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François Dubeau

François Dubeau

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Neuroscience 103 691 619 30 28 383 34075
Medicine 103 7432 6983 285 271 381 34075

François Dubeau publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by François Dubeau between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. François Dubeau published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 43 publications in 2006. 12 of the 496 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 43. Peak 43 publications in 2006. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 2 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 15 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 19 publications 1998: 13 publications 1999: 15 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 22 publications 2006: 43 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 21 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 6 publications
1982 2025

496 publications in total across all disciplines

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François Dubeau: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 1
1984 2
1985 4
1986 1
1987 2
1988 2
1989 4
1990 3
1991 5
1992 3
1993 5
1994 4
1995 15
1996 11
1997 19
1998 13
1999 15
2000 16
2001 10
2002 6
2003 13
2004 14
2005 22
2006 43
2007 8
2008 16
2009 21
2010 11
2011 10
2012 13
2013 21
2014 12
2015 12
2016 14
2017 16
2018 20
2019 15
2020 14
2021 13
2022 19
2023 15
2024 6
2025 6
Total 496
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François Dubeau 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 François Dubeau 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, 378–387 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: 383 publications — 90th percentile

90% 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
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 65 383
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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François Dubeau 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 François Dubeau 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, 102–103 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: 103 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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
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 43 103
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

François Dubeau is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Neurology. Their research primarily centers on epilepsy, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and functional brain connectivity.

The scientist has published numerous papers on topics such as epilepsy research and treatment, neural dynamics and brain function, advanced MRI techniques, and sleep and wakefulness research. Some of the recent publications include:

  • A brain atlas of axonal and synaptic delays based on modelling of cortico-cortical evoked potentials (2021) in Brain
  • Association of fast ripples on intracranial EEG and outcomes after epilepsy surgery (2020) in Neurology
  • Sleep Disruption in Epilepsy: Ictal and Interictal Epileptic Activity Matter (2020) in Annals of Neurology
  • A Subpopulation of Spikes Predicts Successful Epilepsy Surgery Outcome (2022) in Annals of Neurology
  • The human K-complex: Insights from combined scalp-intracranial EEG recordings (2020) in NeuroImage

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jean Gotman
  • Birgit Frauscher
  • Nicolás von Ellenrieder
  • Chifaou Abdallah
  • Philippe Kahane

François Dubeau has published consistently in several scientific venues, including Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurology, Annals of Neurology, Epilepsia, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

The scientist has also contributed to academic literature in book form, with a publication titled Insular Epilepsies released by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Their work integrates multiple domains of neuroscience, addressing clinical and functional aspects of brain activity, with an emphasis on epilepsy surgery outcomes, EEG analysis, and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying brain connectivity and sleep.

Best Publications

  • The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission

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

  • Intrinsic epileptogenicity of human dysplastic cortex as suggested by corticography and surgical results

    André Palmini;Antonio Gambardella;Frederick Andermann;Francois Dubeau

  • High-frequency electroencephalographic oscillations correlate with outcome of epilepsy surgery.

    Julia Jacobs;Maeike Zijlmans;Rina Zelmann;Claude-Édouard Chatillon

  • Generalized epileptic discharges show thalamocortical activation and suspension of the default state of the brain

    J. Gotman;C. Grova;A. Bagshaw;E. Kobayashi

  • Interictal high-frequency oscillations (80–500 Hz) are an indicator of seizure onset areas independent of spikes in the human epileptic brain

    Julia Jacobs;Pierre LeVan;Rahul Chander;Jeffery Hall

  • High-frequency oscillations during human focal seizures

    J. D. Jirsch;E. Urrestarazu;P. LeVan;A. Olivier

  • Intracranial electroencephalographic seizure-onset patterns: effect of underlying pathology.

    Piero Perucca;François Dubeau;Jean Gotman

  • Early childhood prolonged febrile convulsions, atrophy and sclerosis of mesial structures, and temporal lobe epilepsy: An MRI volumetric study

    F. Cendes;F. Andermann;F. Dubeau;P. Gloor

  • High-frequency oscillations (HFOs) in clinical epilepsy.

    J. Jacobs;R. Staba;E. Asano;H. Otsubo

  • High Rate of Recurrent De Novo Mutations in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies

    Fadi F. Hamdan;Candace T. Myers;Patrick Cossette;Philippe Lemay

  • fMRI activation during spike and wave discharges in idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

    Y Aghakhani;A P Bagshaw;C G Bénar;C Hawco

  • Mutations in DEPDC5 cause familial focal epilepsy with variable foci

    Leanne M Dibbens;Boukje de Vries;Simona Donatello;Sarah E Heron

  • Periventricular and subcortical nodular heterotopia : a study of 33 patients

    François Dubeau;Donatella Tampieri;Namsoo Lee;Namsoo Lee;Eva Andermann

  • High frequency oscillations in intracranial EEGs mark epileptogenicity rather than lesion type.

    Julia Jacobs;Pierre LeVan;Claude-Édouard Châtillon;André Olivier

  • Neuroimaging evidence of progressive neuronal loss and dysfunction in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Edwin Tasch;Fernando Cendes;Li Min Li;Francois Dubeau

  • Patterns of altered functional connectivity in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

    Francesca Pittau;Christophe Grova;Christophe Grova;Friederike Moeller;François Dubeau

  • Frequency and characteristics of dual pathology in patients with lesional epilepsy.

    F. Cendes;M. J. Cook;Craig Watson;F. Andermann

  • Mutations in the X-linked filamin 1 gene cause periventricular nodular heterotopia in males as well as in females.

    Volney L. Sheen;Peter H. Dixon;Jeremy W. Fox;Susan E. Hong

  • Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging and magnetic resonance imaging volumetry in the lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy : a series of 100 patients

    Fernando Cendes;Zografos Caramanos;Frederick Andermann;François Dubeau

  • Quality of EEG in simultaneous EEG-fMRI for epilepsy

    Christian G. Bénar;Yahya Aghakhani;Yunhua Wang;Aaron Izenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Gotman
Jean Gotman Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Frederick Andermann
Frederick Andermann McGill University
André Olivier
André Olivier McGill University
Eva Andermann
Eva Andermann McGill University
Fernando Cendes
Fernando Cendes State University of Campinas
Eliane Kobayashi
Eliane Kobayashi Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Birgit Frauscher
Birgit Frauscher Duke University
Douglas L. Arnold
Douglas L. Arnold Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Christophe Grova
Christophe Grova Concordia University
Andrew P. Bagshaw
Andrew P. Bagshaw University of Birmingham

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