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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Female Scientists 135 281 266 14 14 738 75413
Neuroscience 138 209 189 11 10 1036 82991
Medicine 138 1814 1687 88 85 1022 82727

Herta Flor publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Herta Flor between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Herta Flor published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 25.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 71 publications in 2015. 108 of the 1,229 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 71. Peak 71 publications in 2015. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 2 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 3 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 8 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 9 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 9 publications 1995: 11 publications 1996: 23 publications 1997: 22 publications 1998: 12 publications 1999: 26 publications 2000: 15 publications 2001: 21 publications 2002: 30 publications 2003: 19 publications 2004: 43 publications 2005: 33 publications 2006: 44 publications 2007: 40 publications 2008: 30 publications 2009: 31 publications 2010: 32 publications 2011: 33 publications 2012: 34 publications 2013: 50 publications 2014: 47 publications 2015: 71 publications 2016: 41 publications 2017: 38 publications 2018: 34 publications 2019: 53 publications 2020: 44 publications 2021: 57 publications 2022: 58 publications 2023: 53 publications 2024: 62 publications 2025: 46 publications
1978 2025

1,229 publications in total across all disciplines

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Herta Flor: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 2
1980 3
1981 1
1982 0
1983 1
1984 3
1985 4
1986 2
1987 8
1988 4
1989 7
1990 9
1991 4
1992 8
1993 10
1994 9
1995 11
1996 23
1997 22
1998 12
1999 26
2000 15
2001 21
2002 30
2003 19
2004 43
2005 33
2006 44
2007 40
2008 30
2009 31
2010 32
2011 33
2012 34
2013 50
2014 47
2015 71
2016 41
2017 38
2018 34
2019 53
2020 44
2021 57
2022 58
2023 53
2024 62
2025 46
Total 1,229
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Herta Flor 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 Herta Flor sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 887+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 539. Most scientists, 539, have 98–107 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 887+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 18 scientists 48–57 publications: 79 scientists 58–67 publications: 193 scientists 68–77 publications: 323 scientists 78–87 publications: 406 scientists 88–97 publications: 452 scientists 98–107 publications: 539 scientists 108–117 publications: 505 scientists 118–127 publications: 522 scientists 128–137 publications: 469 scientists 138–147 publications: 456 scientists 148–157 publications: 459 scientists 158–167 publications: 397 scientists 168–177 publications: 383 scientists 178–187 publications: 350 scientists 188–197 publications: 302 scientists 198–207 publications: 306 scientists 208–217 publications: 262 scientists 218–227 publications: 242 scientists 228–237 publications: 220 scientists 238–247 publications: 203 scientists 248–257 publications: 174 scientists 258–267 publications: 176 scientists 268–277 publications: 175 scientists 278–287 publications: 125 scientists 288–297 publications: 116 scientists 298–307 publications: 127 scientists 308–317 publications: 128 scientists 318–327 publications: 99 scientists 328–337 publications: 89 scientists 338–347 publications: 78 scientists 348–357 publications: 96 scientists 358–367 publications: 66 scientists 368–377 publications: 59 scientists 378–387 publications: 65 scientists 388–397 publications: 54 scientists 398–407 publications: 48 scientists 408–417 publications: 49 scientists 418–427 publications: 34 scientists 428–437 publications: 31 scientists 438–447 publications: 30 scientists 448–457 publications: 31 scientists 458–467 publications: 36 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 35 scientists 488–497 publications: 30 scientists 498–507 publications: 23 scientists 508–517 publications: 26 scientists 518–527 publications: 20 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 20 scientists 548–557 publications: 20 scientists 558–567 publications: 17 scientists 568–577 publications: 14 scientists 578–587 publications: 20 scientists 588–597 publications: 20 scientists 598–607 publications: 19 scientists 608–617 publications: 18 scientists 618–627 publications: 17 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 11 scientists 648–657 publications: 11 scientists 658–667 publications: 8 scientists 668–677 publications: 7 scientists 678–687 publications: 11 scientists 688–697 publications: 10 scientists 698–707 publications: 4 scientists 708–717 publications: 6 scientists 718–727 publications: 5 scientists 728–737 publications: 5 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 9 scientists 758–767 publications: 3 scientists 768–777 publications: 7 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 6 scientists 798–807 publications: 2 scientists 808–817 publications: 2 scientists 818–827 publications: 7 scientists 828–837 publications: 0 scientists 838–847 publications: 9 scientists 848–857 publications: 3 scientists 858–867 publications: 1 scientist 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 887+

