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Stephan Riek

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
6715
World Ranking
8076
National Ranking
236

Stephan Riek 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 Stephan Riek sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 166 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Stephan Riek 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 Stephan Riek sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Stephan Riek is a researcher affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their work spans multiple fields, predominantly focusing on neuroscience and medicine. Within these domains, they have contributed to several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, neurology, behavioral neuroscience, and developmental neuroscience.

Their research explores a variety of topics with particular emphasis on EEG and brain-computer interfaces, hemispheric asymmetry in neuroscience, motor control and adaptation, muscle activation and electromyography studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, stress responses and cortisol, and mechanisms of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity.

Stephan Riek has co-authored publications with researchers such as James R. Tresilian, Welber Marinovic, Mia A. Schaumberg, Grace Rose, and Tina L. Skinner. These frequent collaborations highlight interdisciplinary connections within their fields of study.

Their research has been published in journals including the European Journal of Neuroscience, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Aging and Disease, Human Movement Science, and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. The distribution of publications across these venues reflects a focus on both fundamental and applied neuroscience topics.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephan Riek include:

  • Long-Term Improvement in Hippocampal-Dependent Learning Ability in Healthy, Aged Individuals Following High Intensity Interval Training (2024, Aging and Disease)
  • Cumulative distribution functions: An alternative approach to examine the triggering of prepared motor actions in the StartReact effect (2020, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Acoustic stimulation increases implicit adaptation in sensorimotor adaptation (2021, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Cumulative distribution functions: An alternative approach to examine the triggering of prepared motor actions in the StartReact effect (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Acoustic stimulation increases implicit adaptation in sensorimotor adaptation (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Best Publications

  • Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching : mechanisms and clinical implications.

    Melanie J. Sharman;Andrew G. Cresswell;Stephan Riek

  • Neural adaptations to resistance training: implications for movement control.

    Timothy J. Carroll;Stephan Riek;Richard G. Carson

  • Strength Versus Muscle Power-Specific Resistance Training in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

    Tim R. Henwood;Stephan Riek;Dennis R. Taaffe

  • Neural Influences on Sprint Running Training Adaptations and Acute Responses

    Angus Ross;Michael Leveritt;Stephan Riek

  • The sites of neural adaptation induced by resistance training in humans

    Timothy J. Carroll;Stephan Riek;Richard G. Carson

  • Reliability of the input-output properties of the cortico-spinal pathway obtained from transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation.

    Timothy J Carroll;Stephan Riek;Richard G Carson

  • Central and peripheral mediation of human force sensation following eccentric or concentric contractions

    Richard G. Carson;Stephan Riek;Nosratollah Shahbazpour

  • Improved language performance subsequent to low-frequency rTMS in patients with chronic non-fluent aphasia post-stroke

    Caroline H S Barwood;Bruce E. Murdoch;B. M. Whelan;David Lloyd

  • Neural adaptations to strength training: Moving beyond transcranial magnetic stimulation and reflex studies

    T. J. Carroll;V. S. Selvanayagam;V. S. Selvanayagam;S. Riek;J. G. Semmler

  • Excitability changes in human forearm corticospinal projections and spinal reflex pathways during rhythmic voluntary movement of the opposite limb

    Richard Carson;S. Riek;D.C. Mackey;D.C. Mackey;D.P. Meichenbaum;D.P. Meichenbaum

  • Motor Unit Recruitment Strategies Are Altered during Deep-Tissue Pain

    Kylie Tucker;Jane Butler;Thomas Graven-Nielsen;Stephan Riek

  • Interhemispheric switching mediates perceptual rivalry

    Steven Mark Miller;Guang B Liu;Trung Thanh Ngo;Gregory S Hooper

  • Recruitment and rate coding organisation for soleus motor units across entire range of voluntary isometric plantar flexions

    Tomomichi Oya;Stephan Riek;Andrew G. Cresswell

  • Recruitment of motor units in human forearm extensors.

    Stephan Riek;Parveen Bawa

  • Neuromuscular-skeletal constraints upon the dynamics of unimanual and bimanual coordination.

    Richard G. Carson;Stephan Riek;Christopher J. Smethurst;Juan Franscisco Lisón Párraga

  • Resistance training enhances the stability of sensorimotor coordination

    T.J. Carroll;B. Barry;S. Riek;Richard Carson

  • Early neural responses to strength training

    Victor Selvarajah Selvanayagam;Victor Selvarajah Selvanayagam;Stephan Riek;Timothy John Carroll

  • The effects of low frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and sham condition rTMS on behavioural language in chronic non-fluent aphasia: Short term outcomes.

    Caroline H S Barwood;Bruce E. Murdoch;Brooke Mai Whelan;David Lloyd

  • The contribution of visual feedback to visuomotor adaptation: How much and when?

    Mark R. Hinder;James R. Tresilian;James R. Tresilian;Stephan Riek;Richard G. Carson;Richard G. Carson

  • Bimanual aiming and overt attention: one law for two hands

    Stephan Riek;James R. Tresilian;M. Mon-Williams;Vanessa L. Coppard

  • Neuromuscular-skeletal constraints upon the dynamics of unimanual and bimanual coordination

    W. D. Byblow;R. G. Carson;J. F. Lison;S. Riek

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Carson
Richard G. Carson Trinity College Dublin
James R. Tresilian
James R. Tresilian University of Warwick
Mark S. Horswill
Mark S. Horswill University of Queensland
Bruce E. Murdoch
Bruce E. Murdoch University of Queensland
Winston D. Byblow
Winston D. Byblow University of Auckland
Andrew Wong
Andrew Wong University College London
Ottmar V. Lipp
Ottmar V. Lipp Curtin University
Jason B. Mattingley
Jason B. Mattingley University of Queensland
Olivier Salvado
Olivier Salvado Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Markus Kofler
Markus Kofler Innsbruck Medical University

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