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Alan C. Evans

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213
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Medicine

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Neuroscience

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15
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Alan C. Evans publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan C. Evans sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 1,005 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Alan C. Evans D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan C. Evans sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 217 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Canada Leader Award
  • 2020 - Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Alan C. Evans is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a significant body of research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Physiology.

The scientist's research addresses topics such as Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, and Cell Image Analysis Techniques.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Four distinct trajectories of tau deposition identified in Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The ENIGMA Toolbox: multiscale neural contextualization of multisite neuroimaging datasets, 2021, Nature Methods
  • BigBrain 3D atlas of cortical layers: Cortical and laminar thickness gradients diverge in sensory and motor cortices, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Measures of resting state EEG rhythms for clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations of an expert panel, 2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • D. Louis Collins
  • Boris C. Bernhardt
  • Stephen R. Dager
  • Martin Styner
  • Annette Estes

Common venues for their publications comprise:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • NeuroImage
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia

Alan C. Evans has received awards such as the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize from the Canada Council in 2020 and was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2015 under the Academy of Science category.

Best Publications

  • Brain development during childhood and adolescence: a longitudinal MRI study.

    Jay N. Giedd;Jonathan Blumenthal;Neal O. Jeffries;F. X. Castellanos

  • A nonparametric method for automatic correction of intensity nonuniformity in MRI data

    J.G. Sled;A.P. Zijdenbos;A.C. Evans

  • Automatic 3D intersubject registration of MR volumetric data in standardized Talairach space

    D L Collins;P Neelin;T M Peters;A C Evans

  • A unified statistical approach for determining significant signals in images of cerebral activation.

    K. J. Worsley;S. Marrett;P. Neelin;A. C. Vandal

  • A probabilistic atlas and reference system for the human brain: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM)

    J. Mazziotta;A. Toga;A. Evans;P. Fox

  • Unbiased Average Age-Appropriate Atlases for Pediatric Studies

    Vladimir S. Fonov;Alan C. Evans;Kelly N. Botteron;C. Robert Almli

  • A three-dimensional statistical analysis for CBF activation studies in human brain.

    K. J. Worsley;A. C. Evans;S. Marrett;P. Neelin

  • Developmental trajectories of brain volume abnormalities in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    F. Xavier Castellanos;F. Xavier Castellanos;Patti P. Lee;Wendy Sharp;Neal O. Jeffries

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is characterized by a delay in cortical maturation

    P. Shaw;K. Eckstrand;W. Sharp;J. Blumenthal

  • Design and construction of a realistic digital brain phantom

    D.L. Collins;A.P. Zijdenbos;V. Kollokian;J.G. Sled

  • Assessing the significance of focal activations using their spatial extent

    K. J. Friston;K. J. Worsley;R. S. J. Frackowiak;J. C. Mazziotta

  • Unbiased nonlinear average age-appropriate brain templates from birth to adulthood

    VS Fonov;AC Evans;RC McKinstry;CR Almli

  • Neurodevelopmental Trajectories of the Human Cerebral Cortex

    Philip Shaw;Noor J. Kabani;Jason P. Lerch;Kristen Eckstrand

  • Lateralization of phonetic and pitch discrimination in speech processing

    Robert J. Zatorre;Alan C. Evans;Ernst Meyer;Albert Gjedde

  • Stereotaxic white matter atlas based on diffusion tensor imaging in an ICBM template

    Susumu Mori;Susumu Mori;Kenichi Oishi;Hangyi Jiang;Li Jiang

  • Intellectual ability and cortical development in children and adolescents

    P. Shaw;D. Greenstein;J. Lerch;L. Clasen

  • 3D statistical neuroanatomical models from 305 MRI volumes

    A.C. Evans;D.L. Collins;S.R. Mills;E.D. Brown

  • Structural Maturation of Neural Pathways in Children and Adolescents: In Vivo Study

    Tomáš Paus;Alex Zijdenbos;Keith Worsley;D. Louis Collins

  • Emotional responses to pleasant and unpleasant music correlate with activity in paralimbic brain regions.

    Anne J. Blood;Robert J. Zatorre;Patrick Bermudez;Alan C. Evans

  • Enhancement of MR images using registration for signal averaging

    Colin J. Holmes;Rick Hoge;Louis Collins;Roger Woods

  • A Probabilistic Atlas of the Human Brain: Theory and Rationale for Its Development: The International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM)

    John C. Mazziotta;Arthur W. Toga;Alan Evans;Peter Fox

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith J. Worsley
Keith J. Worsley McGill University
D. Louis Collins
D. Louis Collins McGill University
Robert J. Zatorre
Robert J. Zatorre McGill University
Jason P. Lerch
Jason P. Lerch Hospital for Sick Children
Tomáš Paus
Tomáš Paus University of Toronto
Albert Gjedde
Albert Gjedde University of Copenhagen
Yong He
Yong He Beijing Normal University
Jay N. Giedd
Jay N. Giedd University of California, San Diego
Ernst Meyer
Ernst Meyer University of Basel
Arthur W. Toga
Arthur W. Toga University of Southern California

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