This scientist: 1,036 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 18
48–57 79
58–67 193
68–77 323
78–87 406
88–97 452
98–107 539
108–117 505
118–127 522
128–137 469
138–147 456
148–157 459
158–167 397
168–177 383
178–187 350
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174
258–267 176
268–277 175
278–287 125
288–297 116
298–307 127
308–317 128
318–327 99
328–337 89
338–347 78
348–357 96
358–367 66
368–377 59
378–387 65
388–397 54
398–407 48
408–417 49
418–427 34
428–437 31
438–447 30
448–457 31
458–467 36
468–477 40
478–487 35
488–497 30
498–507 23
508–517 26
518–527 20
528–537 23
538–547 20
548–557 20
558–567 17
568–577 14
578–587 20
588–597 20
598–607 19
608–617 18
618–627 17
628–637 11
638–647 11
648–657 11
658–667 8
668–677 7
678–687 11
688–697 10
698–707 4
708–717 6
718–727 5
728–737 5
738–747 9
748–757 9
758–767 3
768–777 7
778–787 7
788–797 6
798–807 2
808–817 2
818–827 7
828–837 0
838–847 9
848–857 3
858–867 1
868–877 3
878–886 6
887+ 100 1,036
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Herta Flor 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 Herta Flor sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
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Bar chart with 68 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 512. Most scientists, 512, have 46–47 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 138–139 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 172 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 296 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 435 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 459 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 456 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 467 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 478 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 512 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 435 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 425 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 418 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 392 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 357 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 334 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 328 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 260 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 278 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 239 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 250 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 210 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 200 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 189 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 170 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 146 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 113 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 126 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 100 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 99 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 84 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 85 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 72 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 76 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 45 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 43 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 32 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 45 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 50 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 32 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 39 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 27 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 19 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 23 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 16 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 24 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 14 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 15 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 10 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 10 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 13 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 8 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 6 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 6 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 7 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 7 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 10 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162 D-Index: 8 scientists 163+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30–31 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 138 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 42
32–33 172
34–35 296
36–37 435
38–39 459
40–41 456
42–43 467
44–45 478
46–47 512
48–49 435
50–51 425
52–53 418
54–55 392
56–57 357
58–59 334
60–61 328
62–63 260
64–65 278
66–67 239
68–69 250
70–71 210
72–73 200
74–75 189
76–77 170
78–79 146
80–81 113
82–83 126
84–85 100
86–87 84
88–89 99
90–91 84
92–93 85
94–95 72
96–97 76
98–99 45
100–101 49
102–103 43
104–105 32
106–107 45
108–109 50
110–111 32
112–113 39
114–115 32
116–117 29
118–119 27
120–121 19
122–123 23
124–125 27
126–127 16
128–129 24
130–131 13
132–133 21
134–135 17
136–137 14
138–139 15 138
140–141 10
142–143 10
144–145 13
146–147 9
148–149 8
150–151 6
152–153 6
154–155 7
156–157 7
158–159 10
160–161 4
162 8
163+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2008 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
  • 2004 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Herta Flor is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany. Their research focuses extensively on the intersections of medicine, neuroscience, and psychology, with a notable emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, experimental and clinical psychology, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist has contributed to a range of main topics in research, including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Some of the most recent publications by Herta Flor include:

  • "The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises" (2020, Pain)
  • "Brain (re)organisation following amputation: Implications for phantom limb pain" (2020, NeuroImage)
  • "Association of Cannabis Use During Adolescence With Neurodevelopment" (2021, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • "Cognitive and brain development is independently influenced by socioeconomic status and polygenic scores for educational attainment" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "The empirical replicability of task-based fMRI as a function of sample size" (2020, NeuroImage)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Frauke Nees
  • Tobias Banaschewski
  • Andreas Heinz
  • Sylvane Desrivières
  • Michael N. Smolka

Herta Flor's publications appear significantly in several notable venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pain
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Scientific Reports
  • eLife

The scientist has also authored a book titled Neuropsychologie des chronischen Schmerzes, published in 2020 by Hogrefe Verlag.

