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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Neuroscience 58 4122 3778 363 331 135 15242

Flavio Dell'Acqua publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Flavio Dell'Acqua between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Flavio Dell'Acqua published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 9.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2025. 44 of the 195 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2025. 2005: 2 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 1 publication 2010: 3 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 28 publications
2005 2025

195 publications in total across all disciplines

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Flavio Dell'Acqua: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 2
2006 0
2007 2
2008 1
2009 1
2010 3
2011 7
2012 10
2013 9
2014 14
2015 10
2016 12
2017 9
2018 4
2019 5
2020 11
2021 13
2022 23
2023 15
2024 16
2025 28
Total 195
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Flavio Dell'Acqua 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 Flavio Dell'Acqua sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 887+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 539. Most scientists, 539, have 98–107 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 128–137 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 18 scientists 48–57 publications: 79 scientists 58–67 publications: 193 scientists 68–77 publications: 323 scientists 78–87 publications: 406 scientists 88–97 publications: 452 scientists 98–107 publications: 539 scientists 108–117 publications: 505 scientists 118–127 publications: 522 scientists 128–137 publications: 469 scientists 138–147 publications: 456 scientists 148–157 publications: 459 scientists 158–167 publications: 397 scientists 168–177 publications: 383 scientists 178–187 publications: 350 scientists 188–197 publications: 302 scientists 198–207 publications: 306 scientists 208–217 publications: 262 scientists 218–227 publications: 242 scientists 228–237 publications: 220 scientists 238–247 publications: 203 scientists 248–257 publications: 174 scientists 258–267 publications: 176 scientists 268–277 publications: 175 scientists 278–287 publications: 125 scientists 288–297 publications: 116 scientists 298–307 publications: 127 scientists 308–317 publications: 128 scientists 318–327 publications: 99 scientists 328–337 publications: 89 scientists 338–347 publications: 78 scientists 348–357 publications: 96 scientists 358–367 publications: 66 scientists 368–377 publications: 59 scientists 378–387 publications: 65 scientists 388–397 publications: 54 scientists 398–407 publications: 48 scientists 408–417 publications: 49 scientists 418–427 publications: 34 scientists 428–437 publications: 31 scientists 438–447 publications: 30 scientists 448–457 publications: 31 scientists 458–467 publications: 36 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 35 scientists 488–497 publications: 30 scientists 498–507 publications: 23 scientists 508–517 publications: 26 scientists 518–527 publications: 20 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 20 scientists 548–557 publications: 20 scientists 558–567 publications: 17 scientists 568–577 publications: 14 scientists 578–587 publications: 20 scientists 588–597 publications: 20 scientists 598–607 publications: 19 scientists 608–617 publications: 18 scientists 618–627 publications: 17 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 11 scientists 648–657 publications: 11 scientists 658–667 publications: 8 scientists 668–677 publications: 7 scientists 678–687 publications: 11 scientists 688–697 publications: 10 scientists 698–707 publications: 4 scientists 708–717 publications: 6 scientists 718–727 publications: 5 scientists 728–737 publications: 5 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 9 scientists 758–767 publications: 3 scientists 768–777 publications: 7 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 6 scientists 798–807 publications: 2 scientists 808–817 publications: 2 scientists 818–827 publications: 7 scientists 828–837 publications: 0 scientists 838–847 publications: 9 scientists 848–857 publications: 3 scientists 858–867 publications: 1 scientist 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 887+

