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Douglas C. Dean 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 Douglas C. Dean sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 116 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Douglas C. Dean 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 Douglas C. Dean sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Douglas C. Dean is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical fields, especially within radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their work spans cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and molecular biology as subfields contributing to an interdisciplinary approach in medicine. Their main topics of study include advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, advanced MRI techniques and applications, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, functional brain connectivity studies, fetal and pediatric neurological disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, and cerebral palsy and movement disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Douglas C. Dean cover a range of journals and proceedings, including:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • NeuroImage
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Recent representative papers with publication year and venue include:

  • A 16-year study of longitudinal volumetric brain development in males with autism, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Neuroimaging and biomarker evidence of neurodegeneration in asthma, 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The Effects of Delayed Cord Clamping on 12-Month Brain Myelin Content and Neurodevelopment: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2020, American Journal of Perinatology
  • Interaction of amyloid and tau on cortical microstructure in cognitively unimpaired adults, 2021, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Test-retest reliability of FreeSurfer-derived volume, area and cortical thickness from MPRAGE and MP2RAGE brain MRI images, 2022, Neuroimage Reports

Douglas C. Dean frequently collaborates with several co-authors including Andrew L. Alexander, Steven Kecskemeti, José Guerrero-Gonzalez, Barbara B. Bendlin, and Nagesh Adluru.

Best Publications

  • Breastfeeding and early white matter development: A cross-sectional study

    Sean C.L. Deoni;Douglas C. Dean;Irene Piryatinsky;Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh

  • Investigating white matter development in infancy and early childhood using myelin water faction and relaxation time mapping

    Sean C. L. Deoni;Douglas C. Dean;Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;Holly Dirks

  • Brain Differences in Infants at Differential Genetic Risk for Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease A Cross-sectional Imaging Study

    Douglas C. Dean;Beth A. Jerskey;Kewei Chen;Hillary Protas

  • Association of Amyloid Pathology With Myelin Alteration in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease

    Douglas C. Dean;Samuel A. Hurley;Steven R. Kecskemeti;J. Patrick O’Grady

  • Early nutrition influences developmental myelination and cognition in infants and young children.

    Sean C. L. Deoni;Douglas C. Dean;Sarah Joelson;Jonathan O'Regan

  • Cortical maturation and myelination in healthy toddlers and young children.

    Sean C.L. Deoni;Sean C.L. Deoni;Sean C.L. Deoni;Douglas C. Dean;Justin Remer;Holly Dirks

  • White matter development and early cognition in babies and toddlers

    Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;Douglas C. Dean;Cedric E. Ginestet;Lindsay Walker

  • White matter maturation profiles through early childhood predict general cognitive ability

    Sean C. L. Deoni;Jonathan O’Muircheartaigh;Jed T. Elison;Lindsay Walker

  • Characterizing longitudinal white matter development during early childhood.

    Douglas C. Dean;Jonathan O’Muircheartaigh;Holly Dirks;Nicole Waskiewicz

  • Modeling healthy male white matter and myelin development: 3 through 60 months of age

    Douglas C. Dean;Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;Holly Dirks;Nicole Waskiewicz

  • Pediatric neuroimaging using magnetic resonance imaging during non-sedated sleep

    Douglas C. Dean;Holly Dirks;Jonathan O’Muircheartaigh;Jonathan O’Muircheartaigh;Lindsay Walker

  • Quantifying cortical development in typically developing toddlers and young children, 1-6 years of age.

    Justin Remer;Elise C. Croteau-Chonka;Douglas C. Dean;Sara D'Arpino

  • Association of Prenatal Maternal Depression and Anxiety Symptoms With Infant White Matter Microstructure

    Douglas C. Dean;Elizabeth M. Planalp;William Wooten;Steven R. Kecskemeti

  • Mapping an index of the myelin g-ratio in infants using magnetic resonance imaging.

    Douglas C. Dean;Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;Holly Dirks;Brittany G. Travers

  • Cortical Microstructural Alterations in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia

    Nicholas M Vogt;Jack F Hunt;Nagesh Adluru;Douglas C Dean

  • Interactions between white matter asymmetry and language during neurodevelopment.

    Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh;Douglas C. Dean;Holly Dirks;Nicole Waskiewicz

  • Effects of Delayed Cord Clamping on 4-Month Ferritin Levels, Brain Myelin Content, and Neurodevelopment: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Judith S. Mercer;Judith S. Mercer;Debra A. Erickson-Owens;Sean C.L. Deoni;Sean C.L. Deoni;Douglas C. Dean

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction-related changes in posterior cingulate resting brain connectivity.

    Tammi R A Kral;Ted Imhoff-Smith;Douglas C Dean;Dan Grupe

  • Myelination Is Associated with Processing Speed in Early Childhood: Preliminary Insights.

    Nicolas Chevalier;Salome Kurth;Margaret Rae Doucette;Melody Wiseheart

  • Alterations of Myelin Content in Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Sectional Neuroimaging Study.

    Douglas C. Dean;Jitka Sojkova;Samuel Hurley;Steven Kecskemeti

  • Generalizability and reproducibility of functional connectivity in autism

    Jace B. King;Molly B. D. Prigge;Molly B. D. Prigge;Carolyn K. King;Jubel Morgan;Jubel Morgan

  • Examining the relationships between cortical maturation and white matter myelination throughout early childhood.

    Elise C. Croteau-Chonka;Douglas C. Dean;Justin Remer;Holly Dirks

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean C.L. Deoni
Sean C.L. Deoni Brown University
Andrew L. Alexander
Andrew L. Alexander University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh
Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh King's College London
Sterling C. Johnson
Sterling C. Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sanjay Asthana
Sanjay Asthana University of Wisconsin–Madison
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Richard J. Davidson
Richard J. Davidson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg
Ozioma C. Okonkwo
Ozioma C. Okonkwo University of Wisconsin–Madison
Janet E. Lainhart
Janet E. Lainhart University of Wisconsin–Madison

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