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Stefan Sunaert

Stefan Sunaert

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Neuroscience
Belgium
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
89
Citations
28638
World Ranking
1146
National Ranking
9

Stefan Sunaert 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 Stefan Sunaert sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 513 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan Sunaert 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 Stefan Sunaert sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Stefan Sunaert is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work extensively covers several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Genetics.

Their research topics emphasize various advanced neuroimaging and brain study techniques. These include:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment

Stefan Sunaert has contributed to numerous scientific papers, with recent publications including:

  • "Tractography dissection variability: What happens when 42 groups dissect 14 white matter bundles on the same dataset?" (2021, NeuroImage)
  • "Shared heritability of human face and brain shape" (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • "In vivo synaptic density loss is related to tau deposition in amnestic mild cognitive impairment" (2020, Neurology)
  • "Macro- and microstructural changes in cosmonauts' brains after long-duration spaceflight" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "An atlas of white matter anatomy, its variability, and reproducibility based on constrained spherical deconvolution of diffusion MRI" (2022, NeuroImage)

Their collaborative work involves frequent cooperation with several co-authors, among whom are Ahmed Radwan, Patrick Dupont, Louise Emsell, Mathieu Vandenbulcke, and Jeroen Blommaert.

Stefan Sunaert's publications appear in multiple scientific venues, with significant contributions in:

  • 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
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Cancers

Best Publications

  • The autism brain imaging data exchange: towards a large-scale evaluation of the intrinsic brain architecture in autism

    A Di Martino;C-G Yan;Q Li;E Denio

  • MRI-Guided Thrombolysis for Stroke with Unknown Time of Onset

    Götz Thomalla;Claus Z. Simonsen;Florent Boutitie;Grethe Andersen

  • Long-term electrical capsular stimulation in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Bart J Nuttin;Loes A Gabriëls;Paul R Cosyns;Björn A Meyerson

  • Weighted linear least squares estimation of diffusion MRI parameters: Strengths, limitations, and pitfalls

    Jelle Veraart;Jan Sijbers;Stefan Sunaert;Alexander Leemans

  • Intact but less Accessible Phonetic Representations in Adults with Dyslexia

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

  • Longitudinal Assessment of Chemotherapy-Induced Structural Changes in Cerebral White Matter and Its Correlation With Impaired Cognitive Functioning

    Sabine Deprez;Frederic Amant;Ann Smeets;Ronald Peeters

  • Motion-responsive regions of the human brain.

    Stefan Sunaert;Paul Van Hecke;Guy Marchal;Guy Orban

  • Extracting 3D from Motion: Differences in Human and Monkey Intraparietal Cortex

    Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel;Denis Fize;H Peuskens;Katrien Denys

  • Gliomas: Diffusion Kurtosis MR Imaging in Grading

    Sofie Van Cauter;Jelle Veraart;Jan Sijbers;Ronald R. Peeters

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

    Maaike Vandermosten;Bart Boets;Hanne Poelmans;Stefan Sunaert

  • Brain Areas Involved in Interlimb Coordination: A Distributed Network

    Filiep Debaere;Stephan P. Swinnen;Erik Béatse;Stefan Sunaert

  • The role of anterior cingulate cortex and precuneus in the coordination of motor behaviour.

    Nicole Wenderoth;Filiep Debaere;Stefan Sunaert;Stephan P. Swinnen

  • Internal vs external generation of movements: differential neural pathways involved in bimanual coordination performed in the presence or absence of augmented visual feedback

    Filiep Debaere;Nicole Wenderoth;Stefan Sunaert;Paul Van Hecke

  • Mapping the parietal cortex of human and non-human primates

    Guy A. Orban;Kristl Claeys;Koen Nelissen;Ruth Smans

  • Chemotherapy-induced structural changes in cerebral white matter and its correlation with impaired cognitive functioning in breast cancer patients

    Sabine Deprez;Frederic Amant;Refika Yigit;Kathleen Porke

  • Changes in brain activation during the acquisition of a new bimanual coordination task

    F Debaere;N Wenderoth;S Sunaert;P Van Hecke

  • Quantitative diffusion tensor imaging in cerebral palsy due to periventricular white matter injury.

    Bejoy Thomas;Maria Eyssen;Ronald Peeters;Guy Molenaers

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation for tinnitus: influence of tinnitus duration on stimulation parameter choice and maximal tinnitus suppression.

    Dirk De Ridder;Edwin Verstraeten;Karolien Van der Kelen;Gert De Mulder

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficiency Causes Brain Plasticity A Functional MRI Study

    Eleni Kapreli;Spyros Athanasopoulos;John Gliatis;Matilda Papathanasiou

  • Neuroimaging of autism

    Judith S. Verhoeven;Paul De Cock;Lieven Lagae;Stefan Sunaert

Frequent Co-Authors

Lieven Lagae
Lieven Lagae KU Leuven
Guy A. Orban
Guy A. Orban University of Parma
Frederik Maes
Frederik Maes KU Leuven
Paul Suetens
Paul Suetens KU Leuven
Karen Caeyenberghs
Karen Caeyenberghs Deakin University

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