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Wiesje M. van der Flier

Wiesje M. van der Flier

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2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
124
Citations
54703
World Ranking
459
National Ranking
19

Medicine

D-Index
132
Citations
62825
World Ranking
2321
National Ranking
87

Wiesje M. van der Flier publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wiesje M. van der Flier sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,012 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Wiesje M. van der Flier D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wiesje M. van der Flier sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 132 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Wiesje M. van der Flier is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The primary field of research is Medicine, with substantial contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a variety of topics mainly focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases.

Van der Flier has authored several significant papers, including:

  • The characterisation of subjective cognitive decline (2020, The Lancet Neurology)
  • Global estimates on the number of persons across the Alzheimer's disease continuum (2022, Alzheimer s & Dementia)
  • Amyloid and tau PET-positive cognitively unimpaired individuals are at high risk for future cognitive decline (2022, Nature Medicine)
  • Global Prevalence of Young-Onset Dementia (2021, JAMA Neurology)
  • Prevalence Estimates of Amyloid Abnormality Across the Alzheimer Disease Clinical Spectrum (2022, JAMA Neurology)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with van der Flier include:

  • Charlotte E. Teunissen
  • Philip Scheltens
  • Frederik Barkhof
  • Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg
  • Rik Ossenkoppele

Van der Flier publishes often in specialized journals such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Alzheimer s Research & Therapy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Best Publications

  • A conceptual framework for research on subjective cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    Frank Jessen;Frank Jessen;Rebecca E. Amariglio;Martin van Boxtel;Monique Breteler

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer's disease risk.

    Iris E. Jansen;Jeanne E. Savage;Kyoko Watanabe;Julien Bryois

  • CSF biomarkers and incipient Alzheimer disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

    Niklas Mattsson;Henrik Zetterberg;Oskar Hansson;Niels Andreasen

  • The characterisation of subjective cognitive decline

    Frank Jessen;Frank Jessen;Rebecca E Amariglio;Rachel F Buckley;Rachel F Buckley;Wiesje M van der Flier

  • Blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease: towards clinical implementation.

    Charlotte E Teunissen;Inge M W Verberk;Elisabeth H Thijssen;Lisa Vermunt

  • Heterogeneity of small vessel disease: a systematic review of MRI and histopathology correlations

    Alida A Gouw;Alexandra Seewann;Wiesje M van der Flier;Frederik Barkhof

  • Prevalence of amyloid PET positivity in dementia syndromes: a meta-analysis.

    Rik Ossenkoppele;Willemijn J Jansen;Gil D Rabinovici;Dirk L Knol

  • Consensus classification of posterior cortical atrophy

    Sebastian J. Crutch;Jonathan M. Schott;Gil D. Rabinovici;Melissa Murray

  • Vascular cognitive impairment.

    Wiesje M van der Flier;Ingmar Skoog;Julie A Schneider;Leonardo Pantoni

  • Epidemiology and risk factors of dementia.

    W M van der Flier;P Scheltens

  • Implementation of subjective cognitive decline criteria in research studies.

    José L. Molinuevo;Laura A. Rabin;Laura A. Rabin;Rebecca Amariglio;Rachel Buckley;Rachel Buckley;Rachel Buckley

  • The behavioural/dysexecutive variant of Alzheimer's disease: clinical, neuroimaging and pathological features.

    Rik Ossenkoppele;Yolande A. L. Pijnenburg;David C. Perry;Brendan I. Cohn-Sheehy

  • Early-versus late-onset Alzheimer's disease: more than age alone.

    Esther L.G.E. Koedam;Vivian Lauffer;Annelies E. van der Vlies;Wiesje M. van der Flier

  • Visual assessment of posterior atrophy development of a MRI rating scale

    Esther L. G. E. Koedam;Manja Lehmann;Wiesje M. van der Flier;Philip Scheltens

  • Subjective Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: An Overview of Self-Report Measures Used Across 19 International Research Studies

    Laura A. Rabin;Laura A. Rabin;Laura A. Rabin;Colette M. Smart;Paul K. Crane;Rebecca E. Amariglio

  • Hippocampal atrophy rates in Alzheimer disease Added value over whole brain volume measures

    W.J.P. Henneman;J.D. Sluimer;J. Barnes;W.M. van der Flier

  • Progression of white matter hyperintensities and incidence of new lacunes over a 3-year period: the Leukoaraiosis and Disability study.

    A.A. Gouw;W.M. van der Flier;F. Fazekas;E.C.W. van Straaten

  • Functional neural network analysis in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease using EEG and graph theory

    Willem de Haan;Yolande A L Pijnenburg;Rob L M Strijers;Yolande van der Made

  • Amyloid-β(1–42), Total Tau, and Phosphorylated Tau as Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease

    Cees Mulder;Nicolaas A. Verwey;Wiesje M. van der Flier;Femke H. Bouwman

  • Alzheimer's disease: connecting findings from graph theoretical studies of brain networks

    Betty M. Tijms;Alle Meije Wink;Willem de Haan;Wiesje M. van der Flier

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Scheltens
Philip Scheltens Amsterdam UMC
Frederik Barkhof
Frederik Barkhof University College London
Rik Ossenkoppele
Rik Ossenkoppele Lund University
Pieter Jelle Visser
Pieter Jelle Visser Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Niels D. Prins
Niels D. Prins Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ronald Boellaard
Ronald Boellaard Amsterdam UMC

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