2026 Riitta Salmelin: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	72	2285	2088	14	14	236	20625

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Neuroscience

2285

2088

236

20625

Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Riitta Salmelin is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience. They have contributed extensively to multiple subfields including developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics Salmelin has explored throughout their career are diverse and include:

EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neural dynamics and brain function
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Reading and Literacy Development
Action Observation and Synchronization

They have co-authored extensively with researchers such as Marijn van Vliet, Jan Kujala, Hanna Renvall, Mia Liljeström, and Tiina Lindh-Knuutila.

Frequent venues for Salmelin's publications include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
European Journal of Neuroscience
Imaging Neuroscience
NeuroImage
Human Brain Mapping

Some of their recent papers are:

"Issues and recommendations from the OHBM COBIDAS MEEG committee for reproducible EEG and MEG research" (2020, Nature Neuroscience)
"Picture naming yields highly consistent cortical activation patterns: Test-retest reliability of magnetoencephalography recordings" (2020, NeuroImage)
"The neural representation of abstract words may arise through grounding word meaning in language itself" (2021, Human Brain Mapping)
"Intelligent digital tools for screening of brain connectivity and dementia risk estimation in people affected by mild cognitive impairment: the AI-Mind clinical study protocol" (2024, Frontiers in Neurorobotics)
"Dynamic time-locking mechanism in the cortical representation of spoken words" (2020, eNeuro)

Riitta Salmelin was awarded membership in the Academia Europaea in 2002.

Best Publications

Dynamic imaging of coherent sources: Studying neural interactions in the human brain

Joachim Gross;J. Kujala;M. Hämäläinen;L. Timmermann

2049
Citations
Spatiotemporal characteristics of sensorimotor neuromagnetic rhythms related to thumb movement.

R. Salmelin;R. Hari

912
Citations
Human cortical oscillations: a neuromagnetic view through the skull

Riitta Hari;Riitta Salmelin

840
Citations
Cortical Control of Human Motoneuron Firing During Isometric Contraction

Stephan Salenius;Karin Portin;Matti Kajola;Riitta Salmelin

655
Citations
Functional Segregation of Movement-Related Rhythmic Activity in the Human Brain

R. Salmelin;M. Hámáaláinen;M. Kajola;R. Hari

639
Citations
Dynamics of letter string perception in the human occipitotemporal cortex

Antti Tarkiainen;P. Helenius;P. C. Hansen;P. L. Cornelissen

628
Citations
Impaired visual word processing in dyslexia revealed with magnetoencephalography.

R. Salmelin;P. Kiesilä;K. Uutela

524
Citations
Involvement of Primary Motor Cortex in Motor Imagery: A Neuromagnetic Study

Alfons Schnitzler;Stephan Salenius;Riitta Salmelin;Veikko Jousmäki

517
Citations
MEG: An introduction to methods.

Peter C. Hansen;Morten L. Kringelbach;Morten L. Kringelbach;Riitta Salmelin

458
Citations
Dynamics of brain activation during picture naming

R. Salmelin;R. Hari;O. V. Lounasmaa;M. Sams

455
Citations
The neural basis of intermittent motor control in humans

J. Gross;L. Timmermann;J. Kujala;M. Dirks

442
Citations
An MEG Study of Picture Naming

Willem J. M. Levelt;Peter Praamstra;Antje S. Meyer;Päivi Helenius

401
Citations
Single word reading in developmental stutterers and fluent speakers

R. Salmelin;A. Schnitzler;F. Schmitz;H.-J. Freund

387
Citations
Distinct time courses of word and context comprehension in the left temporal cortex

Päivi Helenius;Riitta Salmelin;John F. Connolly

366
Citations
Dissociation of Normal Feature Analysis and Deficient Processing of Letter-strings in Dyslexic Adults

P. Helenius;A. Tarkiainen;P. Cornelissen;P.C. Hansen

335
Citations
Magnetoencephalographic cortical rhythms

Riitta Hari;Riitta Salmelin;J.P. Mäkelä;S. Salenius

325
Citations
Clinical neurophysiology of language: the MEG approach.

Riitta Salmelin

324
Citations
Modulation of Human Cortical Rolandic Rhythms during Natural Sensorimotor Tasks

Stephan Salenius;Alfons Schnitzler;Riitta Salmelin;Veikko Jousmäki

323
Citations
Magnetoencephalography: From SQUIDs to neuroscience. Neuroimage 20th anniversary special edition.

Riitta Hari;Riitta Salmelin

321
Citations
Characterization of spontaneous MEG rhythms in healthy adults.

R. Salmelin;R. Hari

321
Citations