This scientist: 135 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 18
48–57 79
58–67 193
68–77 323
78–87 406
88–97 452
98–107 539
108–117 505
118–127 522
128–137 469 135
138–147 456
148–157 459
158–167 397
168–177 383
178–187 350
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174
258–267 176
268–277 175
278–287 125
288–297 116
298–307 127
308–317 128
318–327 99
328–337 89
338–347 78
348–357 96
358–367 66
368–377 59
378–387 65
388–397 54
398–407 48
408–417 49
418–427 34
428–437 31
438–447 30
448–457 31
458–467 36
468–477 40
478–487 35
488–497 30
498–507 23
508–517 26
518–527 20
528–537 23
538–547 20
548–557 20
558–567 17
568–577 14
578–587 20
588–597 20
598–607 19
608–617 18
618–627 17
628–637 11
638–647 11
648–657 11
658–667 8
668–677 7
678–687 11
688–697 10
698–707 4
708–717 6
718–727 5
728–737 5
738–747 9
748–757 9
758–767 3
768–777 7
778–787 7
788–797 6
798–807 2
808–817 2
818–827 7
828–837 0
838–847 9
848–857 3
858–867 1
868–877 3
878–886 6
887+ 100
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Flavio Dell'Acqua 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 Flavio Dell'Acqua sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 68 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 512. Most scientists, 512, have 46–47 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 58–59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 172 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 296 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 435 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 459 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 456 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 467 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 478 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 512 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 435 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 425 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 418 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 392 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 357 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 334 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 328 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 260 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 278 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 239 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 250 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 210 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 200 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 189 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 170 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 146 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 113 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 126 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 100 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 99 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 84 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 85 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 72 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 76 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 45 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 43 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 32 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 45 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 50 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 32 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 39 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 27 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 19 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 23 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 16 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 24 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 14 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 15 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 10 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 10 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 13 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 8 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 6 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 6 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 7 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 7 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 10 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162 D-Index: 8 scientists 163+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30–31 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 42
32–33 172
34–35 296
36–37 435
38–39 459
40–41 456
42–43 467
44–45 478
46–47 512
48–49 435
50–51 425
52–53 418
54–55 392
56–57 357
58–59 334 58
60–61 328
62–63 260
64–65 278
66–67 239
68–69 250
70–71 210
72–73 200
74–75 189
76–77 170
78–79 146
80–81 113
82–83 126
84–85 100
86–87 84
88–89 99
90–91 84
92–93 85
94–95 72
96–97 76
98–99 45
100–101 49
102–103 43
104–105 32
106–107 45
108–109 50
110–111 32
112–113 39
114–115 32
116–117 29
118–119 27
120–121 19
122–123 23
124–125 27
126–127 16
128–129 24
130–131 13
132–133 21
134–135 17
136–137 14
138–139 15
140–141 10
142–143 10
144–145 13
146–147 9
148–149 8
150–151 6
152–153 6
154–155 7
156–157 7
158–159 10
160–161 4
162 8
163+ 100
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Overview

Flavio Dell'Acqua is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has a research focus spanning multiple areas within medicine and neuroscience. Their work is particularly centered on advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, contributing extensively to understanding brain structure and function in both typical and atypical populations.

Their main fields of study include Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Clinical Psychology.

Key topics covered by Dell'Acqua in their research comprise:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Frequent publication venues for Dell'Acqua's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Autism
  • 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
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

The researcher has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably Declan Murphy, Jan K. Buitelaar, Christine Ecker, Eva Loth, and Tony Charman.

Recent publications include:

  • "Anatomical evidence of an indirect pathway for word repetition," 2020, Neurology
  • "Atypical Brain Asymmetry in Autism-A Candidate for Clinically Meaningful Stratification," 2020, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • "Differences in Frontal Network Anatomy Across Primate Species," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Excitatory/inhibitory imbalance in autism: the role of glutamate and GABA gene-sets in symptoms and cortical brain structure," 2023, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Resting state EEG power spectrum and functional connectivity in autism: a cross-sectional analysis," 2022, Molecular Autism

Best Publications

  • The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography

    Klaus H. Maier-Hein;Peter F. Neher;Jean-Christophe Houde;Marc-Alexandre Cote

  • A lateralized brain network for visuospatial attention

    Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Flavio Dell'Acqua;Flavio Dell'Acqua;Stephanie J Forkel;Andrew Simmons;Andrew Simmons

  • Short frontal lobe connections of the human brain.

    Marco Catani;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Francesco Vergani;Farah Malik

  • A revised limbic system model for memory, emotion and behaviour

    Marco Catani;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Michel Thiebaut de Schotten

  • Atlasing location, asymmetry and inter-subject variability of white matter tracts in the human brain with MR diffusion tractography.

    Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Dominic H. ffytche;Alberto Bizzi;Flavio Dell'Acqua;Flavio Dell'Acqua

  • Monkey to human comparative anatomy of the frontal lobe association tracts

    Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Romain Valabregue;Marco Catani

  • A novel frontal pathway underlies verbal fluency in primary progressive aphasia

    Marco Catani;Marsel M. Mesulam;Estrid Jakobsen;Farah Malik

  • Can spherical deconvolution provide more information than fiber orientations? Hindrance modulated orientational anisotropy, a true-tract specific index to characterize white matter diffusion.

    Flavio Dell'Acqua;Andrew Simmons;Steven C.R. Williams;Marco Catani

  • A modified damped Richardson–Lucy algorithm to reduce isotropic background effects in spherical deconvolution

    Flavio Dell'Acqua;Paola Scifo;Giovanna Rizzo;Marco Catani

  • Atlasing the frontal lobe connections and their variability due to age and education: a spherical deconvolution tractography study

    K Rojkova;E Volle;M Urbanski;F Humbert

  • Word learning is mediated by the left arcuate fasciculus

    Diana López-Barroso;Marco Catani;Pablo Ripollés;Flavio Dell'Acqua;Flavio Dell'Acqua

  • Anatomical predictors of aphasia recovery: a tractography study of bilateral perisylvian language networks.

    Stephanie J. Forkel;Stephanie J. Forkel;Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Lalit Kalra

  • Beyond cortical localization in clinico-anatomical correlation.

    Marco Catani;Flavio Dell'Acqua;Alberto Bizzi;Stephanie J. Forkel

  • The anatomy of fronto-occipital connections from early blunt dissections to contemporary tractography.

    Stephanie J. Forkel;Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Jamie M. Kawadler;Flavio Dell'Acqua

  • Fronto-striatal circuitry and inhibitory control in autism: Findings from diffusion tensor imaging tractography

    Marieke Langen;Alexander Leemans;Alexander Leemans;Patrick Johnston;Christine Ecker

  • A Model-Based Deconvolution Approach to Solve Fiber Crossing in Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging

    F. Dell'Acqua;G. Rizzo;P. Scifo;R.A. Clarke

  • Modelling white matter with spherical deconvolution: How and why?

    Flavio Dell'Acqua;J.‐Donald Tournier

  • From Phineas Gage and Monsieur Leborgne to H.M.: Revisiting Disconnection Syndromes

    M. Thiebaut De Schotten;F. Dell'Acqua;P. Ratiu;A. Leslie

  • Microstructural imaging of the human brain with a ‘super-scanner’: 10 key advantages of ultra-strong gradients for diffusion MRI

    Derek K. Jones;Derek K. Jones;Daniel C. Alexander;Daniel C. Alexander;Richard Bowtell;Mara Cercignani

  • White matter connections of the supplementary motor area in humans

    Francesco Vergani;Luis Lacerda;Juan Martino;Johannes Attems

  • Non-invasive imaging of transplanted human neural stem cells and ECM scaffold remodeling in the stroke-damaged rat brain by 19F- and diffusion-MRI

    Ellen Bible;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Bhavana Solanky;Anthony Balducci

  • A Lateralized Brain Network for Visuo-Spatial Attention

    Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Flavio Dell’Acqua;Stephanie Forkel;Andrew Simmons

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Catani
Marco Catani King's College London
Declan G. Murphy
Declan G. Murphy King's College London
Michel Thiebaut de Schotten
Michel Thiebaut de Schotten University of Bordeaux
Andrew Simmons
Andrew Simmons King's College London
Michael V. Lombardo
Michael V. Lombardo Italian Institute of Technology
Christian F. Beckmann
Christian F. Beckmann Radboud University
Meng-Chuan Lai
Meng-Chuan Lai Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Michael C. Craig
Michael C. Craig King's College London
Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen University of Cambridge
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University

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