Dietmar Plenz

13.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Dietmar Plenz is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dietmar Plenz has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 57 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 20 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Dietmar Plenz's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (72 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (33 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (31 papers). Dietmar Plenz is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (72 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (33 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (31 papers). Dietmar Plenz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Dietmar Plenz's co-authors include John M. Beggs, Woodrow L. Shew, Hongdian Yang, Edward T. Bullmore, Jeff Alstott, Shan Yu, S.T. Kitai, Tara C. Thiagarajan, Rajarshi Roy and Thomas Petermann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Dietmar Plenz

86 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Neuronal Avalanches in Neocortical Circuits 1999 2026 2008 2017 2003 2014 1999 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Neuronal Avalanches in Neocortical Circuits
    2003 1.4k citations Dietmar Plenz et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  2. powerlaw: A Python Package for Analysis of Heavy-Tailed Distributions
    2014 596 citations Dietmar Plenz et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  3. A basal ganglia pacemaker formed by the subthalamic nucleus and external globus pallidus
    1999 522 citations Dietmar Plenz et al. profile →

Peers

Dietmar Plenz
Klaus Lehnertz Germany
Dante R. Chialvo United States
Alain Destexhe France
Charles M. Gray United States
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga United Kingdom
Viktor Jirsa France
Jianfeng Feng China
Peter A. Tass Germany
Claus C. Hilgetag Germany
Michel Le Van Quyen France
Klaus Lehnertz Germany
Dietmar Plenz
Citations per year, relative to Dietmar Plenz Dietmar Plenz (= 1×) peers Klaus Lehnertz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dietmar Plenz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dietmar Plenz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dietmar Plenz 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 Dietmar Plenz. Dietmar Plenz 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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Plenz, Dietmar, et al.. (2025). Boosting reservoir computing with brain-inspired adaptive control of E-I balance. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10212–10212.
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Ribeiro, Tiago L., et al.. (2024). Trial-by-trial variability in cortical responses exhibits scaling of spatial correlations predicted from critical dynamics. Cell Reports. 43(2). 113762–113762. 7 indexed citations
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Pajevic, Sinisa, Dietmar Plenz, Peter J. Basser, & R. Douglas Fields. (2023). Oligodendrocyte-mediated myelin plasticity and its role in neural synchronization. eLife. 12. 23 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Tiago L., et al.. (2023). Parabolic avalanche scaling in the synchronization of cortical cell assemblies. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2555–2555. 14 indexed citations
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Miller, Stephanie R., Shan Yu, Sinisa Pajevic, & Dietmar Plenz. (2021). Long-term stability of avalanche scaling and integrative network organization in prefrontal and premotor cortex. Network Neuroscience. 5(2). 1–22. 4 indexed citations
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Ortiz‐Mantilla, Silvia, et al.. (2020). Stability of neuronal avalanches and long-range temporal correlations during the first year of life in human infants. Brain Structure and Function. 225(3). 1169–1183. 20 indexed citations
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Bai, Ruiliang, Charles S. Springer, Dietmar Plenz, & Peter J. Basser. (2017). Fast, Na+/K+ pump driven, steady‐state transcytolemmal water exchange in neuronal tissue: A study of rat brain cortical cultures. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 79(6). 3207–3217. 49 indexed citations
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Klaus, Andreas & Dietmar Plenz. (2016). A Low-Correlation Resting State of the Striatum during Cortical Avalanches and Its Role in Movement Suppression. PLoS Biology. 14(12). e1002582–e1002582. 15 indexed citations
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Lombardi, Fabrizio, Hans J. Herrmann, Dietmar Plenz, & L. de Arcangelis. (2016). Temporal correlations in neuronal avalanche occurrence. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24690–24690. 33 indexed citations
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Klaus, Andreas, et al.. (2015). Irregular spiking of pyramidal neurons organizes as scale-invariant neuronal avalanches in the awake state. eLife. 4. e07224–e07224. 96 indexed citations
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Lombardi, Fabrizio, Hans J. Herrmann, Dietmar Plenz, & L. de Arcangelis. (2014). On the temporal organization of neuronal avalanches. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 8. 204–204. 39 indexed citations
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Yang, Hongdian, Woodrow L. Shew, Rajarshi Roy, & Dietmar Plenz. (2012). Maximal Variability of Phase Synchrony in Cortical Networks with Neuronal Avalanches. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(3). 1061–1072. 144 indexed citations
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Klaus, Andreas, Shan Yu, & Dietmar Plenz. (2011). Statistical Analyses Support Power Law Distributions Found in Neuronal Avalanches. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19779–e19779. 158 indexed citations
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Shew, Woodrow L., Hongdian Yang, Shan Yu, Rajarshi Roy, & Dietmar Plenz. (2011). Information Capacity and Transmission Are Maximized in Balanced Cortical Networks with Neuronal Avalanches. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(1). 55–63. 377 indexed citations
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Shew, Woodrow L., et al.. (2010). Simultaneous multi-electrode array recording and two-photon calcium imaging of neural activity. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 192(1). 75–82. 32 indexed citations
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Pajevic, Sinisa & Dietmar Plenz. (2009). Efficient Network Reconstruction from Dynamical Cascades Identifies Small-World Topology of Neuronal Avalanches. PLoS Computational Biology. 5(1). e1000271–e1000271. 78 indexed citations
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Stewart, Craig V. & Dietmar Plenz. (2006). Inverted-U Profile of Dopamine–NMDA-Mediated Spontaneous Avalanche Recurrence in Superficial Layers of Rat Prefrontal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(31). 8148–8159. 95 indexed citations
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Kerr, Jason N. D. & Dietmar Plenz. (2004). Action Potential Timing Determines Dendritic Calcium during Striatal Up-States. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(4). 877–885. 52 indexed citations
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Plenz, Dietmar, Mario Herrera‐Marschitz, & S.T. Kitai. (1998). Morphological organization of the globus pallidus-subthalamic nucleus system studied in organotypic cultures. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 397(4). 437–457. 24 indexed citations
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Plenz, Dietmar & Ad Aertsen. (1996). Neural dynamics in cortex-striatum co-cultures—II. Spatiotemporal characteristics of neuronal activity. Neuroscience. 70(4). 893–924. 91 indexed citations

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