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Roland S. Johansson

Roland S. Johansson

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Neuroscience

D-Index
91
Citations
38818
World Ranking
1056
National Ranking
19

Roland S. Johansson 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 Roland S. Johansson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 188 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roland S. Johansson 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 Roland S. Johansson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 91 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Kurt Koffka Medal, Giessen University

Overview

Roland S. Johansson is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience as a subfield. Additional areas of study include biomedical engineering, human-computer interaction, social psychology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of subjects related to neural function and behavior. These include motor control and adaptation, tactile and sensory interactions, muscle activation and electromyography studies, gaze tracking and assistive technology, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neural engineering, as well as action observation and synchronization.

Johansson has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Recent papers include:

  • "Human Touch Receptors Are Sensitive to Spatial Details on the Scale of Single Fingerprint Ridges" (2021), published in Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Precise and stable edge orientation signaling by human first-order tactile neurons" (2022), published in eLife
  • "Disinhibition of Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex After Median Nerve Transection and Reinnervation" (2020), published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • "Fingertip viscoelasticity enables human tactile neurons to encode loading history alongside current force" (2023), published in eLife
  • "Managing Gaze Competition when Acting On and Monitoring the Environment in Parallel" (2024), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Johansson include J. Andrew Pruszynski, Hannes P. Saal, Ingvars Birznieks, Ewa Jarocka, and Vaishnavi Sukumar.

The most common publication venues for this researcher are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Journal of Vision

Their work has been recognized with an award, the Kurt Koffka Medal from Giessen University in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Coding and use of tactile signals from the fingertips in object manipulation tasks

    Roland S. Johansson;J. Randall Flanagan

  • Roles of glabrous skin receptors and sensorimotor memory in automatic control of precision grip when lifting rougher or more slippery objects

    R. S. Johansson;G. Westling

  • Tactile sensibility in the human hand: relative and absolute densities of four types of mechanoreceptive units in glabrous skin.

    R S Johansson;A B Vallbo

  • Factors influencing the force control during precision grip.

    G. Westling;R. S. Johansson

  • Properties of cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the human hand related to touch sensation.

    A B Vallbo;R S Johansson

  • Eye–Hand Coordination in Object Manipulation

    Roland S. Johansson;Göran Westling;Anders Bäckström;J. Randall Flanagan

  • Signals in tactile afferents from the fingers eliciting adaptive motor responses during precision grip.

    R. S. Johansson;G. Westling

  • Coordinated isometric muscle commands adequately and erroneously programmed for the weight during lifting task with precision grip.

    R. S. Johansson;G. Westling

  • Action plans used in action observation.

    J. Randall Flanagan;Roland S. Johansson

  • Tactile sensory coding in the glabrous skin of the human hand

    Roland S. Johansson;Åke B. Vallbo

  • Reflex origin for the slowing of motoneurone firing rates in fatigue of human voluntary contractions.

    B R Bigland-Ritchie;N J Dawson;R S Johansson;O C Lippold

  • Contractile speed and EMG changes during fatigue of sustained maximal voluntary contractions.

    B. Bigland-Ritchie;R. Johansson;O. C. Lippold;J. J. Woods

  • First spikes in ensembles of human tactile afferents code complex spatial fingertip events.

    Roland S Johansson;Ingvars Birznieks

  • Cortical activity in precision- versus power-grip tasks: an fMRI study.

    H. Henrik Ehrsson;Anders Fagergren;Tomas Jonsson;Göran Westling

  • Responses in glabrous skin mechanoreceptors during precision grip in humans.

    G Westling;R S Johansson

  • Visual size cues in the programming of manipulative forces during precision grip

    A M Gordon;H Forssberg;R S Johansson;G Westling

  • Changes in motoneurone firing rates during sustained maximal voluntary contractions.

    B Bigland-Ritchie;R Johansson;O C Lippold;S Smith

  • Programmed and triggered actions to rapid load changes during precision grip.

    R S Johansson;G Westling

  • Responses of mechanoreceptive afferent units in the glabrous skin of the human hand to sinusoidal skin displacements.

    R.S. Johansson

  • Memory representations underlying motor commands used during manipulation of common and novel objects

    A. M. Gordon;G. Westling;K. J. Cole;R. S. Johansson

  • Control strategies in object manipulation tasks.

    J Randall Flanagan;Miles C Bowman;Roland S Johansson

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Randall Flanagan
J. Randall Flanagan Queen's University
Hans Forssberg
Hans Forssberg Karolinska Institute
Cecilia Laschi
Cecilia Laschi National University of Singapore
Gerald E. Loeb
Gerald E. Loeb University of Southern California
Sethu Vijayakumar
Sethu Vijayakumar University of Edinburgh
Vaughan G. Macefield
Vaughan G. Macefield Monash University
Christine K. Thomas
Christine K. Thomas University of Miami
H. Henrik Ehrsson
H. Henrik Ehrsson Karolinska Institute
Paolo Dario
Paolo Dario Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Daniel M. Wolpert
Daniel M. Wolpert Columbia University

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