Recognition of their work includes membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, awarded in 2008 for contributions to psychology and cognitive sciences, as well as being a member of Academia Europaea since 2004.

Best Publications

  • The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises.

    Srinivasa N. Raja;Daniel B. Carr;Milton Cohen;Nanna B. Finnerup;Nanna B. Finnerup

  • Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Standardized protocol and reference values

    R. Rolke;R. Baron;C. Maier;T.R. Tölle

  • Phantom-limb pain as a perceptual correlate of cortical reorganization following arm amputation

    Herta Flor;Thomas Elbert;Stefan Knecht;Christian Wienbruch

  • A spelling device for the paralysed

    N. Birbaumer;N. Ghanayim;T. Hinterberger;I. Iversen

  • Efficacy of Multidisciplinary Pain Treatment Centers: A Meta-Analytic Review

    H. Flor;T. Fydrich;D. C. Turk

  • Efficacy of multidisciplinary pain treatment centers: a meta-analytic review.

    Herta Flor;Thomas Fydrich;Dennis C. Turk

  • Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Somatosensory abnormalities in 1236 patients with different neuropathic pain syndromes

    C. Maier;R. Baron;T. R. Tölle;A. Binder

  • Activation of Cortical and Cerebellar Motor Areas during Executed and Imagined Hand Movements: An fMRI Study

    Martin Lotze;Pedro Montoya;Michael Erb;Ernst Hülsmann

  • Phantom limb pain: a case of maladaptive CNS plasticity?

    Herta Flor;Lone Nikolajsen;Troels Staehelin Jensen

  • Deficient Fear Conditioning in Psychopathy A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Niels Birbaumer;Ralf Veit;Martin Lotze;Michael Erb

  • Reorganization of auditory cortex in tinnitus

    Werner Mühlnickel;Thomas Elbert;Edward Taub;Herta Flor

  • Extensive reorganization of primary somatosensory cortex in chronic back pain patients

    Herta Flor;Christoph Braun;Thomas Elbert;Niels Birbaumer;Niels Birbaumer

  • Amygdala-prefrontal coupling depends on a genetic variation of the serotonin transporter

    Andreas Heinz;Dieter F Braus;Michael N Smolka;Jana Wrase

  • Phantom-limb pain: characteristics, causes, and treatment

    Herta Flor

  • Differential activation of the dorsal striatum by high-calorie visual food stimuli in obese individuals

    Yvonne Rothemund;Claudia Preuschhof;Georg Bohner;Hans-Christian Bauknecht

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • The thought translation device (TTD) for completely paralyzed patients

    N. Birbaumer;A. Kubler;N. Ghanayim;T. Hinterberger

  • Effect of sensory discrimination training on cortical reorganisation and phantom limb pain

    Herta Flor;Claudia Denke;Michael Schaefer;Sabine Grüsser

  • The IMAGEN study: reinforcement-related behaviour in normal brain function and psychopathology.

    G Schumann;E Loth;T Banaschewski;A Barbot

  • Cue-induced activation of the striatum and medial prefrontal cortex is associated with subsequent relapse in abstinent alcoholics

    Sabine M. Grüsser;Jana Wrase;Sabine Klein;Derik Hermann

  • Structural plasticity and reorganisation in chronic pain.

    Rohini Kuner;Herta Flor

  • Correlation between dopamine D(2) receptors in the ventral striatum and central processing of alcohol cues and craving.

    Andreas Heinz;Thomas Siessmeier;Jana Wrase;Derik Hermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Garavan
Hugh Garavan University of Vermont
Andreas Heinz
Andreas Heinz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Tomáš Paus
Tomáš Paus University of Toronto
Frauke Nees
Frauke Nees Kiel University
Gunter Schumann
Gunter Schumann King's College London
Tobias Banaschewski
Tobias Banaschewski Heidelberg University
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal
Jean-Luc Martinot
Jean-Luc Martinot École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Arun L.W. Bokde
Arun L.W. Bokde Trinity College Dublin

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