2026 Thomas Dierks: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	71	2425	2217	57	54	359	16566

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Neuroscience

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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

927
Citations
Pathways That Make Voices: White Matter Changes in Auditory Hallucinations

Daniela Hubl;Thomas Koenig;Werner Strik;Andrea Federspiel

625
Citations
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

623
Citations
Decreased EEG synchronization in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.

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

613
Citations
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

531
Citations
Functional imbalance of visual pathways indicates alternative face processing strategies in autism

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

389
Citations
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

380
Citations
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

347
Citations
Clinical efficacy of Ginkgo biloba special extract EGb 761 in dementia of the Alzheimer type

K. Maurer;R. Ihl;T. Dierks;L. Frölich

337
Citations
BOLD correlates of EEG alpha phase-locking and the fMRI default mode network.

Kay Jann;Thomas Dierks;Chris Boesch;Mara Kottlow

320
Citations
Structural plasticity in the language system related to increased second language proficiency.

Maria Stein;Andrea Federspiel;Thomas Koenig;Miranka Wirth

279
Citations
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

276
Citations
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

271
Citations
Facial affect recognition training in autism: can we animate the fusiform gyrus?

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

259
Citations
Functional imaging of visuospatial processing in Alzheimer's disease.

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

257
Citations
Topographic electrophysiological signatures of FMRI Resting State Networks.

Kay Jann;Mara Kottlow;Thomas Dierks;Chris Boesch

211
Citations
Differential validity of psychometric tests in dementia of the Alzheimer type.

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

176
Citations
Resting-state EEG in schizophrenia: Auditory verbal hallucinations are related to shortening of specific microstates

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

176
Citations
The spatiotemporal pattern of auditory cortical responses during verbal hallucinations

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

172
Citations
Semantic memory involvement in the default mode network: a functional neuroimaging study using independent component analysis.

Miranka Wirth;Kay Jann;Thomas Dierks;Andrea Federspiel

171
Citations