2026 Anders M. Fjell: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	91	1068	959	6	6	301	28993

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Neuroscience

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28993

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Norway Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Norway Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Anders M. Fjell is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway with a primary focus on neuroscience and medicine. Their research spans a range of topics related to brain function, cognition, and aging, with significant contributions in cognitive neuroscience and related subfields.

Their main fields of study include:

Neuroscience
Medicine

Key subfields of their research cover:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Physiology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The principal topics explored in their work encompass:

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Sleep and Wakefulness Research

They have authored numerous publications, including notable recent papers such as:

"Amyloid-PET and 18F-FDG-PET in the diagnostic investigation of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias" (2020), published in The Lancet Neurology
"Individual variations in 'brain age' relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change" (2021), published in eLife
"Cellular correlates of cortical thinning throughout the lifespan" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
"Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer's disease" (2021), published in Nature Communications
"Educational attainment does not influence brain aging" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their work has appeared frequently in several scientific venues, with multiple publications in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Alzheimer s & Dementia
Cerebral Cortex
Neurobiology of Aging
eLife

They have published extensively alongside several frequent co-authors, including:

Kristine B. Walhovd
Øystein Sørensen
Didac Vidal-Piñeiro
Athanasia M. Mowinckel
Lars Nyberg

Best Publications

Structural brain changes in aging: courses, causes and cognitive consequences.

Anders M. Fjell;Kristine B. Walhovd

1188
Citations
Brain Maturation in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Regional Age-Related Changes in Cortical Thickness and White Matter Volume and Microstructure

Christian K. Tamnes;Ylva Østby;Anders M. Fjell;Lars T. Westlye

950
Citations
What is normal in normal aging? Effects of aging, amyloid and Alzheimer's disease on the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus

Anders Martin Fjell;Linda McEvoy;Dominic Holland;Anders Dale

919
Citations
Life-Span Changes of the Human Brain White Matter: Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and Volumetry

Lars T. Westlye;Kristine B. Walhovd;Anders M. Dale;Anders M. Dale;Atle Bjørnerud

881
Citations
High Consistency of Regional Cortical Thinning in Aging across Multiple Samples

Anders M. Fjell;Lars T. Westlye;Inge Amlien;Thomas Espeseth

806
Citations
One-Year Brain Atrophy Evident in Healthy Aging

Anders M. Fjell;Kristine B. Walhovd;Christine Fennema-Notestine;Linda K. McEvoy

804
Citations
Effects of age on volumes of cortex, white matter and subcortical structures.

Kristine B. Walhovd;Anders M. Fjell;Ivar Reinvang;Arvid Lundervold

780
Citations
Consistent neuroanatomical age-related volume differences across multiple samples.

Kristine B. Walhovd;Lars T. Westlye;Inge Amlien;Thomas Espeseth

613
Citations
Differential Longitudinal Changes in Cortical Thickness, Surface Area and Volume across the Adult Life Span: Regions of Accelerating and Decelerating Change

Andreas Berg Storsve;Anders Martin Fjell;Christian Krog Tamnes;Lars Tjelta Westlye

599
Citations
Heterogeneity in Subcortical Brain Development: A Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Brain Maturation from 8 to 30 Years

Ylva Østby;Christian K. Tamnes;Anders M. Fjell;Lars T. Westlye

561
Citations
Amyloid-PET and 18F-FDG-PET in the diagnostic investigation of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Gaël Chételat;Javier Arbizu;Henryk Barthel;Valentina Garibotto

498
Citations
The Structure of the Cerebral Cortex Across Adult Life: Age-Related Patterns of Surface Area, Thickness, and Gyrification

Larson J. Hogstrom;Lars T. Westlye;Kristine B. Walhovd;Anders M. Fjell

491
Citations
Effects of memory training on cortical thickness in the elderly

Andreas Engvig;Anders M. Fjell;Lars T. Westlye;Torgeir Moberget

477
Citations
Critical ages in the life course of the adult brain: Nonlinear subcortical aging

Anders Martin Fjell;Anders Martin Fjell;Lars Tjelta Westlye;Håkon Grydeland;Inge Amlien

442
Citations
A common brain network links development, aging, and vulnerability to disease

Gwenaëlle Douaud;Adrian R. Groves;Christian K. Tamnes;Lars Tjelta Westlye

368
Citations
Brain development and aging: overlapping and unique patterns of change.

Christian K. Tamnes;Kristine B. Walhovd;Anders M. Dale;Ylva Østby

345
Citations
Combining MR Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography, and CSF Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Alzheimer Disease

K.B. Walhovd;A.M. Fjell;J. Brewer;L.K. McEvoy

345
Citations
Accelerating Cortical Thinning: Unique to Dementia or Universal in Aging?

Anders M. Fjell;Lars T. Westlye;Håkon Grydeland;Inge Amlien

341
Citations
Intracortical Myelin Links with Performance Variability across the Human Lifespan: Results from T1-and T2-Weighted MRI Myelin Mapping and Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Håkon Grydeland;Kristine B Walhovd;Christian Krog Tamnes;Lars Tjelta Westlye

323
Citations
Accelerated Changes in White Matter Microstructure during Aging: A Longitudinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Claire E. Sexton;Kristine B. Walhovd;Andreas B. Storsve;Christian K. Tamnes

317
Citations