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Alexander Thiel

Alexander Thiel

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Neuroscience

D-Index
52
Citations
11161
World Ranking
5282
National Ranking
307

Alexander Thiel 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 Alexander Thiel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 152 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexander Thiel 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 Alexander Thiel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alexander Thiel is a researcher affiliated with McGill University in Canada, with a primary focus on neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, rehabilitation, neurology, social psychology, and conservation. The scientist's research concentrates on key topics such as stroke rehabilitation and recovery, neurobiology of language and bilingualism, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, music therapy and health, neuroscience and music perception, hearing loss and rehabilitation, and art therapy and mental health.

Their publications appear in a variety of specialized academic venues, demonstrating a breadth of research interests within brain and language sciences. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • European Stroke Journal
  • Healthcare
  • OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
  • American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Alexander Thiel's recent papers highlight their engagement with post-stroke rehabilitation and communication disorders. Notable papers include:

  • Non-invasive brain stimulation as add-on therapy for subacute post-stroke aphasia: a randomized trial (NORTHSTAR), 2020, European Stroke Journal
  • Differential Effects of Speech and Language Therapy and rTMS in Chronic Versus Subacute Post-stroke Aphasia: Results of the NORTHSTAR-CA Trial, 2022, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • Singing for the Rehabilitation of Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders: Continuing the Evidence Dialogue with a Survey of Current Practices in Speech-Language Pathology, 2022, Healthcare
  • Successful Online Choir for People Living with Dementia: A Qualitative Case Study, 2023, OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
  • Adaptation and Reliability of the Cinderella Story Retell Task in Canadian French Persons Without Brain Injury, 2023, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

The collaborative nature of their research is reflected in frequent co-authors who have contributed to multiple studies alongside Alexander Thiel. These co-authors include:

  • Alexander Thiel (self-collaboration over multiple works)
  • Sandra E. Black
  • Dylan J. Edwards
  • Alexander Hartmann
  • Sylvain Lanthier

Alexander Thiel's research integrates clinical interventions such as non-invasive brain stimulation and speech and language therapy, particularly focusing on stroke recovery and related neurogenic communication disorders. Their work also explores innovative approaches like music therapy and online choir participation to support individuals experiencing neurological communication challenges.

Best Publications

  • Post-stroke dementia - a comprehensive review

    Milija D. Mijajlović;Aleksandra Pavlović;Michael Brainin;Wolf Dieter Heiss

  • Differential capacity of left and right hemispheric areas for compensation of poststroke aphasia

    W.-D. Heiss;J. Kessler;A. Thiel;M. Ghaemi

  • 11C-methionine PET for differential diagnosis of low-grade gliomas

    K. Herholz;T. Hölzer;B. Bauer;R. Schröder

  • A proposed regional hierarchy in recovery of post-stroke aphasia.

    Wolf-Dieter Heiss;Alexander Thiel

  • Role of the contralateral inferior frontal gyrus in recovery of language function in poststroke aphasia - A combined repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and positron emission tomography study

    Lutz Winhuisen;Alexander Thiel;Birgit Schumacher;Josef Kessler

  • Brain plasticity in poststroke aphasia: what is the contribution of the right hemisphere?

    Hans Karbe;Alexander Thiel;Gerald Weber-Luxenburger;Karl Herholz

  • Plasticity of language networks in patients with brain tumors: A positron emission tomography activation study

    Alexander Thiel;Karl Herholz;Adem Koyuncu;Mehran Ghaemi

  • Tissue at Risk of Infarction Rescued by Early Reperfusion: A Positron Emission Tomography Study in Systemic Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Thrombolysis of Acute Stroke

    Wolf-Dieter Heiss;Martin Grond;Alexander Thiel;Hans-Martin von Stockhausen

  • Penumbral probability thresholds of cortical flumazenil binding and blood flow predicting tissue outcome in patients with cerebral ischaemia

    Wolf-Dieter Heiss;Lutz W. Kracht;Alexander Thiel;Martin Grond

  • Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Aphasic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

    Nora Weiduschat;Alexander Thiel;Ilona Rubi-Fessen;Alexander Hartmann

  • From the left to the right: How the brain compensates progressive loss of language function

    Alexander Thiel;Birgit Habedank;Karl Herholz;Josef Kessler

  • Effects of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation on Language Networks and Recovery in Early Poststroke Aphasia

    Alexander Thiel;Alexander Hartmann;Ilona Rubi-Fessen;Carole Anglade

  • Piracetam Improves Activated Blood Flow and Facilitates Rehabilitation of Poststroke Aphasic Patients

    J. Kessler;A. Thiel;H. Karbe;W. D. Heiss

  • Imaging in neurooncology.

    Andreas H. Jacobs;Lutz W. Kracht;Axel Gossmann;Maria A. Rüger

  • Individual Functional Anatomy of Verb Generation

    K Herholz;A Thiel;K Wienhard;U Pietrzyk

  • Which Time-to-Peak Threshold Best Identifies Penumbral Flow? A Comparison of Perfusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography in Acute Ischemic Stroke

    J. Sobesky;O. Zaro Weber;F.-G. Lehnhardt;V. Hesselmann

  • The Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus and Poststroke Aphasia A Follow-Up Investigation

    Lutz Winhuisen;Alexander Thiel;Birgit Schumacher;Josef Kessler

  • Which Targets Are Relevant for Therapy of Acute Ischemic Stroke

    Wolf-Dieter Heiss;Alexander Thiel;Martin Grond;Rudolf Graf

  • Direct demonstration of transcallosal disinhibition in language networks.

    Alexander Thiel;Birgit Schumacher;Klaus Wienhard;Stefanie Gairing

  • Disturbance and recovery of language function: correlates in PET activation studies.

    Wolf-Dieter Heiss;Alexander Thiel;Josef Kessler;Karl Herholz

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolf-Dieter Heiss
Wolf-Dieter Heiss Max Planck Society
Karl Herholz
Karl Herholz University of Manchester
Josef Kessler
Josef Kessler University of Cologne
Jean-Paul Soucy
Jean-Paul Soucy Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
W.-D. Heiss
W.-D. Heiss Max Planck Society
Alan C. Evans
Alan C. Evans McGill University
Sandra E. Black
Sandra E. Black University of Toronto
Rüdiger Hilker
Rüdiger Hilker Goethe University Frankfurt
Hans J. Markowitsch
Hans J. Markowitsch Bielefeld University
Howard Chertkow
Howard Chertkow Rotman Research Institute

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