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Rachel M. Brouwer

Rachel M. Brouwer

Utrecht University
Netherlands

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
56
Citations
13564
World Ranking
4474
National Ranking
135

Rachel M. Brouwer 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 Rachel M. Brouwer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 162 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rachel M. Brouwer 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 Rachel M. Brouwer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rachel M. Brouwer is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant focus on neuroscience. The scientist's work covers several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, genetics, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics within Brouwer's research include functional brain connectivity studies, genetic associations and epidemiology, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, schizophrenia research and treatment, health, environment and cognitive aging, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and birth, development, and health.

Notable recent papers by Rachel M. Brouwer include:

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex, 2020, Science
  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years, 2021, Human Brain Mapping
  • Genetic variants associated with longitudinal changes in brain structure across the lifespan, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years, 2021, Human Brain Mapping

Frequent coauthors in Brouwer's research include:

  • Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol
  • Neda Jahanshad
  • Dorret I. Boomsma
  • Hugo G. Schnack
  • Ingrid Agartz

Rachel M. Brouwer has published extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Widespread white matter microstructural differences in schizophrenia across 4322 individuals : results from the ENIGMA Schizophrenia DTI Working Group

    S. Kelly;S. Kelly;N. Jahanshad;A. Zalesky;P. Kochunov

  • ENIGMA and global neuroscience: A decade of large-scale studies of the brain in health and disease across more than 40 countries

    Paul M Thompson;Neda Jahanshad;Christopher R K Ching;Lauren E Salminen

  • Genetic influences on human brain structure: A review of brain imaging studies in twins

    Jiska S. Peper;Rachel M. Brouwer;Dorret I. Boomsma;René S. Kahn

  • ENIGMA and Global Neuroscience: A Decade of Large-Scale Studies of the Brain in Health and Disease Across More Than 40 Countries

    Paul Thompson

  • Multi-site genetic analysis of diffusion images and voxelwise heritability analysis: A pilot project of the ENIGMA-DTI working group

    Neda Jahanshad;Peter V. Kochunov;Emma Sprooten;Emma Sprooten;René C. Mandl

  • Changes in Thickness and Surface Area of the Human Cortex and Their Relationship with Intelligence

    Hugo G. Schnack;Neeltje E M Van Haren;Rachel M. Brouwer;Alan Evans

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • Sex steroids and brain structure in pubertal boys and girls

    Jiska S. Peper;Rachel M. Brouwer;Hugo G. Schnack;G. Caroline M. van Baal

  • Can structural MRI aid in clinical classification? A machine learning study in two independent samples of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and healthy subjects.

    Hugo G. Schnack;Mireille Nieuwenhuis;Neeltje E.M. van Haren;Lucija Abramovic

  • Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals

    Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Hieab H.H. Adams;Derrek Hibar;Charles C. White;Charles C. White

  • Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

    Sophia Frangou;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Steven C. R. Williams;Efstathios Papachristou

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • Heritability of fractional anisotropy in human white matter: A comparison of Human Connectome Project and ENIGMA-DTI data

    Peter Kochunov;Neda Jahanshad;Daniel Marcus;Anderson Winkler

  • Exercise therapy, cardiorespiratory fitness and their effect on brain volumes: A randomised controlled trial in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls

    Thomas W. Scheewe;Neeltje E.M. van Haren;Gayane Sarkisyan;Hugo G. Schnack

  • Heritability of regional and global brain structure at the onset of puberty: A magnetic resonance imaging study in 9‐year‐old twin pairs

    Jiska S. Peper;Hugo G. Schnack;Rachel M. Brouwer;G. Caroline M. van Baal

  • ENIGMA and the individual: Predicting factors that affect the brain in 35 countries worldwide.

    Paul M. Thompson;Ole A. Andreassen;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez;Carrie E. Bearden

  • Overlapping and Segregating Structural Brain Abnormalities in Twins With Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder

    Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol;G. Caroline M. van Baal;Hugo G. Schnack;Rachel G. H. Brans

  • Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

    Danai Dima;Danai Dima;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Efstathios Papachristou;Gaelle E. Doucet

Frequent Co-Authors

Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol
Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol Utrecht University
René S. Kahn
René S. Kahn Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Ingrid Agartz
Ingrid Agartz University of Oslo
Neda Jahanshad
Neda Jahanshad University of Southern California
Erik G. Jönsson
Erik G. Jönsson University of Oslo
David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital
Simon E. Fisher
Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society
Ole A. Andreassen
Ole A. Andreassen Oslo University Hospital

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