François Vassal

1.3k total citations
57 papers, 826 citations indexed

About

François Vassal is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, François Vassal has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 826 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Neurology, 12 papers in Neurology and 10 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in François Vassal's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (10 papers), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (10 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers). François Vassal is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (10 papers), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (10 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers). François Vassal collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and Australia. François Vassal's co-authors include C. Nuti, Jean‐Jacques Lemaire, Benjamin Pommier, Claire Boutet, Roland Peyron, C. Créac’h, F. Schneider, Anna Sontheimer, Charles Quesada and Camille Fauchon and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Pain and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

François Vassal

53 papers receiving 822 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Vassal France 18 228 227 196 180 145 57 826
Erik P. Sganzerla Italy 17 446 2.0× 202 0.9× 163 0.8× 175 1.0× 46 0.3× 60 1.1k
A. Saleh Germany 15 120 0.5× 145 0.6× 71 0.4× 131 0.7× 72 0.5× 29 810
R. Pelayo Spain 10 326 1.4× 58 0.3× 167 0.9× 93 0.5× 302 2.1× 22 1.1k
Roberto Cordella Italy 19 540 2.4× 169 0.7× 154 0.8× 191 1.1× 135 0.9× 49 1.1k
Pedro Roldán Spain 17 275 1.2× 138 0.6× 66 0.3× 71 0.4× 34 0.2× 91 871
Nicholas Kane United Kingdom 17 320 1.4× 176 0.8× 60 0.3× 237 1.3× 108 0.7× 36 901
Erkan Kurt Netherlands 14 162 0.7× 52 0.2× 88 0.4× 40 0.2× 110 0.8× 47 551
P. Bartenstein Germany 16 224 1.0× 411 1.8× 210 1.1× 232 1.3× 63 0.4× 34 1.1k
Ravish Kapoor United States 20 322 1.4× 236 1.0× 136 0.7× 48 0.3× 60 0.4× 58 1.3k
B. Cioni Italy 21 296 1.3× 98 0.4× 658 3.4× 256 1.4× 127 0.9× 48 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Vassal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Vassal

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All Works

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Convers, Philippe, et al.. (2025). A Double‐Blind Comparative Study of burstDR Versus Tonic Epidural Motor Cortex Stimulation for the Treatment of Intractable Neuropathic Pain. European Journal of Pain. 29(2). e4778–e4778. 1 indexed citations
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Créac’h, C., et al.. (2024). Percutaneous and open anterolateral cordotomy for intractable cancer pain: a technical note. Neurochirurgie. 70(6). 101602–101602.
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Vázquez, Inés Esparragosa, Nadia Younan, Delphine Larrieu‐Ciron, et al.. (2023). T2‐Fluid‐attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pseudoprogression in patients with anaplastic oligodendrogliomas treated with procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine (PCV) chemotherapy alone. European Journal of Neurology. 30(9). 2879–2883. 2 indexed citations
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Garaix, Thierry, François Vassal, Romain Rivoirard, et al.. (2021). Meningioma sampling: how much is enough for the accurate grading of atypical meningiomas?. Pathology. 53(5). 602–607. 4 indexed citations
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Grange, Sylvain, et al.. (2021). Spinal Arachnoid Web: A didactic report of two cases with clinical, radiological, surgical and pathological correlations. Neurochirurgie. 68(1). 11–15. 3 indexed citations
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Karpathiou, Georgia, Jean Marc Dumollard, Nicolas Magné, et al.. (2020). Brain metastasis PD-L1 and CD8 expression is dependent on primary tumor type and its PD-L1 and CD8 status. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 8(2). e000597–e000597. 28 indexed citations
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Pichot, Vincent, et al.. (2019). Assessing pain in the postoperative period: Analgesia Nociception IndexTM versus pupillometry. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 123(2). e322–e327. 29 indexed citations
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Couturier, Charlène, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of Decompressive Hemicraniectomy to Treat a Life-Threatening Cerebral Fat Embolism. Case Reports in Critical Care. 2019. 1–4. 5 indexed citations
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Vassal, François, Benjamin Pommier, Anna Sontheimer, & Jean‐Jacques Lemaire. (2017). Inter-individual variations and hemispheric asymmetries in structural connectivity patterns of the inferior fronto-occipital fascicle: a diffusion tensor imaging tractography study. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. 40(2). 129–137. 10 indexed citations
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Boutet, Claire, François Vassal, Sébastien Celle, et al.. (2016). Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging in the elderly:the PROOF study. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 11(1). 293–299. 16 indexed citations
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Schneider, F., Isabelle Faillenot, François Vassal, et al.. (2015). Presurgical Assessment of the Sensorimotor Cortex Using Resting-State fMRI. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 37(1). 101–107. 28 indexed citations
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Forest, Fabien, Élisa Cinotti, Violaine Yvorel, et al.. (2015). Ex vivo confocal microscopy imaging to identify tumor tissue on freshly removed brain sample. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 124(2). 157–164. 20 indexed citations
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Vassal, François, et al.. (2014). Isolated primary central nervous system lymphoma arising from the optic chiasm. Neurochirurgie. 60(6). 312–315. 6 indexed citations
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Vassal, François, C. Créac’h, Philippe Convers, et al.. (2013). Modulation of laser-evoked potentials and pain perception by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS): A placebo-controlled study in healthy volunteers. Clinical Neurophysiology. 124(9). 1861–1867. 20 indexed citations
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Lemaire, Jean‐Jacques, Anna Sontheimer, Jacques Luauté, et al.. (2013). Electrical modulation of neuronal networks in brain-injured patients with disorders of consciousness: A systematic review. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 33(2). 88–97. 16 indexed citations
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Vassal, François, et al.. (2012). Margin-free, en bloc resection of a multilevel cervical chordoma with C-2 involvement: case report with 2-year follow-up and description of operative technique. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 26(6). 929–931. 9 indexed citations
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Vassal, François, J. Coste, Philippe Derost, et al.. (2012). Direct stereotactic targeting of the ventrointermediate nucleus of the thalamus based on anatomic 1.5-T MRI mapping with a white matter attenuated inversion recovery (WAIR) sequence. Brain stimulation. 5(4). 625–633. 57 indexed citations
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Nuti, C., François Vassal, Patrick Mertens, et al.. (2012). Improved Dexterity after Chronic Electrical Stimulation of the Motor Cortex for Central Pain: A Special Relevance for Thalamic Syndrome. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 90(6). 370–378. 3 indexed citations

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