Leonardo G. Cohen

68.1k total citations · 18 hit papers
339 papers, 46.7k citations indexed

About

Leonardo G. Cohen is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonardo G. Cohen has authored 339 papers receiving a total of 46.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 217 papers in Neurology, 215 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 99 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Leonardo G. Cohen's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (215 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (98 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (97 papers). Leonardo G. Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (215 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (98 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (97 papers). Leonardo G. Cohen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Leonardo G. Cohen's co-authors include Friedhelm C. Hummel, Mark Hallett, Mark Hallett, Joseph Claßen, Ulf Ziemann, Robert Chen, Pablo Celnik, Niels Birbaumer, Álvaro Pascual‐Leone and Eran Dayan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Leonardo G. Cohen

335 papers receiving 45.6k citations

Hit Papers

Transcranial direct curre... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2008 2006 2004 2009 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Transcranial direct current stimulation: State of the art 2008
    2008 2.3k citations Michael A. Nitsche, Leonardo G. Cohen et al. Brain stimulation profile →
  2. Transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS): A tool for double-blind sham-controlled clinical studies in brain stimulation
    2006 1.4k citations Friedhelm C. Hummel, Leonardo G. Cohen et al. Clinical Neurophysiology profile →
  3. Influence of interhemispheric interactions on motor function in chronic stroke
    2004 1.1k citations Leonardo G. Cohen et al. profile →
  4. Noninvasive cortical stimulation enhances motor skill acquisition over multiple days through an effect on consolidation
    2009 1.1k citations Janine Reis, Heidi M. Schambra et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Direct Current Stimulation Promotes BDNF-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity: Potential Implications for Motor Learning
    2010 1.1k citations Brita Fritsch, Janine Reis et al. profile →
  6. Modulation of muscle responses evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation during the acquisition of new fine motor skills
    1995 1.0k citations Leonardo G. Cohen et al. Journal of Neurophysiology profile →
  7. A technical guide to tDCS, and related non-invasive brain stimulation tools
    2015 962 citations Pablo Celnik, Leonardo G. Cohen et al. Clinical Neurophysiology profile →
  8. Neuroplasticity Subserving Motor Skill Learning
    2011 953 citations Eran Dayan, Leonardo G. Cohen profile →
  9. A practical guide to diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation: Report of an IFCN committee
    2012 883 citations Leonardo G. Cohen, Símone Rossi et al. Clinical Neurophysiology profile →
  10. Rapid Plasticity of Human Cortical Movement Representation Induced by Practice
    1998 883 citations Joseph Claßen, Leonardo G. Cohen et al. Journal of Neurophysiology profile →
  11. Brain–machine interface in chronic stroke rehabilitation: A controlled study
    2013 698 citations Surjo R. Soekadar, Leonardo G. Cohen et al. profile →
  12. Non-invasive brain stimulation: a new strategy to improve neurorehabilitation after stroke?
    2006 627 citations Friedhelm C. Hummel, Leonardo G. Cohen profile →
  13. Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Using Wii Gaming Technology in Stroke Rehabilitation
    2010 546 citations Leonardo G. Cohen et al. Stroke profile →
  14. Nervous system reorganization following injury
    2002 536 citations Leonardo G. Cohen et al. profile →
  15. Brain–computer interfaces: communication and restoration of movement in paralysis
    2007 527 citations Niels Birbaumer, Leonardo G. Cohen The Journal of Physiology profile →
  16. Mechanisms of enhancement of human motor cortex excitability induced by interventional paired associative stimulation
    2002 509 citations Katja Stefan, E. Kunesch et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  17. Neuroplasticity in the context of motor rehabilitation after stroke
    2011 503 citations Leonardo G. Cohen et al. profile →
  18. Consensus: Motor cortex plasticity protocols
    2008 483 citations Michael A. Nitsche, Joseph Claßen et al. Brain stimulation profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonardo G. Cohen United States 117 28.3k 26.1k 12.0k 9.5k 6.4k 339 46.7k
Walter Paulus Germany 111 40.5k 1.4× 30.2k 1.2× 8.9k 0.7× 3.3k 0.3× 8.3k 1.3× 541 54.0k
Michael A. Nitsche Germany 102 40.5k 1.4× 27.9k 1.1× 8.2k 0.7× 3.6k 0.4× 7.1k 1.1× 513 49.4k
Álvaro Pascual‐Leone United States 142 43.6k 1.5× 47.7k 1.8× 9.9k 0.8× 6.0k 0.6× 8.6k 1.3× 851 78.3k
Mark Hallett United States 82 19.4k 0.7× 15.0k 0.6× 6.4k 0.5× 3.1k 0.3× 3.7k 0.6× 201 28.9k
Ulf Ziemann Germany 96 23.4k 0.8× 16.6k 0.6× 7.6k 0.6× 3.2k 0.3× 4.6k 0.7× 489 32.7k
Felipe Fregni United States 103 30.5k 1.1× 19.4k 0.7× 5.7k 0.5× 4.8k 0.5× 4.9k 0.8× 588 42.7k
John C. Rothwell United Kingdom 152 54.6k 1.9× 42.3k 1.6× 20.7k 1.7× 7.5k 0.8× 14.2k 2.2× 1.1k 90.0k
Mark Hallett United States 133 17.3k 0.6× 26.9k 1.0× 8.6k 0.7× 3.4k 0.4× 14.1k 2.2× 854 67.1k
Eric M. Wassermann United States 77 18.5k 0.7× 13.2k 0.5× 4.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.2× 2.4k 0.4× 207 24.7k
Simon C. Gandevia Australia 106 7.6k 0.3× 14.1k 0.5× 16.8k 1.4× 3.4k 0.4× 2.5k 0.4× 571 40.3k

