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Pol Ghesquière

Pol Ghesquière

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
60
Citations
11968
World Ranking
3571
National Ranking
47

Pol Ghesquière publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pol Ghesquière sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 467 publications — 96th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Pol Ghesquière D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pol Ghesquière sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Pol Ghesquière is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has an extensive research profile primarily focused on psychology and neuroscience. Their work notably spans developmental and educational psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience, with additional contributions to statistics and probability, education, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The research topics addressed by Pol Ghesquière include:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation

The scientist has published research in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Developmental Science
  • Neurobiology of Language
  • NeuroImage
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Brain Structure and Function

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Pol Ghesquière are:

  • "A three-time point longitudinal investigation of the arcuate fasciculus throughout reading acquisition in children developing dyslexia" (2021, NeuroImage)
  • "Structural brain dynamics across reading development: A longitudinal MRI study from kindergarten to grade 5" (2021, Human Brain Mapping)
  • "Pre-literacy heterogeneity in Dutch-speaking kindergartners: latent profile analysis" (2020, Annals of Dyslexia)
  • "Digital Game-Based Phonics Instruction Promotes Print Knowledge in Pre-Readers at Cognitive Risk for Dyslexia" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Investigating the Added Value of FreeSurfer's Manual Editing Procedure for the Study of the Reading Network in a Pediatric Population" (2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)

Pol Ghesquière frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Jan Wouters
  • Maaike Vandermosten
  • Jolijn Vanderauwera
  • Femke Vanden Bempt
  • Maria Economou

Best Publications

  • Working Memory and Individual Differences in Mathematics Achievement: A Longitudinal Study from First Grade to Second Grade.

    Bert De Smedt;Rianne Janssen;Kelly Bouwens;Lieven Verschaffel

  • The Predictive Value of Numerical Magnitude Comparison for Individual Differences in Mathematics Achievement.

    Bert De Smedt;Lieven Verschaffel;Pol Ghesquière

  • Intact but less Accessible Phonetic Representations in Adults with Dyslexia

    Bart Boets;Hans P. Op de Beeck;Maaike Vandermosten;Sophie K. Scott

  • A qualitative and quantitative review of diffusion tensor imaging studies in reading and dyslexia

    Maaike Vandermosten;Bart Boets;Jan Wouters;Pol Ghesquière

  • A tractography study in dyslexia: neuroanatomic correlates of orthographic, phonological and speech processing

    Maaike Vandermosten;Bart Boets;Hanne Poelmans;Stefan Sunaert

  • Parent and child personality characteristics as predictors of negative discipline and externalizing problem behaviour in children

    Peter Prinzie;Patrick Onghena;Walter Hellinckx;Hans Grietens

  • Comparison of mothers', fathers', and teachers' reports on problem behavior in 5-to 6-year-old children

    Hans Grietens;Patrick Onghena;Peter Prinzie;Els Gadeyne

  • Auditory processing, speech perception and phonological ability in pre-school children at high-risk for dyslexia: A longitudinal study of the auditory temporal processing theory

    Bart Boets;Jan Wouters;Astrid van Wieringen;Pol Ghesquière

  • Preschool impairments in auditory processing and speech perception uniquely predict future reading problems

    Bart Boets;Maaike Vandermosten;Hanne Poelmans;Heleen Luts

  • The additive and interactive effects of parenting and children's personality on externalizing behaviour

    P Prinzie;P Onghena;W Hellinckx;H Grietens

  • Modelling Relations between Sensory Processing, Speech Perception, Orthographic and Phonological Ability, and Literacy Achievement.

    Bart Boets;Jan Wouters;Astrid van Wieringen;Bert De Smedt

  • Neuropsychological, learning and psychosocial profile of primary school aged children with the velo-cardio-facial syndrome (22q11 deletion): evidence for a nonverbal learning disability?

    Ann Swillen;Leen Vandeputte;J Cracco;Beatrijs Maes

  • The behavioural phenotype in velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS): from infancy to adolescence.

    Ann Swillen;Koenraad Devriendt;Eric Legius;Peter Prinzie

  • Longitudinal relations between parenting and child adjustment in young children.

    Els Gadeyne;Pol Ghesquière;Patrick Onghena

  • Psychophysical evidence for a general temporal processing deficit in children with dyslexia.

    Mieke Van Ingelghem;Astrid Van Wieringen;Jan Wouters;Erik Vandenbussche

  • Towards a further characterization of phonological and literacy problems in Dutch-speaking children with dyslexia

    Bart Boets;Bert de Smedt;Leen Cleuren;Ellen Vandewalle

  • Psychosocial functioning of young children with learning problems.

    Els Gadeyne;Pol Ghesquière;Patrick Onghena

  • Adults with dyslexia are impaired in categorizing speech and nonspeech sounds on the basis of temporal cues

    Maaike Vandermosten;Bart Boets;Heleen Luts;Hanne Poelmans

  • A DTI tractography study in pre-readers at risk for dyslexia.

    Maaike Vandermosten;Jolijn Vanderauwera;Catherine Theys;Astrid De Vos

  • Numerical Magnitude Representations and Individual Differences in Children's Arithmetic Strategy Use

    Kiran Vanbinst;Pol Ghesquière;Bert De Smedt

  • A tractography study in dyslexia: neuroanatomic correlates of orthographic, phonological and speech processing (invited lecture)

    Maaike Vandermosten;Jan Wouters;Pol Ghesquière

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