Christoph M. Michel

36.2k total citations · 14 hit papers
335 papers, 26.2k citations indexed

About

Christoph M. Michel is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph M. Michel has authored 335 papers receiving a total of 26.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 273 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 48 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 38 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Christoph M. Michel's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (149 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (135 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (126 papers). Christoph M. Michel is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (149 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (135 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (126 papers). Christoph M. Michel collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Christoph M. Michel's co-authors include Dietrich Lehmann, Micah M. Murray, Roberto D. Pascual‐Marqui, Denis Brunet, Margitta Seeck, Gregor Thut, Théodor Landis, Juliane Britz, Laurent Spinelli and Göran Lantz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Christoph M. Michel

320 papers receiving 25.7k citations

Hit Papers

Low resolution electromagnetic tomography: a new method f... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 2004 2008 2017 1995 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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  1. Low resolution electromagnetic tomography: a new method for localizing electrical activity in the brain
    1994 2.2k citations Christoph M. Michel et al. profile →
  2. EEG source imaging
    2004 1.3k citations Christoph M. Michel, Micah M. Murray et al. Clinical Neurophysiology profile →
  3. Topographic ERP Analyses: A Step-by-Step Tutorial Review
    2008 863 citations Micah M. Murray, Denis Brunet et al. Brain Topography profile →
  4. EEG microstates as a tool for studying the temporal dynamics of whole-brain neuronal networks: A review
    2017 777 citations Christoph M. Michel, Thomas Koenig NeuroImage profile →
  5. Segmentation of brain electrical activity into microstates: model estimation and validation
    1995 749 citations Christoph M. Michel et al. profile →
  6. BOLD correlates of EEG topography reveal rapid resting-state network dynamics
    2010 719 citations Dimitri Van De Ville, Christoph M. Michel et al. NeuroImage profile →
  7. Microstates in resting-state EEG: Current status and future directions
    2014 613 citations Álvaro Pascual‐Leone, Christoph M. Michel et al. profile →
  8. Spatiotemporal Analysis of Multichannel EEG: CARTOOL
    2011 580 citations Denis Brunet, Micah M. Murray et al. profile →
  9. Spontaneous Fluctuations in Posterior  -Band EEG Activity Reflect Variability in Excitability of Human Visual Areas
    2007 544 citations Verena Brodbeck, Christoph M. Michel et al. profile →
  10. Towards the utilization of EEG as a brain imaging tool
    2011 527 citations Christoph M. Michel, Micah M. Murray NeuroImage profile →
  11. EEG Source Imaging: A Practical Review of the Analysis Steps
    2019 411 citations Christoph M. Michel, Denis Brunet profile →
  12. Electroencephalographic Resting-State Networks: Source Localization of Microstates
    2017 315 citations Anna Custo, Dimitri Van De Ville et al. Brain Connectivity profile →
  13. The standardized EEG electrode array of the IFCN
    2017 302 citations Margitta Seeck, Christoph M. Michel et al. Clinical Neurophysiology profile →
  14. The Functional Aspects of Resting EEG Microstates: A Systematic Review
    2023 130 citations Thomas Koenig, Christoph M. Michel et al. Brain Topography profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christoph M. Michel Switzerland 77 22.3k 3.7k 3.4k 2.5k 2.2k 335 26.2k
Klaas Ε. Stephan United Kingdom 87 23.8k 1.1× 3.7k 1.0× 5.4k 1.6× 4.7k 1.9× 2.4k 1.1× 246 30.6k
Andrew P. Holmes United Kingdom 37 18.7k 0.8× 3.2k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 5.9k 2.3× 1.9k 0.9× 96 26.6k
Richard N. Henson United Kingdom 88 25.9k 1.2× 3.0k 0.8× 4.6k 1.3× 3.9k 1.6× 2.3k 1.1× 310 31.4k
Rainer Goebel Netherlands 88 22.3k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 4.3k 1.2× 5.1k 2.0× 1.6k 0.7× 387 27.6k
Ingrid S. Johnsrude Canada 55 13.4k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 4.7k 1.4× 2.8k 1.1× 965 0.4× 157 18.8k
Eric Courchesne United States 96 24.5k 1.1× 4.8k 1.3× 1.6k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 2.3k 1.1× 200 31.3k
Anthony R. McIntosh Canada 93 25.0k 1.1× 2.9k 0.8× 3.7k 1.1× 5.0k 2.0× 2.6k 1.2× 338 29.9k
Keith J. Worsley Canada 63 18.6k 0.8× 3.7k 1.0× 3.2k 0.9× 6.7k 2.7× 2.3k 1.0× 129 29.0k
