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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
8569
World Ranking
6670
National Ranking
41

Thomas Benke 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 Thomas Benke sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 185 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Benke 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 Thomas Benke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas Benke is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria. Their research spans across multiple disciplines with a primary focus on Medicine and Neuroscience. The scientist has contributed extensively to Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, as well as Neurology.

Their work addresses several key topics including:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Benke has published articles in various scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • NeuroImage Clinical
  • Medicina

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Sex and gender differences in Alzheimer's disease: current challenges and implications for clinical practice," 2020, European Journal of Neurology
  • "Strategic white matter hyperintensity locations for cognitive impairment: A multicenter lesion-symptom mapping study in 3525 memory clinic patients," 2022, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Amyloid pathology and vascular risk are associated with distinct patterns of cerebral white matter hyperintensities: A multicenter study in 3132 memory clinic patients," 2024, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • "Effects of Cognitive Functioning and Education on Later-Life Health Numeracy," 2020, Gerontology
  • "Spatial distributions of white matter hyperintensities on brain MRI: A pooled analysis of individual participant data from 11 memory clinic cohorts," 2023, NeuroImage Clinical

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Benke include:

  • Peter Dal-Bianco
  • Reinhold Schmidt
  • Gerhard Ransmayr
  • Edith Hofer
  • Mirthe Coenen

Best Publications

  • Learning complex arithmetic--an fMRI study.

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  • EFNS Guidelines on cognitive rehabilitation: report of an EFNS Task Force

    Stefano F. Cappa;T. Benke;S. Clarke;B. Rossi

  • Periventricular and Subcortical Hyperintensities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: 'Rims, Caps, and Unidentified Bright Objects'

    Andrew Kertesz;Sandra E. Black;George Tokar;Thomas Benke

  • How specifically do we learn? Imaging the learning of multiplication and subtraction.

    Anja Ischebeck;Laura Zamarian;Laura Zamarian;Christian Siedentopf;Florian Koppelstätter

  • Learning by strategies and learning by drill--evidence from an fMRI study.

    Margarete Delazer;Anja Ischebeck;Frank Domahs;Laura Zamarian

  • Arithmetic Facts without Meaning

    M. Delazer;Th. Benke

  • Cognitive impairment in multiple system atrophy: A position statement by the neuropsychology task force of the MDS multiple system atrophy (MODIMSA) study group

    Iva Stankovic;Florian Krismer;Aleksandar Jesic;Angelo Antonini

  • Language Lateralization in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Comparison between fMRI and the Wada Test

    Thomas Benke;Bülent Köylü;Pamela Visani;Elfriede Karner

  • Voxel based morphometry reveals a distinct pattern of frontal atrophy in progressive supranuclear palsy

    C Brenneis;K Seppi;M Schocke;T Benke

  • EFNS guidelines on cognitive rehabilitation: report of an EFNS task force. Members of the Task Force on Cognition Rehabilitation

    S.F. Cappa;T. Benke;S. Clarke;B Rossi

  • Repetitive speech phenomena in Parkinson's disease

    Th Benke;C Hohenstein;W Poewe;B Butterworth

  • Impact of ambiguity and risk on decision making in mild Alzheimer's disease.

    H. Sinz;L. Zamarian;T. Benke;G.K. Wenning

  • Decision-making with explicit and stable rules in mild Alzheimer's disease.

    M. Delazer;H. Sinz;L. Zamarian;L. Zamarian;T. Benke

  • Number processing in posterior cortical atrophy--a neuropsycholgical case study.

    M. Delazer;E. Karner;L. Zamarian;E. Donnemiller

  • Basal ganglia lesions and the theory of fronto-subcortical loops: neuropsychological findings in two patients with left caudate lesions.

    Thomas Benke;Margarete Delazer;Lisa Bartha;Alexandra Auer

  • Neuropsychological, MRI and EEG findings after very mild traumatic brain injury.

    B Voller;T Benke;K Benedetto;P Schnider

  • Sex and gender differences in Alzheimer's disease: current challenges and implications for clinical practice: Position paper of the Dementia and Cognitive Disorders Panel of the European Academy of Neurology.

    M. T. Ferretti;J. Martinkova;E. Biskup;E. Biskup;T. Benke

  • Acute conduction aphasia: An analysis of 20 cases

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  • Successful surgical treatment of insular epilepsy with nocturnal hypermotor seizures

    Judith Dobesberger;Martin Ortler;Iris Unterberger;Gerald Walser

  • Subacute dementia and imaging correlates in a case of Fahr’s disease

    T Benke;E Karner;K Seppi;M Delazer

  • Riluzole in Huntington's disease (HD) : an open label study with one year follow up

    Klaus Seppi;Joerg Mueller;Thomas Bodner;Elisabeth Brandauer

  • Peduncular hallucinosis

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  • Medial temporal lobe activation during semantic language processing: fMRI findings in healthy left- and right-handers.

    Lisa Bartha;Christian Brenneis;Michael Schocke;Eugen Trinka

  • EFNS Guidelines on cognitive rehabilitation: report of an EFNS Task Force: EFNS guidelines on cognitive rehabilitation

    S. F. Cappa;T. Benke;S. Clarke;B. Rossi

  • Number processing and basal ganglia dysfunction: a single case study.

    Margarete Delazer;Frank Domahs;Aliette Lochy;Elfriede Karner

  • Decision making under risk and under ambiguity in Parkinson's disease.

    M. Delazer;H. Sinz;L. Zamarian;H. Stockner

Frequent Co-Authors

Margarete Delazer
Margarete Delazer Innsbruck Medical University
Reinhold Schmidt
Reinhold Schmidt Medical University of Graz
Laura Zamarian
Laura Zamarian Innsbruck Medical University
Eugen Trinka
Eugen Trinka Paracelsus Medical University
Elke R. Gizewski
Elke R. Gizewski Innsbruck Medical University
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Stefano F. Cappa
Stefano F. Cappa Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia
Anja Ischebeck
Anja Ischebeck University of Graz
Gregor K. Wenning
Gregor K. Wenning Innsbruck Medical University
Klaus Seppi
Klaus Seppi Innsbruck Medical University

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