2026 Gereon R. Fink: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	148	151	136	6	5	1103	93295

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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

4572
Citations
Psychophysiological and modulatory interactions in neuroimaging.

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

3509
Citations
Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study.

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

3456
Citations
Dorsal and Ventral Attention Systems Distinct Neural Circuits but Collaborative Roles

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

1599
Citations
Neurostimulation for Parkinson's Disease with Early Motor Complications

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

1576
Citations
Mind reading: neural mechanisms of theory of mind and self-perspective.

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

1497
Citations
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

1331
Citations
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE MENTAL REPRESENTATION OF UPPER EXTREMITY MOVEMENTS IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS

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

1184
Citations
Cerebral Representation of One’s Own Past: Neural Networks Involved in Autobiographical Memory

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

1180
Citations
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

959
Citations
The functional organization of the intraparietal sulcus in humans and monkeys.

Christian Grefkes;Gereon R. Fink

869
Citations
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

838
Citations
Neural correlates of the first-person-perspective

Kai Vogeley;Gereon R. Fink

810
Citations
Neural Signatures of Body Ownership: A Sensory Network for Bodily Self-Consciousness

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

801
Citations
Neural activation during selective attention to subjective emotional responses

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

776
Citations
Spatial cognition: evidence from visual neglect

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

750
Citations
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

740
Citations
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

739
Citations
Neural Correlates of First-Person Perspective as One Constituent of Human Self-Consciousness

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

717
Citations
Cortical connectivity after subcortical stroke assessed with functional magnetic resonance imaging

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

676
Citations
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

411
Citations