Mélanie Boly

33.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
191 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

About

Mélanie Boly is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Epidemiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mélanie Boly has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 74 papers in Epidemiology and 37 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Mélanie Boly's work include Traumatic Brain Injury Research (73 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (72 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (61 papers). Mélanie Boly is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury Research (73 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (72 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (61 papers). Mélanie Boly collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Italy. Mélanie Boly's co-authors include Steven Laureys, Giulio Tononi, Marcello Massimini, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Christof Koch, Caroline Schnakers, Gustave Moonen, Pierre Maquet, Olivia Gosseries and Adrian M. Owen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mélanie Boly

185 papers receiving 20.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State

2006 1.1k citations Mélanie Boly, Steven Laureys et al. profile →
Willful Modulation of Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness

2010 893 citations Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Mélanie Boly et al. profile →
Neural correlates of consciousness: progress and problems

2016 886 citations Marcello Massimini, Mélanie Boly et al. profile →
Integrated information theory: from consciousness to its physical substrate

2016 866 citations Giulio Tononi, Mélanie Boly et al. profile →
Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: Clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment

2009 866 citations Caroline Schnakers, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse et al. profile →
A Theoretically Based Index of Consciousness Independent of Sensory Processing and Behavior

2013 721 citations Adenauer G. Casali, Olivia Gosseries et al. profile →
Default network connectivity reflects the level of consciousness in non-communicative brain-damaged patients

2009 637 citations Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Quentin Noirhomme et al. profile →
Rethinking segregation and integration: contributions of whole-brain modelling

2015 408 citations Gustavo Deco, Giulio Tononi et al. profile →
The neural correlates of dreaming

2017 371 citations Brady A. Riedner, Mélanie Boly et al. profile →
Diagnostic precision of PET imaging and functional MRI in disorders of consciousness: a clinical validation study

2014 358 citations Olivia Gosseries, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse et al. profile →
Are the Neural Correlates of Consciousness in the Front or in the Back of the Cerebral Cortex? Clinical and Neuroimaging Evidence

2017 338 citations Mélanie Boly, Marcello Massimini et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: Formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical terms

