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Michael Petrides

Michael Petrides

McGill University
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
112
Citations
55402
World Ranking
502
National Ranking
18

Michael Petrides 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 Michael Petrides sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 316 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Michael Petrides 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 Michael Petrides sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 112 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Michael Petrides is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work extensively covers cognitive neuroscience and related subfields, incorporating advanced imaging and behavioral study techniques.

The primary areas of study for Michael Petrides include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Their subfields of specialization are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Main topics addressed in Michael Petrides' research include:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Michael Petrides has published multiple scientific articles in notable venues. Frequent publication sources include:

  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • eNeuro

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael Petrides are:

  • Dissociating the white matter tracts connecting the temporo-parietal cortical region with frontal cortex using diffusion tractography, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The ventral pathway of the human brain: A continuous association tract system, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Morphological and functional variability in central and subcentral motor cortex of the human brain, 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • Cognitive control of orofacial motor and vocal responses in the ventrolateral and dorsomedial human frontal cortex, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Neural cognitive signals during spontaneous movements in the macaque, 2022, Nature Neuroscience

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Élise B. Barbeau
  • Aliki Peletidi
  • Denise Klein
  • Veronika Zlatkina
  • Emmanuel Procyk

Michael Petrides has been recognized with several fellowships in prestigious scientific societies, such as:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2012)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science (2011)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007)

Best Publications

  • Situating the default-mode network along a principal gradient of macroscale cortical organization

    Daniel S. Margulies;Satrajit S. Ghosh;Satrajit S. Ghosh;Alexandros Goulas;Marcel Falkiewicz

  • Deficits on subject-ordered tasks after frontal- and temporal-lobe lesions in man

    Michael Petrides;Michael Petrides;Brenda Milner;Brenda Milner

  • Lateral prefrontal cortex: architectonic and functional organization

    Michael Petrides

  • Projections to the frontal cortex from the posterior parietal region in the rhesus monkey.

    M. Petrides;D. N. Pandya;D. N. Pandya

  • Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: comparative cytoarchitectonic analysis in the human and the macaque brain and corticocortical connection patterns

    M. Petrides;D. N. Pandya

  • Wisconsin Card Sorting Revisited: Distinct Neural Circuits Participating in Different Stages of the Task Identified by Event-Related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Oury Monchi;Michael Petrides;Valentina Petre;Keith Worsley

  • Functional activation of the human frontal cortex during the performance of verbal working memory tasks.

    Michael Petrides;Bessie Alivisatos;Ernst Meyer;Alan C. Evans

  • Precuneus shares intrinsic functional architecture in humans and monkeys

    Daniel S. Margulies;Daniel S. Margulies;Justin L. Vincent;Clare Kelly;Gabriele Lohmann

  • Comparative cytoarchitectonic analysis of the human and the macaque ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and corticocortical connection patterns in the monkey

    M. Petrides;D. N. Pandya

  • Role of the human anterior cingulate cortex in the control of oculomotor, manual, and speech responses: a positron emission tomography study

    T. Paus;M. Petrides;A. C. Evans;E. Meyer

  • Evidence for a Two-Stage Model of Spatial Working Memory Processing within the Lateral Frontal Cortex: A Positron Emission Tomography Study

    Adrian M. Owen;Alan C. Evans;michael Petrides

  • Specific Involvement of Human Parietal Systems and the Amygdala in the Perception of Biological Motion

    Eva Bonda;Michael Petrides;David Ostry;Alan Evans

  • Cognitive strategies dependent on the hippocampus and caudate nucleus in human navigation: Variability and change with practice

    Giuseppe Iaria;Michael Petrides;Alain Dagher;Bruce Pike

  • Dissociation of human mid-dorsolateral from posterior dorsolateral frontal cortex in memory processing.

    Michael Petrides;Bessie Alivisatos;Alan C. Evans;Ernst Meyer

  • Three-dimensional MRI atlas of the human cerebellum in proportional stereotaxic space.

    Jeremy D. Schmahmann;Julien Doyon;Julien Doyon;David McDonald;Colin Holmes

  • Spatial memory deficits in patients with lesions to the right hippocampus and to the right parahippocampal cortex.

    Veronique D Bohbot;Miroslav Kalina;Katerina Stepankova;Natasa Spackova

  • Association fiber pathways to the frontal cortex from the superior temporal region in the rhesus monkey.

    M. Petrides;D. N. Pandya;D. N. Pandya;D. N. Pandya

  • Time-related changes in neural systems underlying attention and arousal during the performance of an auditory vigilance task

    Tomáš Paus;Robert J. Zatorre;Nina Hofle;Zografos Caramanos

  • Motor conditional associative-learning after selective prefrontal lesions in the monkey.

    Michael Petrides;Michael Petrides

  • Behavioural effects of frontal-lobe lesions in man

    Brenda Milner;Brenda Milner;Michael Petrides

  • MRI Atlas of the Human Cerebellum

    Jeremy D. Schmahmann;Julien Doyon;Arthur W. Toga;Michael Petrides

  • The role of the mid-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in working memory.

    Michael Petrides

Frequent Co-Authors

Deepak N. Pandya
Deepak N. Pandya Boston University
Alan C. Evans
Alan C. Evans McGill University
Emmanuel Procyk
Emmanuel Procyk Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Alain Ptito
Alain Ptito McGill University
Robert J. Zatorre
Robert J. Zatorre McGill University
Antonio P. Strafella
Antonio P. Strafella University of Toronto
Keith J. Worsley
Keith J. Worsley McGill University
Julien Doyon
Julien Doyon Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Giuseppe Iaria
Giuseppe Iaria University of Calgary
Francesco Tomaiuolo
Francesco Tomaiuolo University of Messina

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