Christian Grefkes

23.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
175 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Christian Grefkes is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Grefkes has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 75 papers in Neurology and 57 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Christian Grefkes's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (71 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (59 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (50 papers). Christian Grefkes is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (71 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (59 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (50 papers). Christian Grefkes collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Christian Grefkes's co-authors include Gereon R. Fink, Simon B. Eickhoff, Karl Zilles, Anne K. Rehme, Katrin Amunts, Hartmut Mohlberg, Klaas Ε. Stephan, Ling Wang, Dennis A. Nowak and Peter T. Fox and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christian Grefkes

162 papers receiving 16.1k citations

Hit Papers

A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchite... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2009 2005 2014 2020 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps and functional imaging data
    2005 3.4k citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Christian Grefkes et al. NeuroImage profile →
  2. Coordinate‐based activation likelihood estimation meta‐analysis of neuroimaging data: A random‐effects approach based on empirical estimates of spatial uncertainty
    2009 1.5k citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Christian Grefkes et al. Human Brain Mapping profile →
  3. REVIEW: The functional organization of the intraparietal sulcus in humans and monkeys
    2005 567 citations Christian Grefkes, Gereon R. Fink profile →
  4. Connectivity-based approaches in stroke and recovery of function
    2014 410 citations Christian Grefkes, Gereon R. Fink profile →
  5. Recovery from stroke: current concepts and future perspectives
    2020 283 citations Christian Grefkes, Gereon R. Fink profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Grefkes Germany 57 11.1k 4.9k 3.3k 2.6k 1.7k 175 16.3k
Julien Doyon Canada 69 12.3k 1.1× 2.8k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 2.6k 1.5× 235 17.5k
Cornelius Weiller Germany 86 12.3k 1.1× 5.6k 1.1× 4.7k 1.4× 3.7k 1.4× 2.0k 1.2× 407 25.9k
Rüdiger J. Seitz Germany 61 8.9k 0.8× 2.7k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 4.5k 2.6× 264 15.7k
Chris Rorden United States 65 13.5k 1.2× 2.4k 0.5× 3.8k 1.2× 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 264 18.2k
Friedhelm C. Hummel Germany 55 8.5k 0.8× 8.6k 1.7× 1.2k 0.4× 2.6k 1.0× 871 0.5× 191 14.3k
Stephan P. Swinnen Belgium 78 14.7k 1.3× 3.8k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 4.8k 2.8× 422 22.7k
Hartwig R. Siebner Denmark 72 9.4k 0.8× 7.2k 1.5× 2.3k 0.7× 722 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 482 17.9k
Giacomo Koch Italy 67 7.2k 0.6× 7.4k 1.5× 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 724 0.4× 348 14.5k
Nicole Wenderoth Belgium 55 7.4k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 746 0.3× 1.8k 1.0× 195 11.1k
Jörn Diedrichsen United Kingdom 60 10.8k 1.0× 3.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 572 0.2× 3.3k 1.9× 178 14.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grefkes, Christian, et al.. (2025). Proportional recovery in mice with cortical stroke. Experimental Neurology. 386. 115180–115180. 2 indexed citations
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Binder, Ellen F., Lukas Hensel, Anne K. Rehme, et al.. (2024). Corticospinal tract lesion quantification: Distinct approaches and their association with motor impairment after stroke. Clinical Neurophysiology. 159. e24–e25.
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Fink, Gereon R., et al.. (2024). Individual contralesional recruitment in the context of structural reserve in early motor reorganization after stroke. NeuroImage. 300. 120828–120828. 1 indexed citations
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Hensel, Lukas, Matthew Cieslak, Caroline Tscherpel, et al.. (2023). Interhemispheric Structural Connectivity Underlies Motor Recovery after Stroke. Annals of Neurology. 94(4). 785–797. 16 indexed citations
