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Joana B. Pereira

Joana B. Pereira

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
6749
World Ranking
8075
National Ranking
159

Joana B. Pereira 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 Joana B. Pereira sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 115 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Joana B. Pereira 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 Joana B. Pereira 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.

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Overview

Joana B. Pereira is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The research primarily focuses on areas within medicine and neuroscience, with significant work spanning cognitive neuroscience, physiology, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neurological disease mechanisms and treatments

Frequent co-authors in collaborative work are:

  • Giovanni Volpe
  • Eric Westman
  • Mite Mijalkov
  • Oskar Hansson
  • Henrik Zetterberg

The scientist has published notably in the following venues:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Brain
  • Neurology

Selected recent papers with publication year and venue include:

  • "Plasma GFAP is an early marker of amyloid-β but not tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Brain
  • "Imaging biomarkers in neurodegeneration: current and future practices," 2020, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • "Untangling the association of amyloid-β and tau with synaptic and axonal loss in Alzheimer's disease," 2020, Brain
  • "Early stages of tau pathology and its associations with functional connectivity, atrophy and memory," 2021, Brain
  • "Plasma markers predict changes in amyloid, tau, atrophy and cognition in non-demented subjects," 2021, Brain

Best Publications

  • Plasma GFAP is an early marker of amyloid-β but not tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease.

    Joana B Pereira;Joana B Pereira;Shorena Janelidze;Ruben Smith;Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren

  • Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease

    Jacob W. Vogel;Yasser Iturria-Medina;Olof T. Strandberg;Ruben Smith

  • Assessment of cortical degeneration in patients with Parkinson's disease by voxel-based morphometry, cortical folding, and cortical thickness.

    Joana Braga Pereira;Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao;Maria-Jose Marti;Yaroslau Compta

  • BRAPH: A graph theory software for the analysis of brain connectivity.

    Mite Mijalkov;Ehsan Kakaei;Joana B. Pereira;Eric Westman

  • Initial cognitive decline is associated with cortical thinning in early Parkinson disease.

    Joana B. Pereira;Per Svenningsson;Daniel Weintraub;Kolbjørn Brønnick

  • Synaptic markers of cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases: a proteomic approach.

    Erika Bereczki;Rui M. Branca;Paul T. Francis;Joana B. Pereira

  • Modulation of verbal fluency networks by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in Parkinson’s disease

    Joana B. Pereira;Carme Junqué;David Bartrés-Faz;Maria J. Martí

  • Imaging biomarkers in neurodegeneration: current and future practices

    Peter N. E. Young;Mar Estarellas;Emma Coomans;Meera Srikrishna

  • Untangling the association of amyloid-β and tau with synaptic and axonal loss in Alzheimer's disease

    Joana B Pereira;Joana B Pereira;Shorena Janelidze;Rik Ossenkoppele;Rik Ossenkoppele;Hlin Kvartsberg;Hlin Kvartsberg

  • Early stages of tau pathology and its associations with functional connectivity, atrophy and memory.

    David Berron;Jacob W Vogel;Philip S Insel;Philip S Insel;Joana B Pereira

  • Synaptic proteins predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.

    Erika Bereczki;Paul T. Francis;David R. Howlett;Joana B. Pereira

  • Combined dementia-risk biomarkers in Parkinson's disease: a prospective longitudinal study.

    Yaroslau Compta;Joana B. Pereira;Jose Ríos;Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao;Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao

  • Neuroanatomical substrate of visuospatial and visuoperceptual impairment in Parkinson's disease

    Joana B. Pereira;Carme Junqué;María-Jośe Martí;Blanca Ramirez-Ruiz

  • Heterogeneous patterns of brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease.

    Konstantinos Poulakis;Joana B. Pereira;Patrizia Mecocci;Bruno Vellas

  • Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight

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  • Disrupted Network Topology in Patients with Stable and Progressive Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease

    Joana B. Pereira;Mite Mijalkov;Ehsan Kakaei;Patricia Mecocci

  • Plasma markers predict changes in amyloid, tau, atrophy and cognition in non-demented subjects

    Joana B Pereira;Joana B Pereira;Shorena Janelidze;Erik Stomrud;Sebastian Palmqvist

  • Association between cerebrospinal fluid and plasma neurodegeneration biomarkers with brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease.

    Joana B. Pereira;Eric Westman;Oskar Hansson;Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

  • Large-scale resting state network correlates of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease and related dopaminergic deficits

    Alexander V. Lebedev;Eric Westman;Andrew Simmons;Aleksandra Lebedeva

  • Aberrant cerebral network topology and mild cognitive impairment in early Parkinson's disease

    Joana B Pereira;Dag Aarsland;Dag Aarsland;Cedric E Ginestet;Alexander V Lebedev

  • Structural brain correlates of verbal fluency in Parkinson's disease.

    Joana B. Pereira;Carme Junqué;Maria J. Martí;Blanca Ramirez-Ruiz

  • Cognitive executive impairment and dopaminergic deficits in de novo Parkinson's disease

    Françoise J. Siepel;Kolbjørn S. Brønnick;Jan Booij;Bernard M. Ravina

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Westman
Eric Westman Karolinska Institute
Oskar Hansson
Oskar Hansson Lund University
Dag Aarsland
Dag Aarsland King's College London
Lars-Olof Wahlund
Lars-Olof Wahlund Karolinska Institute
Sebastian Palmqvist
Sebastian Palmqvist Lund University
Danielle van Westen
Danielle van Westen Lund University
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Simmons
Andrew Simmons King's College London
Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg
Erik Stomrud
Erik Stomrud Lund University

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