2026 Stephan Heckers: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	82	1513	1376	751	666	288	24736
Medicine	82	16070	15120	8089	7484	288	25852

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

1513

1376

751

666

288

24736

Medicine

16070

15120

8089

7484

288

25852

Neuroscience

D-Index

Citations

24736

World Ranking

1513

National Ranking

751

Medicine

D-Index

Citations

25852

World Ranking

16070

National Ranking

8089

Overview

Stephan Heckers is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, and Philosophy as subfields.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics such as Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Mental Health and Psychiatry, Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies, and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments.

Stephan Heckers has published research in prominent venues, frequently contributing to:

Biological Psychiatry
Schizophrenia Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Schizophrenia Bulletin
Molecular Psychiatry

Some of their recent papers include:

The evolution of Kraepelin's nosological principles, 2020, World Psychiatry
The Medical Segmentation Decathlon, 2022, Nature Communications
The schizophrenia syndrome, circa 2024: What we know and how that informs its nature, 2023, Schizophrenia Research
Hippocampal volume and hippocampal neuron density, number and size in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of postmortem studies, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
Thalamocortical Anatomical Connectivity in Schizophrenia and Psychotic Bipolar Disorder, 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

Neil D. Woodward
Kristan Armstrong
Baxter P. Rogers
Maureen McHugo
Jennifer Urbano Blackford

Best Publications

Circuit-based framework for understanding neurotransmitter and risk gene interactions in schizophrenia

John E. Lisman;Joseph T. Coyle;Robert W. Green;Daniel C. Javitt

1233
Citations
The Medical Segmentation Decathlon

Michela Antonelli;Annika Reinke;Spyridon Bakas;Keyvan Farahani

1098
Citations
Definition and description of schizophrenia in the DSM-5

Rajiv Tandon;Wolfgang Gaebel;M Deanna;Juan Bustillo

1021
Citations
A large annotated medical image dataset for the development and evaluation of segmentation algorithms

Amber L. Simpson;Michela Antonelli;Spyridon Bakas;Michel Bilello

883
Citations
Impaired recruitment of the hippocampus during conscious recollection in schizophrenia.

Stephan Heckers;Scott L. Rauch;Donald Goff;Cary R. Savage

760
Citations
Molecular evidence for mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder.

Christine Konradi;Molly Eaton;Matthew L. MacDonald;John Walsh

575
Citations
Thalamocortical dysconnectivity in schizophrenia.

Neil D. Woodward;Haleh Karbasforoushan;Stephan Heckers

548
Citations
Neuroimaging studies of the hippocampus in schizophrenia.

Stephan Heckers

524
Citations
Molecular aspects of glutamate dysregulation: implications for schizophrenia and its treatment

Christine Konradi;Stephan Heckers;Stephan Heckers

474
Citations
Differential effects on spatial navigation of immunotoxin-induced cholinergic lesions of the medial septal area and nucleus basalis magnocellularis

Joanne Berger-Sweeney;Stephan Heckers;Marek Marsel Mesulam;Ronald G. Wiley

474
Citations
AMPHETAMINE REGULATES GENE EXPRESSION IN RAT STRIATUM VIA TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CREB

C Konradi;RL Cole;S Heckers;SE Hyman

465
Citations
Complete and selective cholinergic denervation of rat neocortex and hippocampus but not amygdala by an immunotoxin against the p75 NGF receptor

Stephan Heckers;Toshiyuki Ohtake;Ronald G. Wiley;Douglas A. Lappi

459
Citations
Functional resting-state networks are differentially affected in schizophrenia

Neil D. Woodward;Baxter Rogers;Stephan Heckers

417
Citations
Schizophrenia and cognitive function.

Gina Kuperberg;Stephan Heckers

407
Citations
Hippocampal function in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Lisa M. Shin;Lisa M. Shin;Patrick S. Shin;Stephan Heckers;Terri S. Krangel

362
Citations
The association between brain volumes, delirium duration, and cognitive outcomes in intensive care unit survivors: the VISIONS cohort magnetic resonance imaging study*.

Max L. Gunther;Alessandro Morandi;Erin Krauskopf;Pratik Pandharipande

352
Citations
Hippocampal activation during transitive inference in humans.

Stephan Heckers;Martin Zalesak;Anthony P. Weiss;Tali Ditman

335
Citations
GABAergic mechanisms of hippocampal hyperactivity in schizophrenia

Stephan Heckers;Christine Konradi

332
Citations
Differential hippocampal expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 and 67 messenger RNA in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Stephan Heckers;David Stone;John Walsh;John Shick

329
Citations
Structure of the psychotic disorders classification in DSM-5.

Stephan Heckers;M Deanna;Juan Bustillo;Wolfgang Gaebel

318
Citations
Increased medial temporal lobe activation during the passive viewing of emotional and neutral facial expressions in schizophrenia.

Daphne J. Holt;Laura Kunkel;Anthony P. Weiss;Donald C. Goff

315
Citations