Axel Thielscher

14.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
154 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Axel Thielscher is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Thielscher has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 78 papers in Neurology and 68 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Axel Thielscher's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (77 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (44 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (39 papers). Axel Thielscher is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (77 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (44 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (39 papers). Axel Thielscher collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Germany and United States. Axel Thielscher's co-authors include Guilherme B. Saturnino, André Antunes, Alexander Opitz, Hartwig R. Siebner, Mirko Windhoff, Thomas Kammer, Kristoffer H. Madsen, Oula Puonti, Walter Paulus and Anke Ninija Karabanov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Axel Thielscher

145 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Simultaneous PET-MRI: a new approach for functional and morphological imaging

2008 729 citations Axel Thielscher et al. profile →
Field modeling for transcranial magnetic stimulation: A useful tool to understand the physiological effects of TMS?

2015 585 citations Axel Thielscher, Guilherme B. Saturnino et al. profile →
Determinants of the electric field during transcranial direct current stimulation

2015 472 citations Axel Thielscher et al. NeuroImage profile →
SynthSeg: Segmentation of brain MRI scans of any contrast and resolution without retraining

2023 195 citations Benjamin Billot, Douglas N. Greve et al. Medical Image Analysis profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Axel Thielscher Denmark	47	5.0k	4.7k	2.3k	1.8k	1.2k	154	8.7k
Sven Bestmann United Kingdom	55	4.2k 0.9×	7.0k 1.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	869 0.7×	143	9.8k
Alexander Opitz United States	32	3.0k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	87	5.0k
Abhishek Datta United States	50	7.0k 1.4×	4.7k 1.0×	791 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	181	9.7k
Charlotte J. Stagg United Kingdom	46	5.7k 1.2×	5.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	134	9.7k
Yoshikazu Ugawa Japan	59	7.3k 1.5×	4.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	412	12.1k
Zsigmond Tamás Kincses Hungary	33	3.0k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	718 0.3×	678 0.4×	967 0.8×	121	5.6k
Jerome N. Sanes United States	38	2.0k 0.4×	4.5k 1.0×	390 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	82	6.6k
Toshiki Yoshimine Japan	49	1.5k 0.3×	2.0k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	677 0.4×	1.9k 1.6×	505	10.1k
Ali R. Rezai United States	60	2.2k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	4.0k 3.3×	252	12.3k
Stuart N. Baker United Kingdom	48	2.1k 0.4×	5.4k 1.1×	324 0.1×	3.3k 1.8×	2.7k 2.2×	164	8.0k

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Beck, Mikkel Malling, Axel Thielscher, Raf Meesen, et al.. (2025). Rostro-caudal TMS mapping of immediate transcranial evoked potentials reveals a pericentral crescendo-decrescendo pattern. NeuroImage. 319. 121446–121446.

Paparella, Ilenia, Catharina Zich, Sebastian W. Rieger, et al.. (2025). Dual-site beta transcranial alternating current stimulation during a bimanual coordination task modulates functional connectivity between motor areas. Brain stimulation. 18(5). 1566–1578.

Tik, Martin, Anna‐Lisa Schuler, Paul C.J. Taylor, et al.. (2024). Neural response during prefrontal theta burst stimulation: Interleaved TMS-fMRI of full iTBS protocols. NeuroImage. 291. 120596–120596. 9 indexed citations

Karabanov, Anke Ninija, Axel Thielscher, Henrik Lundell, et al.. (2023). Patient-tailored transcranial direct current stimulation to improve stroke rehabilitation: study protocol of a randomized sham-controlled trial. Trials. 24(1). 216–216. 8 indexed citations

Billot, Benjamin, Douglas N. Greve, Oula Puonti, et al.. (2023). SynthSeg: Segmentation of brain MRI scans of any contrast and resolution without retraining. Medical Image Analysis. 86. 102789–102789. 195 indexed citations breakdown →

Weise, Konstantin, et al.. (2023). Directional sensitivity of cortical neurons towards TMS-induced electric fields. Imaging Neuroscience. 1. 12 indexed citations

Uecker, Martin, et al.. (2023). Accelerated 2D Cartesian MRI with an 8‐channel local B₀ coil array combined with parallel imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 91(2). 443–465. 1 indexed citations

Olsson, Christoffer, James L. Webb, Leo Tomasevic, et al.. (2022). In vitro recording of muscle activity induced by high intensity laser optogenetic stimulation using a diamond quantum biosensor. AVS Quantum Science. 4(4). 3 indexed citations

Olsson, Christoffer, Jean‐Françóis Perrier, James L. Webb, et al.. (2021). In-vitro Recordings of Neural Magnetic Activity From the Auditory Brainstem Using Color Centers in Diamond: A Simulation Study. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15. 643614–643614. 4 indexed citations

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Kim, Seongyeon, Kipom Kim, Hyang‐Sook Hoe, et al.. (2021). Transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation with high spatial resolution. Brain stimulation. 14(2). 290–300. 68 indexed citations

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Antonenko, Daria, Ulrike Grittner, Oula Puonti, Agnes Flöel, & Axel Thielscher. (2021). Estimation of individually induced e-field strength during transcranial electric stimulation using the head circumference. Brain stimulation. 14(5). 1055–1058. 24 indexed citations

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Scheffler, Klaus, et al.. (2021). Sensitivity and resolution improvement for in vivo magnetic resonance current‐density imaging of the human brain. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 86(6). 3131–3146. 6 indexed citations

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Antonenko, Daria, Ulrike Grittner, Guilherme B. Saturnino, et al.. (2020). Inter-individual and age-dependent variability in simulated electric fields induced by conventional transcranial electrical stimulation. NeuroImage. 224. 117413–117413. 61 indexed citations

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Saturnino, Guilherme B., et al.. (2020). Fast evaluation of the Biot-Savart integral using FFT for electrical conductivity imaging. Journal of Computational Physics. 411. 109408–109408. 13 indexed citations

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Csifcsák, Gábor, Nya Mehnwolo Boayue, Oula Puonti, Axel Thielscher, & Matthias Mittner. (2018). Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation for treating depression: A modeling study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 234. 164–173. 57 indexed citations

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Antonenko, Daria, Till Nierhaus, Marcus Meinzer, et al.. (2018). Age-dependent effects of brain stimulation on network centrality. NeuroImage. 176. 71–82. 44 indexed citations

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Wojciechowski, Adam M., et al.. (2018). Feasibility and resolution limits of opto-magnetic imaging of neural network activity in brain slices using color centers in diamond. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4503–4503. 20 indexed citations

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Hartwigsen, Gesa, Til Ole Bergmann, Damian M. Herz, et al.. (2015). Modeling the effects of noninvasive transcranial brain stimulation at the biophysical, network, and cognitive Level. Progress in brain research. 222. 261–287. 44 indexed citations

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Thielscher, Axel, et al.. (2012). Effects of Parietal TMS on Visual and Auditory Processing at the Primary Cortical Level – A Concurrent TMS-fMRI Study. Cerebral Cortex. 23(4). 873–884. 28 indexed citations

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Zaretskaya, Natalia, Axel Thielscher, Nikos K. Logothetis, & Andreas Bartels. (2010). Disrupting Parietal Function Prolongs Dominance Durations in Binocular Rivalry. Current Biology. 20(23). 2106–2111. 95 indexed citations

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