Dirk De Ridder

23.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
281 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Dirk De Ridder is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk De Ridder has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 153 papers in Sensory Systems and 141 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Dirk De Ridder's work include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (148 papers), Vestibular and auditory disorders (108 papers) and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (82 papers). Dirk De Ridder is often cited by papers focused on Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (148 papers), Vestibular and auditory disorders (108 papers) and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (82 papers). Dirk De Ridder collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Belgium and United States. Dirk De Ridder's co-authors include Sven Vanneste, Paul Van de Heyning, Berthold Langguth, Mark Plazier, Tomas Menovsky, Jae‐Jin Song, Elsa van der Loo, Ana Belén Elgoyhen, Tobias Kleinjung and Marco Congedo and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Dirk De Ridder

271 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Tinnitus: causes and clinical management

2013 533 citations Berthold Langguth, Tobias Kleinjung et al. profile →

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Dirk De Ridder

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Luís García‐Larrea France

James G. Colebatch Australia

Nadia Bolognini Italy

Martín Lotze Germany

Eric M. Wassermann United States

A. D. Craig United States

Christian Grefkes Germany

Christian Wienbruch Germany

Andrea Antal Germany

B. Conrad Germany

Luís García‐Larrea France

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk De Ridder

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ridder, Dirk De, et al.. (2026). Disentangling sex-specific mechanisms in neuropathic and nociplastic chronic pain: a review. Frontiers in Neurology. 16. 1730291–1730291.

Ridder, Dirk De, Berthold Langguth, & Winfried Schlee. (2025). Mourning for Silence: Bereavement and Tinnitus—A Perspective. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(7). 2218–2218.

Adhia, Divya Bharatkumar, et al.. (2025). Neurofeedback Training for Managing Neuropathic Pain–Like Features in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Protocol for an Open-Label Pilot Feasibility Clinical Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 14. e78806–e78806. 1 indexed citations

Searchfield, Grant D., Divya Bharatkumar Adhia, Dirk De Ridder, et al.. (2024). A scoping review of tinnitus research undertaken by New Zealand researchers: Aotearoa–an international hotspot for tinnitus innovation and collaboration. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 55(3). 466–500. 1 indexed citations

Ridder, Dirk De, Divya Bharatkumar Adhia, & Sven Vanneste. (2024). The brain’s duck test in phantom percepts: Multisensory congruence in neuropathic pain and tinnitus. Brain Research. 1844. 149137–149137. 3 indexed citations

Ridder, Dirk De, et al.. (2024). Prolonged opioid use after single-level lumbar spinal fusion surgery in a Belgian population: a multicentric observational study. European Spine Journal. 33(9). 3559–3566.

Glue, Paul, et al.. (2024). How does depressive cognition develop? A state-dependent network model of predictive processing.. Psychological Review. 132(2). 442–469.

Langguth, Berthold, Dirk De Ridder, Winfried Schlee, & Tobias Kleinjung. (2024). Tinnitus: Clinical Insights in Its Pathophysiology-A Perspective. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. 25(3). 249–258. 13 indexed citations

Langguth, Berthold, Tobias Kleinjung, Winfried Schlee, Sven Vanneste, & Dirk De Ridder. (2023). Tinnitus Guidelines and Their Evidence Base. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(9). 3087–3087. 26 indexed citations

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Piarulli, Andrea, Sven Vanneste, Audrey Maudoux, et al.. (2022). Tinnitus and distress: an electroencephalography classification study. Brain Communications. 5(1). fcad018–fcad018. 8 indexed citations

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Vanneste, Sven, Wing Ting To, & Dirk De Ridder. (2018). Tinnitus and neuropathic pain share a common neural substrate in the form of specific brain connectivity and microstate profiles. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 88. 388–400. 39 indexed citations

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To, Wing Ting, Evan W. James, Jan Ost, et al.. (2017). Differential effects of bifrontal and occipital nerve stimulation on pain and fatigue using transcranial direct current stimulation in fibromyalgia patients. Journal of Neural Transmission. 124(7). 799–808. 32 indexed citations

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To, Wing Ting, Jan Ost, John Hart, Dirk De Ridder, & Sven Vanneste. (2016). The added value of auditory cortex transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) after bifrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for tinnitus. Journal of Neural Transmission. 124(1). 79–88. 23 indexed citations

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Stamberger, Hannah, et al.. (2014). Auditory Cortex tACS and tRNS for Tinnitus: Single versus Multiple Sessions. Neural Plasticity. 2014. 1–7. 33 indexed citations

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Ridder, Dirk De, Kathleen Joos, & Sven Vanneste. (2014). The Enigma of the Tinnitus-Free Dream State in a Bayesian World. Neural Plasticity. 2014. 1–5. 19 indexed citations

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Joos, Kathleen, Dirk De Ridder, Paul Van de Heyning, & Sven Vanneste. (2014). Polarity Specific Suppression Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Tinnitus. Neural Plasticity. 2014. 1–8. 42 indexed citations

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Vanneste, Sven, Wing Ting To, & Dirk De Ridder. (2011). The psychometric properties of the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire in a Dutch‐speaking population. Clinical Otolaryngology. 36(1). 9–16. 21 indexed citations

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Focquaert, Farah & Dirk De Ridder. (2009). Direct intervention in the brain: ethical issues concerning personal identity. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 14 indexed citations

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Ridder, Dirk De, et al.. (2007). Electrical stimulation of auditory and somatosensory cortices for treatment of tinnitus and pain. Progress in brain research. 166. 377–388. 82 indexed citations

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Ridder, Dirk De, et al.. (2004). Tinnitus and auditory cortex - Response. Journal of neurosurgery. 101(1). 172–172. 4 indexed citations

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