2023 100 citations Mélanie Boly, Giulio Tononi et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Experimental approaches to study sensory disconnection in humans during sleep and anesthesia 2025 ·Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences ·(unknown), Vincent Bonhomme, Steven Laureys, (unknown), Mélanie Boly, Jitka Annen	0
2	Prevalence and localization of nocturnal epileptiform discharges in mild cognitive impairment 2023 ·Brain Communications ·(unknown), Klevest Gjini, Kevin Dabbs, Bruce P. Hermann, Brady A. Riedner, (unknown), (unknown), Sterling C. Johnson, Barbara B. Bendlin, Alice Lam, Mélanie Boly, Aaron F. Struck	7
3	T1−/T2‐weighted ratio reveals no alterations to gray matter myelination in temporal lobe epilepsy 2023 ·Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology ·(unknown), Kevin Dabbs, Veena A. Nair, (unknown), Dace Almane, (unknown), Andrew S. Nencka, Rasmus M. Birn, Lisa L. Conant, Colin Humphries, Elizabeth A. Felton, Manoj Raghavan, Edgar A. DeYoe, Jeffrey R. Binder, Bruce P. Hermann, Vivek Prabhakaran, Barbara B. Bendlin, M. Elizabeth Meyerand, Mélanie Boly, Aaron F. Struck	1
4	Beyond alpha power: EEG spatial and spectral gradients robustly stratify disorders of consciousness 2023 ·Cerebral Cortex ·Michele Colombo, Angela Comanducci, Silvia Casarotto, (unknown), Jitka Annen, Alessandro Viganò, (unknown), Pietro Davide Trimarchi, Mélanie Boly, Matteo Fecchio, Olivier Bodart, Jorge Navarro, Steven Laureys, Olivia Gosseries, Marcello Massimini, Simone Sarasso, Mario Rosanova	26
5	Multiple traces and altered signal-to-noise in systems consolidation: Evidence from the 7T fMRI Natural Scenes Dataset 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Mélanie Boly, Emily Allen, Yihan Wu, Thomas Naselaris, Kendrick Kay, Chiara Cirelli, Giulio Tononi	3
6	Quantifying arousal and awareness in altered states of consciousness using interpretable deep learning 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Minji Lee, Leandro Sanz, Alice Barra, (unknown), Jaakko O. Nieminen, Mélanie Boly, Mario Rosanova, Silvia Casarotto, Olivier Bodart, Jitka Annen, Aurore Thibaut, Rajanikant Panda, Vincent Bonhomme, Marcello Massimini, Giulio Tononi, Steven Laureys, Olivia Gosseries, Seong‐Whan Lee	74
7	Regional and global resting-state functional MR connectivity in temporal lobe epilepsy: Results from the Epilepsy Connectome Project 2021 ·Epilepsy & Behavior ·Aaron F. Struck, Mélanie Boly, Gyujoon Hwang, Veena A. Nair, (unknown), Andrew S. Nencka, Lisa L. Conant, Edgar A. DeYoe, Manoj Raghavan, Vivek Prabhakaran, Jeffrey R. Binder, M. Elizabeth Meyerand, Bruce P. Hermann	22
8	Sleep-like cortical OFF-periods disrupt causality and complexity in the brain of unresponsive wakefulness syndrome patients 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Mario Rosanova, Matteo Fecchio, Silvia Casarotto, Simone Sarasso, Adenauer G. Casali, Andrea Pigorini, Angela Comanducci, (unknown), Guya Devalle, Giuseppe Citerio, Olivier Bodart, Mélanie Boly, Olivia Gosseries, Steven Laureys, Marcello Massimini	99
9	Evoked Alpha Power is Reduced in Disconnected Consciousness During Sleep and Anesthesia 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Chadd M. Funk, (unknown), Brady A. Riedner, Olivia Gosseries, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Vincent Bonhomme, J. F. Brichant, Mélanie Boly, Steven Laureys, Giulio Tononi, Robert D. Sanders	26
10	Leptomeningeal Enhancement Is Associated with Transient Neurologic Deficits after Flow Diversion of Intracranial Aneurysms 2018 ·World Neurosurgery ·(unknown), Chadd M. Funk, (unknown), (unknown), John‐Paul J. Yu, Mélanie Boly, Azam Ahmed	4
11	Consciousness Regained: Disentangling Mechanisms, Brain Systems, and Behavioral Responses 2017 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Johan F. Storm, Mélanie Boly, Adenauer G. Casali, Marcello Massimini, Umberto Olcese, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz, Melanie Wilke	78
12	Perturbation of whole-brain dynamics in silico reveals mechanistic differences between brain states 2017 ·NeuroImage ·Gustavo Deco, Joana Cabral, Victor M. Saenger, Mélanie Boly, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Helmut Laufs, Eus J.W. Van Someren, (unknown), Angus Stevner, Morten L. Kringelbach	59
13	Brain Connectivity in Disorders of Consciousness 2012 ·Brain Connectivity ·Mélanie Boly, Marcello Massimini, Marta I. Garrido, Olivia Gosseries, Quentin Noirhomme, Steven Laureys, Andrea Soddu	75
14	Breakdown of within- and between-network Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Connectivity during Propofol-induced Loss of Consciousness 2010 ·Anesthesiology ·Pierre Boveroux, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Marie‐Aurélie Bruno, Quentin Noirhomme, Séverine Lauwick, André Luxen, Christian Degueldre, Alain Plenevaux, Caroline Schnakers, Christophe Phillips, Jean-François Brichant, Vincent Bonhomme, Pierre Maquet, Michael D. Greicius, Steven Laureys, Mélanie Boly	478
15	The Nociception Coma Scale to assess nociception in disorders of consciousness 2010 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Camille Chatelle, Caroline Schnakers, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Steve Majerus, Didier Ledoux, Mélanie Boly, Olivia Gosseries, Marie‐Aurélie Bruno, Pierre Boveroux, Athéna Demertzi, Gustave Moonen, Steven Laureys	1
16	Different beliefs about pain perception in the vegetative and minimally conscious states: a European survey of medical and paramedical professionals 2009 ·Progress in brain research ·Athéna Demertzi, Caroline Schnakers, Didier Ledoux, Camille Chatelle, (unknown), Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Mélanie Boly, Gustave Moonen, Steven Laureys	66
17	Sleep vs Coma 2009 ·Frontiers in Neuroscience ·Quentin Noirhomme, Steven Laureys, Mélanie Boly	3
18	Processing of Sounds during Sleep Spindles in humans: an EEG/fMRI study of Auditory Stimulation in non-REM sleep Abstract Book of the conference 2008 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Thien Thanh Dang‐Vu, Manuel Schabus, Mélanie Boly, Maxime Bonjean, Annabelle Darsaud, Christian Degueldre, Martin Desseilles, Christophe Phillips, Pierre Maquet	1
19	Evaluation comportementale et par neuroimagerie fonctionnelle des patients en état végétatif 2007 ·RMLG. Revue médicale de Liège ·Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Caroline Schnakers, Mélanie Boly, Marie‐Aurélie Bruno, Olivia Gosseries, Victor Cologan, Pierre Boveroux, Didier Ledoux, Sonia Piret, Christophe Phillips, Gustave Moonen, André Luxen, Pierre Maquet, Serge Brédart, Steven Laureys	0
20	The role of sleep in the consolidation of emotional memories in humans : a fMRI study 2006 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Virginie Sterpenich, Geneviève Albouy, Mélanie Boly, Gilles Vandewalle, Annabelle Darsaud, Evelyne Balteau, Philippe Peigneux, Pierre Maquet	3

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