Vera Leo

830 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 530 citations indexed

About

Vera Leo is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Vera Leo has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 530 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 7 papers in Social Psychology and 2 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Vera Leo's work include Neuroscience and Music Perception (9 papers), Music Therapy and Health (7 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (6 papers). Vera Leo is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Music Perception (9 papers), Music Therapy and Health (7 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (6 papers). Vera Leo collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Spain and United States. Vera Leo's co-authors include Aleksi J. Sihvonen, Teppo Särkämö, Seppo Soinila, Mari Tervaniemi, Eckart Altenmüller, Antoni Rodrı́guez-Fornells, Pablo Ripollés, Jani Saunavaara, Riitta Parkkola and Matti Laine and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Scientific Reports and The Lancet Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Vera Leo

11 papers receiving 520 citations

Hit Papers

Music-based interventions in neurological rehabilitation 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Music-based interventions in neurological rehabilitation
    2017 315 citations Aleksi J. Sihvonen, Teppo Särkämö et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vera Leo Finland 10 384 262 83 57 55 12 530
Aleksi J. Sihvonen Finland 13 560 1.5× 347 1.3× 106 1.3× 81 1.4× 72 1.3× 40 754
Nuria Rojo Germany 7 307 0.8× 229 0.9× 150 1.8× 65 1.1× 30 0.5× 7 454
Jennifer Grau‐Sánchez Spain 12 301 0.8× 300 1.1× 211 2.5× 55 1.0× 28 0.5× 28 529
Heike Argstatter Germany 13 440 1.1× 186 0.7× 137 1.7× 66 1.2× 61 1.1× 27 678
Noelia Martínez‐Molina Finland 9 269 0.7× 159 0.6× 20 0.2× 75 1.3× 55 1.0× 17 381
Volker Hoemberg Germany 8 291 0.8× 154 0.6× 67 0.8× 36 0.6× 34 0.6× 12 592
P. W. Schönle Germany 9 174 0.5× 113 0.4× 106 1.3× 28 0.5× 62 1.1× 22 432
Hyun Ju Chong South Korea 12 150 0.4× 116 0.4× 92 1.1× 44 0.8× 32 0.6× 44 341
Nathalie Ehrlé France 13 316 0.8× 161 0.6× 9 0.1× 35 0.6× 95 1.7× 34 525
Michael Schauer Germany 7 262 0.7× 116 0.4× 176 2.1× 15 0.3× 55 1.0× 12 511

Countries citing papers authored by Vera Leo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vera Leo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Vera Leo. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Vera Leo. The network helps show where Vera Leo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vera Leo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vera Leo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vera Leo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Vera Leo. Vera Leo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., et al.. (2021). Resting‐state language network neuroplasticity in post‐stroke music listening: A randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(11). 7886–7898. 11 indexed citations
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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Pablo Ripollés, Vera Leo, et al.. (2021). Vocal Music Listening Enhances Poststroke Language Network Reorganization. eNeuro. 8(4). ENEURO.0158–21.2021. 20 indexed citations
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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Daniela Sammler, Pablo Ripollés, et al.. (2021). Right ventral stream damage underlies both poststroke aprosodia and amusia. European Journal of Neurology. 29(3). 873–882. 11 indexed citations
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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Vera Leo, Pablo Ripollés, et al.. (2020). Vocal music enhances memory and language recovery after stroke: pooled results from two RCTs. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 7(11). 2272–2287. 43 indexed citations
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Leo, Vera, Aleksi J. Sihvonen, Mari Tervaniemi, et al.. (2019). Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the mnemonic effect of songs after stroke. NeuroImage Clinical. 24. 101948–101948. 8 indexed citations
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Leo, Vera, Aleksi J. Sihvonen, Mari Tervaniemi, et al.. (2018). Sung melody enhances verbal learning and recall after stroke. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1423(1). 296–307. 11 indexed citations
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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Teppo Särkämö, Pablo Ripollés, et al.. (2017). Functional neural changes associated with acquired amusia across different stages of recovery after stroke. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11390–11390. 20 indexed citations
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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Pablo Ripollés, Teppo Särkämö, et al.. (2017). Tracting the neural basis of music: Deficient structural connectivity underlying acquired amusia. Cortex. 97. 255–273. 25 indexed citations
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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Teppo Särkämö, Vera Leo, et al.. (2017). Music-based interventions in neurological rehabilitation. The Lancet Neurology. 16(8). 648–660. 315 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Pablo Ripollés, Vera Leo, et al.. (2016). Neural Basis of Acquired Amusia and Its Recovery after Stroke. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(34). 8872–8881. 54 indexed citations
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Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Vera Leo, Teppo Särkämö, & Seppo Soinila. (2014). Musiikin vaikuttavuus aivojen kuntoutuksessa. 130(18). 1852–1860.

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