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Sampsa Vanhatalo

Sampsa Vanhatalo

University of Helsinki
Finland

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
57
Citations
10599
World Ranking
4376
National Ranking
28

Sampsa Vanhatalo 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 Sampsa Vanhatalo sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 256 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sampsa Vanhatalo 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 Sampsa Vanhatalo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sampsa Vanhatalo is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on areas within medicine and neuroscience, with a substantial contribution to pediatrics, cognitive neuroscience, and respiratory medicine among other subfields.

The scientist's notable recent publications include:

  • The ILAE classification of seizures and the epilepsies: Modification for seizures in the neonate. Position paper by the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures, 2021, Epilepsia
  • Early development of sleep and brain functional connectivity in term-born and preterm infants, 2021, Pediatric Research
  • Automated cot-side tracking of functional brain age in preterm infants, 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Intelligent wearable allows out-of-the-lab tracking of developing motor abilities in infants, 2022, Communications Medicine
  • Neuromonitoring in neonatal critical care part I: neonatal encephalopathy and neonates with possible seizures, 2022, Pediatric Research

Frequent coauthors in Vanhatalo's work include:

  • Nathan J. Stevenson
  • Anton Tokariev
  • Manu Airaksinen
  • Leena Haataja
  • Päivi Nevalainen

The scientist often publishes in journals such as:

  • Pediatric Research
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Sensors

The main fields of study for this researcher are:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these, they have specialized in several subfields, including:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

Vanhatalo's research covers several key topics, such as:

  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Epilepsy research and treatment

Best Publications

  • Infraslow oscillations modulate excitability and interictal epileptic activity in the human cortex during sleep

    S. Vanhatalo;J. M. Palva;M. D. Holmes;J. W. Miller

  • Spatial spectra of scalp EEG and EMG from awake humans.

    Walter J. Freeman;Mark D. Holmes;Brian C. Burke;Sampsa Vanhatalo

  • Evaluation of commercially available electrodes and gels for recording of slow EEG potentials.

    P. Tallgren;S. Vanhatalo;K. Kaila;J. Voipio

  • Development of neonatal EEG activity: From phenomenology to physiology

    Sampsa Vanhatalo;Kai Kaila

  • Experimental febrile seizures are precipitated by a hyperthermia-induced respiratory alkalosis.

    Sebastian Schuchmann;Dietmar Schmitz;Claudio Rivera;Sampsa Vanhatalo

  • The ILAE classification of seizures and the epilepsies: Modification for seizures in the neonate. Position paper by the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures.

    Ronit M. Pressler;Ronit M. Pressler;Maria Roberta Cilio;Eli M. Mizrahi;Solomon L. Moshé

  • Slow endogenous activity transients and developmental expression of K + -Cl ) cotransporter 2 in the immature human cortex

    Sampsa Vanhatalo;J. Matias Palva;Sture Andersson;Claudio Rivera

  • Bumetanide for the treatment of seizures in newborn babies with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (NEMO) : an open-label, dose finding, and feasibility phase 1/2 trial

    Ronit M Pressler;Geraldine B Boylan;Neil Marlow;Mats Blennow

  • Full-band EEG (FbEEG): an emerging standard in electroencephalography

    Sampsa Vanhatalo;Juha Voipio;Kai Kaila

  • Millivolt-scale DC shifts in the human scalp EEG: evidence for a nonneuronal generator.

    Juha Voipio;Pekka Tallgren;Erkki Heinonen;Sampsa Vanhatalo

  • A dataset of neonatal EEG recordings with seizure annotations.

    Nathan Stevenson;Nathan Stevenson;Nathan Stevenson;Karoliina Tapani;Leena Lauronen;Leena Lauronen;Sampsa Vanhatalo;Sampsa Vanhatalo

  • Early Development of Spatial Patterns of Power-Law Frequency Scaling in fMRI Resting-State and EEG Data in the Newborn Brain

    Peter Fransson;Marjo Metsäranta;Mats Blennow;Ulrika Åden

  • Epileptogenic Neocortical Networks Are Revealed by Abnormal Temporal Dynamics in Seizure-Free Subdural EEG

    Simo Monto;Sampsa Vanhatalo;Mark D. Holmes;J. Matias Palva

  • Development of the spontaneous activity transients and ongoing cortical activity in human preterm babies

    M. Tolonen;J.M. Palva;S. Andersson;S. Vanhatalo

  • DC-EEG discloses prominent, very slow activity patterns during sleep in preterm infants

    Sampsa Vanhatalo;P Tallgren;S Andersson;K Sainio

  • Early Brain Activity Relates to Subsequent Brain Growth in Premature Infants

    Manon J. Benders;Kirsi Palmu;Caroline Menache;Cristina Borradori-Tolsa

  • Monitoring neonatal seizures

    Geraldine B. Boylan;Nathan J. Stevenson;Sampsa Vanhatalo

  • Five percent CO2 is a potent, fast‐acting inhalation anticonvulsant

    Else A. Tolner;Daryl W. Hochman;Pekka Hassinen;Jakub Otáhal

  • Fine spatiotemporal structure of phase in human intracranial EEG

    Walter J. Freeman;Mark D. Holmes;G. Alexander West;Sampsa Vanhatalo

  • Visual Field Constriction in 91 Finnish Children Treated with Vigabatrin

    Sampsa Vanhatalo;Iiris Nousiainen;Kai Eriksson;Heikki Rantala

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai Kaila
Kai Kaila University of Helsinki
Michael Breakspear
Michael Breakspear University of Newcastle Australia
Juha Voipio
Juha Voipio University of Helsinki
J. Matias Palva
J. Matias Palva Aalto University
Mark D. Holmes
Mark D. Holmes University of Washington
Geraldine B. Boylan
Geraldine B. Boylan University College Cork
John W. Miller
John W. Miller University of Washington
Michelle D. Holmes
Michelle D. Holmes Harvard University
Walter J. Freeman
Walter J. Freeman University of California, Berkeley
Maarten De Vos
Maarten De Vos KU Leuven

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