Nicholas D. Schiff

20.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
169 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Nicholas D. Schiff is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas D. Schiff has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Epidemiology, 92 papers in Neurology and 78 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Nicholas D. Schiff's work include Traumatic Brain Injury Research (96 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (61 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (57 papers). Nicholas D. Schiff is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury Research (96 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (61 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (57 papers). Nicholas D. Schiff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Nicholas D. Schiff's co-authors include Steven Laureys, Joseph T. Giacino, Joseph J. Fins, Emery N. Brown, Ralph Lydic, Adrian M. Owen, Jonathan D. Victor, Fred Plum, Henning U. Voss and Jan Claassen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas D. Schiff

166 papers receiving 10.7k 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.

General Anesthesia, Sleep, and Coma

2010 844 citations Emery N. Brown, Nicholas D. Schiff et al. profile →
Brain function in coma, vegetative state, and related disorders

2004 675 citations Steven Laureys, Adrian M. Owen et al. profile →
Behavioural improvements with thalamic stimulation after severe traumatic brain injury

2007 660 citations Nicholas D. Schiff, Joseph T. Giacino et al. profile →
Disorders of consciousness after acquired brain injury: the state of the science

2014 548 citations Joseph T. Giacino, Joseph J. Fins et al. profile →
Recovery of consciousness after brain injury: a mesocircuit hypothesis

2009 434 citations Nicholas D. Schiff profile →
Practice guideline update recommendations summary: Disorders of consciousness

2018 420 citations Joseph T. Giacino, Douglas I. Katz et al. Neurology profile →
Recovery from disorders of consciousness: mechanisms, prognosis and emerging therapies

2020 376 citations Brian L. Edlow, Nicholas D. Schiff et al. profile →
Comprehensive systematic review update summary: Disorders of consciousness

2018 310 citations Joseph T. Giacino, Douglas I. Katz et al. Neurology profile →
Human consciousness is supported by dynamic complex patterns of brain signal coordination

2019 284 citations Athéna Demertzi, Enzo Tagliazucchi et al. Science Advances profile →
Therapeutic interventions in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness

