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Vaughan G. Macefield

Vaughan G. Macefield

Monash University
Australia

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
62
Citations
13136
World Ranking
3542
National Ranking
96

Vaughan G. Macefield 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 Vaughan G. Macefield sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 343 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vaughan G. Macefield 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 Vaughan G. Macefield sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vaughan G. Macefield is a researcher affiliated with the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Australia. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Physiology.

Their research covers an array of topics including Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Neuroscience of respiration and sleep, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Vestibular and auditory disorders, and Migraine and Headache Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Clinical Autonomic Research
  • The Journal of Physiology
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Experimental Physiology
  • Brain Stimulation

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • In vivo recordings from the human vagus nerve using ultrasound-guided microneurography (2020, The Journal of Physiology)
  • Recent advances in exercise pressor reflex function in health and disease (2020, Autonomic Neuroscience)
  • Catheter-Based Renal Denervation: 9-Year Follow-Up Data on Safety and Blood Pressure Reduction in Patients With Resistant Hypertension (2023, Hypertension)
  • Recording and quantifying sympathetic outflow to muscle and skin in humans: methods, caveats and challenges (2020, Clinical Autonomic Research)
  • Altered regional cerebral blood flow and hypothalamic connectivity immediately prior to a migraine headache (2020, Cephalalgia)

Vaughan G. Macefield has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Luke A. Henderson
  • Tye Dawood
  • Noemi Meylakh
  • Gianni Sesa-Ashton
  • Paul M. Macey

Best Publications

  • Autonomic markers of emotional processing: skin sympathetic nerve activity in humans during exposure to emotionally charged images.

    Rachael Brown;Rachael Brown;Cheree James;Luke A. Henderson;Vaughan G. Macefield;Vaughan G. Macefield

  • Neuropathic pain and primary somatosensory cortex reorganization following spinal cord injury.

    P. J. Wrigley;S. R. Press;S. M. Gustin;S. M. Gustin;V. G. Macefield

  • The firing rates of human motoneurones voluntarily activated in the absence of muscle afferent feedback.

    V G Macefield;S C Gandevia;B Bigland-Ritchie;R B Gorman

  • Vibration sensitivity of human muscle spindles and golgi tendon organs

    James B. Fallon;Vaughan G. Macefield

  • The discharge behaviour of single vasoconstrictor motoneurones in human muscle nerves.

    V G Macefield;B G Wallin;A B Vallbo

  • Anatomical Changes in Human Motor Cortex and Motor Pathways following Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury

    P.J. Wrigley;S.M. Gustin;S.M. Gustin;P.M. Macey;P.G. Nash

  • Control of grip force during restraint of an object held between finger and thumb : responses of cutaneous afferents from the digits

    Vaughan G. Macefield;Charlotte Häger-Ross;Roland S. Johansson

  • Physiological characteristics of low-threshold mechanoreceptors in joints, muscle and skin in human subjects.

    Vaughan G Macefield

  • Somatotopic organization of the processing of muscle and cutaneous pain in the left and right insula cortex: a single-trial fMRI study

    Luke A Henderson;Simon C Gandevia;Vaughan G Macefield

  • Evidence for strong synaptic coupling between single tactile afferents from the sole of the foot and motoneurons supplying leg muscles

    James B. Fallon;Leah R. Bent;Penelope A. McNulty;Vaughan G. Macefield

  • Force-frequency and fatigue properties of motor units in muscles that control digits of the human hand.

    Andrew J. Fuglevand;Vaughan G. Macefield;Brenda Bigland-Ritchie

  • Functional properties of human muscle spindles

    Vaughan G. Macefield;Vaughan G. Macefield;Thomas P. Knellwolf

  • Vestibulo-Sympathetic Responses

    Bill J. Yates;Philip S. Bolton;Vaughan G. Macefield;Vaughan G. Macefield

  • ENCODING OF OBJECT CURVATURE BY TACTILE AFFERENTS FROM HUMAN FINGERS

    A. W. Goodwin;V. G. Macefield;J. W. Bisley

  • The discharge behaviour of single sympathetic neurones supplying human sweat glands

    Vaughan G Macefield;B.Gunnar Wallin

  • Contractile properties of single motor units in human toe extensors assessed by intraneural motor axon stimulation.

    Vaughan G. Macefield;Andrew J. Fuglevand;Brenda Bigland-Ritchie

  • Pain inhibits pain; human brainstem mechanisms

    A. M. Youssef;Vaughan G. Macefield;Luke A. Henderson

  • Axonal changes in spinal cord injured patients distal to the site of injury.

    Cindy Shin-Yi Lin;Vaughan G. Macefield;Mikael Elam;B. Gunnar Wallin

  • Gender differences in brain activity evoked by muscle and cutaneous pain: A retrospective study of single-trial fMRI data

    Luke A. Henderson;Simon C. Gandevia;Vaughan G. Macefield

  • Firing properties of single postganglionic sympathetic neurones recorded in awake human subjects.

    Vaughan G Macefield;Mikael Elam;B.Gunnar Wallin

  • Firing properties of single vasoconstrictor neurones in human subjects with high levels of muscle sympathetic activity.

    Vaughan G. Macefield;B. Gunnar Wallin

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke A. Henderson
Luke A. Henderson University of Sydney
Simon C. Gandevia
Simon C. Gandevia Neuroscience Research Australia
Kenny C. S Kwok
Kenny C. S Kwok University of Sydney
Horacio Kaufmann
Horacio Kaufmann New York University
Philip J. Siddall
Philip J. Siddall University of Sydney
Roland S. Johansson
Roland S. Johansson Umeå University
David Burke
David Burke University of Sydney
Håkan Olausson
Håkan Olausson Linköping University
Greg M. Murray
Greg M. Murray University of Sydney
Rhoshel K. Lenroot
Rhoshel K. Lenroot University of New South Wales

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