Robert Chen

41.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
477 papers, 23.8k citations indexed

About

Robert Chen is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Chen has authored 477 papers receiving a total of 23.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 236 papers in Neurology, 179 papers in Neurology and 151 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert Chen's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (230 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (143 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (76 papers). Robert Chen is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (230 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (143 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (76 papers). Robert Chen collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Robert Chen's co-authors include Leonardo G. Cohen, Carolyn Gunraj, Zafiris J. Daskalakis, Paul B. Fitzgerald, Mark Hallett, Andrés M. Lozano, Anthony E. Lang, Mark Hallett, Ulf Ziemann and Zhen Ni and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert Chen

461 papers receiving 23.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Water Diffusion Changes in Wallerian Degeneration and Their Dependence on White Matter Architecture

2001 778 citations Robert Chen et al. profile →
Nervous system reorganization following injury

2002 536 citations Robert Chen et al. profile →
Non-invasive transcranial ultrasound stimulation for neuromodulation

2021 175 citations Ghazaleh Darmani, Til Ole Bergmann et al. Clinical Neurophysiology profile →
Neuromodulation techniques – From non-invasive brain stimulation to deep brain stimulation

2024 42 citations Can Sarica, Ghazaleh Darmani et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Chen Canada	83	12.6k	9.5k	7.4k	4.5k	4.1k	477	23.8k
Vincenzo Di Lazzaro Italy	80	14.1k 1.1×	9.9k 1.0×	5.9k 0.8×	4.8k 1.1×	4.8k 1.2×	506	25.3k
Ulf Ziemann Germany	96	23.4k 1.9×	16.6k 1.8×	5.8k 0.8×	7.6k 1.7×	4.6k 1.1×	489	32.7k
Christian Gerloff Germany	76	8.2k 0.7×	10.2k 1.1×	4.2k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	430	21.2k
Alberto Priori Italy	71	12.8k 1.0×	9.1k 1.0×	6.2k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	4.8k 1.2×	394	21.2k
Paolo Maria Rossini Italy	99	16.4k 1.3×	25.4k 2.7×	4.9k 0.7×	6.1k 1.4×	5.5k 1.3×	774	44.9k
Hartwig R. Siebner Denmark	72	7.2k 0.6×	9.4k 1.0×	3.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.5×	2.6k 0.6×	482	17.9k
Cornelius Weiller Germany	86	5.6k 0.4×	12.3k 1.3×	5.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	1.6k 0.4×	407	25.9k
Steven C. Cramer United States	78	5.3k 0.4×	6.0k 0.6×	4.6k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	324	21.1k
Günther Deuschl Germany	102	5.9k 0.5×	6.7k 0.7×	29.6k 4.0×	2.2k 0.5×	13.7k 3.3×	681	41.1k
Símone Rossi Italy	56	7.2k 0.6×	7.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.2×	1.9k 0.4×	1.2k 0.3×	275	14.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Robert, et al.. (2025). Akan Cinematic Emotions (ACE): A Multimodal Multi-party Dataset for Emotion Recognition in Movie Dialogues. 9820–9831.

Baker, Kenneth B., Yin‐Liang Lin, Robert Chen, et al.. (2025). Acute dentate nucleus deep brain stimulation modulates corticomotor excitability in chronic stroke survivors. Brain stimulation. 18(3). 640–648.

Suppa, Antonio, Francesco Asci, Nitish Kamble, et al.. (2025). Neurophysiology of Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes: A Study Group Position Paper. Movement Disorders. 40(8). 1451–1510. 2 indexed citations

Grippe, Talyta, Tracy Heung, Robert Chen, et al.. (2025). Dissecting the Phenotypic Spectrum and Complexity of Movement Disorders in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. European Journal of Neurology. 32(6). e70256–e70256.

Çizmeci, Mehmet Nevzat, et al.. (2024). Neuromodulation using transcranial focused ultrasonography in neonates with perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Medical Hypotheses. 191. 111463–111463.

