Steven Laureys

74.4k total citations · 19 hit papers
639 papers, 43.7k citations indexed

About

Steven Laureys is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Laureys has authored 639 papers receiving a total of 43.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 327 papers in Epidemiology, 305 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 180 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Steven Laureys's work include Traumatic Brain Injury Research (326 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (164 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (159 papers). Steven Laureys is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury Research (326 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (164 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (159 papers). Steven Laureys collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Canada. Steven Laureys's co-authors include Mélanie Boly, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Olivia Gosseries, Pierre Maquet, Caroline Schnakers, Nicholas D. Schiff, Gustave Moonen, Marie‐Aurélie Bruno, Adrian M. Owen and André Luxen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steven Laureys

613 papers receiving 42.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State

2006 1.1k citations Mélanie Boly, Steven Laureys et al. profile →
Willful Modulation of Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness

2010 893 citations Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Mélanie Boly et al. profile →
Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: Clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment

2009 866 citations Caroline Schnakers, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse et al. profile →
Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: a new name for the vegetative state or apallic syndrome

2010 821 citations Steven Laureys et al. profile →
A Theoretically Based Index of Consciousness Independent of Sensory Processing and Behavior

2013 721 citations Adenauer G. Casali, Olivia Gosseries et al. profile →
Brain function in coma, vegetative state, and related disorders

2004 675 citations Steven Laureys et al. profile →
Default network connectivity reflects the level of consciousness in non-communicative brain-damaged patients

2009 637 citations Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Quentin Noirhomme et al. Brain profile →
Disorders of consciousness after acquired brain injury: the state of the science

2014 548 citations Steven Laureys et al. profile →
Are Spatial Memories Strengthened in the Human Hippocampus during Slow Wave Sleep?

2004 531 citations Steven Laureys, Sonia Fuchs et al. profile →
Experience-dependent changes in cerebral activation during human REM sleep

2000 502 citations Pierre Maquet, Steven Laureys et al. profile →
From unresponsive wakefulness to minimally conscious PLUS and functional locked-in syndromes: recent advances in our understanding of disorders of consciousness

2011 482 citations Marie‐Aurélie Bruno, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse et al. profile →
Bedside detection of awareness in the vegetative state: a cohort study

2011 478 citations Camille Chatelle, Steven Laureys et al. profile →
Practice guideline update recommendations summary: Disorders of consciousness

2018 420 citations Steven Laureys et al. profile →
European Academy of Neurology guideline on the diagnosis of coma and other disorders of consciousness

2020 404 citations Steven Laureys, Jacobo Sitt et al. profile →
Diagnostic precision of PET imaging and functional MRI in disorders of consciousness: a clinical validation study

2014 358 citations Olivia Gosseries, Vanessa Charland‐Verville et al. profile →
Comprehensive systematic review update summary: Disorders of consciousness

2018 310 citations Steven Laureys et al. profile →
Human consciousness is supported by dynamic complex patterns of brain signal coordination

2019 284 citations Athéna Demertzi, Enzo Tagliazucchi et al. profile →
The repetition of behavioral assessments in diagnosis of disorders of consciousness

2017 258 citations Marie Thonnard, Olivia Gosseries et al. profile →
Therapeutic interventions in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness

