2026 Gilles Vandewalle: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	51	5467	5022	65	61	308	11787

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Neuroscience

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11787

Overview

Gilles Vandewalle is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with 139 publications in this field. Within Neuroscience, their work spans multiple subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics covered in Vandewalle's research include:

Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Sleep and related disorders
Neural dynamics and brain function
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Vandewalle has published frequently in notable journals and venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with 24 publications
SLEEP (6 publications)
Journal of Sleep Research (5 publications)
Alzheimer's & Dementia (5 publications)
Clocks & Sleep (3 publications)

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Vandewalle are:

Importance of the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system in sleep-wake regulation: Implications for aging and Alzheimer's disease (2022), published in Sleep Medicine Reviews
ENLIGHT: A consensus checklist for reporting laboratory-based studies on the non-visual effects of light in humans (2023), published in EBioMedicine
Light as a Modulator of Non-Image-Forming Brain Functions-Positive and Negative Impacts of Increasing Light Availability (2023), published in Clocks & Sleep
How Is the Norepinephrine System Involved in the Antiepileptic Effects of Vagus Nerve Stimulation? (2021), published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
Timely coupling of sleep spindles and slow waves linked to early amyloid-β burden and predicts memory decline (2022), published in eLife

The scientist collaborates regularly with several frequent co-authors, including:

Christophe Phillips
Fabienne Collette
Pierre Maquet
Ekaterina Koshmanova
Maxime Van Egroo

Best Publications

Light as a modulator of cognitive brain function

Gilles Vandewalle;Pierre Maquet;Derk-Jan Dijk

655
Citations
Hemodynamic cerebral correlates of sleep spindles during human non-rapid eye movement sleep.

M. Schabus;T. T. Dang-Vu;G. Albouy;E. Balteau

584
Citations
Both the hippocampus and striatum are involved in consolidation of motor sequence memory.

Geneviève Albouy;Virginie Sterpenich;Evelyne Balteau;Gilles Vandewalle

570
Citations
Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep

Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Martin Desseilles;GeneviÃ¨ve Albouy

528
Citations
Sleep transforms the cerebral trace of declarative memories

Steffen Gais;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu

515
Citations
Daytime light exposure dynamically enhances brain responses

Gilles Vandewalle;Evelyne Balteau;Christophe Phillips;Christian Degueldre

380
Citations
Functional specialization for auditory–spatial processing in the occipital cortex of congenitally blind humans

Olivier Collignon;Gilles Vandewalle;Patrice Voss;Geneviève Albouy

343
Citations
Brain plasticity related to the consolidation of motor sequence learning and motor adaptation

Karen Debas;Julie Carrier;Pierre Orban;Marc Barakat

337
Citations
Wavelength-Dependent Modulation of Brain Responses to a Working Memory Task by Daytime Light Exposure

Gilles Vandewalle;S. Gais;Manuel Schabus;Evelyne Balteau

331
Citations
Brain Responses to Violet, Blue, and Green Monochromatic Light Exposures in Humans: Prominent Role of Blue Light and the Brainstem

Gilles Vandewalle;Christina Schmidt;Geneviève Albouy;Virginie Sterpenich

316
Citations
Sleep-Related Hippocampo-Cortical Interplay during Emotional Memory Recollection

Virginie Sterpenich;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Gilles Vandewalle

309
Citations
The Locus Ceruleus Is Involved in the Successful Retrieval of Emotional Memories in Humans

Virginie Sterpenich;Arnaud D’Argembeau;Martin Desseilles;Evelyne Balteau

306
Citations
Spectral quality of light modulates emotional brain responses in humans

Gilles Vandewalle;S. Schwartz;D. Grandjean;C. Wuillaume

302
Citations
Sleep slow wave changes during the middle years of life

Julie Carrier;Isabelle Viens;Gaétan Poirier;Rébecca Robillard

292
Citations
Impact of blindness onset on the functional organization and the connectivity of the occipital cortex.

Olivier Collignon;Olivier Collignon;Giulia Dormal;Giulia Dormal;Geneviève Albouy;Gilles Vandewalle

278
Citations
Sleep Promotes the Neural Reorganization of Remote Emotional Memory

Virginie Sterpenich;Geneviève Albouy;Annabelle Darsaud;Christina Schmidt

262
Citations
Fast and slow spindle involvement in the consolidation of a new motor sequence.

M. Barakat;J. Doyon;K. Debas;G. Vandewalle

250
Citations
Circadian regulation of human cortical excitability

Julien Q M Ly;Giulia Gaggioni;Sarah L. Chellappa;Soterios Papachilleos

235
Citations
Local modulation of human brain responses by circadian rhythmicity and sleep debt

Vincenzo Muto;Mathieu Jaspar;Christelle Meyer;Caroline Kussé

220
Citations
Homeostatic Sleep Pressure and Responses to Sustained Attention in the Suprachiasmatic Area

Christina Schmidt;Fabienne Collette;Yves Leclercq;Virginie Sterpenich

217
Citations
The fate of incoming stimuli during NREM sleep is determined by spindles and the phase of the slow oscillation

Manuel Schabus;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Dominik Philip Johannes Heib;Melanie Boly

209
Citations