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Ilse Van Diest

Ilse Van Diest

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
46
Citations
9967
World Ranking
6372
National Ranking
85

Ilse Van Diest publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ilse Van Diest sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 349 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Ilse Van Diest D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ilse Van Diest sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ilse Van Diest is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, contributing extensively to research in medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields, including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Van Diest's research focuses on key topics such as heart rate variability and autonomic control, vagus nerve stimulation research, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. They have also contributed to studies related to EEG and brain-computer interfaces, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, inflammatory bowel disease, and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

The scientist has published multiple papers in a range of respected venues. Notable recent works include:

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020), 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Moving beyond belief: A narrative review of potential biomarkers for transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, 2020, Psychophysiology
  • Can Slow Deep Breathing Reduce Pain? An Experimental Study Exploring Mechanisms, 2020, Journal of Pain
  • Short bursts of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhance evoked pupil dilation as a function of stimulation parameters, 2022, Cortex
  • Evidence for a modulating effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) on salivary alpha-amylase as indirect noradrenergic marker: A pooled mega-analysis, 2022, Brain stimulation

Van Diest frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors include Andreas von Leupoldt, Martina D'Agostini, Valentina Jelinčić, Lukas Van Oudenhove, and Andreas M. Burger.

Their publications often appear in journals such as Psychophysiology and Biological Psychology, with multiple contributions to the Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, Brain Stimulation, and Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy.

Best Publications

  • Interoception and Mental Health: A Roadmap

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  • The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders

    Raffael Kalisch;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Ulrike Basten;Ulrike Basten;Marco P. Boks

  • On the origin of interoception.

    Erik Ceunen;Erik Ceunen;Johan W. S. Vlaeyen;Ilse Van Diest

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020).

    Adam D. Farmer;Adam Strzelczyk;Alessandra Finisguerra;Alexander V. Gourine

  • Inhalation/Exhalation Ratio Modulates the Effect of Slow Breathing on Heart Rate Variability and Relaxation

    Ilse Van Diest;Karen Verstappen;André E. Aubert;Devy Widjaja;Devy Widjaja

  • Inaccurate perception of asthma symptoms: a cognitive-affective framework and implications for asthma treatment.

    Thomas Janssens;Geert Verleden;Steven De Peuter;Ilse Van Diest

  • Verdere validering van de Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) en vergelijking van twee Nederlandstalige versies.

    Ute Engelen;Steven De Peuter;An Victoir;Ilse Van Diest

  • Pain and respiration: a systematic review

    Hassan Jafari;Imke Courtois;Omer Van den Bergh;Johan W S Vlaeyen

  • Sigh rate and respiratory variability during mental load and sustained attention.

    Elke Vlemincx;Joachim Taelman;Steven De Peuter;Ilse Van Diest

  • Large-scale wearable data reveal digital phenotypes for daily-life stress detection

    Elena Smets;Elena Smets;Emmanuel Rios Velazquez;Giuseppina Schiavone;Imen Chakroun

  • Dyspnea: The role of psychological processes

    Steven De Peuter;Ilse Van Diest;Valentine Lemaigre;Geert Verleden

  • Accuracy of respiratory symptom perception in different affective contexts

    Katleen Bogaerts;Karolien Notebaert;Ilse Van Diest;Stephan Devriese

  • The effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on conditioned fear extinction in humans.

    Andreas M. Burger;Bart Verkuil;Ilse Van Diest;Willem Van der Does

  • Understanding fear of pain in chronic pain: interoceptive fear conditioning as a novel approach.

    Steven De Peuter;Ilse Van Diest;Debora Vansteenwegen;Omer Van den Bergh

  • Moving beyond belief: A narrative review of potential biomarkers for transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation.

    Andreas Michael Burger;Martina D’Agostini;Bart Verkuil;Ilse Van Diest

  • Media warnings about environmental pollution facilitate the acquisition of symptoms in response to chemical substances.

    Winnie Winters;Stephan Devriese;Ilse Van Diest;Benoit Nemery

  • High symptom reporters are less interoceptively accurate in a symptom-related context.

    Katleen Bogaerts;An Millen;Wan Li;Steven De Peuter

  • Learning subjective health complaints

    Omer Van den Bergh;Winnie Winters;Stephan Devriese;Ilse Van Diest

  • Distorted symptom perception in patients with medically unexplained symptoms.

    Katleen Bogaerts;Lien Van Eylen;Wan Li;Johan Bresseleers

  • Hyperventilation beyond fight/flight: respiratory responses during emotional imagery.

    Ilse van Diest;Winnie Winters;Stephan Devriese;Elke Vercamst

  • Generalization of Acquired Somatic Symptoms in Response to Odors: A Pavlovian Perspective on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

    Stephan Devriese;Winnie Winters;Kris Stegen;Ilse Van Diest

  • Negative affectivity and enhanced symptom reports: differentiating between symptoms in men and women.

    Ilse Van Diest;Steven De Peuter;Audrey Eertmans;Katleen Bogaerts

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