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87
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25196
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13741
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733

Hans Förstl 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 Hans Förstl sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 580 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans Förstl 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 Hans Förstl sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hans Förstl is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a detailed focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Neurology, General Health Professions, and Physiology.

The main topics explored in Förstl's research include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Psychiatric Care and Mental Health Services, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Health and Medical Studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders.

Förstl has published numerous papers, among which recent contributions include:

  • Management of mild cognitive impairment (MCI): The need for national and international guidelines, 2020, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
  • Depression, dependence and prices of the COVID-19-Crisis, 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Psychische Probleme in der Pandemie - Beobachtungen während der COVID-19-Krise, 2020, DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
  • COVID-19 distresses the depressed while schizophrenic patients are unimpressed: A study on psychiatric inpatients, 2020, Psychiatry Research
  • Psychisch krank in Krisenzeiten: Subjektive Belastungen durch COVID-19, 2020, Psychiatrische Praxis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Förstl include Patricia Hölzle, Timo Grimmer, Marion Ortner, Janine Diehl-Schmid, and Oliver Goldhardt, indicating an extensive collaborative network in psychiatric and neurological research.

Their work is often published in specific venues related to their fields, with notable frequent publication sources being Der Nervenarzt, DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, Alzheimer's & Dementia, Neuropsychiatrie, and Psychiatrische Praxis.

Best Publications

  • Selective changes of resting-state networks in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease

    Christian Sorg;Valentin Riedl;Valentin Riedl;Mark Mühlau;Vince D. Calhoun

  • Clinical features of Alzheimer's disease.

    H. Förstl;A. Kurz

  • Analysis of Heterogeneous βA4 Peptides in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood by a Newly Developed Sensitive Western Blot Assay

    Nobuo Ida;Tobias Hartmann;Johannes Pantel;Johannes Schröder

  • Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: demographic characteristics of 353 patients.

    Julene K. Johnson;Janine Diehl;Mario F. Mendez;John Neuhaus

  • Efficacy of Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy for Adult Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Overview of Meta-analyses

    Maximilian Huhn;Magdolna Tardy;Loukia Maria Spineli;Werner Kissling

  • Insular dysfunction within the salience network is associated with severity of symptoms and aberrant inter-network connectivity in major depressive disorder

    Andrei Manoliu;Chun Meng;Chun Meng;Felix Brandl;Anselm Doll

  • Aberrant dependence of default mode/central executive network interactions on anterior insular salience network activity in schizophrenia.

    Andrei Manoliu;Valentin Riedl;Andriy Zherdin;Mark Mühlau

  • Physical activity and incident cognitive impairment in elderly persons: the INVADE study.

    Thorleif Etgen;Dirk Sander;Ulrich Huntgeburth;Holger Poppert

  • Acute confusional state in the elderly following hip surgery: incidence, risk factors and complications.

    Patrizia Galanakis;Horst Bickel;Reiner Gradinger;Stephan Von Gumppenberg

  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Thorleif Etgen;Michel Chonchol;Hans Förstl;Dirk Sander

  • Cognitive impairment in 873 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease : Results from the German Study on Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease with Dementia (GEPAD)

    Oliver Riedel;Jens Klotsche;Annika Spottke;Giinther Deuschl

  • High risk of cognitive and functional decline after postoperative delirium. A three-year prospective study.

    Horst Bickel;Reiner Gradinger;Eberhard Kochs;Hans Förstl

  • Beta Amyloid in Alzheimer's Disease: Increased Deposition in Brain Is Reflected in Reduced Concentration in Cerebrospinal Fluid

    Timo Grimmer;Matthias Riemenschneider;Hans Förstl;Gjermund Henriksen

  • Effect of APOE genotype on amyloid plaque load and gray matter volume in Alzheimer disease

    A. Drzezga;T. Grimmer;G. Henriksen;M. Mühlau

  • Frequency of dementia, depression, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms in 1,449 outpatients with Parkinson’s disease

    Oliver Riedel;Jens Klotsche;Annika Spottke;Giinther Deuschl

  • EEG coherence in Alzheimer disease

    C. Besthorn;H. Förstl;C. Geiger-Kabisch;H. Sattel

  • Psychiatric, neurological and medical aspects of misidentification syndromes: a review of 260 cases.

    Hans Förstl;Osvaldo P. Almeida;Adrian M. Owen;Alistair Burns

  • Clinical and neuropathological correlates of depression in Alzheimer's disease.

    Hans Förstl;Alistair Burns;Philip Luthert;Nigel Cairns

  • Phospho-tau/total tau ratio in cerebrospinal fluid discriminates Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from other dementias.

    M Riemenschneider;S Wagenpfeil;H Vanderstichele;M Otto

  • The Lewy-body variant of Alzheimer's disease : clinical and pathological findings

    Hans Förstl;Alistair Burns;Phil Luthert;Nigel Cairns

Frequent Co-Authors

Timo Grimmer
Timo Grimmer Technical University of Munich
Alexander Kurz
Alexander Kurz Technical University of Munich
Robert Perneczky
Robert Perneczky Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian Sorg
Christian Sorg Technical University of Munich
Alexander Drzezga
Alexander Drzezga University of Cologne
Alistair Burns
Alistair Burns University of Manchester
Afra M. Wohlschläger
Afra M. Wohlschläger Technical University of Munich
Valentin Riedl
Valentin Riedl Technical University of Munich
Stefan Leucht
Stefan Leucht Technical University of Munich
Osvaldo P. Almeida
Osvaldo P. Almeida University of Western Australia

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