Matti Hämäläinen United States 71 19.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 3.0k 0.9× 3.3k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 288 23.5k
Robert T. Knight United States 96 28.6k 1.3× 3.0k 0.8× 5.1k 1.5× 1.1k 0.4× 4.4k 2.0× 381 33.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Artoni, Fiorenzo & Christoph M. Michel. (2025). How does Independent Component Analysis Preprocessing Affect EEG Microstates?. Brain Topography. 38(2). 26–26. 3 indexed citations
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Roberts, Kenneth, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Association Between EEG Microstates During Resting-State and Error-Related Activity in Young Children. Brain Topography. 37(4). 552–570. 5 indexed citations
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Bréchet, Lucie, et al.. (2021). Reconfiguration of Electroencephalography Microstate Networks after Breath-Focused, Digital Meditation Training. Brain Connectivity. 11(2). 146–155. 28 indexed citations
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Pernet, Cyril, Marta I. Garrido, Alexandre Gramfort, et al.. (2020). Issues and recommendations from the OHBM COBIDAS MEEG committee for reproducible EEG and MEG research. Nature Neuroscience. 23(12). 1473–1483. 121 indexed citations
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Mancini, Valentina, Tonia A. Rihs, Vincent Rochas, et al.. (2020). Abnormal Auditory Processing and Underlying Structural Changes in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 47(1). 189–196. 9 indexed citations
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Sperdin, Holger Franz, Ana Coito, Nada Kojovic, et al.. (2018). Early alterations of social brain networks in young children with autism. eLife. 7. 33 indexed citations
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Michel, Christoph M. & Thomas Koenig. (2017). EEG microstates as a tool for studying the temporal dynamics of whole-brain neuronal networks: A review. NeuroImage. 180(Pt B). 577–593. 777 indexed citations breakdown →
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Custo, Anna, Dimitri Van De Ville, William M. Wells, et al.. (2017). Electroencephalographic Resting-State Networks: Source Localization of Microstates. Brain Connectivity. 7(10). 671–682. 315 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gœthe, Johann Wolfgang von, et al.. (2011). Johann Peter Eckermann Gespräche mit Goethe in den letzten Jahren seines Lebens. 3 indexed citations
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Brodbeck, Verena, Laurent Spinelli, Agustina M. Lascano, et al.. (2010). Electrical source imaging for presurgical focus localization in epilepsy patients with normal MRI. Epilepsia. 51(4). 583–591. 98 indexed citations
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James, Clara E., et al.. (2008). Neural transition from short‐ to long‐term memory and the medial temporal lobe: A human evoked‐potential study. Hippocampus. 19(4). 371–378. 28 indexed citations
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Blanke, Olaf, Christine Möhr, Christoph M. Michel, et al.. (2005). Linking Out-of-Body Experience and Self Processing to Mental Own-Body Imagery at the Temporoparietal Junction. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(3). 550–557. 414 indexed citations
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Pegna, Alan J., Asaid Khateb, Micah M. Murray, Théodor Landis, & Christoph M. Michel. (2002). Neural processing of illusory and real contours revealed by high-density ERP mapping. Neuroreport. 13(7). 965–968. 57 indexed citations
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Michel, Christoph M., Gregor Thut, Stéphanie Morand, et al.. (2001). Electric source imaging of human brain functions. Brain Research Reviews. 36(2-3). 108–118. 208 indexed citations
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Lantz, Göran, Christoph M. Michel, Margitta Seeck, et al.. (1999). Frequency domain EEG source localization of ictal epileptiform activity in patients with partial complex epilepsy of temporal lobe origin. Clinical Neurophysiology. 110(1). 176–184. 57 indexed citations
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Seeck, M., François Lazeyras, Christoph M. Michel, et al.. (1997). EPILEPTIC FOCUS LOCALIZATION WITH EEG-TRIGGERED FMRI AND 3D-ELECTRIC SOURCE ANALYSIS. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 14(5). 444–444. 1 indexed citations
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Michel, Christoph M., et al.. (1982). Goethe : sein Leben in Bildern und Texten.
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Gœthe, Johann Wolfgang von & Christoph M. Michel. (1976). Goethe Tagebuch der Italienischen Reise 1786. 1 indexed citations

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