Xia, Xue, Ke Zeng, Jean‐François Nankoo, et al.. (2024). Effects of the motor cortical theta‐burst transcranial‐focused ultrasound stimulation on the contralateral motor cortex. The Journal of Physiology. 602(12). 2931–2943. 7 indexed citations

Lefaucheur, Jean‐Pascal, Elena Moro, Yuichiro Shirota, et al.. (2024). Clinical neurophysiology in the treatment of movement disorders: IFCN handbook chapter. Clinical Neurophysiology. 164. 57–99. 2 indexed citations

Nair, Ranjit, Ryan Jacobs, Sumana Devata, et al.. (2023). HIGH COMPLETE RESPONSE RATE WITH TNB‐486, A NOVEL CD19XCD3 T‐CELL ENGAGER, IN RELAPSED/REFRACTORY FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA: INTERIM RESULTS FROM AN ONGOING PHASE 1 STUDY. Hematological Oncology. 41(S2). 127–129. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Robert, et al.. (2023). Tau in Atypical Parkinsonisms: A Meta‐Analysis of in Vivo PET Imaging Findings. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 10(12). 1725–1737. 2 indexed citations

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Darmani, Ghazaleh, Hamidreza Ramezanpour, Utpal Saha, et al.. (2022). Long‐Term Recording of Subthalamic Aperiodic Activities and Beta Bursts in Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders. 38(2). 232–243. 25 indexed citations

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Chu, Joseph, Gordon W. Moe, Manav V. Vyas, et al.. (2022). Epidemiology of COVID-19 and Its Cardiac and Neurologic Complications Among Chinese and South Asians in Ontario: Waves 1, 2, and 3. CJC Open. 4(10). 894–904.

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Chu, Joseph, Maria Koh, Robert Chen, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 and its Cardiac and Neurological Complications among Ontario Visible Minorities. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 49(4). 504–513. 5 indexed citations

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Edwards, Jodi D., Sandra E. Black, Shaun G. Boe, et al.. (2021). Canadian Platform for Trials in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation (CanStim) Consensus Recommendations for Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Upper Extremity Motor Stroke Rehabilitation Trials. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 35(2). 103–116. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Fang, Robert Chen, Dayong Gu, et al.. (2020). Clinical Comparison of Full-Endoscopic and Microscopic Unilateral Laminotomy for Bilateral Decompression in the Treatment of Elderly Lumbar Spinal stenosis: A Retrospective Study with 12-Month Follow-Up. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Tuscano, Joseph M., Emanual Maverakis, Susan Groshen, et al.. (2019). A Phase I Study of the Combination of Rituximab and Ipilimumab in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(23). 7004–7013. 34 indexed citations

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Chen, Robert, et al.. (2019). Machine Learning Based Predictive Model of 5-Year Survival in Multiple Myeloma Autologous Transplant Patients. Blood. 134(Supplement_1). 2156–2156. 5 indexed citations

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Espay, Alberto J., Thomas Maloney, Jennifer Vannest, et al.. (2017). Dysfunction in emotion processing underlies functional (psychogenic) dystonia. Movement Disorders. 33(1). 136–145. 52 indexed citations

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Choi, Edward, Nan Du, Robert Chen, Le Song, & Jimeng Sun. (2015). Constructing Disease Network and Temporal Progression Model via Context-Sensitive Hawkes Process. 721–726. 57 indexed citations

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Torres, Cristina V., Elena Moro, Mojgan Hodaie, et al.. (2010). Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Intermediate Nucleus of the Thalamus for Tremor in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis. Neurosurgery. 67(3). 646–651. 40 indexed citations

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Black, Steven, Henry R. Shinefield, Paula Ray, et al.. (1997). Risk of hospitalization because of aseptic meningitis after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in one- to two-year-old children: an analysis of the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Project. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 16(5). 500–503. 46 indexed citations

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