2019 248 citations Aurore Thibaut, Steven Laureys et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A shared central thalamus mechanism underlying diverse recoveries in disorders of consciousness 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yuanyuan Dang, (unknown), (unknown), Si Wu, Steven Laureys, (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Changes in high-order interaction measures of synergy and redundancy during non-ordinary states of consciousness induced by meditation, hypnosis, and auto-induced cognitive trance 2024 ·NeuroImage ·Pradeep G. Kumar, Rajanikant Panda, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Charlotte Martial, (unknown), Steven Laureys, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Olivia Gosseries	7
3	Perception of diagnosis by family caregivers in severe brain injury patients in China 2024 ·BMC Palliative Care ·(unknown), (unknown), Jitka Annen, (unknown), (unknown), Yuqin Wang, Xiaohua Hu, Steven Laureys, Haibo Di	0
4	Entrepreneurial neuroanatomy: Exploring gray matter volume in habitual entrepreneurs 2024 ·Journal of Business Venturing Insights ·Frédéric Ooms, Jitka Annen, Rajanikant Panda, (unknown), Bernard Surlemont, Steven Laureys	3
5	Needs and Quality of Life of Caregivers of Patients with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness 2023 ·Brain Sciences ·Olivia Gosseries, Caroline Schnakers, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet, Vanessa Charland‐Verville, Aurore Thibaut, Jitka Annen, Didier Ledoux, Steven Laureys, (unknown)	8
6	Perturbations in dynamical models of whole-brain activity dissociate between the level and stability of consciousness 2021 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Yonatan Sanz Perl, Carla Pallavicini, (unknown), Athéna Demertzi, Vincent Bonhomme, Charlotte Martial, Rajanikant Panda, Jitka Annen, Agustín Ibáñez, Morten L. Kringelbach, Gustavo Deco, Helmut Laufs, Jacobo Sitt, Steven Laureys, Enzo Tagliazucchi	44
7	Local sleep-like cortical reactivity in the awake brain after focal injury 2020 ·Brain ·Simone Sarasso, Sasha D’Ambrosio, Matteo Fecchio, Silvia Casarotto, Alessandro Viganò, (unknown), Giulia Mattavelli, Olivia Gosseries, (unknown), Steven Laureys, Guya Devalle, Mario Rosanova, Marcello Massimini	67
8	Hypnosis Associated with 3D Immersive Virtual Reality Technology in the Management of Pain: A Review of the Literature 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Floriane Rousseaux, (unknown), Didier Ledoux, Paul Massion, (unknown), (unknown), Steven Laureys, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse	6
9	Zolpidem Action During Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (Case Report) 2019 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steven Laureys, (unknown)	1
10	Sleep-like cortical OFF-periods disrupt causality and complexity in the brain of unresponsive wakefulness syndrome patients 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Mario Rosanova, Matteo Fecchio, Silvia Casarotto, Simone Sarasso, Adenauer G. Casali, Andrea Pigorini, Angela Comanducci, (unknown), Guya Devalle, Giuseppe Citerio, Olivier Bodart, Mélanie Boly, Olivia Gosseries, Steven Laureys, Marcello Massimini	99
11	Vivid memories from hell: A systematic analysis of distressing near-death experiences accounts 2018 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Héléna Cassol, Charlotte Martial, Jitka Annen, Géraldine Martens, Vanessa Charland‐Verville, Steve Majerus, Steven Laureys	1
12	Pain and Nociception in Disorders of Consciousness 2016 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Camille Chatelle, Steven Laureys, Athéna Demertzi	2
13	Multiple fMRI system-level baseline connectivity is disrupted in patients with consciousness alterations 2013 ·Cortex ·Athéna Demertzi, Francisco Gómez Gómez, Julia Crone, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Luaba Tshibanda, Quentin Noirhomme, Marie Thonnard, Vanessa Charland‐Verville, Muriëlle Kirsch, Steven Laureys, Andrea Soddu	154
14	ROLE OF ACTIVE ERP PARADIGMS IN AWARENESS DETECTION IN NON RESPONSIVE PATIENTS 2012 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Zulay Lugo, (unknown), Rémy Lehembre, Steven Laureys, Quentin Noirhomme	1
15	The Nociception Coma Scale - Revised, a sensitive scale to assess nociception in patients with disorders of consciousness 2011 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Camille Chatelle, Steve Majerus, (unknown), Steven Laureys, Caroline Schnakers	0
16	Altering consciousness and neuropathology 2011 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Quentin Noirhomme, Steven Laureys	0
17	Breakdown of within- and between-network Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Connectivity during Propofol-induced Loss of Consciousness 2010 ·Anesthesiology ·Pierre Boveroux, Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Marie‐Aurélie Bruno, Quentin Noirhomme, Séverine Lauwick, André Luxen, Christian Degueldre, Alain Plenevaux, Caroline Schnakers, Christophe Phillips, Jean-François Brichant, Vincent Bonhomme, Pierre Maquet, Michael D. Greicius, Steven Laureys, Mélanie Boly	478
18	Central neuromodulation in cluster headache patients treated with occipital nerve stimulators: A PET study 2010 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Delphine Magis, Marie‐Aurélie Bruno, Arnaud Fumal, (unknown), Roland Hustinx, Steven Laureys, Jean Schoenen	1
19	Different beliefs about pain perception in the vegetative and minimally conscious states: a European survey of medical and paramedical professionals 2009 ·Progress in brain research ·Athéna Demertzi, Caroline Schnakers, Didier Ledoux, Camille Chatelle, (unknown), Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Mélanie Boly, Gustave Moonen, Steven Laureys	66
20	5-HT1A receptor distribution in the human brain: preliminary PET data with p-[18F]MPPF. 1999 ·Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Sonia Fuchs, Alain Plenevaux, Christian Degueldre, Christian Lemaire, Joël Aerts, Steven Laureys, Éric Salmon, Pierre Maquet, Didier Le Bars, J.F. Pujol, André Luxen	1

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