2026 Wim Vanduffel: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	65	3102	2835	1447	1302	332	16596

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Neuroscience

3102

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1447

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332

16596

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Wim Vanduffel is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has an extensive body of research primarily within the field of Neuroscience. Their work is notably concentrated in Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Face Recognition and Perception
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Vanduffel has contributed to multiple recent papers that reflect a focus on neuroimaging and nonhuman primate neuroscience. These include:

"Accelerating the Evolution of Nonhuman Primate Neuroimaging," 2020, Neuron
"An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics," 2020, Neuron
"Combining brain perturbation and neuroimaging in non-human primates," 2021, NeuroImage
"An integrative, multiscale view on neural theories of consciousness," 2024, Neuron
"Toward next-generation primate neuroscience: A collaboration-based strategic plan for integrative neuroimaging," 2021, Neuron

Frequent coauthors associated with Vanduffel's research include Qi Zhu, Xiaolian Li, Rufin Vogels, John T. Arsenault, and Suliann Ben Hamed. These collaborations underline ongoing partnerships in specialized areas of neuroscience and neuroimaging.

The primary publication venues where Vanduffel's work appears include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Neuron
SSRN Electronic Journal
Imaging Neuroscience

In 2018, Wim Vanduffel was recognized as a Member of the Academia Europaea, marking a noted professional accolade within their scientific career.

Best Publications

The retinotopy of visual spatial attention.

Roger B.H Tootell;Nouchine Hadjikhani;E.Kevin Hall;Sean Marrett

907
Citations
Comparative mapping of higher visual areas in monkeys and humans

Guy A. Orban;David Van Essen;Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel

770
Citations
Visual motion processing investigated using contrast agent-enhanced fMRI in awake behaving monkeys

Wim Vanduffel;Denis Fize;Joseph B Mandeville;Koen Nelissen

596
Citations
Functional analysis of primary visual cortex (V1) in humans

Roger B. H. Tootell;Nouchine K. Hadjikhani;Wim Vanduffel;Arthur K. Liu

566
Citations
Toward a Unified Theory of Visual Area V4

Anna W. Roe;Leonardo Chelazzi;Charles E. Connor;Bevil R. Conway

449
Citations
Observing Others: Multiple Action Representation in the Frontal Lobe

Koen Nelissen;Giuseppe Luppino;Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel;Giacomo Rizzolatti

445
Citations
Extracting 3D from Motion: Differences in Human and Monkey Intraparietal Cortex

Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel;Denis Fize;H Peuskens;Katrien Denys

427
Citations
The Representation of Tool Use in Humans and Monkeys: Common and Uniquely Human Features

R. Peeters;L. Simone;K. Nelissen;M. Fabbri-Destro

418
Citations
Stereopsis activates V3A and caudal intraparietal areas in macaques and humans

Doris Y. Tsao;Wim Vanduffel;Wim Vanduffel;Yuka Sasaki;Denis Fize

391
Citations
Bottom-Up Dependent Gating of Frontal Signals in Early Visual Cortex

Leeland B. Ekstrom;Pieter R. Roelfsema;Pieter R. Roelfsema;John T. Arsenault;John T. Arsenault;Giorgio Bonmassar

390
Citations
Default Mode of Brain Function in Monkeys

Dante Mantini;Annelis Gerits;Koen Nelissen;Jean-Baptiste Durand

372
Citations
Evolutionarily Novel Functional Networks in the Human Brain

Dante Mantini;Maurizio Corbetta;Gian Luca Romani;Guy A. Orban;Guy A. Orban

343
Citations
Mapping the parietal cortex of human and non-human primates

Guy A. Orban;Kristl Claeys;Koen Nelissen;Ruth Smans

339
Citations
Repeated fMRI using iron oxide contrast agent in awake, behaving macaques at 3 Tesla.

Francisca Pais Leite;Doris Tsao;Wim Vanduffel;Denis Fize

313
Citations
Neuroimaging weighs in: humans meet macaques in "primate" visual cortex.

Roger B. H. Tootell;Doris Y. Tsao;Wim Vanduffel

307
Citations
The Processing of Visual Shape in the Cerebral Cortex of Human and Nonhuman Primates: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Katrien Denys;Wim Vanduffel;Denis Fize;Koen Nelissen

301
Citations
Symmetry activates extrastriate visual cortex in human and nonhuman primates

Yuka Sasaki;Wim Vanduffel;Tamara Knutsen;Christopher Tyler

295
Citations
Action observation circuits in the macaque monkey cortex.

Koen Nelissen;Elena Borra;Marzio Gerbella;Stefano Rozzi

267
Citations
The Retinotopic Organization of Primate Dorsal V4 and Surrounding Areas: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study in Awake Monkeys

Denis Fize;Wim Vanduffel;Koen Nelissen;Katrien Denys

245
Citations
Similarities and differences in motion processing between the human and macaque brain: evidence from fMRI

Guy A. Orban;Denis Fize;Hendrik Peuskens;Katrien Denys

244
Citations