Sven Bestmann

17.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Sven Bestmann is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Sven Bestmann has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 56 papers in Neurology and 24 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Sven Bestmann's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (54 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (47 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (40 papers). Sven Bestmann is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (54 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (47 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (40 papers). Sven Bestmann collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. Sven Bestmann's co-authors include John C. Rothwell, Christian C. Ruff, Felix Blankenburg, Jürgen Baudewig, Jens Frahm, Archy O. de Berker, Hartwig R. Siebner, Gareth R. Barnes, James Bonaiuto and Karl Friston and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Sven Bestmann

140 papers receiving 9.6k citations

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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.

Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sven Bestmann United Kingdom	55	7.0k	4.2k	1.5k	1.1k	869	143	9.8k
Axel Thielscher Denmark	47	4.7k 0.7×	5.0k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	154	8.7k
Stefan Knecht Germany	61	7.4k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	756 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	210	13.8k
Charlotte J. Stagg United Kingdom	46	5.1k 0.7×	5.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.8×	134	9.7k
Gian Luca Romani Italy	66	12.4k 1.8×	1.2k 0.3×	3.0k 2.0×	757 0.7×	955 1.1×	316	16.6k
Riitta Salmelin Finland	58	10.1k 1.4×	837 0.2×	607 0.4×	907 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	176	11.7k
Ralf Deichmann Germany	43	6.2k 0.9×	709 0.2×	3.8k 2.5×	435 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	157	11.0k
Eric Zarahn United States	45	8.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.3×	2.3k 1.5×	617 0.5×	961 1.1×	67	11.3k
Nikolaus Weiskopf United Kingdom	72	11.1k 1.6×	1.5k 0.4×	5.6k 3.7×	607 0.5×	1.9k 2.1×	265	17.2k
Oliver Josephs United Kingdom	49	11.6k 1.7×	1.0k 0.2×	3.6k 2.4×	403 0.4×	792 0.9×	79	14.1k
Vittorio Pizzella Italy	44	4.6k 0.7×	827 0.2×	808 0.5×	415 0.4×	513 0.6×	166	5.9k

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Murphy, Keith R., Tulika Nandi, Takahiro Osada, et al.. (2025). A practical guide to transcranial ultrasonic stimulation from the IFCN-endorsed ITRUSST consortium. Clinical Neurophysiology. 171. 192–226. 16 indexed citations

O’Neill, George C., Robert A. Seymour, Stephanie Mellor, et al.. (2025). Combining video telemetry and wearable MEG for naturalistic imaging. Imaging Neuroscience. 3. 5 indexed citations

Spedden, Meaghan Elizabeth, George C. O’Neill, Timothy O. West, et al.. (2025). Using Wearable MEG to Study the Neural Control of Human Stepping. Sensors. 25(13). 4160–4160.

Spedden, Meaghan Elizabeth, George C. O’Neill, Timothy O. West, et al.. (2025). Wearable MEG data recorded during human stepping. Data in Brief. 60. 111574–111574. 2 indexed citations

Bestmann, Sven, et al.. (2024). Strategies and safety simulations for ultrasonic cervical spinal cord neuromodulation. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 69(12). 125011–125011. 3 indexed citations

Bestmann, Sven, et al.. (2024). Chronic stroke survivors underestimate their upper limb motor ability in a simple 2D motor task. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 21(1). 175–175. 1 indexed citations

Tierney, Tim M., Andrew R. Levy, Daniel N. Barry, et al.. (2020). Mouth magnetoencephalography: A unique perspective on the human hippocampus. NeuroImage. 225. 117443–117443. 63 indexed citations

Strube, Wolfgang, Louise Marshall, Graziella Quattrocchi, et al.. (2020). Glutamatergic Contribution to Probabilistic Reasoning and Jumping to Conclusions in Schizophrenia: A Double-Blind, Randomized Experimental Trial. Biological Psychiatry. 88(9). 687–697. 11 indexed citations

Tierney, Tim M., Niall Holmes, Elena Boto, et al.. (2019). Using optically pumped magnetometers to measure magnetoencephalographic signals in the human cerebellum. The Journal of Physiology. 597(16). 4309–4324. 39 indexed citations

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Marshall, Louise, et al.. (2018). Forget-me-some: General versus special purpose models in a hierarchical probabilistic task. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0205974–e0205974. 8 indexed citations

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Berker, Archy O. de, Zeb Kurth‐Nelson, Robb B. Rutledge, Sven Bestmann, & Raymond J. Dolan. (2018). Computing Value from Quality and Quantity in Human Decision-Making. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(1). 163–176. 16 indexed citations

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Marshall, Louise, Christoph Mathys, Diane Ruge, et al.. (2016). Pharmacological Fingerprints of Contextual Uncertainty. PLoS Biology. 14(11). e1002575–e1002575. 89 indexed citations

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Bonaiuto, James & Sven Bestmann. (2015). Understanding the nonlinear physiological and behavioral effects of tDCS through computational neurostimulation. Progress in brain research. 222. 75–103. 28 indexed citations

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Schüür, Friederike, et al.. (2013). Emotional valence and contextual affordances flexibly shape approach-avoidance movements. Frontiers in Psychology. 4. 933–933. 23 indexed citations

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Klein-Flügge, Miriam C., et al.. (2013). Variability of Human Corticospinal Excitability Tracks the State of Action Preparation. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(13). 5564–5572. 45 indexed citations

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Bestmann, Sven, Orlando Swayne, Felix Blankenburg, et al.. (2010). The Role of Contralesional Dorsal Premotor Cortex after Stroke as Studied with Concurrent TMS-fMRI. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(36). 11926–11937. 183 indexed citations

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Blankenburg, Felix, Christian C. Ruff, Sven Bestmann, et al.. (2010). Studying the Role of Human Parietal Cortex in Visuospatial Attention with Concurrent TMS-fMRI. Cerebral Cortex. 20(11). 2702–2711. 97 indexed citations

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Bestmann, Sven, Felix Blankenburg, Otto Bjoertomt, et al.. (2008). Distinct causal influences of parietal and frontal brain regions on activity in human retinotopic visual cortex. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Mars, Rogier B., Stefan Debener, Thomas E. Gladwin, et al.. (2008). Trial-by-Trial Fluctuations in the Event-Related Electroencephalogram Reflect Dynamic Changes in the Degree of Surprise. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(47). 12539–12545. 187 indexed citations

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Blankenburg, Felix, et al.. (2007). Distinct causal influences of parietal versus frontal brain areas on human visual cortex. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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