Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
158 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Neurology, 66 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 53 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (75 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (61 papers) and Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies (28 papers). Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (75 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (61 papers) and Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies (28 papers). Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez's co-authors include Jonathan Downar, Zafiris J. Daskalakis, Daniel M. Blumberger, Raymond W. Lam, Sidney H. Kennedy, Peter Giacobbe, Yoshihiro Noda, Kevin E. Thorpe, Kfir Feffer and Yuliya Knyahnytska and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez

147 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Effectiveness of theta burst versus high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression (THREE-D): a randomised non-inferiority trial

2018 748 citations Daniel M. Blumberger, Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez et al. profile →
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder

2016 381 citations Roumen Milev, Peter Giacobbe et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez Canada	32	2.0k	1.7k	1.1k	594	440	158	3.7k
Carlos Schönfeldt‐Lecuona Germany	30	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	756 0.7×	234 0.4×	473 1.1×	145	3.6k
Emmanuel Poulet France	31	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	949 0.8×	188 0.3×	274 0.6×	117	3.0k
Angelo Alonzo Australia	30	2.5k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	979 0.9×	209 0.4×	264 0.6×	56	3.2k
Shawn M. McClintock United States	36	1.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	2.6k 2.3×	2.0k 3.3×	519 1.2×	128	5.4k
Tim A. Kimbrell United States	26	782 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	887 0.8×	272 0.5×	227 0.5×	48	2.8k
Gary S. Figiel United States	34	610 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	561 0.9×	494 1.1×	55	3.7k
C. Edward Coffey United States	32	570 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	2.4k 2.1×	1.1k 1.8×	619 1.4×	95	5.0k
Leandro Valiengo Brazil	26	1.4k 0.7×	984 0.6×	884 0.8×	173 0.3×	271 0.6×	65	2.5k
Elizabeth Osuch Canada	28	507 0.3×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	252 0.4×	190 0.4×	77	3.9k
Aaron Kucyi United States	35	303 0.2×	2.8k 1.7×	835 0.7×	515 0.9×	171 0.4×	64	4.2k

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Chen, Xiao, Daniel M. Blumberger, Chao‐Gan Yan, et al.. (2025). Crosswalk between HRSD and MADRS outcomes for rTMS in patients with depression. BMJ Mental Health. 28(1). e301451–e301451.

Goodman, Michelle S., Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez, Melanie Barwick, et al.. (2024). A randomized sham-controlled trial of high-dosage accelerated intermittent theta burst rTMS in major depression: study protocol. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 28–28. 4 indexed citations

Goodman, Michelle S., Alisson Paulino Trevizol, Gerasimos Konstantinou, et al.. (2024). Extended course accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation as a substitute for depressed patients needing electroconvulsive therapy. Neuropsychopharmacology. 50(4). 685–694.

Honer, William G., Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez, Thomas L. Patterson, et al.. (2024). Incidence and contributing factors of dementia among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada, from 2002 to 2016: a retrospective cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e000627–e000627. 2 indexed citations

Gicas, Kristina M., Allen E. Thornton, Anna Petersson, et al.. (2023). Using serial position effects to investigate memory dysfunction in homeless and precariously housed persons. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 37(8). 1710–1727. 2 indexed citations

Hirsch‐Reinshagen, Veronica, Christa Hercher, Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez, et al.. (2023). Psychotic symptoms in frontotemporal dementia with TDP‐43 tend to be associated with type B pathology. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 49(4). e12921–e12921. 3 indexed citations

Jones, Andrea A., David D. Kim, Skye Barbic, et al.. (2022). Pain, opioid use, depressive symptoms, and mortality in adults living in precarious housing or homelessness: a longitudinal prospective study. Pain. 163(11). 2213–2223. 4 indexed citations

Vila‐Rodriguez, Fidel, et al.. (2022). Intermittent theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation induces hippocampal mossy fibre plasticity in male but not female mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 57(2). 310–323. 2 indexed citations

Miron, Jean‐Philippe, Farrokh Mansouri, Véronique Desbeaumes Jodoin, et al.. (2021). Optimized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques for the treatment of major depression: A proof of concept study. Psychiatry Research. 298. 113790–113790. 13 indexed citations

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Trevizol, Alisson Paulino, Jonathan Downar, Fidel Vila‐Rodriguez, et al.. (2020). Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on anxiety symptoms in patients with major depression: An analysis from the THREE‐D trial. Depression and Anxiety. 38(3). 262–271. 10 indexed citations

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Torres, Ivan J., Ruiyang Ge, Daniel M. Blumberger, et al.. (2020). Predictors of cognitive impairment in treatment-resistant depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 274. 593–601. 17 indexed citations

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Ge, Ruiyang, Stefanie Hassel, Stephen R. Arnott, et al.. (2020). Structural covariance pattern abnormalities of insula in major depressive disorder: A CAN-BIND study report. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 111. 110194–110194. 15 indexed citations

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Giacobbe, Peter, Karim Mithani, Ying Meng, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of the effects of rTMS on self-reported quality of life and disability in treatment-resistant depression: A THREE-D study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 268. 127–133. 11 indexed citations

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Jones, Andrea A., Kristina M. Gicas, Olga Leonova, et al.. (2020). Associations of substance use, psychosis, and mortality among people living in precarious housing or homelessness: A longitudinal, community-based study in Vancouver, Canada. PLoS Medicine. 17(7). e1003172–e1003172. 34 indexed citations

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MacMillan, Erin L., et al.. (2019). Longer Repetition Time Proton MR Spectroscopy Shows Increasing Hippocampal and Parahippocampal Metabolite Concentrations with Aging. Journal of Neuroimaging. 29(5). 592–597. 8 indexed citations

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Feffer, Kfir, Farrokh Mansouri, Peter Giacobbe, et al.. (2017). Early symptom improvement at 10 sessions as a predictor of rTMS treatment outcome in major depression. Brain stimulation. 11(1). 181–189. 45 indexed citations

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Gicas, Kristina M., Ric M. Procyshyn, Geoff Smith, et al.. (2017). A comparison of psychotic symptoms in subjects with methamphetamine versus cocaine dependence. Psychopharmacology. 234(9-10). 1535–1547. 18 indexed citations

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Aleksić, Ana, Ric M. Procyshyn, Colin J.D. Ross, et al.. (2016). A Tetra-Primer Amplification Refractory System Technique for the Cost-Effective and Novel Genotyping of Eight Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Gene. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 20(8). 465–470. 3 indexed citations

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Noda, Yoshihiro, William K. Silverstein, Mera S. Barr, et al.. (2015). Neurobiological mechanisms of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in depression: a systematic review. Psychological Medicine. 45(16). 3411–3432. 89 indexed citations

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Vila‐Rodriguez, Fidel, et al.. (2014). Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients With Deep Brain Stimulators. Journal of Ect. 30(3). e16–e18. 12 indexed citations

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