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Zafiris J. Daskalakis 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 Zafiris J. Daskalakis sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 542 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Zafiris J. Daskalakis 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 Zafiris J. Daskalakis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 106 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Zafiris J. Daskalakis is affiliated with the University of California - San Diego School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Neuroscience and Medicine, with significant contributions to Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

The scientist's work is notably concentrated on topics such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Treatment of Major Depression, Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies, Pain Management and Treatment, and Neural Dynamics and Brain Function.

Frequent publication venues for Daskalakis include:

  • Brain Stimulation
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia

Some of the recent papers highlight notable advances in depression treatment and related neurological processes. These include:

  • Management of Treatment-Resistant Depression: Challenges and Strategies, 2020, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
  • Synaptic plasticity and mental health: methods, challenges and opportunities, 2022, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Effectiveness of Standard Sequential Bilateral Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation vs Bilateral Theta Burst Stimulation in Older Adults With Depression, 2022, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Magnitude of the Placebo Response Across Treatment Modalities Used for Treatment-Resistant Depression in Adults, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Inflammation as a treatment target in mood disorders: review, 2020, BJPsych Open

Collaborative efforts have played a significant role in Daskalakis's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel M. Blumberger
  • Jonathan Downar
  • Tarek K. Rajji
  • Benoit H. Mulsant
  • Fidel Vila-Rodriguez

Best Publications

  • Non-invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, spinal cord, roots and peripheral nerves: Basic principles and procedures for routine clinical and research application: An updated report from an I.F.C.N. Committee

    P.M. Rossini;D. Burke;R. Chen;L.G. Cohen

  • Effectiveness of theta burst versus high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression (THREE-D): a randomised non-inferiority trial

    Daniel M Blumberger;Daniel M Blumberger;Fidel Vila-Rodriguez;Kevin E Thorpe;Kevin E Thorpe;Kfir Feffer

  • A comprehensive review of the effects of rTMS on motor cortical excitability and inhibition.

    Paul Bernard Fitzgerald;Sarah Fountain;Zafiris J Daskalakis

  • A meta-analytic study of changes in brain activation in depression.

    Paul B. Fitzgerald;Angela R. Laird;Jerome Maller;Zafiris J. Daskalakis

  • Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis (TRRIP) Working Group Consensus Guidelines on Diagnosis and Terminology.

    Oliver D. Howes;Rob McCutcheon;Ofer Agid;Andrea De Bartolomeis

  • Response, remission and drop-out rates following high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treating major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind and sham-controlled trials

    M. T. Berlim;F. van den Eynde;S. Tovar-Perdomo;Z. J. Daskalakis

  • Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Acute Treatment of Major Depressive Episodes: A Systematic Review With Network Meta-analysis

    Andre R. Brunoni;Anna Chaimani;Adriano H. Moffa;Lais B. Razza

  • The mechanisms of interhemispheric inhibition in the human motor cortex

    Zafiris Jeff Daskalakis;Bruce K Christensen;Paul B Fitzgerald;Lailoma Roshan

  • Improving working memory: The effect of combining cognitive activity and anodal transcranial direct current stimulation to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

    Sophie Andrews;Kate Elizabeth Hoy;Peter Gregory Enticott;Zafiris Jeff Daskalakis

  • Efficacy and safety of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depression: a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial

    Yechiel Levkovitz;Moshe Isserles;Frank Padberg;Sarah H. Lisanby

  • A randomized trial of rTMS targeted with MRI based neuro-navigation in treatment-resistant depression

    Paul Bernard Fitzgerald;Kate Elizabeth Hoy;Susan Ann McQueen;Jerome Joseph Maller

  • Clinical utility and prospective of TMS–EEG

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

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation for acute major depressive episodes: meta-analysis of individual patient data.

    André R. Brunoni;Adriano H. Moffa;Felipe Fregni;Ulrich Palm

  • Daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the acute treatment of major depression: Clinical predictors of outcome in a multisite, randomized controlled clinical trial

    Sarah H. Lisanby;Mustafa M. Husain;Peter B. Rosenquist;Daniel Maixner

  • Management of Treatment-Resistant Depression: Challenges and Strategies.

    Daphne Voineskos;Zafiris J Daskalakis;Zafiris J Daskalakis;Daniel M Blumberger;Daniel M Blumberger

  • Exploring the connectivity between the cerebellum and motor cortex in humans

    Zafiris Jeff Daskalakis;Guillermo O Paradiso;Bruce K Christensen;Paul Bernard Fitzgerald

  • Anhedonia and Reward-Circuit Connectivity Distinguish Nonresponders from Responders to Dorsomedial Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Major Depression

    Jonathan Downar;Joseph Geraci;Tim V. Salomons;Katharine Dunlop

  • Evidence for impaired cortical inhibition in schizophrenia using transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Zafiris Jeff Daskalakis;Bruce K Christensen;Robert Chen;Paul B Fitzgerald

  • A meta-analytic study of changes in brain activation in depression.

    P Fitzgerald;J Maller;K Hoy;T Oxley

  • Glutamatergic neurometabolite levels in major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies

    Sho Moriguchi;Sho Moriguchi;Akihiro Takamiya;Yoshihiro Noda;Nobuyuki Horita

  • An analysis of functional neuroimaging studies of dorsolateral prefrontal cortical activity in depression.

    Paul Bernard Fitzgerald;Thomas James Oxley;Angela R Laird;Jayashri Kulkarni

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation: a new investigational and treatment tool in psychiatry.

    Zafiris Jeff Daskalakis;Bruce K Christensen;Paul B Fitzgerald;Robert Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Fitzgerald
Paul B. Fitzgerald Australian National University
Daniel M. Blumberger
Daniel M. Blumberger Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Tarek K. Rajji
Tarek K. Rajji Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Benoit H. Mulsant
Benoit H. Mulsant Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Faranak Farzan
Faranak Farzan Simon Fraser University
Mera S. Barr
Mera S. Barr University of Toronto
Robert Chen
Robert Chen University Health Network
Kate E. Hoy
Kate E. Hoy Bionics Institute
Peter Giacobbe
Peter Giacobbe University of Toronto
Aristotle N. Voineskos
Aristotle N. Voineskos Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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