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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
8392
World Ranking
8009
National Ranking
70

Fernanda Tovar-Moll 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 Fernanda Tovar-Moll sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 121 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fernanda Tovar-Moll 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 Fernanda Tovar-Moll sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Fernanda Tovar-Moll is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, covering a wide range of subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, as well as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, such as Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Fernanda Tovar-Moll has contributed to numerous publications in diverse venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Trends in Neurosciences
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Their recent papers include:

  • "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the Central Nervous System" (2020), published in Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Neurological outcomes of congenital Zika syndrome in toddlers and preschoolers: a case series" (2020), published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • "Analysis of structural brain asymmetries in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 39 datasets" (2021), published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "The cyanobacterial saxitoxin exacerbates neural cell death and brain malformations induced by Zika virus" (2020), published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Cerebrospinal fluid irisin correlates with amyloid-β, BDNF, and cognition in Alzheimer's disease" (2020), published in Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring

The researcher has collaborated extensively with frequent coauthors including Felipe Kenji Sudo, Paulo Mattos, Fernanda G. De Felice, Sérgio T. Ferreira, and Bart Vanderborght.

Best Publications

  • Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis

    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

  • Exercise-linked FNDC5/irisin rescues synaptic plasticity and memory defects in Alzheimer's models

    Mychael V. Lourenco;Mychael V. Lourenco;Rudimar L. Frozza;Rudimar L. Frozza;Guilherme B. de Freitas;Guilherme B. de Freitas;Hong Zhang

  • HHS Public Access

    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

  • Congenital Zika Virus Infection: Beyond Neonatal Microcephaly

    Adriana Suely de Oliveira Melo;Renato Santana Aguiar;Melania Maria Ramos Amorim;Monica B. Arruda

  • Brain Imaging of the Cortex in ADHD: A Coordinated Analysis of Large-Scale Clinical and Population-Based Samples

    Martine Hoogman;Ryan Muetzel;Joao P. Guimaraes;Elena Shumskaya

  • Psychopathy as a disorder of the moral brain: fronto-temporo-limbic grey matter reductions demonstrated by voxel-based morphometry.

    Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza;Robert D. Hare;Ivanei E. Bramati;Griselda J. Garrido

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the Central Nervous System.

    Fernanda G. De Felice;Fernanda G. De Felice;Fernanda Tovar-Moll;Jorge Moll;Douglas P. Munoz

  • Congenital Brain Abnormalities and Zika Virus: What the Radiologist Can Expect to See Prenatally and Postnatally.

    Patricia Soares de Oliveira-Szejnfeld;Deborah Levine;Adriana Suely de Oliveira Melo;Melania Maria Ramos Amorim

  • Subcortical Brain Volume, Regional Cortical Thickness, and Cortical Surface Area Across Disorders: Findings From the ENIGMA ADHD, ASD, and OCD Working Groups

    Premika S W Boedhoe;Daan van Rooij;Martine Hoogman;Jos W R Twisk

  • The spectrum of neuropathological changes associated with congenital Zika virus infection

    Leila Chimelli;Adriana S. O. Melo;Elyzabeth Avvad-Portari;Clayton A. Wiley

  • Neuroplasticity in human callosal dysgenesis: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

    Fernanda Tovar-Moll;Jorge Moll;Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza;Ivanei Bramati

  • Focal white matter changes in spasmodic dysphonia: a combined diffusion tensor imaging and neuropathological study

    Kristina Simonyan;Fernanda Tovar-Moll;John Ostuni;Mark Hallett

  • Functional expansion of sensorimotor representation and structural reorganization of callosal connections in lower limb amputees.

    Elington L. Simões;Ivanei Bramati;Erika Rodrigues;Ana Franzoi

  • Impaired functional but preserved structural connectivity in limbic white matter tracts in youth with conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder plus psychopathic traits

    Elizabeth Carrie Finger;Abigail Marsh;Karina Simone Blair;Catherine Majestic

  • White matter alterations differ in primary lateral sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Nobue K. Iwata;Justin Y. Kwan;Laura E. Danielian;John A. Butman

  • Deficits in narrative discourse elicited by visual stimuli are already present in patients with mild cognitive impairment

    Cláudia Drummond;Gabriel Coutinho;Rochele Paz Fonseca;Naima Assunção

  • Structural and functional brain rewiring clarifies preserved interhemispheric transfer in humans born without the corpus callosum.

    Fernanda Tovar-Moll;Myriam Monteiro;Juliana Andrade;Ivanei E. Bramati

  • Distribution of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Effects on Neuronal Survival and Axon Regeneration after Optic Nerve Crush and Cell Therapy

    Louise Alessandra Mesentier-Louro;Camila Zaverucha-do-Valle;Almir Jordão da Silva-Junior;Gabriel Nascimento-dos-Santos

  • Thalamic Involvement and Its Impact on Clinical Disability in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study at 3T

    F. Tovar-Moll;I. E. Evangelou;A. W. Chiu;N. D. Richert

  • Abnormal striatal BOLD responses to reward anticipation and reward delivery in ADHD.

    Emi Furukawa;Patricia Bado;Gail Tripp;Paulo Mattos

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulo Mattos
Paulo Mattos Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Roberto Lent
Roberto Lent Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Klaus-Peter Lesch
Klaus-Peter Lesch University of Würzburg
Leonardo F. Fontenelle
Leonardo F. Fontenelle Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Stevens K. Rehen
Stevens K. Rehen Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Jan Haavik
Jan Haavik University of Bergen
Thomas Frodl
Thomas Frodl Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Fernanda G. De Felice
Fernanda G. De Felice Queen's University
Jan K. Buitelaar
Jan K. Buitelaar Radboud University
Jaap Oosterlaan
Jaap Oosterlaan University of Amsterdam

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