Giorgi Batsikadze

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Giorgi Batsikadze is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Giorgi Batsikadze has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Neurology, 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Giorgi Batsikadze's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (25 papers), Vestibular and auditory disorders (11 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (6 papers). Giorgi Batsikadze is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (25 papers), Vestibular and auditory disorders (11 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (6 papers). Giorgi Batsikadze collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Giorgi Batsikadze's co-authors include Michael A. Nitsche, Walter Paulus, Vera Moliadze, M.‐F. Kuo, Rafael Polanía, Asif Jamil, Hsiao-I Kuo, Min‐Fang Kuo, Ludovica Labruna and Alkomiet Hasan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Giorgi Batsikadze

34 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Partially non‐linear stimulation intensity‐dependent effects of direct current stimulation on motor cortex excitability in humans

2013 776 citations Giorgi Batsikadze, Vera Moliadze et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
The Importance of Timing in Segregated Theta Phase-Coupling for Cognitive Performance

2012 425 citations Michael A. Nitsche, Giorgi Batsikadze et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giorgi Batsikadze Germany	18	1.7k	1.4k	349	316	190	35	2.2k
Preet Minhas United States	11	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	324 0.9×	375 1.2×	233 1.2×	13	1.8k
Csaba Poreisz Germany	10	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	331 0.9×	332 1.1×	210 1.1×	12	2.0k
Marco Sandrini Italy	26	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	244 0.7×	257 0.8×	204 1.1×	44	2.5k
Klára Boros Germany	9	1.6k 0.9×	975 0.7×	260 0.7×	259 0.8×	287 1.5×	10	1.8k
K. Fricke Germany	5	2.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	347 1.0×	466 1.5×	234 1.2×	6	2.3k
Peter J. Fried United States	24	1.2k 0.7×	992 0.7×	193 0.6×	197 0.6×	221 1.2×	59	1.7k
Maria Concetta Pellicciari Italy	33	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	277 0.8×	269 0.9×	250 1.3×	55	2.8k
Mitchell R. Goldsworthy Australia	25	1.1k 0.6×	927 0.7×	157 0.4×	322 1.0×	107 0.6×	48	1.7k
Dennis Q. Truong United States	26	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	436 1.2×	429 1.4×	286 1.5×	68	2.3k
Daniella Terney Denmark	14	1.2k 0.7×	958 0.7×	375 1.1×	246 0.8×	280 1.5×	32	1.7k

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Batsikadze, Giorgi, et al.. (2025). The cortisol awakening response in very preterm born adults compared to term born adults. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 37(4). e70000–e70000. 1 indexed citations

Batsikadze, Giorgi, et al.. (2025). The impact of temporal distribution on fear extinction learning. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. 25(1). 100536–100536. 1 indexed citations

Batsikadze, Giorgi, Michael Klein, Thomas Ernst, et al.. (2024). Mild Deficits in Fear Learning: Evidence from Humans and Mice with Cerebellar Cortical Degeneration. eNeuro. 11(2). ENEURO.0365–23.2023.

Benussi, Alberto, Giorgi Batsikadze, Carina França, Rubens Gisbert Cury, & Roderick P.P.W.M. Maas. (2023). The Therapeutic Potential of Non-Invasive and Invasive Cerebellar Stimulation Techniques in Hereditary Ataxias. Cells. 12(8). 1193–1193. 9 indexed citations

Felderhoff‐Mueser, Ursula, et al.. (2023). Fear conditioning is preserved in very preterm-born young adults despite increased anxiety levels. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 11319–11319. 3 indexed citations

Batsikadze, Giorgi, Thomas Ernst, Michael Klein, et al.. (2022). The cerebellum contributes to context-effects during fear extinction learning: A 7T fMRI study. NeuroImage. 253. 119080–119080. 21 indexed citations

Thieme, Andreas, Jennifer Faber, Patricia Sulzer, et al.. (2022). The CCAS-scale in hereditary ataxias: helpful on the group level, particularly in SCA3, but limited in individual patients. Journal of Neurology. 269(8). 4363–4374. 16 indexed citations

Jamil, Asif, Giorgi Batsikadze, Hsiao-I Kuo, et al.. (2019). Current intensity‐ and polarity‐specific online and aftereffects of transcranial direct current stimulation: An fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping. 41(6). 1644–1666. 80 indexed citations

Grundey, Jessica, et al.. (2018). Nicotine modulates human brain plasticity via calcium‐dependent mechanisms. The Journal of Physiology. 596(22). 5429–5441. 22 indexed citations

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Batsikadze, Giorgi, Walter Paulus, A. Hasan, et al.. (2017). Compromised neuroplasticity in cigarette smokers under nicotine withdrawal is restituted by the nicotinic α4β2-receptor partial agonist varenicline. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1387–1387. 8 indexed citations

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Grundey, Jessica, et al.. (2017). Diverging effects of nicotine on motor learning performance: Improvement in deprived smokers and attenuation in non-smokers. Addictive Behaviors. 74. 90–97. 11 indexed citations

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Batsikadze, Giorgi, et al.. (2017). Cerebellar tDCS Effects on Conditioned Eyeblinks using Different Electrode Placements and Stimulation Protocols. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11. 23–23. 17 indexed citations

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Jamil, Asif, Giorgi Batsikadze, Hsiao-I Kuo, et al.. (2016). Systematic evaluation of the impact of stimulation intensity on neuroplastic after‐effects induced by transcranial direct current stimulation. The Journal of Physiology. 595(4). 1273–1288. 299 indexed citations

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Kuo, Hsiao-I, Walter Paulus, Giorgi Batsikadze, et al.. (2016). Acute and chronic effects of noradrenergic enhancement on transcranial direct current stimulation‐induced neuroplasticity in humans. The Journal of Physiology. 595(4). 1305–1314. 42 indexed citations

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Kuo, Hsiao-I, Walter Paulus, Giorgi Batsikadze, et al.. (2015). Chronic Enhancement of Serotonin Facilitates Excitatory Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation-Induced Neuroplasticity. Neuropsychopharmacology. 41(5). 1223–1230. 62 indexed citations

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Labruna, Ludovica, Asif Jamil, Shane Fresnoza, et al.. (2015). Efficacy of Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation is Related to Sensitivity to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Brain stimulation. 9(1). 8–15. 64 indexed citations

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Batsikadze, Giorgi, Shane Fresnoza, Jessica Grundey, et al.. (2015). Mechanisms of Nicotinic Modulation of Glutamatergic Neuroplasticity in Humans. Cerebral Cortex. 27(1). bhv252–bhv252. 14 indexed citations

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Batsikadze, Giorgi, Walter Paulus, Jessica Grundey, Min‐Fang Kuo, & Michael A. Nitsche. (2014). Effect of the Nicotinic α₄β₂-receptor Partial Agonist Varenicline on Non-invasive Brain Stimulation-Induced Neuroplasticity in the Human Motor Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 25(9). 3249–3259. 23 indexed citations

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Batsikadze, Giorgi, Vera Moliadze, Walter Paulus, M.‐F. Kuo, & Michael A. Nitsche. (2013). Partially non‐linear stimulation intensity‐dependent effects of direct current stimulation on motor cortex excitability in humans. The Journal of Physiology. 591(7). 1987–2000. 776 indexed citations breakdown →

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Batsikadze, Giorgi, Walter Paulus, Min‐Fang Kuo, & Michael A. Nitsche. (2013). Effect of Serotonin on Paired Associative Stimulation-Induced Plasticity in the Human Motor Cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology. 38(11). 2260–2267. 72 indexed citations

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