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Peter Fransson

Peter Fransson

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Neuroscience

D-Index
48
Citations
12854
World Ranking
6103
National Ranking
123

Peter Fransson 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 Fransson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 138 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Fransson 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 Fransson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Fransson is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The primary topics of their work include functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, pain mechanisms and treatments, advanced MRI techniques and applications, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, and pain management and placebo effect.

Fransson has published research in numerous venues, notably including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroImage, Cerebral Cortex, Brain Communications, and Molecular Pain.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Fransson are:

  • The 2024 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: unprecedented warming demands unprecedented action (2024, The Lancet Public Health)
  • Whole-brain modelling of resting state fMRI differentiates ADHD subtypes and facilitates stratified neuro-stimulation therapy (2021, NeuroImage)
  • Anti-satellite glia cell IgG antibodies in fibromyalgia patients are related to symptom severity and to metabolite concentrations in thalamus and rostral anterior cingulate cortex (2023, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • Augmented pain inhibition and higher integration of pain modulatory brain networks in women with self-injury behavior (2022, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Genetic risk for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia predicts structure and function of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (2021, Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience)

Frequent co-authors of Peter Fransson include Karin Jensen, William Hedley Thompson, Eva Kosek, Gránit Kastrati, and Maria Lalouni.

Best Publications

  • Spontaneous low‐frequency BOLD signal fluctuations: An fMRI investigation of the resting‐state default mode of brain function hypothesis

    Peter Fransson

  • The precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex plays a pivotal role in the default mode network: Evidence from a partial correlation network analysis.

    Peter Fransson;Guillaume Marrelec;Guillaume Marrelec

  • Resting-state networks in the infant brain.

    Peter Fransson;Beatrice Skiöld;Sandra Horsch;Anders Nordell

  • How default is the default mode of brain function? Further evidence from intrinsic BOLD signal fluctuations.

    Peter Fransson

  • The Functional Architecture of the Infant Brain as Revealed by Resting-State fMRI

    Peter Fransson;Ulrika Åden;Mats Blennow;Hugo Lagercrantz

  • Placebo in Emotional Processing— Induced Expectations of Anxiety Relief Activate a Generalized Modulatory Network

    Predrag Petrovic;Thomas Dietrich;Peter Fransson;Jesper Andersson

  • Evidence of dysfunctional pain inhibition in Fibromyalgia reflected in rACC during provoked pain

    Karin B. Jensen;Eva Kosek;Frank Petzke;Serena Carville

  • Patients With Fibromyalgia Display Less Functional Connectivity In The Brain's Pain Inhibitory Network

    Karin B Jensen;Rita Loitoile;Eva Kosek;Frank Petzke

  • Spontaneous Brain Activity in the Newborn Brain During Natural Sleep—An fMRI Study in Infants Born at Full Term

    Peter Fransson;Beatrice Skiöld;Mathias Engström;Boubou Hallberg

  • Overlapping structural and functional brain changes in patients with long-term exposure to fibromyalgia pain

    Karin B. Jensen;Priti Srinivasan;Rosa Spaeth;Ying Tan;Ying Tan

  • Isolating the retrieval of imagined pictures during episodic memory: activation of the left precuneus and left prefrontal cortex.

    Brian Nils Lundstrom;Brian Nils Lundstrom;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Jesper Andersson;Mikael Johansson

  • Connecting to Create: Expertise in Musical Improvisation Is Associated with Increased Functional Connectivity between Premotor and Prefrontal Areas

    Ana Luísa Pinho;Örjan de Manzano;Peter Fransson;Helene Eriksson

  • Distinct Contributions of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Orbitofrontal Cortex during Emotion Regulation

    Armita Golkar;Tina B. Lonsdorf;Andreas Olsson;Kara M. Lindstrom

  • A template for spatial normalisation of MR images of the rat brain.

    Petra Schweinhardt;Peter Fransson;Lars Olson;Christian Spenger

  • Functional MRI of the human amygdala

    Klaus-Dietmar Merboldt;Peter Fransson;Harald Bruhn;Jens Frahm

  • A prefrontal non-opioid mechanism in placebo analgesia

    Predrag Petrovic;Eija Kalso;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Karl Magnus Petersson;Jesper Andersson

  • Age-differential patterns of brain activation during perception of angry faces

    Håkan Fischer;Johan Sandblom;Joachim Gavazzeni;Peter Fransson

  • Limbic justice--amygdala involvement in immediate rejection in the Ultimatum Game.

    Katarina Gospic;Erik Mohlin;Peter Fransson;Predrag Petrovic

  • Addressing a Paradox: Dual Strategies for Creative Performance in Introspective and Extrospective Networks

    Ana Luísa Pinho;Fredrik Ullén;Miguel Castelo-Branco;Peter Fransson

  • Early Development of Spatial Patterns of Power-Law Frequency Scaling in fMRI Resting-State and EEG Data in the Newborn Brain

    Peter Fransson;Marjo Metsäranta;Mats Blennow;Ulrika Åden

  • COMMENTS AND CONTROVERSIES Functional MRI of the Human Amygdala

    Klaus-Dietmar Merboldt;Peter Fransson;Harald Bruhn;Jens Frahm

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Ingvar
Martin Ingvar Karolinska Institute
Mary Rudner
Mary Rudner Linköping University
Jerker Rönnberg
Jerker Rönnberg Linköping University
Predrag Petrovic
Predrag Petrovic Karolinska Institute
Ernest Choy
Ernest Choy Cardiff University
Karl Magnus Petersson
Karl Magnus Petersson University of Algarve
Hugo Lagercrantz
Hugo Lagercrantz Karolinska Institute
Sampsa Vanhatalo
Sampsa Vanhatalo University of Helsinki
Håkan Fischer
Håkan Fischer Stockholm University
Mats Lekander
Mats Lekander Karolinska Institute

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