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Jiska S. Peper 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 Jiska S. Peper sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 60 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jiska S. Peper 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 Jiska S. Peper sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jiska S. Peper is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology, Medicine, and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on several subfields including Reproductive Medicine, Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Applied Psychology.

Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Ethics and legal issues in pediatric healthcare
  • Behavioral health and interventions
  • Mental health research topics
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Peper are:

  • Sex differences and brain development during puberty and adolescence, 2020, Handbook of Clinical Neurology
  • Giving Children a Voice in Court?, 2020, Erasmus Law Review

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Sarah Burke
  • Lara M. Wierenga
  • M.R. Bruning
  • Neeltje E. Blankenstein
  • Eveline A. Crone

Peper's work has appeared primarily in the following publication venues:

  • Handbook of Clinical Neurology
  • Erasmus Law Review

Best Publications

  • Longitudinal Changes in Adolescent Risk-Taking: A Comprehensive Study of Neural Responses to Rewards, Pubertal Development, and Risk-Taking Behavior

    Barbara R. Braams;Anna C.K. van Duijvenvoorde;Jiska S. Peper;Eveline A. Crone

  • Genetic influences on human brain structure: A review of brain imaging studies in twins

    Jiska S. Peper;Rachel M. Brouwer;Dorret I. Boomsma;René S. Kahn

  • The Teenage Brain Surging Hormones—Brain-Behavior Interactions During Puberty

    Jiska S. Peper;Ronald E. Dahl

  • Testosterone Reduces Unconscious Fear but Not Consciously Experienced Anxiety: Implications for the Disorders of Fear and Anxiety

    Jack van Honk;Jiska S. Peper;Dennis J.L.G. Schutter

  • Sex steroids and brain structure in pubertal boys and girls

    Jiska S. Peper;Rachel M. Brouwer;Hugo G. Schnack;G. Caroline M. van Baal

  • Sex steroids and connectivity in the human brain: A review of neuroimaging studies

    Jiska S. Peper;Martijn P. van den Heuvel;René C.W. Mandl;Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol

  • Sex steroids and brain structure in pubertal boys and girls: a mini-review of neuroimaging studies.

    J.S. Peper;H.E. Hulshoff Pol;E.A. Crone;J. van Honk;J. van Honk

  • Unraveling age, puberty and testosterone effects on subcortical brain development across adolescence.

    Lara M. Wierenga;Marieke G.N. Bos;Elisabeth Schreuders;Ferdi vd Kamp

  • Changing your sex changes your brain: influences of testosterone and estrogen on adult human brain structure

    Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Neeltje E.M. Van Haren;Jiska S. Peper

  • Understanding the Role of Puberty in Structural and Functional Development of the Adolescent Brain

    Anne Lise Goddings;Adriene Beltz;Jiska S. Peper;Eveline A. Crone

  • Annual Research Review: Neural contributions to risk-taking in adolescence – developmental changes and individual differences

    Eveline A. Crone;Anna C. K. van Duijvenvoorde;Jiska S. Peper

  • Heritability of regional and global brain structure at the onset of puberty: A magnetic resonance imaging study in 9‐year‐old twin pairs

    Jiska S. Peper;Hugo G. Schnack;Rachel M. Brouwer;G. Caroline M. van Baal

  • Delay discounting and frontostriatal fiber tracts: A combined DTI and MTR study on impulsive choices in healthy young adults

    Jiska S. Peper;René C.W. Mandl;Barbara R. Braams;Erik de Water

  • White matter development in adolescence: the influence of puberty and implications for affective disorders.

    Cecile D. Ladouceur;Jiska S. Peper;Eveline A. Crone;Ronald E. Dahl

  • Frontostriatal White Matter Integrity Predicts Development of Delay of Gratification: A Longitudinal Study

    Michelle Achterberg;Jiska S. Peper;Anna C.K. van Duijvenvoorde;René C.W. Mandl

  • The influence of sex steroids on structural brain maturation in adolescence

    P. Cédric M. P. Koolschijn;Jiska S. Peper;Eveline A. Crone

  • Contributions of Reward Sensitivity to Ventral Striatum Activity Across Adolescence and Early Adulthood

    Elisabeth Schreuders;Barbara R. Braams;Neeltje E. Blankenstein;Jiska S. Peper

  • Gambling for self, friends, and antagonists: Differential contributions of affective and social brain regions on adolescent reward processing

    Barbara R. Braams;Sabine Peters;Jiska S. Peper;Berna Güroğlu

  • Genetic influences on thinning of the cerebral cortex during development.

    I.L.C. van Soelen;R.M. Brouwer;G.C.M. van Baal;H.G. Schnack

  • White matter development in early puberty: a longitudinal volumetric and diffusion tensor imaging twin study.

    Rachel M. Brouwer;René C. W. Mandl;Hugo G. Schnack;Inge L. C. van Soelen;Inge L. C. van Soelen

Frequent Co-Authors

Eveline A. Crone
Eveline A. Crone Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol
Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol Utrecht University
René S. Kahn
René S. Kahn Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rachel M. Brouwer
Rachel M. Brouwer Utrecht University
Hugo G. Schnack
Hugo G. Schnack Utrecht University
Martijn P. van den Heuvel
Martijn P. van den Heuvel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jack van Honk
Jack van Honk Utrecht University
Dennis J.L.G. Schutter
Dennis J.L.G. Schutter Utrecht University

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