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Richard F. Betzel

Richard F. Betzel

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D-Index
53
Citations
13885
World Ranking
243
National Ranking
39

Neuroscience

D-Index
54
Citations
15738
World Ranking
4846
National Ranking
2180

Richard F. Betzel 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 Richard F. Betzel 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.

Richard F. Betzel 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 Richard F. Betzel sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Richard F. Betzel is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their scholarly work is largely focused on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their research topics encompass several key areas including Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neural dynamics and brain function, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Mental Health Research Topics, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, and Complex Network Analysis Techniques.

Richard F. Betzel has authored notable papers such as:

  • Linking Structure and Function in Macroscale Brain Networks, 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Edge-centric functional network representations of human cerebral cortex reveal overlapping system-level architecture, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • QSIPrep: an integrative platform for preprocessing and reconstructing diffusion MRI data, 2021, Nature Methods
  • High-amplitude cofluctuations in cortical activity drive functional connectivity, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Brain network dynamics during working memory are modulated by dopamine and diminished in schizophrenia, 2021, Nature Communications

Their collaborative efforts often involve frequent coauthors including Joshua Faskowitz, Olaf Sporns, Jacob Tanner, Farnaz Zamani Esfahlani, and Bratislav Mišić.

Publications by Richard F. Betzel commonly appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NeuroImage
  • Network Neuroscience
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Modular Brain Networks

    Olaf Sporns;Richard F. Betzel

  • Changes in structural and functional connectivity among resting-state networks across the human lifespan.

    Richard F. Betzel;Lisa Byrge;Ye He;Joaquín Goñi

  • Linking Structure and Function in Macroscale Brain Networks.

    Laura E. Suárez;Ross D. Markello;Richard F. Betzel;Bratislav Misic

  • Resting-brain functional connectivity predicted by analytic measures of network communication

    Joaquin Goni;Martijn P. Van Den Heuvel;Andrea Avena-Koenigsberger;Nieves Velez De Mendizabal

  • Questions and controversies in the study of time-varying functional connectivity in resting fMRI

    Daniel J. Lurie;Daniel Kessler;Danielle S. Bassett;Richard F. Betzel

  • Multi-scale brain networks.

    Richard F. Betzel;Danielle S. Bassett

  • Development of structure–function coupling in human brain networks during youth

    Graham L. Baum;Graham L. Baum;Zaixu Cui;Zaixu Cui;David R. Roalf;David R. Roalf;Rastko Ciric

  • Linked dimensions of psychopathology and connectivity in functional brain networks.

    Cedric Huchuan Xia;Zongming Ma;Rastko Ciric;Shi Gu;Shi Gu

  • Modular Segregation of Structural Brain Networks Supports the Development of Executive Function in Youth

    Graham L. Baum;Rastko Ciric;David R. Roalf;Richard F. Betzel

  • Cooperative and Competitive Spreading Dynamics on the Human Connectome

    Bratislav Mišić;Richard F. Betzel;Azadeh Nematzadeh;Joaquin Goñi

  • Optimally controlling the human connectome: the role of network topology.

    Richard F. Betzel;Shi Gu;John D. Medaglia;Fabio Pasqualetti

  • Edge-centric functional network representations of human cerebral cortex reveal overlapping system-level architecture.

    Joshua Faskowitz;Farnaz Zamani Esfahlani;Youngheun Jo;Olaf Sporns

  • Generative models of the human connectome

    Richard F. Betzel;Andrea Avena-Koenigsberger;Joaquín Goñi;Ye He

  • Cliques and cavities in the human connectome

    Ann E. Sizemore;Chad Giusti;Ari Kahn;Jean M. Vettel

  • Network-Level Structure-Function Relationships in Human Neocortex

    Bratislav Mišić;Richard F. Betzel;Marcel A. de Reus;Martijn P. van den Heuvel

  • QSIPrep: an integrative platform for preprocessing and reconstructing diffusion MRI data.

    Matthew Cieslak;Philip A. Cook;Xiaosong He;Fang Cheng Yeh

  • Dynamic fluctuations coincide with periods of high and low modularity in resting-state functional brain networks

    Richard F. Betzel;Richard F. Betzel;Makoto Fukushima;Ye He;Xi-Nian Zuo

  • High-amplitude cofluctuations in cortical activity drive functional connectivity.

    Farnaz Zamani Esfahlani;Youngheun Jo;Joshua Faskowitz;Lisa Byrge

  • Human Connectomics across the Life Span.

    Xi-Nian Zuo;Ye He;Richard F. Betzel;Stan Colcombe

  • Specificity and robustness of long-distance connections in weighted, interareal connectomes.

    Richard F Betzel;Danielle S Bassett

  • Cliques and Cavities in the Human Connectome

    Ann Sizemore;Chad Giusti;Ari Kahn;Richard F. Betzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Danielle S. Bassett
Danielle S. Bassett University of Pennsylvania
Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns Indiana University
Theodore D. Satterthwaite
Theodore D. Satterthwaite University of Pennsylvania
David R. Roalf
David R. Roalf University of Pennsylvania
Raquel E. Gur
Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Bratislav Misic
Bratislav Misic Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Tyler M. Moore
Tyler M. Moore University of Pennsylvania
Kosha Ruparel
Kosha Ruparel University of Pennsylvania
Patric Hagmann
Patric Hagmann University of Lausanne
Russell T. Shinohara
Russell T. Shinohara University of Pennsylvania

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