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Christian G. Bien

Christian G. Bien

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
71
Citations
26433
World Ranking
2359
National Ranking
212

Christian G. Bien 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 Christian G. Bien sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 307 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Christian G. Bien 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 Christian G. Bien sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Christian G. Bien is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany. Their research spans multiple scientific domains with a focus on neurological disorders and treatment outcomes.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, their subfields of study cover:

  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Molecular Biology

The primary topics addressed in their work feature:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • RNA regulation and disease

The scientist has contributed extensively to the literature with key publications, including:

  • Seizure outcome and use of antiepileptic drugs after epilepsy surgery according to histopathological diagnosis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Acute symptomatic seizures secondary to autoimmune encephalitis and autoimmune-associated epilepsy: Conceptual definitions, 2020, Epilepsia
  • Rituximab Treatment and Long-term Outcome of Patients With Autoimmune Encephalitis, 2021, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Clinical features, prognostic factors, and antibody effects in anti-mGluR1 encephalitis, 2020, Neurology
  • The genomic landscape across 474 surgically accessible epileptogenic human brain lesions, 2022, Brain

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Epilepsia
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Clinical Epileptology

Christian G. Bien has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, among whom are:

  • Friedrich G. Woermann
  • Thilo Kalbhenn
  • Corinna Bien
  • Ingmar Blümcke
  • Hajo M. Hamer

Best Publications

  • A clinical approach to diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis

    Francesc Graus;Maarten J. Titulaer;Ramani Balu;Susanne Benseler

  • Potassium channel antibody-associated encephalopathy: a potentially immunotherapy-responsive form of limbic encephalitis

    Angela Vincent;Camilla Buckley;Jonathan M. Schott;Ian Baker

  • N-methyl-d-aspartate antibody encephalitis: temporal progression of clinical and paraclinical observations in a predominantly non-paraneoplastic disorder of both sexes

    Sarosh R. Irani;Katarzyna Bera;Patrick Waters;Luigi Zuliani

  • International consensus classification of hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy: A Task Force report from the ILAE Commission on Diagnostic Methods

    Ingmar Blümcke;Maria Thom;Eleonora Aronica;Dawna D. Armstrong

  • Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery.

    Blumcke I;Spreafico R;Haaker G;Coras R

  • Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of Rasmussen encephalitis A European consensus statement

    C. G. Bien;T. Granata;C. Antozzi;J. H. Cross

  • Immunopathology of autoantibody-associated encephalitides: clues for pathogenesis

    Christian G Bien;Angela Vincent;Michael H Barnett;Albert J Becker

  • Autoantibodies associated with diseases of the CNS: new developments and future challenges

    Angela Vincent;Christian G Bien;Sarosh R Irani;Patrick Waters

  • The compartmentalized inflammatory response in the multiple sclerosis brain is composed of tissue-resident CD8+ T lymphocytes and B cells

    Joana Machado-Santos;Etsuji Saji;Anna R Tröscher;Manuela Paunovic

  • Antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase define a form of limbic encephalitis

    Michael P. Malter;Christoph Helmstaedter;Horst Urbach;Angela Vincent

  • Rasmussen's encephalitis: clinical features, pathobiology, and treatment advances

    Sophia Varadkar;Christian G Bien;Carol A Kruse;Frances E Jensen

  • Destruction of neurons by cytotoxic T cells: a new pathogenic mechanism in Rasmussen's encephalitis.

    Christian G. Bien;Jan Bauer;Thomas L. Deckwerth;Heinz Wiendl

  • The importance of early immunotherapy in patients with faciobrachial dystonic seizures

    Julia Thompson;Mian Bi;Andrew G Murchison;Mateusz Makuch

  • Antibodies to metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 in the Ophelia syndrome

    E. Lancaster;E. Martinez-Hernandez;M.J. Titulaer;M. Boulos

  • Central nervous system neuronal surface antibody associated syndromes: review and guidelines for recognition

    Luigi Zuliani;Francesc Graus;Bruno Giometto;Christian Bien

  • The natural history of Rasmussen's encephalitis.

    Christian G. Bien;Guido Widman;Horst Urbach;Robert Sassen

  • Seizure outcome and use of antiepileptic drugs after epilepsy surgery according to histopathological diagnosis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study

    Herm J Lamberink;Willem M Otte;Ingmar Blümcke;Kees P J Braun

  • Limbic encephalitis as a precipitating event in adult-onset temporal lobe epilepsy.

    C G Bien;H Urbach;J Schramm;B M Soeder

  • Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of Patients With Refractory Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Negative Epilepsies

    Christian G. Bien;Miriam Szinay;Jan Wagner;Hans Clusmann

  • Acute symptomatic seizures secondary to autoimmune encephalitis and autoimmune-associated epilepsy: Conceptual definitions.

    Claude Steriade;Jeffrey Britton;Russell C. Dale;Avi Gadoth

  • The Importance of Early Immunotherapy in patients with Faciobrachial Dystonic Seizures

    J Thompson;M Bi;M Makuch;A Murchison

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian E. Elger
Christian E. Elger University Hospital Bonn
Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent University of Oxford
Horst Urbach
Horst Urbach University of Freiburg
Theodor W. May
Theodor W. May Bethel University
Friedrich G. Woermann
Friedrich G. Woermann Bethel University
Albert J. Becker
Albert J. Becker University Hospital Bonn
Jan Bauer
Jan Bauer Medical University of Vienna
Johannes Schramm
Johannes Schramm University of Bonn
Ingmar Blümcke
Ingmar Blümcke University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Martin Kurthen
Martin Kurthen University of Bonn

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