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Thomas Dierks

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
71
Citations
16566
World Ranking
2425
National Ranking
57

Thomas Dierks 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 Dierks sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 359 publications — 88th percentile

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

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

Thomas Dierks 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 Dierks sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas Dierks is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has a research focus centered in neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans various subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, physiology, and clinical psychology.

Their research emphasizes several key topics, notably:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Thomas Dierks has contributed to various frequent publication venues, including:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)
  • Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Movement Disorders

The collaboration network of Dierks includes frequent co-authors who have worked with them on multiple occasions, such as:

  • Werner Strik
  • Annegret Habich
  • Daniel Ferreira
  • Yosuke Morishima
  • Eric Westman

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Functional Connectivity Alterations of the Temporal Lobe and Hippocampus in Semantic Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • (Dis-)Connected Dots in Dementia with Lewy Bodies-A Systematic Review of Connectivity Studies, 2022, Movement Disorders
  • Treatment effect variability in brain stimulation across psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis of variance, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Sex differences in brain atrophy in dementia with Lewy bodies, 2023, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Converging Resting State Networks Unravels Potential Remote Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Major Depression, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Activation of Heschl’s Gyrus during Auditory Hallucinations

    Thomas Dierks;David Edmund Johannes Linden;David Edmund Johannes Linden;Martin Jandl;Elia Formisano

  • Pathways That Make Voices: White Matter Changes in Auditory Hallucinations

    Daniela Hubl;Thomas Koenig;Werner Strik;Andrea Federspiel

  • The Functional Neuroanatomy of Target Detection: An fMRI Study of Visual and Auditory Oddball Tasks

    David E.J. Linden;David Prvulovic;Elia Formisano;Martin Völlinger

  • Decreased EEG synchronization in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.

    T. Koenig;L. Prichep;T. Dierks;D. Hubl

  • Discrimination of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment by equivalent EEG sources: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

    C Huang;L.-O Wahlund;T Dierks;P Julin

  • Functional imbalance of visual pathways indicates alternative face processing strategies in autism

    D. Hubl;S. Bolte;S. Feineis-Matthews;H. Lanfermann

  • Application and comparison of classification algorithms for recognition of Alzheimer's disease in electrical brain activity (EEG).

    Christoph Lehmann;Thomas Koenig;Vesna Jelic;Leslie Prichep;Leslie Prichep

  • Spatial pattern of cerebral glucose metabolism (PET) correlates with localization of intracerebral EEG-generators in Alzheimer's disease.

    Thomas Dierks;Thomas Dierks;Vesna Jelic;Roberto D. Pascual-Marqui;Lars-Olof Wahlund

  • Clinical efficacy of Ginkgo biloba special extract EGb 761 in dementia of the Alzheimer type

    K. Maurer;R. Ihl;T. Dierks;L. Frölich

  • BOLD correlates of EEG alpha phase-locking and the fMRI default mode network.

    Kay Jann;Thomas Dierks;Chris Boesch;Mara Kottlow

  • Structural plasticity in the language system related to increased second language proficiency.

    Maria Stein;Andrea Federspiel;Thomas Koenig;Miranka Wirth

  • EEG microstates associated with salience and frontoparietal networks in frontotemporal dementia, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.

    Keiichiro Nishida;Keiichiro Nishida;Yosuke Morishima;Masafumi Yoshimura;Toshiaki Isotani

  • The development and evaluation of a computer-based program to test and to teach the recognition of facial affect

    Sven Bölte;Sabine Feineis-Matthews;Simone Leber;Thomas Dierks

  • Facial affect recognition training in autism: can we animate the fusiform gyrus?

    Sven Bölte;Daniela Hubl;Sabine Feineis-Matthews;David Prvulovic

  • Functional imaging of visuospatial processing in Alzheimer's disease.

    David Prvulovic;Daniela Hubl;Alexander Thomas Sack;L. Melillo

  • Topographic electrophysiological signatures of FMRI Resting State Networks.

    Kay Jann;Mara Kottlow;Thomas Dierks;Chris Boesch

  • Differential validity of psychometric tests in dementia of the Alzheimer type.

    Ralf Ihl;Lutz Frölich;Thomas Dierks;Eva-Maria Martin

  • Resting-state EEG in schizophrenia: Auditory verbal hallucinations are related to shortening of specific microstates

    J. Kindler;D. Hubl;W.K. Strik;T. Dierks

  • The spatiotemporal pattern of auditory cortical responses during verbal hallucinations

    Vincent G. van de Ven;Elia Formisano;Christian H. Röder;David Prvulovic

  • Semantic memory involvement in the default mode network: a functional neuroimaging study using independent component analysis.

    Miranka Wirth;Kay Jann;Thomas Dierks;Andrea Federspiel

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner Strik
Werner Strik University of Bern
Andrea Federspiel
Andrea Federspiel University of Bern
Thomas Koenig
Thomas Koenig University of Bern
Sebastian Walther
Sebastian Walther University of Bern
Konrad Maurer
Konrad Maurer Goethe University Frankfurt
David Edmund Johannes Linden
David Edmund Johannes Linden Maastricht University
Miranka Wirth
Miranka Wirth German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Vesna Jelic
Vesna Jelic Karolinska University Hospital
Rainer Goebel
Rainer Goebel Maastricht University
David Prvulovic
David Prvulovic Goethe University Frankfurt

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