	19071

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

1786

1629

412

19071

Peter Brugger 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 Peter Brugger sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 887+

This scientist: 412 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Brugger 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 Peter Brugger sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Brugger is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research in various fields related to cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and neurology. Their work spans multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, and social psychology.

Their research covers a range of main topics, reflecting interdisciplinary interests. Key topics include:

Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Action Observation and Synchronization
Congenital Heart Disease Studies
Coronary Artery Anomalies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction

Peter Brugger has collaborated frequently with a group of coauthors, indicating sustained cooperative research efforts. These coauthors include:

Gianluca Saetta
Matteo Cognolato
Katia Giacomino
Anne-Gabrielle Mittaz Hager
Diego Faccio

Several publication venues have featured their work more than once. These include:

Harvard Dataverse
Cortex
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Scientific Data
Current Biology

Among Peter Brugger's recent papers are the following:

"Dynamic human and avatar facial expressions elicit differential brain responses", 2020, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
"Neural Correlates of Body Integrity Dysphoria", 2020, Current Biology
"Gaze, visual, myoelectric, and inertial data of grasps for intelligent prosthetics", 2020, Scientific Data
"Altered white matter microstructure is related to cognition in adults with congenital heart disease", 2020, Brain Communications
"The Effects of Dynamic and Static Emotional Facial Expressions of Humans and Their Avatars on the EEG: An ERP and ERD/ERS Study", 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience

In addition to journal articles, Peter Brugger has contributed to book publications. One recorded book is "Actor & Avatar," published in 2023 by Transcript Verlag.

Best Publications

Linking Out-of-Body Experience and Self Processing to Mental Own-Body Imagery at the Temporoparietal Junction

Olaf Blanke;Christine Mohr;Christoph M Michel;Alvaro Pascual-Leone

750
Citations
Disruption of right prefrontal cortex by low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induces risk-taking behavior

Daria Knoch;Lorena R. R. Gianotti;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Valerie Treyer

685
Citations
Stimulus-response compatibility in representational space.

Daniel Bächtold;Martin Baumüller;Peter Brugger

476
Citations
A comparison of category and letter fluency in Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease.

Andreas U. Monsch;Mark W. Bondi;Nelson Butters;Jane S. Paulsen

382
Citations
Beyond re-membering: phantom sensations of congenitally absent limbs.

Peter Brugger;Spyros S. Kollias;René M. Müri;Gérard Crelier

324
Citations
When digits help digits: spatial-numerical associations point to finger counting as prime example of embodied cognition.

Martin H. Fischer;Peter Brugger

323
Citations
MRI of normal fetal brain development

Daniela Prayer;Gregor Kasprian;Elisabeth Krampl;Barbara Ulm

292
Citations
THE NUMBER SPACE AND NEGLECT

Patrik Vuilleumier;Stéphanie Ortigue;Peter Brugger

275
Citations
Illusory Reduplication of One's Own Body: Phenomenology and Classification of Autoscopic Phenomena.

Peter Brugger;Marianne Regard;Theodor Landis

255
Citations
In utero tractography of fetal white matter development

Gregor Kasprian;Peter C. Brugger;Michael Weber;Martin Krssák

239
Citations
What Disconnection Tells about Motor Imagery: Evidence from Paraplegic Patients

Hatem Alkadhi;Peter Brugger;Sabina Hotz Boendermaker;Gerard Crelier

236
Citations
Head turns bias the brain's internal random generator.

Tobias Loetscher;Urs Schwarz;Michele Schubiger;Peter Brugger

234
Citations
Happy heart syndrome: role of positive emotional stress in takotsubo syndrome

Jelena R. Ghadri;Annahita Sarcon;Johanna Diekmann;Dana Roxana Bataiosu

231
Citations
The Prenatal Origin of Hemispheric Asymmetry: An In Utero Neuroimaging Study

Gregor Kasprian;Georg Langs;Peter C. Brugger;Mario Bittner

223
Citations
Evolution of Neurological, Neuropsychological and Sleep-Wake Disturbances After Paramedian Thalamic Stroke

Dirk M. Hermann;Massimiliano Siccoli;Peter Brugger;Karen Wachter

220
Citations
Motor processes in children's imagery: the case of mental rotation of hands.

Marion Funk;Peter Brugger;Friedrich Wilkening

216
Citations
Eye position predicts what number you have in mind

Tobias Loetscher;Tobias Loetscher;Christopher J. Bockisch;Michael E.R. Nicholls;Peter Brugger

215
Citations
Reflective mirrors: Perspective-taking in autoscopic phenomena

Peter Brugger

213
Citations
Associative processing and paranormal belief

Lorena R. R. Gianotti;Christine Mohr;Diego Pizzagalli;Dietrich Lehmann

207
Citations
Fetal MRI: techniques and protocols

Daniela Prayer;Peter Christian Brugger;Lucas Prayer

201
Citations