Robert Leech

23.0k total citations · 13 hit papers
173 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Robert Leech is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Leech has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 38 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 25 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert Leech's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (87 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (60 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (33 papers). Robert Leech is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (87 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (60 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (33 papers). Robert Leech collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Robert Leech's co-authors include David Sharp, Richard G. Wise, Gregory Scott, Peter J. Hellyer, Valérie Bonnelle, Christian F. Beckmann, Rodrigo M. Braga, David Nutt, Amanda Feilding and Richard Greenwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert Leech

167 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

The role of the posterior cingulate cortex in cognition a... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2013 2012 2014 2011 2021 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. The role of the posterior cingulate cortex in cognition and disease
    2013 1.7k citations Robert Leech, David Sharp Brain profile →
  2. Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin
    2012 737 citations Robin Carhart‐Harris, David Erritzøe et al. profile →
  3. The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs
    2014 694 citations Robin Carhart‐Harris, Robert Leech et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience profile →
  4. Fractionating the Default Mode Network: Distinct Contributions of the Ventral and Dorsal Posterior Cingulate Cortex to Cognitive Control
    2011 612 citations Robert Leech, Christian F. Beckmann et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  5. The default mode network in cognition: a topographical perspective
    2021 537 citations Jonathan Smallwood, Boris C. Bernhardt et al. profile →
  6. White matter damage and cognitive impairment after traumatic brain injury
    2010 530 citations Kirsi M. Kinnunen, Richard Greenwood et al. Brain profile →
  7. Network dysfunction after traumatic brain injury
    2014 494 citations David Sharp, Gregory Scott et al. profile →
  8. Salience network integrity predicts default mode network function after traumatic brain injury
    2012 472 citations Valérie Bonnelle, Robert Leech et al. profile →
  9. Echoes of the Brain within the Posterior Cingulate Cortex
    2012 467 citations Robert Leech, David Sharp et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  10. Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms
    2017 383 citations Robin Carhart‐Harris, Leor Roseman et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  11. Prediction of brain age suggests accelerated atrophy after traumatic brain injury
    2015 317 citations James H. Cole, Robert Leech et al. profile →
  12. Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution
    2016 315 citations Enzo Tagliazucchi, Leor Roseman et al. profile →
  13. Human brain effects of DMT assessed via EEG-fMRI
    2023 105 citations Christopher Timmermann, Leor Roseman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Leech United Kingdom 55 8.7k 3.1k 2.5k 2.1k 2.1k 173 14.5k
Kevin Murphy United Kingdom 58 8.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 3.5k 1.4× 1.3k 0.6× 596 0.3× 174 13.7k
Richard G. Wise United Kingdom 85 16.1k 1.9× 1.4k 0.4× 6.0k 2.4× 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 285 26.1k
Erich Seifritz Switzerland 65 6.4k 0.7× 4.7k 1.5× 1.1k 0.4× 3.0k 1.4× 497 0.2× 581 16.0k
James J. Pekar United States 64 10.2k 1.2× 940 0.3× 7.1k 2.8× 1.1k 0.5× 671 0.3× 151 16.7k
Jordan W. Smoller United States 70 8.9k 1.0× 4.4k 1.4× 2.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 922 0.4× 321 24.0k
Deborah Yurgelun‐Todd United States 83 8.6k 1.0× 4.3k 1.4× 3.1k 1.2× 3.2k 1.5× 1.1k 0.5× 332 19.9k
Jair C. Soares United States 74 5.6k 0.6× 3.2k 1.0× 2.6k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 571 0.3× 481 19.9k
Georg Northoff Canada 78 16.2k 1.9× 3.3k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 784 0.4× 546 24.6k
Murat Yücel Australia 93 12.1k 1.4× 5.8k 1.9× 4.0k 1.6× 3.4k 1.6× 1.3k 0.6× 394 26.1k
Dennis Velakoulis Australia 68 6.1k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 3.6k 1.4× 2.0k 0.9× 413 0.2× 415 14.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leech, Robert, et al.. (2025). DySCo: A general framework for dynamic functional connectivity. PLoS Computational Biology. 21(3). e1012795–e1012795. 2 indexed citations
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Kadir, Shabnam, et al.. (2025). EEG microstate syntax analysis: A review of methodological challenges and advances. NeuroImage. 309. 121090–121090. 3 indexed citations
