2026 Ranganatha Sitaram: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	39	8236	7606	3534	3196	116	9238

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Neuroscience

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3534

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116

9238

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Chile Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Chile Leader Award

Overview

Ranganatha Sitaram is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Genetics, Neurology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics of Sitaram's work include:

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Neural dynamics and brain function
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques

The scientist has contributed to various recent papers, including:

Consensus on the reporting and experimental design of clinical and cognitive-behavioural neurofeedback studies (CRED-nf checklist), 2020, Brain
Fractional Anisotropy changes in Parahippocampal Cingulum due to Alzheimer's Disease, 2020, Scientific Reports
Involvement of top-down networks in the perception of facial emotions: A magnetoencephalographic investigation, 2020, NeuroImage
Machine learning to investigate superficial white matter integrity in early multiple sclerosis, 2021, Journal of Neuroimaging
Neurorights in the Constitution: from neurotechnology to ethics and politics, 2024, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sitaram include:

Sergio Ruíz
Josué Luiz Dalboni da Rocha
Matthew Scoggins
Ping Zou
Niels Birbaumer

Publication venues where Sitaram has frequently published encompass:

Brain Sciences
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Neuro-Oncology
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

Closed-loop brain training: the science of neurofeedback

Ranganatha Sitaram;Tomas Ros;Luke Stoeckel;Sven Haller

1242
Citations
Temporal classification of multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy signals of motor imagery for developing a brain-computer interface.

Ranganatha Sitaram;Haihong Zhang;Cuntai Guan;Manoj Thulasidas

737
Citations
Real-time fMRI neurofeedback: Progress and challenges

J. Sulzer;S. Haller;F. Scharnowski;F. Scharnowski;N. Weiskopf

546
Citations
Regulation of anterior insular cortex activity using real-time fMRI

Andrea Caria;Andrea Caria;Ralf Veit;Ranganatha Sitaram;Martin Lotze

458
Citations
Acquired self-control of insula cortex modulates emotion recognition and brain network connectivity in schizophrenia.

Sergio Ruiz;Sergio Ruiz;Sangkyun Lee;Surjo R. Soekadar;Andrea Caria

350
Citations
Consensus on the reporting and experimental design of clinical and cognitive-behavioural neurofeedback studies (CRED-nf checklist)

Tomas Ros;Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert;Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert;Vadim Zotev;Kymberly D Young

348
Citations
Self-regulation of regional cortical activity using real-time fMRI: the right inferior frontal gyrus and linguistic processing.

Giuseppina Rota;Giuseppina Rota;Ranganatha Sitaram;Ralf Veit;Ralf Veit;Michael Erb

312
Citations
Resting state changes in functional connectivity correlate with movement recovery for BCI and robot-assisted upper-extremity training after stroke.

Bálint Várkuti;Cuntai Guan;Yaozhang Pan;Kok Soon Phua

311
Citations
Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging : methods and applications

Nikolaus Weiskopf;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Ranganatha Sitaram;Oliver Josephs;Ralf Veit;Ralf Veit

303
Citations
fMRI brain-computer interface: a tool for neuroscientific research and treatment

Ranganatha Sitaram;Andrea Caria;Ralf Veit;Tilman Gaber

299
Citations
Volitional Control of Anterior Insula Activity Modulates the Response to Aversive Stimuli. A Real-Time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Andrea Caria;Andrea Caria;Ranganatha Sitaram;Ralf Veit;Ralf Veit;Chiara Begliomini

285
Citations
Learned regulation of brain metabolism.

Niels Birbaumer;Sergio Ruiz;Sergio Ruiz;Ranganatha Sitaram;Ranganatha Sitaram;Ranganatha Sitaram

277
Citations
Real-time support vector classification and feedback of multiple emotional brain states

Ranganatha Sitaram;Sangkyun Lee;Sergio Ruiz;Sergio Ruiz;Mohit Rana

234
Citations
2009 Special Issue: Hemodynamic brain-computer interfaces for communication and rehabilitation

Ranganatha Sitaram;Andrea Caria;Niels Birbaumer

230
Citations
Real-time fMRI brain computer interfaces: Self-regulation of single brain regions to networks

Sergio Ruiz;Sergio Ruiz;Korhan Buyukturkoglu;Mohit Rana;Niels Birbaumer

208
Citations
Acquired Control of Ventral Premotor Cortex Activity by Feedback Training: An Exploratory Real-Time fMRI and TMS Study

Ranganatha Sitaram;Ralf Veit;Birte Stevens;Andrea Caria

194
Citations
Neurofeedback-mediated self-regulation of the dopaminergic midbrain

James Samuel Sulzer;Ranganatha Sitaram;Ranganatha Sitaram;Maria Laura Blefari;Spyros Kollias

169
Citations
Real-Time fMRI: A Tool for Local Brain Regulation

Andrea Caria;Andrea Caria;Ranganatha Sitaram;Ranganatha Sitaram;Niels Birbaumer

147
Citations
Using real-time fMRI to learn voluntary regulation of the anterior insula in the presence of threat-related stimuli

Ralf Veit;Vanessa Singh;Ranganatha Sitaram;Andrea Caria

145
Citations
fMRI Brain-Computer Interfaces

R. Sitaram;N. Weiskopf;A. Caria;R. Veit

134
Citations