Axel Schleicher

20.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
195 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Axel Schleicher is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Schleicher has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 73 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Axel Schleicher's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (62 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (55 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (29 papers). Axel Schleicher is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (62 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (55 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (29 papers). Axel Schleicher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Hungary. Axel Schleicher's co-authors include Karl Zilles, Katrin Amunts, Hartmut Mohlberg, Este Armstrong, Stefan Geyer, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, Patricia Morosan, Thorsten Schormann, Simon B. Eickhoff and Andreas Wree and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Axel Schleicher

195 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

Broca's region revisited: Cytoarchitecture and intersubje... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1999 2001 1988 2006 1995 250 500 750 1000
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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. Broca's region revisited: Cytoarchitecture and intersubject variability
    1999 1.0k citations Katrin Amunts, Axel Schleicher et al. profile →
  2. Human Primary Auditory Cortex: Cytoarchitectonic Subdivisions and Mapping into a Spatial Reference System
    2001 614 citations Patricia Morosan, Jörg Rademacher et al. NeuroImage profile →
  3. The human pattern of gyrification in the cerebral cortex
    1988 574 citations Karl Zilles, Este Armstrong et al. Anatomy and Embryology profile →
  4. The human inferior parietal cortex: Cytoarchitectonic parcellation and interindividual variability
    2006 515 citations Svenja Caspers, Stefan Geyer et al. NeuroImage profile →
  5. The Ontogeny of Human Gyrification
    1995 508 citations Este Armstrong, Axel Schleicher et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →
  6. Two different areas within the primary motor cortex of man
    1996 508 citations Stefan Geyer, Axel Schleicher 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
Axel Schleicher Germany 62 10.7k 3.2k 2.8k 1.9k 1.4k 195 15.1k
H.B.M. Uylings Netherlands 60 7.2k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 5.3k 1.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.4× 160 14.3k
Roger B. H. Tootell United States 56 15.8k 1.5× 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 133 18.7k
Andreas Kleinschmidt Germany 66 11.0k 1.0× 2.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.6× 883 0.5× 734 0.5× 151 14.5k
Per E. Roland Sweden 59 9.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 356 0.3× 152 12.6k
Brent A. Vogt United States 54 11.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 4.1k 1.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 105 17.2k
Barry Horwitz United States 67 11.4k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 760 0.4× 700 0.5× 201 15.8k
Helen Barbas United States 57 9.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 3.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 826 0.6× 118 12.8k
Wolfgang Grodd Germany 73 10.4k 1.0× 2.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 2.9k 1.5× 673 0.5× 296 17.2k
Rafael Malach Israel 70 20.7k 1.9× 1.7k 0.6× 2.4k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 883 0.6× 181 22.9k
Deepak Ν. Pandya United States 79 20.1k 1.9× 6.2k 2.0× 4.7k 1.7× 2.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 120 25.8k

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All Works

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Kedo, Olga, Karl Zilles, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, et al.. (2017). Receptor-driven, multimodal mapping of the human amygdala. Brain Structure and Function. 223(4). 1637–1666. 28 indexed citations
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Jockwitz, Christiane, Svenja Caspers, Silke Lux, et al.. (2016). Age- and function-related regional changes in cortical folding of the default mode network in older adults. Brain Structure and Function. 222(1). 83–99. 44 indexed citations
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Henssen, Anton G., Karl Zilles, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, et al.. (2015). Cytoarchitecture and probability maps of the human medial orbitofrontal cortex. Cortex. 75. 87–112. 63 indexed citations
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Amunts, Katrin, Axel Schleicher, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, et al.. (2015). Changes in the expression of neurotransmitter receptors in Parkin and DJ-1 knockout mice – A quantitative multireceptor study. Neuroscience. 311. 539–551. 25 indexed citations
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Palomero‐Gallagher, Nicola, et al.. (2009). Pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures affect binding site densities for GABA, glutamate and adenosine receptors in the rat brain. Neuroscience. 163(1). 490–499. 64 indexed citations
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Palomero‐Gallagher, Nicola, et al.. (2007). Receptor fingerprinting the circling ci2 rat mutant: Insights into brain asymmetry and motor control. Experimental Neurology. 210(2). 624–637. 7 indexed citations
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Scheperjans, Filip, Christian Grefkes, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, Axel Schleicher, & Karl Zilles. (2005). Subdivisions of human parietal area 5 revealed by quantitative receptor autoradiography: a parietal region between motor, somatosensory, and cingulate cortical areas. NeuroImage. 25(3). 975–992. 63 indexed citations
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Scheperjans, Filip, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, Christian Grefkes, Axel Schleicher, & Karl Zilles. (2005). Transmitter receptors reveal segregation of cortical areas in the human superior parietal cortex: Relations to visual and somatosensory regions. NeuroImage. 28(2). 362–379. 61 indexed citations
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Amunts, Katrin, Axel Schleicher, & Karl Zilles. (2003). Outstanding language competence and cytoarchitecture in Broca’s speech region. Brain and Language. 89(2). 346–353. 37 indexed citations
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Rademacher, Jörg, Patricia Morosan, Thorsten Schormann, et al.. (2001). Probabilistic Mapping and Volume Measurement of Human Primary Auditory Cortex. NeuroImage. 13(4). 669–683. 409 indexed citations
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Bidmon, Hans‐J., Jian Wu, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, et al.. (1999). Different nitric oxide synthase inhibitors cause rapid and differential alterations in the ligand-binding capacity of transmitter receptors in the rat cerebral cortex. Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. 181(4). 345–351. 12 indexed citations
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Schleicher, Axel, Katrin Amunts, Stefan Geyer, Patricia Morosan, & Karl Zilles. (1999). Observer-Independent Method for Microstructural Parcellation of Cerebral Cortex: A Quantitative Approach to Cytoarchitectonics. NeuroImage. 9(1). 165–177. 240 indexed citations
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Schleicher, Axel, et al.. (1998). An observer-independent cytoarchitectonic mapping of the human cortex using a stereological approach. Image Analysis & Stereology. 17. 75–82. 20 indexed citations
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Roland, Per E., Stefan Geyer, Katrin Amunts, et al.. (1997). Cytoarchitectural maps of the human brain in standard anatomical space. Human Brain Mapping. 5(4). 222–227. 64 indexed citations
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Bidmon, Hans‐J., Axel Schleicher, Kanefusa Kato, et al.. (1997). Copper-zinc superoxide dismutase and isolectin B4 binding are markers for associative and transhemispheric diaschisis induced by focal ischemia in rat cortex. Neuroscience Letters. 228(3). 163–166. 25 indexed citations
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Rademacher, Jörg, Christian W. Werner, Patricia Morosan, et al.. (1996). Localization and variability of cytoarchitectonic areas in the human superior temporal cortex. NeuroImage. 3(3). S456–S456. 6 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Este, et al.. (1995). The Ontogeny of Human Gyrification. Cerebral Cortex. 5(1). 56–63. 508 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zilles, Karl, Ferenc Hajós, András Csillag, et al.. (1993). Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide immunoreactive structures in the mouse barrel field. Brain Research. 618(1). 149–154. 11 indexed citations
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Zilles, Karl, et al.. (1991). Postnatal development of forebrain regions in the autoimmune NZB-mouse. Anatomy and Embryology. 183(6). 579–88. 9 indexed citations
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Schleicher, Axel, et al.. (1985). An image analyzing procedure for the determination of mean muscle origins - Muscles of the interosseous membrane of the forearm. Image Analysis & Stereology. 1 indexed citations

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