Almut Branner

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Almut Branner is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Almut Branner has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Almut Branner's work include Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (12 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (9 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (5 papers). Almut Branner is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (12 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (9 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (5 papers). Almut Branner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Almut Branner's co-authors include Gerhard M. Friehs, Jon Mukand, David Chen, Leigh R. Hochberg, John P. Donoghue, Maryam Saleh, Richard D. Penn, Mijail D. Serruya, Richard A. Normann and Richard B. Stein and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neurophysiology and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Almut Branner

12 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia

2006 2.3k citations Leigh R. Hochberg, Mijail D. Serruya et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Almut Branner United States	9	2.5k	2.4k	1.1k	717	208	12	3.2k
Vikash Gilja United States	29	2.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	970 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	233 1.1×	67	3.4k
Maryam Saleh United States	7	1.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	733 0.7×	623 0.9×	93 0.4×	9	2.7k
Cynthia A. Chestek United States	31	2.4k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	906 1.3×	205 1.0×	115	3.2k
Mijail D. Serruya United States	20	3.1k 1.2×	3.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	931 1.3×	138 0.7×	44	4.4k
Dragan F. Dimitrov United States	8	1.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	630 0.6×	559 0.8×	82 0.4×	10	2.7k
John E. Downey United States	15	2.0k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	969 0.9×	546 0.8×	63 0.3×	20	2.9k
Justin C. Sanchez United States	29	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	574 0.5×	631 0.9×	190 0.9×	121	2.9k
John D. Simeral United States	26	3.5k 1.4×	4.1k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	103 0.5×	43	4.9k
Stephen I. Ryu United States	34	2.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.4×	832 0.7×	866 1.2×	39 0.2×	72	3.8k
Roy E. Crist United States	8	1.5k 0.6×	2.7k 1.1×	438 0.4×	398 0.6×	67 0.3×	8	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Almut Branner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Almut Branner

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Kim, Taegyo, Almut Branner, Tanuj Gulati, & Simon F. Giszter. (2013). Braided multi-electrode probes: mechanical compliance characteristics and recordings from spinal cords. Journal of Neural Engineering. 10(4). 45001–45001. 22 indexed citations

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Schevon, Catherine A., Joshua Cappell, Robert Goodman, et al.. (2008). Microphysiology of Epileptiform Activity in Human Neocortex. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 25(6). 321–330. 109 indexed citations

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Sebald, D.J. & Almut Branner. (2007). Automatic Spike Sorting For Real-time Applications. 670–674. 4 indexed citations

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Hochberg, Leigh R., Mijail D. Serruya, Gerhard M. Friehs, et al.. (2006). Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia. Nature. 442(7099). 164–171. 2313 indexed citations breakdown →

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Normann, Richard A., et al.. (2006). Physiological activation of the hind limb muscles of the anesthetized cat using the Utah slanted electrode array. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2005.. 5. 3103–3108. 11 indexed citations

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Branner, Almut, R. B. Stein, Eduardo Fernández, Yoichiro Aoyagi, & Richard A. Normann. (2004). Long-Term Stimulation and Recording With a Penetrating Microelectrode Array in Cat Sciatic Nerve. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 51(1). 146–157. 224 indexed citations

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Aoyagi, Yoichiro, Richard B. Stein, Almut Branner, K. G. Pearson, & Richard A. Normann. (2003). Capabilities of a penetrating microelectrode array for recording single units in dorsal root ganglia of the cat. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 128(1-2). 9–20. 50 indexed citations

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Normann, Richard A. & Almut Branner. (2003). A multichannel, neural interface for the peripheral nervous system. 4. 370–375. 5 indexed citations

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Branner, Almut, R. B. Stein, & Richard A. Normann. (2003). Selective stimulation and recording using a slanted multielectrode array. 1. 377–377. 8 indexed citations

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Branner, Almut, Richard B. Stein, & Richard A. Normann. (2001). Selective Stimulation of Cat Sciatic Nerve Using an Array of Varying-Length Microelectrodes. Journal of Neurophysiology. 85(4). 1585–1594. 256 indexed citations

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Branner, Almut & Richard A. Normann. (2000). A multielectrode array for intrafascicular recording and stimulation in sciatic nerve of cats. Brain Research Bulletin. 51(4). 293–306. 163 indexed citations

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Branner, Almut & Richard A. Normann. (1997). Consequences of high velocity insertion of a multielectrode array into peripheral nerve. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 23. 2094. 1 indexed citations

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