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Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Charles J. Lynch
Cornell University
2
Jerry Tang
The University of Texas at Austin
3
Matthew Rosenblatt
Massachusetts General Hospital
4
Dominik Klepl
Czech Academy of Sciences
5
Yuchao Jiang
Fudan University
6
Ryan V. Raut
University of Washington
7
Ashlea Segal
Monash Health
8
Sebastian Niclas Roemer
LMU Klinikum
9
Leon Qi Rong Ooi
National University of Singapore
10
Taylor Bolt
Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers

1
Frontostriatal salience network expansion in individuals in depression
Nature|2024
252 cit.
2
Data leakage inflates prediction performance in connectome-based machine learning models
Nature Communications|2024
150 cit.
3
Publication in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (2024) [96 citations, W4390969131]
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering|2024
96 cit.
4
Longer scans boost prediction and cut costs in brain-wide association studies
Nature|2025
50 cit.
5
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [45 citations, W4400747451]
Nature Communications|2024
45 cit.
6
Publication in Science Advances (2024) [44 citations, W4399562725]
Science Advances|2024
44 cit.
7
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [41 citations, W4392683903]
Nature Communications|2024
41 cit.
8
Autonomic physiological coupling of the global fMRI signal
Nature Neuroscience|2025
40 cit.
9
Arousal as a universal embedding for spatiotemporal brain dynamics
Nature|2025
34 cit.
10
Publication in Nature Human Behaviour (2024) [11 citations, W4401184007]
Nature Human Behaviour|2024
11 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Nico U.F. Dosenbach
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
2
Jonas Kristoffer Lindeløv
Aalborg University
3
Bratislav Mišić
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
4
Eiko I. Fried
Leiden University
5
Jakob Seidlitz
California University of Pennsylvania
6
Brenden Tervo‐Clemmens
Allen Institute for Brain Science
7
Aaron Alexander‐Bloch
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
8
Julie A. Harris
Allen Institute
9
Sacha Epskamp
University of Amsterdam
10
Avram J. Holmes
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Papers

1
Reproducible brain-wide association studies require thousands of individuals
Nature|2022
2k cit.
2
Brain charts for the human lifespan
Nature|2022
1.8k cit.
3
Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex
Nature Neuroscience|2022
783 cit.
4
A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex
Nature|2023
587 cit.
5
neuromaps: structural and functional interpretation of brain maps
Nature Methods|2022
471 cit.
6
Revisiting the theoretical and methodological foundations of depression measurement
Nature Reviews Psychology|2022
280 cit.
7
Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain
Nature|2024
237 cit.
8
A canonical trajectory of executive function maturation from adolescence to adulthood
Nature Communications|2023
203 cit.
9
Investigating the feasibility of idiographic network models.
Psychological Methods|2022
140 cit.
10
Studying Mental Health Problems as Systems, Not Syndromes
Current Directions in Psychological Science|2022
130 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Randy L. Buckner
Harvard University
2
Marcus E. Raichle
Washington University in St. Louis
3
Edward T. Bullmore
King's College London
4
Vince D. Calhoun
Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science
5
Michael P. Milham
Child Mind Institute
6
Olaf Sporns
Indiana University Bloomington
7
Karl Friston
Queen Mary University of London
8
Stephen M. Smith
University of Oxford
9
Vinod Menon
Neurosciences Institute
10
Anders M. Dale
J. Craig Venter Institute

Papers

1
A default mode of brain function
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2001
12.4k cit.
2
Complex network measures of brain connectivity: Uses and interpretations
NeuroImage|2009
12k cit.
3
Cortical Surface-Based Analysis
NeuroImage|1999
11.5k cit.
4
Statistical parametric maps in functional imaging: A general linear approach
Human Brain Mapping|1994
9.8k cit.
5
The organization of the human cerebral cortex estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity
Journal of Neurophysiology|2011
9.8k cit.
6
Improved Optimization for the Robust and Accurate Linear Registration and Motion Correction of Brain Images
NeuroImage|2002
9.6k cit.
7
Whole Brain Segmentation
Neuron|2002
9k cit.
8
The human brain is intrinsically organized into dynamic, anticorrelated functional networks
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2005
8.8k cit.
9
The organization of the human cerebellum estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity
Journal of Neurophysiology|2011
7.9k cit.
10
Unified segmentation
NeuroImage|2005
7.5k cit.

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