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Risto J. Ilmoniemi

Risto J. Ilmoniemi

Aalto University
Finland

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Neuroscience
Finland
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
98
Citations
41524
World Ranking
798
National Ranking
4

Risto J. Ilmoniemi 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 Risto J. Ilmoniemi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 460 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Risto J. Ilmoniemi 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 Risto J. Ilmoniemi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 92nd percentile

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

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

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

  • Interpreting magnetic fields of the brain: minimum norm estimates

    M. S. Hämäläinen;R. J. Ilmoniemi

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

    Risto Näätänen;Anne Lehtokoski;Mietta Lennes;Marie Cheour

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

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

  • 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

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

    M. A. Uusitalo;R. J. Ilmoniemi

  • Functional links between motor and language systems.

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

  • Neuronal responses to magnetic stimulation reveal cortical reactivity and connectivity

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

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

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

  • Brain Signatures of Meaning Access in Action Word Recognition

    Friedemann Pulvermu¨ller;Yury Shtyrov;Risto Ilmoniemi

  • Human posterior auditory cortex gates novel sounds to consciousness.

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

  • 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

  • Methodology for Combined TMS and EEG

    Risto J. Ilmoniemi;Dubravko Kičić;Dubravko Kičić

  • Prestimulus Oscillations Enhance Psychophysical Performance in Humans

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

  • Brain responses reveal the learning of foreign language phonemes.

    Istvańn Winkler;Teija Kujala;Hannu Tiitinen;Päivi Sivonen

  • Clinical utility and prospective of TMS–EEG

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

  • Somatosensory evoked cerebral magnetic fields from SI and SII in man

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

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

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

  • Consensus paper: Combining transcranial stimulation with neuroimaging

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

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu
Juha Virtanen
Juha Virtanen General Electric (United States)
Minna Huotilainen
Minna Huotilainen University of Helsinki
Seppo Kähkönen
Seppo Kähkönen University of Helsinki
Eero Pekkonen
Eero Pekkonen University of Helsinki
Hannu J. Aronen
Hannu J. Aronen University of Turku
Kimmo Alho
Kimmo Alho University of Helsinki
Jari Karhu
Jari Karhu Nexstim (Finland)
Iiro P. Jääskeläinen
Iiro P. Jääskeläinen Aalto University
Seppo P. Ahlfors
Seppo P. Ahlfors Harvard University

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Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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