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148
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Gereon R. Fink 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 Gereon R. Fink sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 1,103 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gereon R. Fink 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 Gereon R. Fink sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 148 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Gereon R. Fink is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and has a broad research footprint across medicine and neuroscience. Their work is particularly concentrated in neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and imaging techniques related to brain function and disorders.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these areas, they focus on several subfields such as:

  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Genetics
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

Key topics investigated by Gereon R. Fink include:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

Their recent scholarly contributions reflect ongoing engagement with neurological and imaging research. Selected papers are:

  • "Recovery from stroke: current concepts and future perspectives" (2020), published in Neurological Research and Practice
  • "A systematic review of neurological symptoms and complications of COVID-19" (2020), published in Journal of Neurology
  • "PET/MRI Radiomics in Patients With Brain Metastases" (2020), published in Frontiers in Neurology
  • "Diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy" (2020), published in Neurological Research and Practice
  • "Radiomics in neuro-oncology: Basics, workflow, and applications" (2020), published in Methods

Gereon R. Fink often collaborates with a consistent group of researchers, highlighting a network of frequent coauthors including:

  • Norbert Galldiks
  • Karl-Josef Langen
  • Philipp Lohmann
  • Jan-Michael Werner
  • Caroline Tscherpel

The scientist's work appears frequently in specific academic venues that support neurological and imaging research. Common publication venues for Gereon R. Fink's work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurological Research and Practice
  • Journal of Neurology

Best Publications

  • A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps and functional imaging data

    Simon B. Eickhoff;Klaas E. Stephan;Hartmut Mohlberg;Christian Grefkes

  • Psychophysiological and modulatory interactions in neuroimaging.

    K. J. Friston;C. Buechel;G. R. Fink;J. Morris

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study.

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

  • Dorsal and Ventral Attention Systems Distinct Neural Circuits but Collaborative Roles

    Simone Vossel;Joy J. Geng;Gereon R. Fink

  • Neurostimulation for Parkinson's Disease with Early Motor Complications

    W. M. M. Schuepbach;J. Rau;K. Knudsen;J. Volkmann

  • Mind reading: neural mechanisms of theory of mind and self-perspective.

    Kai Vogeley;Patrick Bussfeld;Albert Newen;S. Herrmann

  • Neural Circuits Underlying Imitation Learning of Hand Actions: An Event-Related fMRI Study

    Giovanni Buccino;Stefan Vogt;Afra Ritzl;Gereon R. Fink;Gereon R. Fink

  • FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE MENTAL REPRESENTATION OF UPPER EXTREMITY MOVEMENTS IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS

    K. M. Stephan;G. R. Fink;R. E. Passingham;D. Silbersweig

  • Cerebral Representation of One’s Own Past: Neural Networks Involved in Autobiographical Memory

    Gereon R. Fink;Hans J. Markowitsch;Mechthild Reinkemeier;Thomas Bruckbauer

  • Polymodal Motion Processing in Posterior Parietal and Premotor Cortex: A Human fMRI Study Strongly Implies Equivalencies between Humans and Monkeys

    Frank Bremmer;Frank Bremmer;Anja Schlack;Anja Schlack;N.Jon Shah;Oliver Zafiris

  • The functional organization of the intraparietal sulcus in humans and monkeys.

    Christian Grefkes;Gereon R. Fink

  • Where in the brain does visual attention select the forest and the trees

    G. R. Fink;P. W. Halligan;J. C. Marshall;C. D. Frith

  • Neural correlates of the first-person-perspective

    Kai Vogeley;Gereon R. Fink

  • Neural Signatures of Body Ownership: A Sensory Network for Bodily Self-Consciousness

    Manos Tsakiris;Maike D. Hesse;Christian Boy;Patrick Haggard

  • Neural activation during selective attention to subjective emotional responses

    Richard D. Lane;Gereon R. Fink;Phyllis M.-L. Chau;Raymond J. Dolan

  • Spatial cognition: evidence from visual neglect

    Peter W. Halligan;Gereon R. Fink;John C. Marshall;Giuseppe Vallar

  • Minds at rest? Social cognition as the default mode of cognizing and its putative relationship to the ''default system" of the brain

    Leo Schilbach;Simon B. Eickhoff;Anna Rotarska-Jagiela;Gereon R. Fink

  • Mirror Neuron and Theory of Mind Mechanisms Involved in Face-to-Face Interactions: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approach to Empathy

    Martin Schulte-Rüther;Hans J. Markowitsch;Gereon R. Fink;Martina Piefke

  • Neural Correlates of First-Person Perspective as One Constituent of Human Self-Consciousness

    K. Vogeley;M. May;A. Ritzl;P. Falkai

  • Cortical connectivity after subcortical stroke assessed with functional magnetic resonance imaging

    Christian Grefkes;Dennis A. Nowak;Simon B. Eickhoff;Manuel Dafotakis

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study: Cortical activation during action observation

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Weiss
Peter H. Weiss Forschungszentrum Jülich
Karl-Josef Langen
Karl-Josef Langen Forschungszentrum Jülich
Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich
Christian Grefkes
Christian Grefkes University of Cologne
Simon B. Eickhoff
Simon B. Eickhoff Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Lars Timmermann
Lars Timmermann Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
John C. Marshall
John C. Marshall University of Toronto
Josef Kessler
Josef Kessler University of Cologne
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann
Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann RWTH Aachen University
Roland Sparing
Roland Sparing University of Cologne

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