2026 Risto J. Ilmoniemi: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	98	798	718	4	4	460	41524

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

Publications

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Neuroscience

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718

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41524

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Risto J. Ilmoniemi is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland and has a significant body of research in the field of neuroscience with a focus on transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG).

The scientist's research contributions span several key topics:

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Neural dynamics and brain function
Neurological disorders and treatments

Main fields and subfields of study include:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Biomedical Engineering
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The scientist has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues being:

Brain Stimulation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Clinical Neurophysiology
Journal of Neural Engineering
Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Recent representative papers include:

Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines (2020, Clinical Neurophysiology)
TMS combined with EEG: Recommendations and open issues for data collection and analysis (2023, Brain Stimulation)
The rt-TEP tool: real-time visualization of TMS-Evoked Potentials to maximize cortical activation and minimize artifacts (2022, Journal of Neuroscience Methods)
Closed-loop optimization of transcranial magnetic stimulation with electroencephalography feedback (2022, Brain Stimulation)
Multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation system for electronically targeted brain stimulation (2021, Brain Stimulation)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Risto J. Ilmoniemi include:

Victor H. Souza
Pantelis Lioumis
Jaakko O. Nieminen
Tuomas P. Mutanen
Heikki Sinisalo

Best Publications

Magnetoencephalography—theory, instrumentation, and applications to noninvasive studies of the working human brain

Matti Hämäläinen;Riitta Hari;Risto J. Ilmoniemi;Jukka Knuutila

5811
Citations
Interpreting magnetic fields of the brain: minimum norm estimates

M. S. Hämäläinen;R. J. Ilmoniemi

2333
Citations
Language-specific phoneme representations revealed by electric and magnetic brain responses

Risto Näätänen;Anne Lehtokoski;Mietta Lennes;Marie Cheour

1601
Citations
Long-Range Temporal Correlations and Scaling Behavior in Human Brain Oscillations

Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen;Vadim V. Nikouline;J. Matias Palva;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

1380
Citations
Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines

Simone Rossi;Andrea Antal;Sven Bestmann;Marom Bikson

1333
Citations
Signal-space projection method for separating MEG or EEG into components.

M. A. Uusitalo;R. J. Ilmoniemi

965
Citations
Functional links between motor and language systems.

Friedemann Pulvermüller;Olaf Hauk;Vadim V. Nikulin;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

963
Citations
Neuronal responses to magnetic stimulation reveal cortical reactivity and connectivity

Risto J. Ilmoniemi;CA Juha Virtanen;Jarmo Ruohonen;Jari Karhu

937
Citations
Separate time behaviors of the temporal and frontal mismatch negativity sources.

T. Rinne;K. Alho;R.J. Ilmoniemi;J. Virtanen;J. Virtanen

616
Citations
Brain Signatures of Meaning Access in Action Word Recognition

Friedemann Pulvermu¨ller;Yury Shtyrov;Risto Ilmoniemi

565
Citations
Human posterior auditory cortex gates novel sounds to consciousness.

Iiro P. Jääskeläinen;Jyrki Ahveninen;Giorgio Bonmassar;Anders M. Dale

542
Citations
Responses of the primary auditory cortex to pitch changes in a sequence of tone pips: neuromagnetic recordings in man.

Riitta Hari;Matti Hämäläinen;R. Ilmoniemi;E. Kaukoranta

537
Citations
Methodology for Combined TMS and EEG

Risto J. Ilmoniemi;Dubravko Kičić;Dubravko Kičić

485
Citations
Prestimulus Oscillations Enhance Psychophysical Performance in Humans

Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen;Vadim V. Nikulin;Satu Palva;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

471
Citations
Brain responses reveal the learning of foreign language phonemes.

Istvańn Winkler;Teija Kujala;Hannu Tiitinen;Päivi Sivonen

460
Citations
Clinical utility and prospective of TMS–EEG

Sara Tremblay;Sara Tremblay;Nigel C. Rogasch;Isabella Premoli;Daniel M. Blumberger

449
Citations
Somatosensory evoked cerebral magnetic fields from SI and SII in man

R Hari;R Hari;K Reinikainen;E Kaukoranta;M Hämäläinen

426
Citations
The effect of stimulus intensity on brain responses evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Soile Komssi;Seppo Kähkönen;Seppo Kähkönen;Risto J. Ilmoniemi

425
Citations
Consensus paper: Combining transcranial stimulation with neuroimaging

Hartwig R. Siebner;Hartwig R. Siebner;Til O. Bergmann;Sven Bestmann;Sven Bestmann;Marcello Massimini

398
Citations
Processing of novel sounds and frequency changes in the human auditory cortex: Magnetoencephalographic recordings

Kimmo Alho;István Winkler;István Winkler;Carles Escera;Minna Huotilainen;Minna Huotilainen

395
Citations
Signal-space projections of MEG data characterize both distributed and well-localized neuronal sources

C.D. Tesche;M.A. Uusitalo;R.J. Ilmoniemi;R.J. Ilmoniemi;M. Huotilainen

395
Citations