Essa Yacoub

44.2k citations

161 papers · 21.1k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 62

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.05%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.01%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.5%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 2%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 2%

Co-authors: Kâmil Uǧurbil Stephen M. Smith David C. Van Essen Steen Moeller Timothy E.J. Behrens Edward J. Auerbach Deanna M. Barch Noam Harel
Topics: Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (115 papers)Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (87 papers)Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (83 papers)
Cited by: Cognitive Neuroscience Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Computational Mathematics
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Communications
Partner nations: United States Netherlands United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Essa Yacoub

157 papers receiving 20.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The WU-Minn Human Connectome Project: An overview

2013 3.4k citations David C. Van Essen, Stephen M. Smith et al. NeuroImage profile →
A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex

2016 3.0k citations Matthew F. Glasser, Essa Yacoub et al. profile →
Multiband multislice GE‐EPI at 7 tesla, with 16‐fold acceleration using partial parallel imaging with application to high spatial and temporal whole‐brain fMRI

2010 1.1k citations Steen Moeller, Essa Yacoub et al. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine profile →
Multiplexed Echo Planar Imaging for Sub-Second Whole Brain FMRI and Fast Diffusion Imaging

2010 972 citations David A. Feinberg, Steen Moeller et al. PLoS ONE profile →
ICA-based artefact removal and accelerated fMRI acquisition for improved resting state network imaging

2014 910 citations Edward J. Auerbach, Steen Moeller et al. NeuroImage profile →
The Human Connectome Project's neuroimaging approach

2016 660 citations Matthew F. Glasser, Stephen M. Smith et al. profile →
Advances in diffusion MRI acquisition and processing in the Human Connectome Project

2013 627 citations Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos, Saâd Jbabdi et al. NeuroImage profile →
Temporally-independent functional modes of spontaneous brain activity

2012 576 citations Stephen M. Smith, Karla L. Miller et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Evaluation of slice accelerations using multiband echo planar imaging at 3T

2013 381 citations Junqian Xu, Steen Moeller et al. NeuroImage profile →
The UNC/UMN Baby Connectome Project (BCP): An overview of the study design and protocol development

