Alexander Schaefer

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Alexander Schaefer is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Schaefer has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 7 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 2 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Schaefer's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (10 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers). Alexander Schaefer is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (10 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers). Alexander Schaefer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Singapore and United States. Alexander Schaefer's co-authors include Ru Kong, Simon B. Eickhoff, B.T. Thomas Yeo, Xi‐Nian Zuo, Avram J. Holmes, Timothy O. Laumann, Evan M. Gordon, Arno Villringer, Daniel S. Margulies and Jingwei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as NeuroImage, Current Biology and Cerebral Cortex.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Schaefer

14 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Local-Global Parcellation of the Human Cerebral Cortex fr... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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. Local-Global Parcellation of the Human Cerebral Cortex from Intrinsic Functional Connectivity MRI
    2017 1.9k citations Alexander Schaefer, Ru Kong et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →
  2. Spatial Topography of Individual-Specific Cortical Networks Predicts Human Cognition, Personality, and Emotion
    2018 367 citations Ru Kong, Jingwei Li et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Schaefer Germany 13 2.4k 1.0k 519 284 157 15 2.8k
Baojuan Li China 21 2.0k 0.8× 991 1.0× 621 1.2× 296 1.0× 197 1.3× 57 2.8k
Stan Colcombe United States 16 2.2k 1.0× 954 0.9× 466 0.9× 455 1.6× 208 1.3× 23 3.1k
Babatunde Adeyemo United States 18 2.9k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 572 1.1× 225 0.8× 153 1.0× 28 3.2k
Elena Rykhlevskaia United States 12 2.3k 1.0× 973 1.0× 393 0.8× 359 1.3× 115 0.7× 16 2.9k
Torben E. Lund Denmark 29 1.9k 0.8× 905 0.9× 469 0.9× 204 0.7× 172 1.1× 69 3.1k
Xiaowei Song United States 7 1.9k 0.8× 760 0.8× 417 0.8× 345 1.2× 152 1.0× 15 2.3k
Zhengjia Dai China 23 2.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 473 0.9× 511 1.8× 162 1.0× 56 3.1k
William R. Shirer United States 11 2.0k 0.9× 589 0.6× 422 0.8× 357 1.3× 91 0.6× 15 2.5k
Sangma Xie China 12 1.8k 0.7× 883 0.9× 366 0.7× 373 1.3× 159 1.0× 21 2.3k
Julia M. Huntenburg Germany 14 2.3k 1.0× 921 0.9× 449 0.9× 286 1.0× 113 0.7× 22 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Schaefer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Schaefer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Schaefer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Schaefer 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 Alexander Schaefer. Alexander Schaefer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Kong, Ru, Jingwei Li, Csaba Orbán, et al.. (2018). Spatial Topography of Individual-Specific Cortical Networks Predicts Human Cognition, Personality, and Emotion. Cerebral Cortex. 29(6). 2533–2551. 367 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaefer, Alexander, Ru Kong, Evan M. Gordon, et al.. (2017). Local-Global Parcellation of the Human Cerebral Cortex from Intrinsic Functional Connectivity MRI. Cerebral Cortex. 28(9). 3095–3114. 1938 indexed citations breakdown →
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Steele, Christopher J., Alfred Anwander, Pierre‐Louis Bazin, et al.. (2016). Human Cerebellar Sub-millimeter Diffusion Imaging Reveals the Motor and Non-motor Topography of the Dentate Nucleus. Cerebral Cortex. 27(9). 4537–4548. 54 indexed citations
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Tardif, Christine, Claudine Gauthier, Christopher J. Steele, et al.. (2015). Advanced MRI techniques to improve our understanding of experience-induced neuroplasticity. NeuroImage. 131. 55–72. 83 indexed citations
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Cohen, Noga, Daniel S. Margulies, Shai Ashkenazi, et al.. (2015). Using executive control training to suppress amygdala reactivity to aversive information. NeuroImage. 125. 1022–1031. 73 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Alexander, Inga Burmann, Ralf Regenthal, et al.. (2014). Serotonergic Modulation of Intrinsic Functional Connectivity. Current Biology. 24(19). 2314–2318. 73 indexed citations
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Goulas, Alexandros, Alexander Schaefer, & Daniel S. Margulies. (2014). The strength of weak connections in the macaque cortico-cortical network. Brain Structure and Function. 220(5). 2939–2951. 43 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Alexander, Daniel S. Margulies, Gabriele Lohmann, et al.. (2014). Dynamic network participation of functional connectivity hubs assessed by resting-state fMRI. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 195–195. 51 indexed citations
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Jakobsen, Estrid, et al.. (2014). Connexel visualization: a software implementation of glyphs and edge-bundling for dense connectivity data using brainGL. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 8. 15–15. 12 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Alexander, Judy Kipping, Katrin Arélin, et al.. (2014). Early Small Vessel Disease Affects Frontoparietal and Cerebellar Hubs in Close Correlation with Clinical Symptoms—A Resting-State fMRI Study. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 34(7). 1091–1095. 58 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Alexander, Melanie Kahle, Susanne Neschen, et al.. (2013). The impact of blood on liver metabolite profiling – a combined metabolomic and proteomic approach. Biomedical Chromatography. 28(2). 231–240. 19 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Alexander, Jennifer S. Brach, Subashan Perera, & Ervin Sejdić. (2013). A comparative analysis of spectral exponent estimation techniques for 1/f processes with applications to the analysis of stride interval time series. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 222. 118–130. 27 indexed citations
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Kolmakov, G. V., Alexander Schaefer, Igor S. Aranson, & Anna C. Balazs. (2011). Designing mechano-responsive microcapsules that undergo self-propelled motion. Soft Matter. 8(1). 180–190. 22 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Alexander. (1961). The Position and Function of Man in the Created World according to Saint Bonaventure. Franciscan studies. 21(3-4). 233–382.
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Schaefer, Alexander. (1960). The Position and Function of Man in the Created World according to Saint Bonaventure. Franciscan studies. 20(3-4). 261–316. 4 indexed citations

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