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45
Citations
8441
World Ranking
6895
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84

Maria Bjerke 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 Maria Bjerke sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 129 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maria Bjerke 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 Maria Bjerke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maria Bjerke is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and has a significant body of research in medicine, with 94 publications. Their work mainly focuses on physiology, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed extensively to Alzheimer's disease research and treatments as well as dementia and cognitive impairment research. Other prominent topics include functional brain connectivity studies, amyloidosis (covering diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes), multiple sclerosis research, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research.

Frequent publication venues for Maria Bjerke include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Alzheimer s Research & Therapy
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior
  • Brain

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Age and the association between apolipoprotein E genotype and Alzheimer disease: A cerebrospinal fluid biomarker-based case-control study, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • First amyloid β1-42 certified reference material for re-calibrating commercial immunoassays, 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Clinical reporting following the quantification of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease: An international overview, 2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Biomarker A+T−: is this Alzheimer's disease or not? A combined CSF and pathology study, 2022, Brain
  • Inter- and Intra-Scanner Variability of Automated Brain Volumetry on Three Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems in Alzheimer's Disease and Controls, 2021, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Maria Bjerke has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Sebastiaan Engelborghs
  • Henrik Zetterberg
  • Mandy Melissa Jane Wittens
  • Peter Paul De Deyn
  • Kaj Blennow

Best Publications

  • CSF and blood biomarkers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Bob Olsson;Ronald Lautner;Ulf Andreasson;Annika Öhrfelt

  • Diagnostic Value of Cerebrospinal Fluid Neurofilament Light Protein in Neurology: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Bridel C;van Wieringen Wn;Zetterberg H;Tijms Bm

  • Cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers for neurodegenerative dementias: An update of the Consensus of the Task Force on Biological Markers in Psychiatry of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry

    Piotr Lewczuk;Peter Riederer;Sid E. O’Bryant;Marcel M. Verbeek

  • Confounding Factors Influencing Amyloid Beta Concentration in Cerebrospinal Fluid

    Maria Bjerke;Erik Portelius;Lennart Minthon;Anders Wallin

  • Neurogranin in cerebrospinal fluid as a marker of synaptic degeneration in Alzheimer's disease.

    Annika Thorsell;Maria Bjerke;Johan Gobom;Eva Brunhage

  • Cerebrospinal fluid matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases in combination with subcortical and cortical biomarkers in vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease

    Maria Bjerke;Henrik Zetterberg;Åke Edman;Kaj Blennow

  • Reduced expression of hsa-miR-27a-3p in CSF of patients with Alzheimer disease

    Carlo Sala Frigerio;Pierre Lau;Evgenia Salta;Jos Tournoy

  • Recommendations for CSF AD biomarkers in the diagnostic evaluation of dementia

    Anja Hviid Simonsen;Sanna Kaisa Herukka;Niels Andreasen;Ines Baldeiras

  • Recommendations for cerebrospinal fluid Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in the diagnostic evaluation of mild cognitive impairment

    Sanna Kaisa Herukka;Anja Hviid Simonsen;Niels Andreasen;Ines Baldeiras

  • Association of short-term cognitive decline and MCI-to-AD dementia conversion with CSF, MRI, amyloid- and 18F-FDG-PET imaging.

    Julie Ottoy;Ellis Niemantsverdriet;Jeroen Verhaeghe;Ellen De Roeck

  • Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers: clinical indications and rational use.

    Ellis Niemantsverdriet;Sara Valckx;Maria Bjerke;Sebastiaan Engelborghs

  • CSF Aβ1-42 - an excellent but complicated Alzheimer's biomarker - a route to standardisation.

    Julia Kuhlmann;Ulf Andreasson;Josef Pannee;Maria Bjerke

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers for Early and Differential Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis.

    Maria Bjerke;Sebastiaan Engelborghs

  • An intronic VNTR affects splicing of ABCA7 and increases risk of Alzheimer's disease.

    Arne De Roeck;Lena Duchateau;Jasper Van Dongen;Rita Cacace

  • Neuronal and Glia-Related Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke

    Clara Hjalmarsson;Maria Bjerke;Björn Andersson;Kaj Blennow

  • Monocyte and microglial activation in patients with mood-stabilized bipolar disorder.

    Joel Jakobsson;Maria Bjerke;Sara Sahebi;Anniella Isgren

  • The Gothenburg MCI study: Design and distribution of Alzheimer's disease and subcortical vascular disease diagnoses from baseline to 6-year follow-up.

    Anders Wallin;Arto Nordlund;Michael Jonsson;Karin Lind

  • The Cerebrospinal Fluid Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40 Ratio Improves Concordance with Amyloid-PET for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease in a Clinical Setting.

    Ellis Niemantsverdriet;Julie Ottoy;Charisse Somers;Ellen De Roeck

  • Neurogranin and tau in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma of patients with acute ischemic stroke

    Ann De Vos;Maria Bjerke;Raf Brouns;Naomi De Roeck

  • Nonlinear association between Cerebrospinal fluid and florbetapir F-18 β-amyloid measures across the spectrum of Alzheimer disease

    Jon B. Toledo;Maria Bjerke;Xiao Da;Susan M. Landau

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg
Sebastiaan Engelborghs
Sebastiaan Engelborghs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Anders Wallin
Anders Wallin University of Gothenburg
Ulf Andreasson
Ulf Andreasson University of Gothenburg
Peter Paul De Deyn
Peter Paul De Deyn University of Antwerp
Erik Portelius
Erik Portelius Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Leslie M. Shaw
Leslie M. Shaw University of Pennsylvania
Eugeen Vanmechelen
Eugeen Vanmechelen Fujirebio (Belgium)

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