2026 Horst Urbach: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	89	1153	1037	96	91	641	27446

Overview

Horst Urbach is affiliated with the University Medical Center Freiburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics.

Their research interests are reflected in a range of main topics including:

Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications
Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
Cerebrospinal Fluid and Hydrocephalus
Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Neurological Disorders and Treatments
Epilepsy Research and Treatment
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Horst Urbach has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most common publication venues include:

Clinical Neuroradiology
American Journal of Neuroradiology
Neuroradiology
Brain and Spine
Epilepsia

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on neurocognitive and neurological conditions. Some notable examples include:

"Cognitive impairment and altered cerebral glucose metabolism in the subacute stage of COVID-19," published in 2021 in Brain
"Neuropsychologic Profiles and Cerebral Glucose Metabolism in Neurocognitive Long COVID Syndrome," published in 2021 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine
"The dentato-rubro-thalamic tract as the potential common deep brain stimulation target for tremor of various origin: an observational case series," published in 2020 in Acta Neurochirurgica
"Comprehensive multi-omic profiling of somatic mutations in malformations of cortical development," published in 2023 in Nature Genetics
"Multicenter Validation of a Deep Learning Detection Algorithm for Focal Cortical Dysplasia," published in 2021 in Neurology

Horst Urbach collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

Alexander Rau
Marco Reisert
Jürgen Beck
Niklas Lützen
Theo Demerath

Best Publications

Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery.

Blumcke I;Spreafico R;Haaker G;Coras R

905
Citations
Lomustine-temozolomide combination therapy versus standard temozolomide therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with methylated MGMT promoter (CeTeG/NOA-09): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial

Ulrich Herrlinger;Theophilos Tzaridis;Frederic Mack;Joachim Peter Steinbach

594
Citations
The Spectrum of Long-term Epilepsy-associated Tumors : Long-term Seizure and Tumor Outcome and Neurosurgical Aspects

Cordelia Luyken;Ingmar Blümcke;Rolf Fimmers;Horst Urbach

543
Citations
Antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase define a form of limbic encephalitis

Michael P. Malter;Christoph Helmstaedter;Horst Urbach;Angela Vincent

534
Citations
Standard magnetic resonance imaging is inadequate for patients with refractory focal epilepsy

J. von Oertzen;H. Urbach;S. Jungbluth;M. Kurthen

459
Citations
Human Medial Forebrain Bundle (MFB) and Anterior Thalamic Radiation (ATR): Imaging of Two Major Subcortical Pathways and the Dynamic Balance of Opposite Affects in Understanding Depression

Volker A. Coenen;Jaak Panksepp;Trevor A. Hurwitz;Horst Urbach

434
Citations
Cognitive impairment and altered cerebral glucose metabolism in the subacute stage of COVID-19.

Jonas A Hosp;Andrea Dressing;Ganna Blazhenets;Tobias Bormann

380
Citations
Mechanical recanalization in basilar artery occlusion: The ENDOSTROKE study

Oliver C Singer;Joachim Berkefeld;Christian H Nolte;Georg Bohner

375
Citations
Persistent cognitive impairment, hippocampal atrophy and EEG changes in sepsis survivors

Alexander Semmler;Catherine Nichols Widmann;Thorsten Okulla;Horst Urbach

366
Citations
The natural history of Rasmussen's encephalitis.

Christian G. Bien;Guido Widman;Horst Urbach;Robert Sassen

332
Citations
Focal cortical dysplasia of Taylor's balloon cell type: a clinicopathological entity with characteristic neuroimaging and histopathological features, and favorable postsurgical outcome.

Horst Urbach;Björn Scheffler;Thomas Heinrichsmeier;Joachim Von Oertzen

326
Citations
Limbic encephalitis as a precipitating event in adult-onset temporal lobe epilepsy.

C G Bien;H Urbach;J Schramm;B M Soeder

286
Citations
Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of Patients With Refractory Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Negative Epilepsies

Christian G. Bien;Miriam Szinay;Jan Wagner;Hans Clusmann

273
Citations
Time-of-Flight MR Angiography: Comparison of 3.0-T Imaging and 1.5-T Imaging—Initial Experience

Winfried A. Willinek;Markus Born;Birgit Simon;Henriette J. Tschampa

249
Citations
Imaging of Neurovascular Compression Syndromes: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Hemifacial Spasm, Vestibular Paroxysmia, and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia

Sven Haller;Léonard Etienne;Eniko Veronika Kovari;A D Varoquaux

248
Citations
Modulation of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical network in thalamic deep brain stimulation for tremor: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

Volker A. Coenen;Niels Allert;Sebastian Paus;Martin Kronenbürger

241
Citations
Morphometric MRI analysis improves detection of focal cortical dysplasia type II.

Jan Wagner;Bernd Weber;Horst Urbach;Christian E Elger

241
Citations
Diagnosis and staging of Rasmussen’s encephalitis by serial MRI and histopathology

C. G. Bien;H. Urbach;M. Deckert;J. Schramm

237
Citations
Middle cerebral artery (MCA) susceptibility sign at susceptibility-based perfusion MR imaging: clinical importance and comparison with hyperdense MCA sign at CT.

Sebastian Flacke;Horst Urbach;Ewald Keller;Frank Träber

234
Citations
Proposal for a magnetic resonance imaging protocol for the detection of epileptogenic lesions at early outpatient stages.

Jörg Wellmer;Carlos M. Quesada;Lars Rothe;Christian E. Elger

232
Citations
Randomly segmented central k-space ordering in high-spatial-resolution contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the supraaortic arteries: initial experience.

Winfried A. Willinek;Jürgen Gieseke;Rudolf Conrad;Holger Strunk

221
Citations