2026 Cees van Leeuwen: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	39	8348	7713	101	95	271	5825

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Overview

Cees van Leeuwen is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a research focus primarily in the field of Neuroscience, with numerous contributions to related subfields. Their work spans Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Clinical Psychology, and Human-Computer Interaction.

Their research covers a variety of topics including:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
Psychedelics and Drug Studies
Mind wandering and attention

Notable recent publications by Cees van Leeuwen include:

A Phase 1, Dose-Ranging Study to Assess Safety and Psychoactive Effects of a Vaporized 5-Methoxy-N, N-Dimethyltryptamine Formulation (GH001) in Healthy Volunteers, 2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology
Multimodal Natural Human-Computer Interfaces for Computer-Aided Design: A Review Paper, 2022, Applied Sciences
The No-Report Paradigm: A Revolution in Consciousness Research?, 2022, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Adaptive rewiring of random neural networks generates convergent-divergent units, 2021, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Neural correlates of task-related refixation behavior, 2020, Vision Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Ilias Rentzeperis
Andrey R. Nikolaev
Thomas Lachmann
Roman Bauer
Jia Li

Cees van Leeuwen has published regularly in several scientific venues, such as:

Scientific Reports
Network Neuroscience
Neuroscience Applied
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

A century of Gestalt psychology in visual perception: II. Conceptual and theoretical foundations.

Johan Wagemans;Jacob Feldman;Sergei Gepshtein;Ruth Kimchi

429
Citations
Symbiotic relationship between brain structure and dynamics

Mikail Rubinov;Mikail Rubinov;Mikail Rubinov;Olaf Sporns;Cees van Leeuwen;Michael Breakspear;Michael Breakspear;Michael Breakspear

205
Citations
Affordances, perceptual complexity, and the development of tool use.

Lieselotte van Leeuwen;Ad Smitsman;Cees van Leeuwen

191
Citations
Stability and intermittency in large-scale coupled oscillator models for perceptual segmentation

Cees van Leeuwen;Mark Steyvers;Maarten Nooter

137
Citations
Fixation duration surpasses pupil size as a measure of memory load in free viewing

Radha Nila Meghanathan;Cees van Leeuwen;Andrey Andrey R. Nikolaev

133
Citations
Combining EEG and eye movement recording in free viewing: Pitfalls and possibilities

Andrey R. Nikolaev;Radha Nila Meghanathan;Cees van Leeuwen

133
Citations
Traveling waves and trial averaging: the nature of single-trial and averaged brain responses in large-scale cortical signals.

David Alexander;Peter Jurica;Chris Trengove;Andrey Andrey R. Nikolaev

115
Citations
Adaptive observers and parameter estimation for a class of systems nonlinear in the parameters

Ivan Y. Tyukin;Erik Steur;Henk Nijmeijer;Cees Van Leeuwen

114
Citations
Spatial and temporal structure of phase synchronization of spontaneous alpha EEG activity

Junji Ito;Andrey R. Nikolaev;Cees Van Leeuwen

114
Citations
Evolution to a small-world network with chaotic units

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105
Citations
Paradoxical enhancement of letter recognition in developmental dyslexia.

Thomas Lachmann;Cees van Leeuwen

99
Citations
Sketches from a Design Process: Creative Cognition Inferred From Intermediate Products

Saskia Jaarsveld;Cees van Leeuwen

97
Citations
Scale-invariant fluctuations of the dynamical synchronization in human brain electrical activity

Pulin Gong;Andrey R. Nikolaev;Cees van Leeuwen

96
Citations
Abilities Within and Across Visual and Verbal Domains: How Specific Is Their Influence on Creativity?

Massimiliano Palmiero;Chie Nakatani;Daniel Raver;Marta Olivetti Belardinelli

87
Citations
Creative reasoning across developmental levels: Convergence and divergence in problem creation

Saskia Jaarsveld;Thomas Lachmann;Cees van Leeuwen

86
Citations
Dynamics of spontaneous transitions between global brain states

Junji Ito;Andrey R. Nikolaev;Cees van Leeuwen

82
Citations
Robust emergence of small-world structure in networks of spiking neurons

Hoi Fei Kwok;Hoi Fei Kwok;Hoi Fei Kwok;Peter Jurica;Antonino Raffone;Antonino Raffone;Cees van Leeuwen;Cees van Leeuwen

77
Citations
Negative and positive congruence effects in letters and shapes.

Cees Van Leeuwen;Thomas Lachmann

76
Citations
Coupled nonlinear maps as models of perceptual pattern and memory trace dynamics

Cees van Leeuwen;Antonino Raffone

74
Citations
The interplay of attention and consciousness in visual search, attentional blink and working memory consolidation

Antonino Raffone;Narayanan Srinivasan;Cees van Leeuwen

73
Citations
Intermittent dynamics underlying the intrinsic fluctuations of the collective synchronization patterns in electrocortical activity

Pulin Gong;Andrey R. Nikolaev;Cees van Leeuwen

70
Citations