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Faraneh Vargha-Khadem

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Neuroscience

D-Index
82
Citations
26981
World Ranking
1499
National Ranking
155

Faraneh Vargha-Khadem 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 Faraneh Vargha-Khadem sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 253 publications — 75th percentile

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

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

Faraneh Vargha-Khadem 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 Faraneh Vargha-Khadem sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award, British Psychological Society
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Faraneh Vargha-Khadem is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has a research focus spanning Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work includes significant contributions in the fields of Cognitive Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Neurology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The primary research topics covered by Vargha-Khadem include:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Epilepsy research and treatment

Among the recently published papers are:

  • "National UK guidelines for the management of paediatric craniopharyngioma," 2023, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Clinical use of the Insight Inventory in cerebral visual impairment and the effectiveness of tailored habilitational strategies," 2020, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • "Episodic memory development: Bridging animal and human research," 2024, Neuron
  • "When the brain, but not the person, remembers: Cortical reinstatement is modulated by retrieval goal in developmental amnesia," 2021, Neuropsychologia
  • "Brain volume abnormalities and clinical outcomes following paediatric traumatic brain injury," 2022, Brain

Frequent coauthors in Vargha-Khadem's research include:

  • Loïc J. Chareyron
  • W.K. Chong
  • Torsten Baldeweg
  • Tina Banks
  • Chris A. Clark

Vargha-Khadem's work is often published in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Hippocampus
  • Neuropsychologia
  • NIHR Open Research
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

In recognition of their contributions, Vargha-Khadem has been awarded the BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Psychological Society in 2013 and holds Fellowship status at The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • A forkhead-domain gene is mutated in a severe speech and language disorder

    Cecilia S. L. Lai;Simon E. Fisher;Jane A. Hurst;Faraneh Vargha-Khadem

  • Differential effects of early hippocampal pathology on episodic and semantic memory.

    F. Vargha-Khadem;D. G. Gadian;K. E. Watkins;A. Connelly

  • Localisation of a gene implicated in a severe speech and language disorder

    Simon E. Fisher;Faraneh Vargha-Khadem;Kate E. Watkins;Anthony P. Monaco

  • Praxic and nonverbal cognitive deficits in a large family with a genetically transmitted speech and language disorder

    Faraneh Vargha-Khadem;Kate Watkins;Katie Alcock;Paul Fletcher

  • FOXP2 and the neuroanatomy of speech and language

    Faraneh Vargha-Khadem;David G. Gadian;Andrew Copp;Mortimer Mishkin

  • Neural basis of an inherited speech and language disorder

    F. Vargha-Khadem;K. E. Watkins;C. J. Price;J. Ashburner

  • Behavioural analysis of an inherited speech and language disorder: comparison with acquired aphasia

    Kate E. Watkins;Nina Dronkers;F. Vargha-Khadem

  • Identification of FOXP2 Truncation as a Novel Cause of Developmental Speech and Language Deficits

    Kay D. MacDermot;Elena Bonora;Nuala Sykes;Anne Marie Coupe

  • MRI analysis of an inherited speech and language disorder: structural brain abnormalities

    Kate E. Watkins;F. Vargha-Khadem;J. Ashburner;R. E. Passingham

  • Language fMRI abnormalities associated with FOXP2 gene mutation

    Frédérique Liégeois;Frédérique Liégeois;Torsten Baldeweg;Torsten Baldeweg;Alan Connelly;Alan Connelly;David G Gadian;David G Gadian

  • Clinical outcomes of hemispherectomy for epilepsy in childhood and adolescence

    A M Devlin;J H Cross;W Harkness;W K Chong

  • Developmental amnesia associated with early hypoxic–ischaemic injury

    David G. Gadian;Jean Aicardi;Kate E. Watkins;David A. Porter

  • Hippocampal volume and everyday memory in children of very low birth weight.

    Elizabeth B Isaacs;Alan Lucas;Wui K Chong;Stephen J Wood

  • A mutation in the thyroid hormone receptor alpha gene.

    Bochukova E;Schoenmakers N;Agostini M;Schoenmakers E

  • The hippocampus is required for short-term topographical memory in humans

    Tom Hartley;Chris M. Bird;Dennis Chan;Lisa Cipolotti

  • Hierarchical organization of cognitive memory

    Mortimer Mishkin;Wendy A. Suzuki;David G. Gadian;Faraneh VarghaKhadem

  • Language reorganization in children with early‐onset lesions of the left hemisphere: an fMRI study

    F Liégeois;A Connelly;J Helen Cross;S G Boyd

  • APHASIA AND HANDEDNESS IN RELATION TO HEMISPHERIC SIDE, AGE AT INJURY AND SEVERITY OF CEREBRAL LESION DURING CHILDHOOD

    Faraneh Vargha-Khadem;A. M. O'gorman;G. V. Watters

  • Human hippocampus and viewpoint dependence in spatial memory.

    John A. King;Neil Burgess;Tom Hartley;Faraneh Vargha-Khadem

  • Distributional assumptions in voxel-based morphometry.

    C. H. Salmond;John Ashburner;Faraneh Vargha-Khadem;Alan Connelly

  • The effects of bilateral hippocampal damage on fMRI regional activations and interactions during memory retrieval.

    Eleanor A. Maguire;Faraneh Vargha-Khadem;Mortimer Mishkin

  • Preserved Recognition in a Case of Developmental Amnesia: Implications for the Acquisition of Semantic Memory?

    Alan Baddeley;Faraneh Vargha-khadem;Mortimer Mishkin

  • Brain activity evidence for recognition without recollection after early hippocampal damage

    E. Düzel;F. Vargha-Khadem;H. J. Heinze;M. Mishkin

  • Localisation of a gene implicated in a severe speech and language disorder

    F Vargha-Khadem

Frequent Co-Authors

Torsten Baldeweg
Torsten Baldeweg University College London
Alan Connelly
Alan Connelly Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Mortimer Mishkin
Mortimer Mishkin National Institutes of Health
Kate E. Watkins
Kate E. Watkins University of Oxford
Fenella J. Kirkham
Fenella J. Kirkham University College London
J. Helen Cross
J. Helen Cross Great Ormond Street Hospital
Stewart Boyd
Stewart Boyd Great Ormond Street Hospital
Karl J. Friston
Karl J. Friston University College London
Michelle de Haan
Michelle de Haan University College London
Anthony P. Monaco
Anthony P. Monaco Tufts University

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