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Ivica Kostović

Ivica Kostović

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Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
14919
World Ranking
3963
National Ranking
1

Ivica Kostović 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 Ivica Kostović sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 219 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ivica Kostović 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 Ivica Kostović sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% 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

  • 2004 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ivica Kostović is affiliated with the University of Zagreb in Croatia and has conducted extensive research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Neurology.

The scientist has contributed to a range of topics, focusing notably on Neonatal and fetal brain pathology, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Immune cells in cancer.

Recent publications illustrate the scope of their research:

  • Patient-specific Alzheimer-like pathology in trisomy 21 cerebral organoids reveals BACE2 as a gene dose-sensitive AD suppressor in human brain, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • The enigmatic fetal subplate compartment forms an early tangential cortical nexus and provides the framework for construction of cortical connectivity, 2020, Progress in Neurobiology
  • The spatiotemporal dynamics of microglia across the human lifespan, 2022, Developmental Cell
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders: Multiple Routes to, and Multiple Consequences of, Abnormal Synaptic Function and Connectivity, 2020, The Neuroscientist
  • Fundamentals of the Development of Connectivity in the Human Fetal Brain in Late Gestation: From 24 Weeks Gestational Age to Term, 2021, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology

Kostović also frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Psychiatry, Nature Communications, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, and Cells.

Their research collaborations include repeated co-authorship with Željka Krsnik, Janja Kopić, André Strydom, Dean Nižetić, and Iris Žunić Išasegi.

In recognition of scientific contributions, Ivica Kostović was awarded membership in the Academia Europaea in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Extraordinary neoteny of synaptic spines in the human prefrontal cortex

    Zdravko Petanjek;Miloš Judaš;Goran Šimić;Mladen Roko Rašin;Mladen Roko Rašin

  • Developmental history of the transient subplate zone in the visual and somatosensory cortex of the macaque monkey and human brain

    Ivica Kostovic;Pasko Rakic

  • The development of cerebral connections during the first 20-45 weeks' gestation.

    Ivica Kostović;Nataša Jovanov-Milošević

  • Volume and number of neurons of the human hippocampal formation in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease

    Goran Šimić;Ivica Kostović;Bengt Winblad;Nenad Bogdanović

  • Cytology and time of origin of interstitial neurons in the white matter in infant and adult human and monkey telencephalon.

    Ivica Kostovic;Pasko Rakic

  • Laminar Organization of the Human Fetal Cerebrum Revealed by Histochemical Markers and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Ivica Kostović;Miloš Judaš;Marko Radoš;Pero Hrabač

  • The development of the subplate and thalamocortical connections in the human foetal brain

    Ivica Kostović;Miloš Judaš

  • The development of synapses in cerebral cortex of the human fetus.

    Mark E. Molliver;Ivica Kostovic;Hendrik Van Der Loos

  • New insights into the development of the human cerebral cortex

    Zoltán Molnár;Gavin J Clowry;Nenad Šestan;Ayman Alzu'bi

  • Prenatal development of neurons in the human prefrontal cortex. II. A quantitative Golgi study.

    L. Mrzljak;H. B. M. Uylings;I. Kostovic;C. G. Van Eden

  • Development of prestriate visual projections in the monkey and human fetal cerebrum revealed by transient cholinesterase staining

    I Kostovic;P Rakic

  • Transient cholinesterase staining in the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus and its connections in the developing human and monkey brain

    Ivica Kostovic;Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic

  • Lifespan Alterations of Basal Dendritic Trees of Pyramidal Neurons in the Human Prefrontal Cortex: A Layer-Specific Pattern

    Zdravko Petanjek;Miloš Judaš;Ivica Kostović;Harry B.M. Uylings;Harry B.M. Uylings

  • Correlation between the sequential ingrowth of afferents and transient patterns of cortical lamination in preterm infants

    Ivica Kostović;Miloš Judaš

  • Does Alzheimer's disease begin in the brainstem?

    Goran Simic;Gabrijela Stanić;Mihovil Mladinov;Natasa Jovanov-Milosevic

  • Neural histology and neurogenesis of the human fetal and infant brain.

    I. Kostovic;Goran Sedmak;Milos Judas

  • Structural, immunocytochemical, and mr imaging properties of periventricular crossroads of growing cortical pathways in preterm infants

    Miloš Judaš;Marko Radoš;Nataša Jovanov-Milošević;Pero Hrabac

  • Perinatal and early postnatal reorganization of the subplate and related cellular compartments in the human cerebral wall as revealed by histological and MRI approaches

    Ivica Kostović;Nataša Jovanov-Milošević;Milan Radoš;Goran Sedmak

  • Development of axonal pathways in the human fetal fronto-limbic brain: histochemical characterization and diffusion tensor imaging

    Lana Vasung;Hao Huang;Nataša Jovanov-Milošević;Mihovil Pletikos

  • Structural and histochemical reorganization of the human prefrontal cortex during perinatal and postnatal life.

    Kostović I

  • Ontogenesis of goal-directed behavior: anatomo-functional considerations

    Ivica Kostović;Miloš Judaš;Zdravko Petanjek;Goran Šimić

Frequent Co-Authors

Bengt Winblad
Bengt Winblad Karolinska Institute
Catherine Verney
Catherine Verney Grenoble Alpes University
Pasko Rakic
Pasko Rakic Yale University
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Harry B.M. Uylings
Harry B.M. Uylings Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nenad Bogdanovic
Nenad Bogdanovic Karolinska Institute
Nenad Sestan
Nenad Sestan Yale University
Monique Esclapez
Monique Esclapez Aix-Marseille University
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Bernd Heimrich
Bernd Heimrich University of Freiburg

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