2026 Judy Illes: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	59	3957	3624	230	209	346	15463

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Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Judy Illes is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has an extensive publication record in medicine and neuroscience. Their research spans numerous subfields including cognitive neuroscience, neurology, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, and psychiatry and mental health.

The primary topics of Judy Illes' work focus on:

Neuroethics, human enhancement, biomedical innovations
Ethics in clinical research
Neurological disorders and treatments
Traumatic brain injury research
Epilepsy research and treatment
Biomedical ethics and regulation
Healthcare decision-making and restraints

The scientist has contributed significantly to various journals, frequently publishing in:

Neurocritical Care
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
Journal of Child Neurology
AJOB Neuroscience
The American Journal of Bioethics

Recent publications include:

International Brain Initiative: An Innovative Framework for Coordinated Global Brain Research Efforts (2020, Neuron)
Mobilizing the private sector for responsible innovation in neurotechnology (2021, Nature Biotechnology)
Rural and Remote Communities: Unique Ethical Issues in the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020, The American Journal of Bioethics)
Ethical issues in global neuroimaging genetics collaborations (2020, NeuroImage)
Establishing a comprehensive search strategy for Indigenous health literature reviews (2021, Systematic Reviews)

Throughout their career, Judy Illes has collaborated frequently with co-authors such as Patrick J. McDonald, Claire J. Creutzfeldt, Joseph J. Fins, Varina L. Boerwinkle, and Cecil D. Hahn, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized with accolades including:

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2012 (Academy of Science)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012

Best Publications

Neurocognitive enhancement: what can we do and what should we do?

Martha J. Farah;Judy Illes;Robert Cook-Deegan;Howard Gardner

942
Citations
Managing incidental findings in human subjects research: Analysis and recommendations

Susan M Wolf;Frances P Lawrenz;Charles A. Nelson;Jeffrey P. Kahn

883
Citations
Four ethical priorities for neurotechnologies and AI

Rafael Yuste;Sara Goering;Blaise Agüera y Arcas;Guoqiang Bi

566
Citations
fMRI in the public eye

Eric Racine;Ofek Bar-Ilan;Ofek Bar-Ilan;Judy Illes

561
Citations
Convergent Cortical Representation of Semantic Processing in Bilinguals

Judy Illes;Wendy S. Francis;John E. Desmond;John D. E. Gabrieli

506
Citations
Neuroethics of neuromarketing

Emily R. Murphy;Emily R. Murphy;Judy Illes;Peter B. Reiner

492
Citations
Contemporary neuroscience in the media

Eric Racine;Sarah Waldman;Jarett Rosenberg;Judy Illes;Judy Illes

334
Citations
Imaging or imagining? A neuroethics challenge informed by genetics.

Judy Illes;Eric Racine

310
Citations
Incidental Findings in Brain Imaging Research

Judy Illes;Matthew P. Kirschen;Emmeline Edwards;L R. Stanford

305
Citations
Language production in Parkinson's disease: Acoustic and linguistic considerations

J. Illes;E.J. Metter;E.J. Metter;W.R. Hanson;W.R. Hanson;S. Iritani;S. Iritani

296
Citations
Neuroethics: a modern context for ethics in neuroscience.

Judy Illes;Stephanie J. Bird

293
Citations
Neuroscience-based lie detection: the urgent need for regulation.

Henry T. Greely;Judy Illes

291
Citations
Memory lateralization in medial temporal lobe epilepsy assessed by functional MRI.

Alexandra J. Golby;Russell A. Poldrack;Judy Illes;David Chen

288
Citations
Neurolinguistic features of spontaneous language production dissociate three forms of neurodegenerative disease: Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's.

Judy Illes

268
Citations
Neurotalk: improving the communication of neuroscience research

Judy Illes;Mary Anne Moser;Jennifer B. McCormick;Eric Racine

256
Citations
Event-related covariances during a bimanual visuomotor task. I. Methods and analysis of stimulus- and response-locked data

A.S. Gevins;S.L. Bressler;N.H. Morgan;B.A. Cutillo

252
Citations
Incidental Findings on Pediatric MR Images of the Brain

Brian S. Kim;Judy Illes;Richard T. Kaplan;Allan Reiss

244
Citations
Event-related covariances during a bimanual visuomotor task. II. Preparation and feedback.

A.S. Gevins;B.A. Cutillo;S.L. Bressler;N.H. Morgan

227
Citations
Human Neuroelectric Patterns Predict Performance Accuracy

Alan S. Gevins;Nelson H. Morgan;Steven L. Bressler;Brian A. Cutillo

226
Citations
NEUROETHICS: DEFINING THE ISSUES IN THEORY, PRACTICE, AND POLICY

Judy Illes

192
Citations
Brain Imaging: A Decade of Coverage in the Print Media.

Eric Racine;Ofek Bar-Ilan;Judy Illes

168
Citations