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Váša, František, Konstantina Dimitrakopoulou, Mansoor Saqi, et al.. (2025). Exploring functional connectivity in clinical and data-driven groups of preterm and term adults. Brain Communications. 7(2). fcaf074–fcaf074. 1 indexed citations
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Mckeown, Brontë, Delali Konu, Giulia Poerio, et al.. (2025). Mapping cognition across lab and daily life using Experience-Sampling. Consciousness and Cognition. 131. 103853–103853. 1 indexed citations
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Mckeown, Brontë, Adam Turnbull, Ting Xu, et al.. (2024). Personality traits vary in their association with brain activity across situations. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1498–1498.
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Fagerholm, Erik D., et al.. (2023). Selection entropy: The information hidden within neuronal patterns. Physical Review Research. 5(2). 1 indexed citations
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Cole, James H., Richard E. Daws, Vincent Giampietro, et al.. (2022). Tissue volume estimation and age prediction using rapid structural brain scans. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 11 indexed citations
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Costa, Pedro F. da, et al.. (2022). Proving and improving the reliability of infant research with neuroadaptive Bayesian optimization. Infant and Child Development. 31(5). 6 indexed citations
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Hellyer, Peter J., Keng Siang Lee, Robert Leech, et al.. (2021). “It’s not rocket science” and “It’s not brain surgery”—“It’s a walk in the park”: prospective comparative study. BMJ. 375. e067883–e067883. 3 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Romy, et al.. (2021). A Bayesian optimization approach for rapidly mapping residual network function in stroke. Brain. 144(7). 2120–2134. 17 indexed citations
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Smallwood, Jonathan, Adam Turnbull, Hao-Ting Wang, et al.. (2021). The neural correlates of ongoing conscious thought. iScience. 24(3). 102132–102132. 59 indexed citations
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Ho, Nerissa Siu Ping, Daniel H. Baker, Theodoros Karapanagiotidis, et al.. (2020). Missing the forest because of the trees: slower alternations during binocular rivalry are associated with lower levels of visual detail during ongoing thought. Neuroscience of Consciousness. 2020(1). niaa020–niaa020. 4 indexed citations
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Timmermann, Christopher, Leor Roseman, Michael Schartner, et al.. (2019). Neural correlates of the DMT experience assessed with multivariate EEG. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16324–16324. 180 indexed citations
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Underwood, Jonathan, James H. Cole, Matthan W.A. Caan, et al.. (2017). Gray and White Matter Abnormalities in Treated Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease and Their Relationship to Cognitive Function. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 65(3). 422–432. 62 indexed citations
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Violante, Inês R., Lucia M. Li, David W. Carmichael, et al.. (2017). Externally induced frontoparietal synchronization modulates network dynamics and enhances working memory performance. eLife. 6. 164 indexed citations
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Scott, Gregory, Anil Ramlackhansingh, Paul Edison, et al.. (2016). Amyloid pathology and axonal injury after brain trauma. Neurology. 86(9). 821–828. 110 indexed citations
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Hellyer, Peter J., Gregory Scott, Murray Shanahan, David Sharp, & Robert Leech. (2015). Cognitive Flexibility through Metastable Neural Dynamics Is Disrupted by Damage to the Structural Connectome. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(24). 9050–9063. 130 indexed citations
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Carhart‐Harris, Robin, Robert Leech, Peter J. Hellyer, et al.. (2014). The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 20–20. 694 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bonnelle, Valérie, Robert Leech, Kirsi M. Kinnunen, et al.. (2011). Default Mode Network Connectivity Predicts Sustained Attention Deficits after Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(38). 13442–13451. 372 indexed citations
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Leech, Robert, Vijay P.B. Grover, Julie Fitzpatrick, et al.. (2011). 174 FUNCTIONAL CORE MODULATION FOLLOWING TREATMENT OF MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH L-ORNITHINE L-ASPARTATE: A POTENTIAL NOVEL MECHANISM OF ACTION. Journal of Hepatology. 54. S74–S75. 1 indexed citations

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