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Tscherpel, Caroline, Shivakumar Viswanathan, Lukas J. Volz, et al.. (2022). Recovered grasping performance after stroke depends on interhemispheric frontoparietal connectivity. Brain. 146(3). 1006–1020. 27 indexed citations
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Cieslak, Matthew, Lukas Hensel, Christian Grefkes, et al.. (2022). The role of corticospinal and extrapyramidal pathways in motor impairment after stroke. Brain Communications. 5(1). fcac301–fcac301. 17 indexed citations
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Bonkhoff, Anna K., Thomas M.H. Hope, Danilo Bzdok, et al.. (2021). Recovery after stroke: the severely impaired are a distinct group. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 93(4). 369–378. 16 indexed citations
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Bonkhoff, Anna K. & Christian Grefkes. (2021). Precision medicine in stroke: towards personalized outcome predictions using artificial intelligence. Brain. 145(2). 457–475. 101 indexed citations
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Bonkhoff, Anna K., Anne K. Rehme, Lukas Hensel, et al.. (2021). Dynamic connectivity predicts acute motor impairment and recovery post-stroke. Brain Communications. 3(4). fcab227–fcab227. 22 indexed citations
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Tzovara, Athina, Valentina Borghesani, M. Mallar Chakravarty, et al.. (2021). Embracing diversity and inclusivity in an academic setting: Insights from the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. NeuroImage. 229. 117742–117742. 30 indexed citations
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Blaschke, Stefan, Lukas Hensel, Caroline Tscherpel, et al.. (2021). Translating Functional Connectivity After Stroke: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detects Comparable Network Changes in Mice and Humans. Stroke. 52(9). 2948–2960. 19 indexed citations
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Lucas, Carolin Weiß, Charlotte Nettekoven, Volker Neuschmelting, et al.. (2020). Invasive versus non‐invasive mapping of the motor cortex. Human Brain Mapping. 41(14). 3970–3983. 17 indexed citations
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Bonkhoff, Anna K., Thomas M.H. Hope, Danilo Bzdok, et al.. (2020). Bringing proportional recovery into proportion: Bayesian modelling of post-stroke motor impairment. Brain. 143(7). 2189–2206. 35 indexed citations
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Tscherpel, Caroline, Sebastian Dern, Lukas Hensel, et al.. (2020). Brain responsivity provides an individual readout for motor recovery after stroke. Brain. 143(6). 1873–1888. 59 indexed citations
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Hensel, Lukas, Christian Grefkes, Caroline Tscherpel, et al.. (2019). Intermittent theta burst stimulation applied during early rehabilitation after stroke: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 9(12). e034088–e034088. 13 indexed citations
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Neuschmelting, Volker, Carolin Weiß Lucas, Gabriele Stoffels, et al.. (2015). Multimodal Imaging in Malignant Brain Tumors: Enhancing the Preoperative Risk Evaluation for Motor Deficits with a Combined Hybrid MRI-PET and Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Approach. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 37(2). 266–273. 13 indexed citations
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Michely, Jochen, Lukas J. Volz, Michael T. Barbe, et al.. (2015). Dopaminergic modulation of motor network dynamics in Parkinson's disease. Brain. 138(3). 664–678. 102 indexed citations
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Rehme, Anne K., Lukas J. Volz, Thomas Liebig, et al.. (2014). Identifying Neuroimaging Markers of Motor Disability in Acute Stroke by Machine Learning Techniques. Cerebral Cortex. 25(9). 3046–3056. 89 indexed citations
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Hermann, Manuel M., Freekje van Asten, Philipp S. Muether, et al.. (2013). Polymorphisms in Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2 Are Associated with Better Response Rates to Ranibizumab Treatment in Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology. 121(4). 905–910. 40 indexed citations
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Eickhoff, Simon B., Christian Grefkes, Gereon R. Fink, & Karl Zilles. (2008). Functional Lateralization of Face, Hand, and Trunk Representation in Anatomically Defined Human Somatosensory Areas. Cerebral Cortex. 18(12). 2820–2830. 104 indexed citations

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