2019 248 citations Aurore Thibaut, Nicholas D. Schiff et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Depression Symptoms Associated With Clinical Symptoms, Disability, and Functional Connectivity After Traumatic Brain Injury 2025 ·Journal of Neuropsychiatry ·Jaya Arora, (unknown), (unknown), Keith Jamison, Amy Kuceyeski, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ulrike W. Kaunzner, Robert J. Winchell, (unknown), (unknown), Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Nicholas D. Schiff, Conor Liston, Sudhin A. Shah, Abhishek Jaywant	0
2	Brain–Computer Interfaces for Communication in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: A Gap Analysis and Scientific Roadmap 2024 ·Neurocritical Care ·Nicholas D. Schiff, Michael N. Diringer, Karin Diserens, Brian L. Edlow, (unknown), N. Jeremy Hill, Leigh R. Hochberg, Fatima Ismail, Ivo Meyer, Charles B. Mikell, Sima Mofakham, Erika Molteni, (unknown), Sudhin A. Shah, Robert D. Stevens, (unknown), (unknown)	11
3	Apomorphine for prolonged disorders of consciousness: a multimodal open-label study 2024 ·EClinicalMedicine ·Leandro Sanz, Nicolas Lejeune, (unknown), Estelle Bonin, Rajanikant Panda, Arianna Sala, Aurore Thibaut, (unknown), Nadia Dardenne, (unknown), (unknown), Didier Ledoux, Roland Hustinx, Johan Stender, Neal Farber, Ross Zafonte, Nicholas D. Schiff, Steven Laureys, Olivia Gosseries	5
4	An implementation of integrated information theory in resting-state fMRI 2023 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lorina Naçi, Nicholas D. Schiff, Adrian M. Owen, Andrea Soddu	7
5	Comparisons of electrophysiological markers of impaired executive attention after traumatic brain injury and in healthy aging 2023 ·NeuroImage ·(unknown), Keith Jamison, Abhishek Jaywant, (unknown), (unknown), Arindam RoyChoudhury, Tracy Butler, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, (unknown), (unknown), Teena Shetty, Robert J. Winchell, N. Jeremy Hill, Nicholas D. Schiff, Amy Kuceyeski, Sudhin A. Shah	3
6	Selective activation of central thalamic fiber pathway facilitates behavioral performance in healthy non-human primates 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Jonathan Baker, Ilaria Sani, Keith P. Purpura, Nicholas D. Schiff, Christopher R. Butson	16
7	Human consciousness is supported by dynamic complex patterns of brain signal coordination breakdown → 2019 ·Science Advances ·Athéna Demertzi, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Stanislas Dehaene, Gustavo Deco, Pablo Barttfeld, Federico Raimondo, Charlotte Martial, Davinia Fernández‐Espejo, Benjamin Rohaut, Henning U. Voss, Nicholas D. Schiff, Adrian M. Owen, Steven Laureys, Lionel Naccache, Jacobo Sitt	284
8	Dynamic inter-regional coordination patterns as specific predictors of consciousness 2018 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Athéna Demertzi, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Stanislas Dehaene, Gustavo Deco, Pablo Barttfeld, Federico Raimondo, Charlotte Martial, Benjamin Rohaut, Henning U. Voss, Nicholas D. Schiff, A. M. Owen, Steven Laureys, Lionel Naccache, Jacobo Sitt	1
9	Practice guideline update recommendations summary: Disorders of consciousness breakdown → 2018 ·Neurology ·Joseph T. Giacino, Douglas I. Katz, Nicholas D. Schiff, John Whyte, Eric Ashman, Stephen Ashwal, Richard L. Barbano, Flora M. Hammond, Steven Laureys, Geoffrey Ling, Risa Nakase‐Richardson, Ronald T. Seel, Stuart A. Yablon, Thomas S.D. Getchius, Gary Gronseth, Melissa J. Armstrong	420
10	A method for decomposing multivariate time series into a causal hierarchy within specific frequency bands 2018 ·Journal of Computational Neuroscience ·(unknown), Nicholas D. Schiff	5
11	Divergent neural responses to narrative speech in disorders of consciousness 2017 ·Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology ·(unknown), (unknown), Agustín Petroni, Mary M. Conte, Nicholas D. Schiff, Lucas C. Parra	23
12	Executive attention deficits after traumatic brain injury reflect impaired recruitment of resources 2017 ·NeuroImage Clinical ·Sudhin A. Shah, Yelena Goldin, Mary M. Conte, Andrew M. Goldfine, (unknown), (unknown), Keith D. Cicerone, Nicholas D. Schiff	32
13	Brain death and disorders of consciousness 2016 ·Current Biology ·Nicholas D. Schiff, Joseph J. Fins	18
14	Negative Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Signals During Speech Comprehension 2014 ·Brain Connectivity ·Diana Rodriguez Moreno, Nicholas D. Schiff, Joy Hirsch	4
15	Determination of awareness in patients with severe brain injury using EEG power spectral analysis 2011 ·Clinical Neurophysiology ·Andrew M. Goldfine, Jonathan D. Victor, Mary M. Conte, (unknown), Nicholas D. Schiff	182
16	A new era of coma and consciousness science 2009 ·Progress in brain research ·Adrian M. Owen, Nicholas D. Schiff, Steven Laureys	50
17	A Bayesian statistical analysis of behavioral facilitation associated with deep brain stimulation 2009 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Anne C. Smith, Sudhin A. Shah, Andrew E. Hudson, Keith P. Purpura, Jonathan D. Victor, Emery N. Brown, Nicholas D. Schiff	2
18	Disorders of Consciousness 2007 ·Mayo Clinic Proceedings ·Nicholas D. Schiff, Joseph J. Fins	3
19	Functional Imaging of Severely Brain-Injured Patients 2004 ·Archives of Neurology ·Erik J. Kobylarz, Nicholas D. Schiff	20
20	Cortical function in the persistent vegetative state 1999 ·Trends in Cognitive Sciences ·Nicholas D. Schiff, Fred Plum	25

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