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Radek Ptak 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 Radek Ptak sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 125 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Radek Ptak 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 Radek Ptak sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 32 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Radek Ptak is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience as evidenced by numerous publications in this subfield. Their work encompasses a range of topics, including spatial neglect and hemispheric dysfunction, neural and behavioral psychology studies, and visual perception and processing mechanisms.

Ptak's research addresses several key areas within neuroscience. Major topics covered include:

  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

The scientist has contributed significantly to the understanding of cognitive and neurological functions through publications in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Neuropsychologia
  • Clinical and Translational Neuroscience
  • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
  • NeuroImage

Notable recent papers by Radek Ptak include:

  • Discrete Patterns of Cross-Hemispheric Functional Connectivity Underlie Impairments of Spatial Cognition after Stroke, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • The neuroanatomy of spatial awareness: a large-scale region-of-interest and voxel-based anatomical study, 2020, Brain Imaging and Behavior
  • Long COVID Neuropsychological Deficits after Severe, Moderate, or Mild Infection, 2022, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience (authored mainly by Philippe Voruz)
  • Brain functional connectivity alterations associated with neuropsychological performance 6-9 months following SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2022, Human Brain Mapping (authored mainly by Philippe Voruz)
  • Frequency of Abnormally Low Neuropsychological Scores in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: the Geneva COVID-COG Cohort, 2022, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (authored mainly by Philippe Voruz)

Ptak collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Armin Schnider
  • Naz Doganci
  • Sélim Yahia Coll
  • Alexia Bourgeois
  • Emilie Marti

Best Publications

  • The Frontoparietal Attention Network of the Human Brain Action, Saliency, and a Priority Map of the Environment

    Radek Ptak

  • Spontaneous confabulators fail to suppress currently irrelevant memory traces

    Armin Schnider;Radek Ptak

  • The Dorsal Frontoparietal Network: A Core System for Emulated Action

    Radek Ptak;Radek Ptak;Armin Schnider;Armin Schnider;Julia Fellrath

  • The behavioral significance of coherent resting-state oscillations after stroke.

    Sviatlana Dubovik;Jean-Michel Pignat;Radek Ptak;Tatiana Aboulafia

  • Decision-making in amnesia: Do advantageous decisions require conscious knowledge of previous behavioural choices?

    Klemens Gutbrod;Claudine Krouzel;Helene Hofer;René Müri

  • The Dorsal Attention Network Mediates Orienting toward Behaviorally Relevant Stimuli in Spatial Neglect

    Radek Ptak;Armin Schnider

  • Recovery from spontaneous confabulations parallels recovery of temporal confusion in memory.

    A Schnider;R Ptak;C von Däniken;L Remonda

  • The attention network of the human brain: Relating structural damage associated with spatial neglect to functional imaging correlates of spatial attention

    Radek Ptak;Radek Ptak;Armin Schnider;Armin Schnider

  • Dissociated active and passive tactile shape recognition: a case study of pure tactile apraxia

    Nathalie Valenza;Radek Ptak;Ivan Zimine;Maryse Badan

  • Cortical and subcortical anatomy of chronic spatial neglect following vascular damage.

    Laetitia Golay;Armin Schnider;Radek Ptak

  • Decoupling of autonomic and cognitive emotional reactions after cerebellar stroke.

    Jean-Marie Annoni;Radek Ptak;Anne-Sarah Caldara-Schnetzer;Asaid Khateb

  • Forms of confabulation: dissociations and associations.

    Louis Nahum;Aurélie Bouzerda-Wahlen;Adrian Guggisberg;Radek Ptak

  • Brain functional connectivity alterations associated with neuropsychological performance 6–9 months following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

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  • Cognitive-behavioural group therapy improves a psychophysiological marker of stress in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease

    T Aboulafia-Brakha;D Suchecki;F Gouveia-Paulino;R Nitrini

  • The neural correlates of object-centered processing in reading: a lesion study of neglect dyslexia.

    Radek Ptak;Marie Di Pietro;Marie Di Pietro;Armin Schnider;Armin Schnider

  • The parietal cortex and saccade planning: lessons from human lesion studies

    Radek Ptak;René Martin Müri

  • Theta-band functional connectivity in the dorsal fronto-parietal network predicts goal-directed attention

    Julia Fellrath;Anaïs Mottaz;Armin Schnider;Adrian G. Guggisberg

  • Spontaneous confabulations after Orbitofrontal damage: The role of temporal context confusion and self-monitoring

    Radek Ptak;Armin Schnider

  • Disorientation, Confabulation, and Extinction Capacity: Clues on How the Brain Creates Reality

    Louis Nahum;Radek Ptak;Béatrice Leemann;Armin Schnider

  • Two Intrinsic Coupling Types for Resting-State Integration in the Human Brain

    Adrian G. Guggisberg;Sviatlana Rizk;Radek Ptak;Marie Di Pietro

  • EEG alpha band synchrony predicts cognitive and motor performance in patients with ischemic stroke.

    Sviatlana Dubovik;Radek Ptak;Tatiana Aboulafia;Cécile Magnin

Frequent Co-Authors

Armin Schnider
Armin Schnider University of Geneva
Adrian G. Guggisberg
Adrian G. Guggisberg University of Geneva
René M. Müri
René M. Müri University of Bern
François Lazeyras
François Lazeyras University of Geneva
Basile Nicolas Landis
Basile Nicolas Landis University of Geneva
Patrik Vuilleumier
Patrik Vuilleumier University of Geneva
Thomas Nyffeler
Thomas Nyffeler University of Bern
Gilles Allali
Gilles Allali University of Lausanne
Walter J. Perrig
Walter J. Perrig University of Bern
Martial Van der Linden
Martial Van der Linden University of Geneva

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