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Koen Van Laere

Koen Van Laere

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
23974
World Ranking
17092
National Ranking
213

Neuroscience

D-Index
79
Citations
23676
World Ranking
1677
National Ranking
13

Koen Van Laere 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 Koen Van Laere sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 573 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Koen Van Laere 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 Koen Van Laere sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Koen Van Laere is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and focuses primarily on the field of Medicine with a considerable volume of research output. Their work spans several subfields including Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Physiology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple research topics, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Van Laere has published in a variety of notable venues, among which the most frequent include:

  • European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • EJNMMI Research
  • Movement Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Van Laere include:

  • STAT2 signaling restricts viral dissemination but drives severe pneumonia in SARS-CoV-2 infected hamsters, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Prevalence Estimates of Amyloid Abnormality Across the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Spectrum, 2022, JAMA Neurology
  • Role of the GLUT1 Glucose Transporter in Postnatal CNS Angiogenesis and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity, 2020, Circulation Research
  • EANM practice guideline/SNMMI procedure standard for dopaminergic imaging in Parkinsonian syndromes 1.0, 2020, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • A single-dose live-attenuated YF17D-vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate, 2020, Nature

Frequent collaborators in Van Laere's research include Michel Koole, Mathieu Vandenbulcke, Patrick Dupont, Rik Vandenberghe, and Stefan Sunaert, reflecting an extensive network of co-authorships.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis.

    Willemijn J. Jansen;Rik Ossenkoppele;Dirk L. Knol;Betty M. Tijms

  • 18F-flutemetamol amyloid imaging in Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment : a phase 2 trial.

    Rik Vandenberghe;Rik Vandenberghe;Koen Van Laere;Adrian Ivanoiu;Eric Salmon

  • Prevalence of amyloid PET positivity in dementia syndromes: a meta-analysis.

    Rik Ossenkoppele;Willemijn J Jansen;Gil D Rabinovici;Dirk L Knol

  • EANM procedure guidelines for PET brain imaging using [(18)F]FDG : version 2

    Andrea Varrone;Susanne Asenbaum;Thierry Vander Borght;Jan Booij

  • EANM procedure guidelines for brain neurotransmission SPECT using (123)I-labelled dopamine transporter ligands, version 2

    Jacques Darcourt;Jan Booij;Klaus Tatsch;Andrea Varrone

  • Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy is due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter GLUT1.

    Arvid Suls;Peter Dedeken;Karolien Goffin;Hilde Van Esch

  • Phase 1 Study of the Pittsburgh Compound B Derivative 18F-Flutemetamol in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Probable Alzheimer Disease

    Natalie Nelissen;Koen Van Laere;Lennart Thurfjell;Rikard Owenius

  • [18F]MK-9470, a positron emission tomography (PET) tracer for in vivo human PET brain imaging of the cannabinoid-1 receptor

    H. Donald Burns;Koen Van Laere;Sandra Sanabria-Bohórquez;Terence G. Hamill

  • Prevalence Estimates of Amyloid Abnormality Across the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Spectrum.

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  • Visualizing Out-of-Body Experience in the Brain

    Dirk De Ridder;Koen Van Laere;Patrick Dupont;Tomas Menovsky

  • SNMMI Procedure Standard/EANM Practice Guideline for Amyloid PET Imaging of the Brain 1.0

    Satoshi Minoshima;Alexander E. Drzezga;Henryk Barthel;Nicolaas Bohnen

  • STAT2 signaling restricts viral dissemination but drives severe pneumonia in SARS-CoV-2 infected hamsters.

    Robbert Boudewijns;Robbert Boudewijns;Hendrik Jan Thibaut;Hendrik Jan Thibaut;Suzanne J. F. Kaptein;Suzanne J. F. Kaptein;Rong Li

  • Direct comparison of 18F-FDG and 11C-methionine PET in suspected recurrence of glioma: sensitivity, inter-observer variability and prognostic value

    Koen Van Laere;Sarah Ceyssens;Frank Van Calenbergh;Tjibbe de Groot

  • European multicentre database of healthy controls for [123I]FP-CIT SPECT (ENC-DAT): age-related effects, gender differences and evaluation of different methods of analysis

    Andrea Varrone;John C. Dickson;Livia Tossici-Bolt;Terez Sera

  • The acyclic CB1R inverse agonist taranabant mediates weight loss by increasing energy expenditure and decreasing caloric intake.

    Carol Addy;Hamish Wright;Koen Van Laere;Ira Gantz

  • Whole-Body Biodistribution and Radiation Dosimetry of 18F-GE067: A Radioligand for In Vivo Brain Amyloid Imaging

    Michel Koole;Dewi M. Lewis;Christopher Buckley;Natalie Nelissen

  • Role of the GLUT1 Glucose Transporter in Postnatal CNS Angiogenesis and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity

    Koen Veys;Zheng Fan;Moheb Ghobrial;Moheb Ghobrial;Ann Bouché

  • Cyclicity of spontaneous recurrent seizures in pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy in rat.

    Karolien Goffin;Jari Nissinen;Koen Van Laere;Asla Pitkänen

  • EANM Practice Guideline/SNMMI Procedure Standard for Dopaminergic Imaging in Parkinsonian Syndromes 1.0

    Silvia Morbelli;Giuseppe Esposito;Javier Arbizu;Henryk Barthel

  • A European multicentre PET study of fibrillar amyloid in Alzheimer's disease

    Agneta Nordberg;Agneta Nordberg;Stephen F. Carter;Stephen F. Carter;Juha Rinne;Juha Rinne;Alexander Drzezga

  • Metabolic Imaging of Anterior Capsular Stimulation in Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Key Role for the Subgenual Anterior Cingulate and Ventral Striatum

    Koen Van Laere;Bart Nuttin;Lutgardis Gabriëls;Patrick Dupont

  • The use of SPECT and PET in routine clinical practice in epilepsy

    Wim Van Paesschen;Patrick Dupont;Stefan Sunaert;Karolien Goffin

  • Paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia and epilepsy due to mutations in SLC2A1, encoding the glucose transporter, Gluti

    David Cassiman;A Suls;P Dedeken;Karolien Goffin

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