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Josef Zentner 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 Josef Zentner sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 197 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Josef Zentner 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 Josef Zentner sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 50th percentile

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Overview

Josef Zentner is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research has primarily focused on epilepsy, neuroscience, and related medical fields, with a significant number of publications spanning pediatrics, neurology, and psychiatric aspects of brain health.

Their recent scholarly contributions include papers published between 2020 and 2023 in well-known journals such as Epilepsia, Neurosurgery, Hippocampus, and others. Notable recent papers are:

  • Hemispherectomy Outcome Prediction Scale: Development and validation of a seizure freedom prediction tool, 2021, Epilepsia
  • Comparison of the real-world effectiveness of vertical versus lateral functional hemispherotomy techniques for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: A post hoc analysis of the HOPS study, 2021, Epilepsia
  • Not surgical technique, but etiology, contralateral MRI, prior surgery, and side of surgery determine seizure outcome after pediatric hemispherotomy, 2023, Epilepsia
  • Mossy fiber sprouting into the hippocampal region CA2 in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, 2021, Hippocampus
  • Multilobar Epilepsy Surgery in Childhood and Adolescence: Predictors of Long-Term Seizure Freedom, 2020, Neurosurgery

Zentner's work spans multiple topics within their main fields of study, including Medicine and Neuroscience. The primary research topics they cover involve:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological effects and toxicity studies
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Spine and intervertebral disc pathology

Their subfields of study further include Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Zentner has frequently published in prominent venues such as:

  • Epilepsia
  • Neurosurgery
  • Journal of Biophotonics
  • Hippocampus
  • Neuroradiology

The scientist has also collaborated regularly with various other researchers, including Georgia Ramantani, Niklaus Krayenbühl, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage, Alexander G. Weil, and Evan Lewis, reflecting a strong network within the epilepsy and neuroscience research communities.

Best Publications

  • Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery.

    Blumcke I;Spreafico R;Haaker G;Coras R

  • A new clinico-pathological classification system for mesial temporal sclerosis

    Ingmar Blümcke;Elisabeth Pauli;Hans Clusmann;Johannes Schramm

  • Gangliogliomas: clinical, radiological, and histopathological findings in 51 patients.

    J Zentner;H K Wolf;B Ostertun;A Hufnagel

  • Focal cortical dysplasias: surgical outcome in 67 patients in relation to histological subtypes and dual pathology.

    Susanne Fauser;Andreas Schulze-Bonhage;Juergen Honegger;Hans Carmona

  • Surgical and neurological complications in a series of 708 epilepsy surgery procedures. Commentaries

    E. Behrens;J. Schramm;J. Zentner;R. König

  • Role for reelin in the development of granule cell dispersion in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Carola A. Haas;Oliver Dudeck;Matthias Kirsch;Csaba Huszka

  • Clinical Relevance of Quantified Intracranial Interictal Spike Activity in Presurgical Evaluation of Epilepsy

    A. Hufnagel;M. Dümpelmann;J. Zentner;O. Schijns

  • EEG and MEG source analysis of single and averaged interictal spikes reveals intrinsic epileptogenicity in focal cortical dysplasia.

    Thomas Bast;Oezdin Oezkan;Sabine Rona;Christoph Stippich

  • Total intravenous anesthesia for intraoperative monitoring of the motor pathways: an integral view combining clinical and experimental data.

    Kai-Michael Scheufler;Josef Zentner

  • Long-term seizure outcome in 211 patients with focal cortical dysplasia.

    Susanne Fauser;Charles Essang;Dirk‐Matthias Altenmüller;Anke Maren Staack

  • Intrinsic tumors of the insula: a prospective surgical study of 30 patients

    Josef Zentner;Bernhard Meyer;Armin Stangl;Johannes Schramm

  • Granule cell dispersion is not accompanied by enhanced neurogenesis in temporal lobe epilepsy patients.

    Alexander Fahrner;Gunda Kann;Armin Flubacher;Christophe Heinrich

  • Influence of anesthetics--nitrous oxide in particular--on electromyographic response evoked by transcranial electrical stimulation of the cortex.

    Josef Zentner;Ivan Kiss;Alois Ebner

  • Factors influencing surgical outcome in patients with focal cortical dysplasia

    Susanne Fauser;Thomas Bast;Dirk-Matthias Altenmüller;Jürgen Schulte-Mönting

  • Brain-tumour drug resistance: the bare essentials

    Markus Bredel;Josef Zentner

  • Seizure and cognitive outcomes of epilepsy surgery in infancy and early childhood

    Georgia Ramantani;Navah Ester Kadish;Karl Strobl;Armin Brandt

  • The impact of molecular genetic analysis of the VHL gene in patients with haemangioblastomas of the central nervous system

    Sven Gläsker;Bernhard U Bender;Thomas W Apel;Ernst Natt

  • Seizure control and developmental trajectories after hemispherotomy for refractory epilepsy in childhood and adolescence.

    Georgia Ramantani;Navah Ester Kadish;Armin Brandt;Karl Strobl

  • Cerebellar hemorrhage arising postoperatively as a complication of supratentorial surgery: a retrospective study.

    Jürgen Honegger;Josef Zentner;Joachim Spreer;Hans Carmona

  • Epilepsy surgery for glioneuronal tumors in childhood: avoid loss of time

    Georgia Ramantani;Navah Ester Kadish;Constantin Anastasopoulos;Armin Brandt

  • Lateralization of hippocampal activation differs between left and right temporal lobe epilepsy patients and correlates with postsurgical verbal learning decrement

    Lars Frings;Kathrin Wagner;Ulrike Halsband;Ralf Schwarzwald

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Schulze-Bonhage
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage University of Freiburg
Johannes Schramm
Johannes Schramm University of Bonn
Armin Brandt
Armin Brandt University of Freiburg
Bernhard J. Steinhoff
Bernhard J. Steinhoff University of Göttingen
Thomas J. Feuerstein
Thomas J. Feuerstein University of Freiburg
Susanne Schubert-Bast
Susanne Schubert-Bast Goethe University Frankfurt
Marco Prinz
Marco Prinz University of Freiburg
Thomas Bast
Thomas Bast Kork Epilepsy Center, Kehl-Kork
Christian E. Elger
Christian E. Elger University Hospital Bonn
Thomas Stieglitz
Thomas Stieglitz University of Freiburg

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