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Paul Boon 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 Paul Boon sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 713 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Boon 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 Paul Boon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 84th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Paul Boon is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and conducts research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans various subfields including neurology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their research focuses on numerous topics within neuroscience, notably epilepsy research and treatment, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroscience and neural engineering, vagus nerve stimulation research, neurological disorders and treatments, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Frequent publication venues where Boon's work appears include the European Journal of Neurology, Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, Brain Stimulation, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Some of their recent papers include the following:

  • Neurological manifestations and neuro-invasive mechanisms of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (2020, European Journal of Neurology)
  • Global synergistic actions to improve brain health for human development (2023, Nature Reviews Neurology)
  • The European Academy of Neurology Brain Health Strategy: One brain, one life, one approach (2022, European Journal of Neurology)
  • Deep Brain Stimulation in Epilepsy: A Role for Modulation of the Mammillothalamic Tract in Seizure Control? (2020, Neurosurgery)
  • Deep Brain Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in the MORE Multicenter Patient Registry (2023, Neurology)

Paul Boon has collaborated extensively with several co-authors across their publication history. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kristl Vonck
  • Robrecht Raedt
  • Evelien Carrette
  • Alfred Meurs
  • Lars Emil Larsen

Best Publications

  • Incidence and mechanisms of cardiorespiratory arrests in epilepsy monitoring units (MORTEMUS): A retrospective study

    Philippe Ryvlin;Lina Nashef;Samden D Lhatoo;Lisa M Bateman

  • Review of root dynamics in forest ecosystems grouped by climate, climatic forest type and species

    Kristiina A. Vogt;Daniel J. Vogt;Peter A. Palmiotto;Paul Boon

  • EFNS Guideline on the Management of Status Epilepticus in Adults

    H Meierkord;Paul Boon;B Engelsen;B Engelsen;K Gocke

  • Long-term amygdalohippocampal stimulation for refractory temporal lobe epilepsy

    Kristl Vonck;Paul Boon;Erik Achten;Jacques De Reuck

  • Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Paul Boon;Kristl Vonck;Veerle De Herdt;Annelies Van Dycke

  • Seizure control and treatment in pregnancy: Observations from the EURAP epilepsy pregnancy registry

    Torbjörn Tomson;D. Battino;E. Bonizzoni;J. Craig

  • Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures--definition, etiology, treatment and prognostic issues: a critical review.

    N.M.G. Bodde;J.L. Brooks;G.A. Baker;P.A.J.M. Boon

  • Guidance for the preparation of neurological management guidelines by EFNS scientific task forces - revised recommendations 2012.

    Maurizio A. Leone;M. Brainin;P. Boon;Maura Pugliatti

  • The genetics and neuropathology of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    Anne Sieben;Tim Van Langenhove;Sebastiaan Engelborghs;Jean-Jacques Martin

  • Functional brain connectivity from EEG in epilepsy: seizure prediction and epileptogenic focus localization.

    Pieter van Mierlo;Margarita Papadopoulou;Evelien Carrette;Paul Boon

  • Increased hippocampal noradrenaline is a biomarker for efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation in a limbic seizure model

    Robrecht Raedt;Ralph Clinckers;Lies Mollet;Kristl Vonck

  • Valproate in the treatment of epilepsy in girls and women of childbearing potential

    Torbjörn Tomson;Anthony Marson;Anthony Marson;Paul Boon;Maria Paola Canevini

  • Vagus nerve stimulation for drug‐resistant epilepsy: A European long‐term study up to 24 months in 347 children

    Iren Orosz;David McCormick;Nelia Zamponi;Sophia Varadkar

  • Parietal lobe epilepsy: Diagnostic considerations and results of surgery

    PD Williamson;Paul Boon;VM Thadani;TM Darcey

  • Soft, Comfortable Polymer Dry Electrodes for High Quality ECG and EEG Recording

    Yun Hsuan Chen;Maaike Op de Beeck;Luc Vanderheyden;Evelien Carrette

  • Functional connectivity of dissociation in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

    Sylvie J M van der Kruijs;Nynke M G Bodde;Maarten J Vaessen;Richard H C Lazeron

  • Changes in functional brain networks during epileptogenesis in a rodent model of temporal lobe epilepsy

    Emma Christiaen;Marie-Gabrielle Goossens;Benedicte Descamps;Paul Boon

  • EFNS guideline on the management of status epilepticus.

    Hartmut Meierkord;P Boon;B Engelsen;K Göcke

  • The long-term effect of vagus nerve stimulation on quality of life in patients with pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy: The PuLsE (Open Prospective Randomized Long-term Effectiveness) trial

    Philippe Ryvlin;Frank G. Gilliam;Dang K. Nguyen;Gabriella Colicchio

  • A prospective, multicenter study of cardiac-based seizure detection to activate vagus nerve stimulation

    Paul Boon;Kristl Vonck;Kenou van Rijckevorsel;Riem El Tahry

  • Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures--diagnostic issues: a critical review.

    N.M.G. Bodde;J.L. Brooks;G.A. Baker;P.A.J.M. Boon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristl Vonck
Kristl Vonck Ghent University
Evelien Carrette
Evelien Carrette Ghent University
Wytse J. Wadman
Wytse J. Wadman University of Amsterdam
Albert P. Aldenkamp
Albert P. Aldenkamp Eindhoven University of Technology
Evert Thiery
Evert Thiery Ghent University Hospital
Guy Vingerhoets
Guy Vingerhoets Ghent University
Eric Achten
Eric Achten Ghent University
Paul A.M. Hofman
Paul A.M. Hofman Maastricht University

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