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Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele

Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
68
Citations
21320
World Ranking
2721
National Ranking
1273

Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele 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 Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 184 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele 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 Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Neurology as research subfields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the advancement of imaging technologies and applied physics in medical contexts. Their main topics of research include Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Electron Spin Resonance Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis, and Wireless Body Area Networks.

Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele has co-authored numerous papers with frequent collaborators such as Kâmil Uğurbil, Gregor Adriany, Andrea Grant, Russell Lagore, and Yiğitcan Eryaman.

Their work has been published across several venues, reflecting a broad scholarly engagement with magnetic resonance and neuroimaging fields. Key publication venues include:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Neuroradiology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Neurology

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele include:

  • "7T Epilepsy Task Force Consensus Recommendations on the Use of 7T MRI in Clinical Practice," 2020, Neurology
  • "Magnetic field strength dependent SNR gain at the center of a spherical phantom and up to 11.7T," 2022, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • "10.5 T MRI static field effects on human cognitive, vestibular, and physiological function," 2020, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • "Introduction of the snake antenna array: Geometry optimization of a sinusoidal dipole antenna for 10.5T body imaging with lower peak SAR," 2020, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • "Improving radiofrequency power and specific absorption rate management with bumped transmit elements in ultra-high field MRI," 2020, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Best Publications

  • MP2RAGE, a self bias-field corrected sequence for improved segmentation and T1-mapping at high field

    José P. Marques;Tobias Kober;Tobias Kober;Gunnar Krueger;Gunnar Krueger;Wietske van der Zwaag;Wietske van der Zwaag

  • Imaging unconscious semantic priming

    Stanislas Dehaene;Lionel Naccache;Gurvan Le Clec'H;Etienne Koechlin

  • Pushing spatial and temporal resolution for functional and diffusion MRI in the Human Connectome Project

    Kamil Ugurbil;Junqian Xu;Edward J. Auerbach;Steen Moeller

  • Anatomical variability in the cortical representation of first and second language

    Stanislas Dehaene;Emmanuel Dupoux;Jacques Mehler;Laurent Cohen

  • Sustained Negative BOLD, Blood Flow and Oxygen Consumption Response and Its Coupling to the Positive Response in the Human Brain

    Amir Shmuel;Essa Yacoub;Josef Pfeuffer;Pierre Francois Van de Moortele

  • Distinct basal ganglia territories are engaged in early and advanced motor sequence learning

    Stéphane Lehéricy;Habib Benali;Pierre François Van De Moortele;Mélanie Pélégrini-Issac

  • Diffusion tensor fiber tracking shows distinct corticostriatal circuits in humans.

    Stéphane Lehéricy;Mathieu Ducros;Mathieu Ducros;Pierre François Van De Moortele;Pierre François Van De Moortele;Chantal Francois;Chantal Francois

  • Mirror-symmetric tonotopic maps in human primary auditory cortex

    Elia Formisano;Dae Shik Kim;Francesco Di Salle;Pierre Francois van de Moortele

  • B(1) destructive interferences and spatial phase patterns at 7 T with a head transceiver array coil.

    Pierre-François Van de Moortele;Can Akgun;Gregor Adriany;Steen Moeller

  • Imaging brain function in humans at 7 Tesla

    Essa Yacoub;Amir Shmuel;Josef Pfeuffer;Pierre Francois Van De Moortele

  • Transmit and receive transmission line arrays for 7 Tesla parallel imaging

    Gregor Adriany;Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele;Florian Wiesinger;Steen Moeller

  • Effect of Impaired Recognition and Expression of Emotions on Frontocingulate Cortices: An fMRI Study of Men With Alexithymia

    Sylvie Berthoz;Eric Artiges;Pierre François Van de Moortele;Jean Baptiste Poline

  • 9.4T human MRI: Preliminary results

    Thomas Vaughan;Lance DelaBarre;Cari Snyder;Jinfeng Tian

  • Late plasticity for language in a child's non-dominant hemisphere: a pre- and post-surgery fMRI study.

    Lucie Hertz-Pannier;Catherine Chiron;Isabelle Jambaque;Virginie Renaux-Kieffer

  • Local B1+ shimming for prostate imaging with transceiver arrays at 7T based on subject-dependent transmit phase measurements.

    Gregory J. Metzger;Carl Snyder;Can Akgun;Tommy Vaughan

  • Spin-echo fMRI in humans using high spatial resolutions and high magnetic fields.

    Essa Yacoub;Timothy Q. Duong;Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele;Martin Lindquist

  • Sustained neuronal activation raises oxidative metabolism to a new steady-state level: Evidence from 1H NMR spectroscopy in the human visual cortex

    Silvia Mangia;Ivan Tkáč;Rolf Gruetter;Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele

  • T1 weighted Brain Images at 7 Tesla Unbiased for Proton Density, T2* contrast and RF Coil Receive B1 Sensitivity with Simultaneous Vessel Visualization

    Pierre-François Van de Moortele;Edwards J. Auerbach;Cheryl Olman;Essa Yacoub

  • 3-D diffusion tensor axonal tracking shows distinct SMA and pre-SMA projections to the human striatum.

    Stéphane Lehéricy;Mathieu Ducros;Alexandre Krainik;Chantal Francois

  • Motor control in basal ganglia circuits using fMRI and brain atlas approaches

    Stéphane Lehéricy;Eric Bardinet;Leon Tremblay;Pierre Francois Van De Moortele

  • Respiration-induced B0 fluctuations and their spatial distribution in the human brain at 7 Tesla.

    Pierre François Van de Moortele;Josef Pfeuffer;Gary H. Glover;Kamil Ugurbil

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamil Ugurbil
Kamil Ugurbil University of Minnesota
Stéphane Lehéricy
Stéphane Lehéricy Sorbonne University
Essa Yacoub
Essa Yacoub University of Minnesota
Bin He
Bin He Carnegie Mellon University
Thomas R. Henry
Thomas R. Henry University of Minnesota
Denis Le Bihan
Denis Le Bihan University of Paris-Saclay
Xiaoping Hu
Xiaoping Hu University of California, Riverside
Amir Shmuel
Amir Shmuel Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Federico De Martino
Federico De Martino Maastricht University
Jean-Baptiste Poline
Jean-Baptiste Poline Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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