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Virginie Sterpenich

Virginie Sterpenich

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
7678
World Ranking
8706
National Ranking
199

Virginie Sterpenich 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 Virginie Sterpenich sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 123 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Virginie Sterpenich 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 Virginie Sterpenich sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Virginie Sterpenich is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. They have contributed to advancing knowledge in areas related to sleep and wakefulness research, neural dynamics and brain function, and EEG and brain-computer interfaces.

Their body of work encompasses several specific research topics, including:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception

Among the recent papers involving Virginie Sterpenich, notable publications include:

  • "Reward biases spontaneous neural reactivation during sleep" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "NREM sleep stages specifically alter dynamical integration of large-scale brain networks" (2020) published in iScience
  • "Motor imagery practice benefits during arm immobilization" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Brain reactivity to emotion persists in NREM sleep and is associated with individual dream recall" (2022) published in Cerebral Cortex Communications
  • "Evidence for an emotional adaptive function of dreams: a cross-cultural study" (2023) published in Scientific Reports

Virginie Sterpenich has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including Sophie Schwartz, Guillaume Legendre, Maëva Moyne, Luc H. Arnal, and Samika Kumar. Sophie Schwartz is noted as a particularly frequent collaborator, having co-authored 13 works with Sterpenich.

The researcher's publications appear in multiple venues, with the most frequent being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have published five papers. Other venues include Scientific Reports, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, and iScience.

Best Publications

  • Hemodynamic cerebral correlates of sleep spindles during human non-rapid eye movement sleep.

    M. Schabus;T. T. Dang-Vu;G. Albouy;E. Balteau

  • Both the hippocampus and striatum are involved in consolidation of motor sequence memory.

    Geneviève Albouy;Virginie Sterpenich;Evelyne Balteau;Gilles Vandewalle

  • Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Martin Desseilles;Geneviève Albouy

  • Sleep transforms the cerebral trace of declarative memories

    Steffen Gais;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu

  • Daytime light exposure dynamically enhances brain responses

    Gilles Vandewalle;Evelyne Balteau;Christophe Phillips;Christian Degueldre

  • Wavelength-Dependent Modulation of Brain Responses to a Working Memory Task by Daytime Light Exposure

    Gilles Vandewalle;S. Gais;Manuel Schabus;Evelyne Balteau

  • Functional neuroimaging insights into the physiology of human sleep.

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Manuel Schabus;Martin Desseilles;Martin Desseilles;Virginie Sterpenich

  • Brain Responses to Violet, Blue, and Green Monochromatic Light Exposures in Humans: Prominent Role of Blue Light and the Brainstem

    Gilles Vandewalle;Christina Schmidt;Geneviève Albouy;Virginie Sterpenich

  • Sleep-Related Hippocampo-Cortical Interplay during Emotional Memory Recollection

    Virginie Sterpenich;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Gilles Vandewalle

  • The Locus Ceruleus Is Involved in the Successful Retrieval of Emotional Memories in Humans

    Virginie Sterpenich;Arnaud D’Argembeau;Martin Desseilles;Evelyne Balteau

  • Sleep Promotes the Neural Reorganization of Remote Emotional Memory

    Virginie Sterpenich;Geneviève Albouy;Annabelle Darsaud;Christina Schmidt

  • Human cognition during REM sleep and the activity profile within frontal and parietal cortices: a reappraisal of functional neuroimaging data.

    Pierre Maquet;Perrine Ruby;Audrey Maudoux;Geneviève Albouy

  • Cognitive and emotional processes during dreaming: a neuroimaging view

    Martin Desseilles;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Virginie Sterpenich;Sophie Schwartz

  • Homeostatic Sleep Pressure and Responses to Sustained Attention in the Suprachiasmatic Area

    Christina Schmidt;Fabienne Collette;Yves Leclercq;Virginie Sterpenich

  • Neuroimaging insights into the pathophysiology of sleep disorders.

    Martin Desseilles;Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Manuel Schabus;Virginie Sterpenich

  • Interaction between hippocampal and striatal systems predicts subsequent consolidation of motor sequence memory.

    Geneviève Albouy;Geneviève Albouy;Virginie Sterpenich;Gilles Vandewalle;Annabelle Darsaud

  • The left intraparietal sulcus and verbal short-term memory: focus of attention or serial order?

    S. Majerus;M. Poncelet;M. Van der Linden;M. Van der Linden;G. Albouy

  • Abnormal Neural Filtering of Irrelevant Visual Information in Depression

    Martin Desseilles;Evelyne Balteau;Virginie Sterpenich;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu

  • Memory reactivation during rapid eye movement sleep promotes its generalization and integration in cortical stores.

    Virginie Sterpenich;Christina Schmidt;Geneviève Albouy;Luca Matarazzo

  • The neural correlates of verbal short-term memory in Alzheimer's disease: an fMRI study

    Frédéric Peters;Fabienne Collette;Fabienne Collette;Christian Degueldre;Virginie Sterpenich

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Desseilles
Martin Desseilles University of Namur
Pierre Maquet
Pierre Maquet University of Liège
Gilles Vandewalle
Gilles Vandewalle University of Liège
Geneviève Albouy
Geneviève Albouy University of Utah
Sophie Schwartz
Sophie Schwartz University of Geneva
Evelyne Balteau
Evelyne Balteau University of Liège
Christian Degueldre
Christian Degueldre University of Liège
André Luxen
André Luxen University of Liège
Manuel Schabus
Manuel Schabus University of Salzburg
Philippe Peigneux
Philippe Peigneux Université Libre de Bruxelles

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