Christian Merkel

1.4k total citations
37 papers, 968 citations indexed

About

Christian Merkel is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Merkel has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 968 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 7 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christian Merkel's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (17 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (11 papers). Christian Merkel is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (17 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (11 papers). Christian Merkel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Brazil and United States. Christian Merkel's co-authors include R. Gelfand, Giuseppe Attardi, Deanna Ojala, Mircea Ariel Schoenfeld, Jens‐Max Hopf, François Amalric, Hans‐Jochen Heinze, Lygia V. Pereira, M. A. Sukoyan and Sui Lee‐Arteaga and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Christian Merkel

34 papers receiving 941 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Merkel Germany 16 473 325 203 99 76 37 968
Rick A. Friedman United States 25 661 1.4× 109 0.3× 236 1.2× 95 1.0× 84 1.1× 53 1.7k
Pu Dai China 28 1.3k 2.7× 189 0.6× 348 1.7× 52 0.5× 85 1.1× 202 2.5k
Markus Pfister Germany 27 842 1.8× 102 0.3× 335 1.7× 106 1.1× 90 1.2× 85 2.0k
Hirofumi Sakaguchi Japan 18 645 1.4× 77 0.2× 177 0.9× 51 0.5× 55 0.7× 43 1.4k
Peter M. Kroisel Austria 16 935 2.0× 658 2.0× 83 0.4× 86 0.9× 65 0.9× 38 1.5k
Hideki Mutai Japan 20 663 1.4× 91 0.3× 125 0.6× 44 0.4× 63 0.8× 63 1.2k
Alexandra P MacKenzie United States 6 1.0k 2.2× 838 2.6× 341 1.7× 129 1.3× 227 3.0× 6 1.7k
Aparna Prasad United States 18 400 0.8× 493 1.5× 111 0.5× 27 0.3× 104 1.4× 44 1.0k
Felipe Santos United States 15 337 0.7× 65 0.2× 313 1.5× 50 0.5× 41 0.5× 47 1.4k
Mehdi Zarrei Canada 17 633 1.3× 702 2.2× 139 0.7× 34 0.3× 150 2.0× 59 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Merkel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Merkel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Christian Merkel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Christian Merkel. The network helps show where Christian Merkel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Merkel

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zeng, Rui, Nicholas Moellhoff, Riccardo E. Giunta, et al.. (2024). A Gaze into the Eyebrow Standards of Asian Versus Caucasian Women. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 48(23). 4725–4734. 1 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, et al.. (2024). Parallel gain modulation mechanisms set the resolution of color selectivity in human visual cortex. Science Advances. 10(37). eadm7385–eadm7385.
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Merkel, Christian, Jens‐Max Hopf, & Mircea Ariel Schoenfeld. (2024). Location- and Object-Based Representational Mechanisms Account for Bilateral Field Advantage in Multiple-Object Tracking. eNeuro. 11(3). ENEURO.0519–23.2024. 2 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, et al.. (2023). A cortical zoom-in operation underlies covert shifts of visual spatial attention. Science Advances. 9(10). eade7996–eade7996. 4 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, Jens‐Max Hopf, & Mircea Ariel Schoenfeld. (2022). Electrophysiological hallmarks of location‐based and object‐based visual multiple objects tracking. European Journal of Neuroscience. 55(5). 1200–1214. 2 indexed citations
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Hassa, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Increased Amygdala Activity Associated With Cognitive Reappraisal Strategy in Functional Neurologic Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12. 613156–613156. 10 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, et al.. (2021). Attention expedites target selection by prioritizing the neural processing of distractor features. Communications Biology. 4(1). 814–814. 3 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, Jens‐Max Hopf, & Mircea Ariel Schoenfeld. (2019). Modulating the global orientation bias of the visual system changes population receptive field elongations. Human Brain Mapping. 41(7). 1765–1774. 9 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, Jens‐Max Hopf, & Mircea Ariel Schoenfeld. (2018). Spatial elongation of population receptive field profiles revealed by model‐free fMRI back‐projection. Human Brain Mapping. 39(6). 2472–2481. 16 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, et al.. (2017). Attention to Color Sharpens Neural Population Tuning via Feedback Processing in the Human Visual Cortex Hierarchy. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(43). 10346–10357. 24 indexed citations
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Zanatta, Daniela B., Christian Merkel, Tatiane Katsue Furuya, et al.. (2017). Reestablishment of p53/Arf and interferon-β pathways mediated by a novel adenoviral vector potentiates antiviral response and immunogenic cell death. Cell Death Discovery. 3(1). 17017–17017. 26 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, et al.. (2017). Active prosthesis dependent functional cortical reorganization following stroke. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8680–8680. 5 indexed citations
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Medrano, Ruan F.V., et al.. (2016). Vaccination using melanoma cells treated with p19arf and interferon beta gene transfer in a mouse model: a novel combination for cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 65(4). 371–382. 20 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, Jens‐Max Hopf, H.-J. Heinze, & Mircea Ariel Schoenfeld. (2015). Neural correlates of multiple object tracking strategies. NeuroImage. 118. 63–73. 18 indexed citations
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Schoenfeld, Mircea Ariel, Jens‐Max Hopf, Christian Merkel, Hans‐Jochen Heinze, & Steven A. Hillyard. (2014). Object-based attention involves the sequential activation of feature-specific cortical modules. Nature Neuroscience. 17(4). 619–624. 42 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, Ruan F.V. Medrano, Valério Garrone Baraúna, & Bryan E. Strauss. (2013). Combined p19Arf and interferon-beta gene transfer enhances cell death of B16 melanoma in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Gene Therapy. 20(5). 317–325. 21 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Gustavo Ribeiro, Christian Merkel, Marco Roberto Bourg de Mello, et al.. (2010). A New Mouse Model for Marfan Syndrome Presents Phenotypic Variability Associated with the Genetic Background and Overall Levels of Fbn1 Expression. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e14136–e14136. 61 indexed citations
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Carta, Luca, Lygia V. Pereira, Emilio Arteaga‐Solis, et al.. (2005). Fibrillins 1 and 2 Perform Partially Overlapping Functions during Aortic Development. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(12). 8016–8023. 188 indexed citations
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Merkel, Christian, et al.. (2000). Targeting of the fibrillin-1 gene in mouse ES cells for the generation of an animal model for Marfan Syndrome. Genetics and Molecular Biology. 23(3). 249. 1 indexed citations
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Attardi, Giuseppe, Palmiro Cantatore, Anne Chomyn, et al.. (1982). A Comprehensive View of Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Human Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 12. 51–71. 18 indexed citations

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