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Heidi Johansen-Berg

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115
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Medicine

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Heidi Johansen-Berg 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 Heidi Johansen-Berg sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 379 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heidi Johansen-Berg 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 Heidi Johansen-Berg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Heidi Johansen-Berg is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience and Medicine, with a significant number of publications in the subfields of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Physiology, Neurology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their work covers multiple main topics including:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development

Heidi Johansen-Berg has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several scholarly venues. Among the main publication platforms are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers include:

  • A critical evaluation of systematic reviews assessing the effect of chronic physical activity on academic achievement, cognition and the brain in children and adolescents: a systematic review (2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity)
  • Serotonin regulation of behavior via large-scale neuromodulation of serotonin receptor networks (2022, Nature Neuroscience)
  • The effect of a one-year vigorous physical activity intervention on fitness, cognitive performance and mental health in young adolescents: the Fit to Study cluster randomised controlled trial (2021, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity)
  • Sleep Disruption After Brain Injury Is Associated With Worse Motor Outcomes and Slower Functional Recovery (2020, Neurorehabilitation and neural repair)
  • Oligodendrocyte dynamics dictate cognitive performance outcomes of working memory training in mice (2023, Nature Communications)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Piergiorgio Salvan
  • Alberto Lazari
  • Melanie K. Fleming
  • Helen Dawes
  • Cassandra Sampaio-Baptista

Heidi Johansen-Berg has also been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Advances in functional and structural MR image analysis and implementation as FSL.

    S M Smith;M Jenkinson;M W Woolrich;M W Woolrich;C F Beckmann

  • Tract-based spatial statistics: voxelwise analysis of multi-subject diffusion data.

    S M Smith;M Jenkinson;H Johansen-Berg;D Rueckert

  • Probabilistic diffusion tractography with multiple fibre orientations: What can we gain?

    Behrens Tej.;H J Berg;S Jbabdi;Rushworth Mfs.

  • Characterization and propagation of uncertainty in diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

    Timothy E.J. Behrens;M. W. Woolrich;Mi Jenkinson;H. Johansen-Berg

  • Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging

    T E J Behrens;H Johansen-Berg;M W Woolrich;M W Woolrich;S M Smith

  • Plasticity in gray and white: neuroimaging changes in brain structure during learning

    Robert J Zatorre;R Douglas Fields;Heidi Johansen-Berg

  • Training induces changes in white-matter architecture

    Jan Scholz;Miriam C Klein;Timothy E J Behrens;Heidi Johansen-Berg

  • Function in the human connectome: Task-fMRI and individual differences in behavior

    M Deanna;Gregory C. Burgess;Michael P. Harms;Steven E. Petersen

  • Polarity-sensitive modulation of cortical neurotransmitters by transcranial stimulation.

    C J Stagg;J G Best;M C Stephenson;J O'Shea

  • The role of ipsilateral premotor cortex in hand movement after stroke

    Heidi Johansen-Berg;Matthew F. S. Rushworth;Marko D. Bogdanovic;Udo Kischka

  • Connectivity-Based Parcellation of Human Cingulate Cortex and Its Relation to Functional Specialization

    Matthias Beckmann;Heidi Johansen-Berg;Matthew F. S. Rushworth

  • Anatomically related grey and white matter abnormalities in adolescent-onset schizophrenia

    Gwenaëlle Douaud;Stephen Smith;Mark Jenkinson;Timothy Behrens

  • Tools of the trade: psychophysiological interactions and functional connectivity

    Jill X. O’Reilly;Mark W. Woolrich;Timothy E.J. Behrens;Stephen M. Smith

  • Diffusion MRI : from quantitative measurement to in vivo neuroanatomy

    Heidi Johansen-Berg;Timothy E. J. Behrens

  • Distinct and Overlapping Functional Zones in the Cerebellum Defined by Resting State Functional Connectivity

    Jill X. O'Reilly;Christian F. Beckmann;Christian F. Beckmann;Valentina Tomassini;Valentina Tomassini;Narender Ramnani

  • Changes in connectivity profiles define functionally-distinct regions in human medial frontal cortex

    H. Johansen-Berg;T. E. J. Behrens;M. D. Robson;I. Drobnjak

  • Correlation between motor improvements and altered fMRI activity after rehabilitative therapy

    Heidi Johansen‐Berg;Helen Dawes;Claire Guy;Stephen M. Smith

  • Tractography - where do we go from here?

    Saad Jbabdi;Heidi Johansen-Berg

  • The Role of GABA in Human Motor Learning

    Charlotte J. Stagg;Velicia Bachtiar;Heidi Johansen-Berg

  • Anatomical connectivity of the subgenual cingulate region targeted with deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression.

    H. Johansen-Berg;D. A. Gutman;T. E. J. Behrens;P. M. Matthews;P. M. Matthews;P. M. Matthews

  • Acquisition and voxelwise analysis of multi-subject diffusion data with Tract-Based Spatial Statistics

    Stephen M Smith;Heidi Johansen-Berg;Mark Jenkinson;Daniel Rueckert

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul M. Matthews
Paul M. Matthews Imperial College London
Charlotte J. Stagg
Charlotte J. Stagg University of Oxford
Timothy E.J. Behrens
Timothy E.J. Behrens University of Oxford
Stephen M. Smith
Stephen M. Smith University of Oxford
Matthew F. S. Rushworth
Matthew F. S. Rushworth University of Oxford
Mark Jenkinson
Mark Jenkinson University of Oxford
Thomas E. Nichols
Thomas E. Nichols University of Oxford
Saad Jbabdi
Saad Jbabdi University of Oxford
Irene Tracey
Irene Tracey University of Oxford

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