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All Works

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Maceira-Elvira, Pablo, Traian Popa, Henning Müller, et al.. (2024). Native learning ability and not age determines the effects of brain stimulation. npj Science of Learning. 9(1). 69–69. 1 indexed citations
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Dash, Debadatta, et al.. (2023). Combined low-frequency brain oscillatory activity and behavior predict future errors in human motor skill. Current Biology. 33(15). 3145–3154.e5. 2 indexed citations
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Shereen, A. Duke, et al.. (2022). Robust enhancement of motor sequence learning with 4 mA transcranial electric stimulation. Brain stimulation. 16(1). 56–67. 20 indexed citations
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Hodics, Timea, Alexander W. Dromerick, John C. Pezzullo, Karen Kowalske, & Leonardo G. Cohen. (2022). Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Enhanced Stroke Recovery and Cortical Reorganization (S10.004). Neurology. 98(18_supplement). 1 indexed citations
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Quentin, Romain, Marine Vernet, Teodóra Vékony, et al.. (2021). Statistical learning occurs during practice while high-order rule learning during rest period. npj Science of Learning. 6(1). 14–14. 20 indexed citations
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Bönstrup, Marlene, Iñaki Iturrate, Martin N. Hebart, Nitzan Censor, & Leonardo G. Cohen. (2020). Mechanisms of offline motor learning at a microscale of seconds in large-scale crowdsourced data. npj Science of Learning. 5(1). 7–7. 54 indexed citations
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Cohen, Leonardo G.. (2016). The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros: A Seventeenth Century African Biography of an Ethiopian Woman. 11(1). 211–213. 3 indexed citations
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Soekadar, Surjo R., et al.. (2014). Learned EEG-based brain self-regulation of motor-related oscillations during application of transcranial electric brain stimulation: feasibility and limitations. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8. 93–93. 38 indexed citations
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Dayan, Eran, Janne Hamann, Bruno B. Averbeck, & Leonardo G. Cohen. (2014). Brain Structural Substrates of Reward Dependence during Behavioral Performance. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(49). 16433–16441. 20 indexed citations
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Sulzer, James, Sven Haller, Frank Scharnowski, et al.. (2013). Real-time fMRI neurofeedback: Progress and challenges. NeuroImage. 76. 386–399. 338 indexed citations
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Zimerman, Máximo, Kirstin-Friederike Heise, Julia Hoppe, et al.. (2012). Modulation of Training by Single-Session Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to the Intact Motor Cortex Enhances Motor Skill Acquisition of the Paretic Hand. Stroke. 43(8). 2185–2191. 166 indexed citations
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Harris‐Love, Michelle, Susanne M. Morton, Mónica A. Pérez, & Leonardo G. Cohen. (2011). Mechanisms of Short-Term Training-Induced Reaching Improvement in Severely Hemiparetic Stroke Patients. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 25(5). 398–411. 62 indexed citations
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Kang, Eun Kyoung, et al.. (2011). Improved picture naming in aphasia patients treated with cathodal tDCS to inhibit the right Broca's homologue area. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 29(3). 141–152. 129 indexed citations
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Reis, Janine, Heidi M. Schambra, Leonardo G. Cohen, et al.. (2009). Noninvasive cortical stimulation enhances motor skill acquisition over multiple days through an effect on consolidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(5). 1590–1595. 1060 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cohen, Leonardo G.. (2009). The missionary strategies of the Jesuits in Ethiopia (1555-1632). Harrassowitz eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Celnik, Pablo, Brian Webster, Davis M. Glasser, & Leonardo G. Cohen. (2008). Effects of Action Observation on Physical Training After Stroke. Stroke. 39(6). 1814–1820. 174 indexed citations
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Cohen, Leonardo G., et al.. (2005). Cortical excitability during prolonged antiepileptic drug treatment and drug withdrawal. Clinical Neurophysiology. 116(5). 1105–1112. 36 indexed citations
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Wolters, Alexander, Friedhelm Sandbrink, A. Schlottmann, et al.. (2003). A Temporally Asymmetric Hebbian Rule Governing Plasticity in the Human Motor Cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology. 89(5). 2339–2345. 466 indexed citations
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Stefan, Katja, E. Kunesch, Reiner Benecke, Leonardo G. Cohen, & Joseph Claßen. (2002). Mechanisms of enhancement of human motor cortex excitability induced by interventional paired associative stimulation. The Journal of Physiology. 543(2). 699–708. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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