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Gilles Vandewalle

Gilles Vandewalle

University of Liège
Belgium

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
51
Citations
11787
World Ranking
5467
National Ranking
65

Gilles Vandewalle 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 Gilles Vandewalle sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 308 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gilles Vandewalle 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 Gilles Vandewalle sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

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

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

    Geneviève Albouy;Virginie Sterpenich;Evelyne Balteau;Gilles Vandewalle

  • Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Martin Desseilles;Geneviève Albouy

  • Sleep transforms the cerebral trace of declarative memories

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

  • Daytime light exposure dynamically enhances brain responses

    Gilles Vandewalle;Evelyne Balteau;Christophe Phillips;Christian Degueldre

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

    Olivier Collignon;Gilles Vandewalle;Patrice Voss;Geneviève Albouy

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

    Karen Debas;Julie Carrier;Pierre Orban;Marc Barakat

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

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

  • 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

  • Sleep-Related Hippocampo-Cortical Interplay during Emotional Memory Recollection

    Virginie Sterpenich;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Gilles Vandewalle

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

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

  • Spectral quality of light modulates emotional brain responses in humans

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

  • Sleep slow wave changes during the middle years of life

    Julie Carrier;Isabelle Viens;Gaétan Poirier;Rébecca Robillard

  • 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

  • Sleep Promotes the Neural Reorganization of Remote Emotional Memory

    Virginie Sterpenich;Geneviève Albouy;Annabelle Darsaud;Christina Schmidt

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

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

  • Circadian regulation of human cortical excitability

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

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

    Vincenzo Muto;Mathieu Jaspar;Christelle Meyer;Caroline Kussé

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

    Christina Schmidt;Fabienne Collette;Yves Leclercq;Virginie Sterpenich

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Maquet
Pierre Maquet University of Liège
Christophe Phillips
Christophe Phillips University of Liège
Fabienne Collette
Fabienne Collette University of Liège
André Luxen
André Luxen University of Liège
Christian Degueldre
Christian Degueldre University of Liège
Evelyne Balteau
Evelyne Balteau University of Liège
Geneviève Albouy
Geneviève Albouy University of Utah
Virginie Sterpenich
Virginie Sterpenich University of Geneva
Derk-Jan Dijk
Derk-Jan Dijk University of Surrey
Eric Salmon
Eric Salmon University of Liège

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