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Geert Jan Biessels

Geert Jan Biessels

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
113
Citations
55368
World Ranking
4889
National Ranking
187

Geert Jan Biessels publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geert Jan Biessels sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 628 publications — 75th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Geert Jan Biessels D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geert Jan Biessels sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 113 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Geert Jan Biessels is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics centered on neurological and cognitive health, prominently featuring cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, dementia and cognitive impairment research, and acute ischemic stroke management. Biessels has also contributed to studies on advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, advanced MRI techniques and applications, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Biessels has coauthored extensively with several researchers, indicating collaborations with:

  • Wiesje M. van der Flier
  • Hugo J. Kuijf
  • Jaco J.M. Zwanenburg
  • Marco Duering
  • Lieza G. Exalto

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior
  • 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
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Some of the recent papers featuring Biessels' work include:

  • Understanding multifactorial brain changes in type 2 diabetes: a biomarker perspective (2020), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease-advances since 2013 (2023), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • Type 2 diabetes and cognitive dysfunction-towards effective management of both comorbidities (2020), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Strategic infarct locations for post-stroke cognitive impairment: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from 12 acute ischaemic stroke cohorts (2021), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • Tackling challenges in care of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias amid the COVID-19 pandemic, now and in the future (2020), published in Alzheimer s & Dementia

These publications reflect an engagement with both clinical and imaging aspects of neurological diseases, particularly in relation to diabetes, stroke, dementia, and small vessel disease.

Best Publications

  • Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease and its contribution to ageing and neurodegeneration

    Joanna M. Wardlaw;Eric E. Smith;Geert J Biessels;Charlotte Cordonnier

  • Risk of dementia in diabetes mellitus: a systematic review

    Geert Jan Biessels;Salka Staekenborg;Eric Brunner;Carol Brayne

  • Cognition and synaptic plasticity in diabetes mellitus

    Willem Hendrik Gispen;Geert-Jan Biessels

  • The Effects of Type 1 Diabetes on Cognitive Performance: A meta-analysis

    Augustina M.A. Brands;Geert Jan Biessels;Edward H.F. de Haan;L. Jaap Kappelle

  • Cognitive decline and dementia in diabetes mellitus: mechanisms and clinical implications.

    Geert Jan Biessels;Florin Despa

  • Cognition and diabetes: a lifespan perspective.

    Geert Jan Biessels;Ian J Deary;Christopher M Ryan

  • Ageing and diabetes: implications for brain function

    Geert Jan Biessels;Lars P van der Heide;Amer Kamal;Ronald L.A.W Bleys

  • Vascular dysfunction-The disregarded partner of Alzheimer's disease

    Melanie D. Sweeney;Axel Montagne;Abhay P. Sagare;Daniel A. Nation

  • Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlates of Impaired Cognition in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    S.M. Manschot;A.M.A. Brands;J. van der Grond;R.P.C. Kessels

  • Diabetes, hyperglycaemia, and acute ischaemic stroke.

    Merel J A Luitse;Geert Jan Biessels;Guy E H M Rutten;L Jaap Kappelle

  • Diabetic polyneuropathies: update on research definition, diagnostic criteria and estimation of severity

    Peter J. Dyck;James W. Albers;Henning Andersen;Joseph C. Arezzo

  • Dementia and cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes and prediabetic stages: towards targeted interventions

    Geert Jan Biessels;Mark W J Strachan;Frank L J Visseren;L Jaap Kappelle

  • Hippocampal insulin resistance and cognitive dysfunction

    Geert Jan Biessels;Lawrence P. Reagan

  • Methodological considerations on tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS).

    Michael Bach;Frederik B. Laun;Alexander Leemans;Chantal M. W. Tax

  • Place learning and hippocampal synaptic plasticity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

    Biessels Gj;Kamal A;Ramakers Gm;Urban Ij

  • Cerebral function in diabetes mellitus

    G. J. Biessels;A. C. Kappelle;B. Bravenboer;D. W. Erkelens

  • WATER MAZE LEARNING AND HIPPOCAMPAL SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN STREPTOZOTOCIN-DIABETIC RATS: EFFECTS OF INSULIN TREATMENT

    G.-J. Biessels;A. Kamal;I. J. A. Urban;B. M. Spruijt

  • Brain imaging in patients with diabetes: a systematic review.

    Barbera Van Harten;Frank Erik De Leeuw;Henry C. Weinstein;Philip Scheltens

  • Diabetes and other vascular risk factors for dementia: which factor matters most? A systematic review.

    Raoul P. Kloppenborg;Esther van den Berg;L. Jaap Kappelle;Geert Jan Biessels

  • Microstructural White Matter Abnormalities and Cognitive Functioning in Type 2 Diabetes: A diffusion tensor imaging study

    Yael D. Reijmer;Manon Brundel;Jeroen de Bresser;L. Jaap Kappelle

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Jaap Kappelle
L. Jaap Kappelle Utrecht University
Wiesje M. van der Flier
Wiesje M. van der Flier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Frederik Barkhof
Frederik Barkhof University College London
Christopher Chen
Christopher Chen National University of Singapore
Philip Scheltens
Philip Scheltens Amsterdam UMC
Max A. Viergever
Max A. Viergever Utrecht University
Yolanda van der Graaf
Yolanda van der Graaf Utrecht University
Coen D.A. Stehouwer
Coen D.A. Stehouwer Maastricht University
W.H. Gispen
W.H. Gispen Utrecht University
Willem P.Th.M. Mali
Willem P.Th.M. Mali Utrecht University

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