2018 243 citations Essa Yacoub, Kâmil Uǧurbil et al. NeuroImage profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A 128‐channel receive array with enhanced signal‐to‐noise ratio performance for 10.5T brain imaging 2025 ·Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·Russell Lagore,(unknown),Andrea Grant,(unknown),Edward J. Auerbach,(unknown),Lance DelaBarre,Steen Moeller,Yiğitcan Eryaman,Riccardo Lattanzi,(unknown),Luca Vizioli,Essa Yacoub,(unknown),Gregory J. Metzger,Xiaoping Wu,Gregor Adriany,Kâmil Uǧurbil	3
2	RF coil design strategies for improving SNR at the ultrahigh magnetic field of 10.5T 2024 ·Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·(unknown),Russell Lagore,Edward J. Auerbach,Andrea Grant,(unknown),Lance DelaBarre,(unknown),(unknown),Riccardo Lattanzi,(unknown),Steen Moeller,Xiaoping Wu,Essa Yacoub,Luca Vizioli,(unknown),Gregory J. Metzger,Yiğitcan Eryaman,Gregor Adriany,Kâmil Uǧurbil	5
3	Default mode network failure and neurodegeneration across aging and amnestic and dysexecutive Alzheimer’s disease 2023 ·Brain Communications ·Nick Corriveau‐Lecavalier,Jeffrey L. Gunter,(unknown),Ellen Dicks,Hugo Botha,Walter K. Kremers,Jonathan Graff‐Radford,(unknown),Christopher G. Schwarz,Essa Yacoub,David S. Knopman,Bradley F. Boeve,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Ronald C. Petersen,Clifford R. Jack,Melissa Terpstra,David T. Jones	10
4	Denoising diffusion MRI: Considerations and implications for analysis 2023 ·Imaging Neuroscience ·(unknown),Steen Moeller,Jesper Andersson,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Essa Yacoub,Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos	12
5	Evaluating increases in sensitivity from NORDIC for diverse fMRI acquisition strategies 2023 ·NeuroImage ·Logan T. Dowdle,Luca Vizioli,Steen Moeller,Mehmet Akçakaya,Cheryl A. Olman,Geoffrey M. Ghose,Essa Yacoub,Kâmil Uǧurbil	11
6	Ultra-high field (10.5T) diffusion-weighted MRI of the macaque brain 2022 ·NeuroImage ·Mark D. Grier,Essa Yacoub,Gregor Adriany,Russell Lagore,Noam Harel,Ru‐Yuan Zhang,Christophe Lenglet,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Jan Zimmermann,Sarah R. Heilbronner	10
7	Lowering the thermal noise barrier in functional brain mapping with magnetic resonance imaging 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Luca Vizioli,Steen Moeller,Logan T. Dowdle,Mehmet Akçakaya,Federico De Martino,Essa Yacoub,Kâmil Uǧurbil	70
8	Statistical power or more precise insights into neuro-temporal dynamics? Assessing the benefits of rapid temporal sampling in fMRI 2021 ·Progress in Neurobiology ·Logan T. Dowdle,Geoffrey M. Ghose,(unknown),Kâmil Uǧurbil,Essa Yacoub,Luca Vizioli	7
9	Improved Simultaneous Multi-Slice Functional MRI Using Self-supervised Deep Learning 2021 ·2021 55th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers ·Ömer Burak Demirel,Burhaneddin Yaman,Logan T. Dowdle,Steen Moeller,Luca Vizioli,Essa Yacoub,John Strupp,Cheryl A. Olman,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Mehmet Akçakaya	7
10	The Human Connectome Project: A retrospective 2021 ·NeuroImage ·Jennifer Stine Elam,Matthew F. Glasser,Michael P. Harms,Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos,Jesper Andersson,Gregory C. Burgess,Sandra W. Curtiss,Robert Oostenveld,Linda Larson‐Prior,Jan‐Mathijs Schoffelen,Michael R. Hodge,(unknown),Daniel Marcus,Deanna M. Barch,Essa Yacoub,Stephen M. Smith,Kâmil Uǧurbil,David C. Van Essen	127
11	Clarifying the role of higher-level cortices in resolving perceptual ambiguity using ultra high field fMRI 2020 ·NeuroImage ·Logan T. Dowdle,Geoffrey M. Ghose,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Essa Yacoub,Luca Vizioli	6
12	NOise reduction with DIstribution Corrected (NORDIC) PCA in dMRI with complex-valued parameter-free locally low-rank processing 2020 ·NeuroImage ·Steen Moeller,Pramod Kumar Pisharady,Sudhir Ramanna,Christophe Lenglet,Xiaoping Wu,Logan T. Dowdle,Essa Yacoub,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Mehmet Akçakaya	77
13	Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Oculomotor Dysfunction in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury 2018 ·Journal of Neurotrauma ·Sarah B. Rockswold,Philip Burton,Amy Chang,(unknown),Andrea Grant,Gaylan L. Rockswold,Walter C. Low,Lynn E. Eberly,Essa Yacoub,Christophe Lenglet	13
14	Reconstructing the spectrotemporal modulations of real-life sounds from fMRI response patterns 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Roberta Santoro,Michelle Moerel,Federico De Martino,Giancarlo Valente,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Essa Yacoub,Elia Formisano	69
15	Evaluation of highly accelerated simultaneous multi-slice EPI for fMRI 2014 ·NeuroImage ·(unknown),An T. Vu,Junqian Xu,Steen Moeller,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Essa Yacoub,David A. Feinberg	98
16	Processing of Natural Sounds: Characterization of Multipeak Spectral Tuning in Human Auditory Cortex 2013 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Michelle Moerel,Federico De Martino,Roberta Santoro,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Rainer Goebel,Essa Yacoub,Elia Formisano	60
17	The WU-Minn Human Connectome Project: An overviewbreakdown → 2013 ·NeuroImage ·David C. Van Essen,Stephen M. Smith,Deanna M. Barch,Timothy E.J. Behrens,Essa Yacoub,Kâmil Uǧurbil	3446
18	Effects of image reconstruction on fiber orientation mapping from multichannel diffusion MRI: Reducing the noise floor using SENSE 2013 ·Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos,Steen Moeller,Saâd Jbabdi,Junqian Xu,Jesper Andersson,Edward J. Auerbach,Essa Yacoub,David Feinberg,Kawin Setsompop,Lawrence L. Wald,Timothy E.J. Behrens,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Christophe Lenglet	142
19	Correction: Multiplexed Echo Planar Imaging for Sub-Second Whole Brain FMRI and Fast Diffusion Imaging 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·David Feinberg,Steen Moeller,Stephen M. Smith,Edward J. Auerbach,Sudhir Ramanna,Matthias Günther,Matt Glasser,Karla L. Miller,Kâmil Uǧurbil,Essa Yacoub	6
20	New strategy for reconstructing partial‐Fourier imaging data in functional MRI 2001 ·Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·Xiaodong Zhang,Essa Yacoub,Xiaoping Hu	10

About Essa Yacoub

Essa Yacoub is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience and Structural Biology, having authored 161 papers that have together received 21.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (115 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (87 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (83 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (14.8k citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (12.1k citations) and Computational Mathematics (90 citations). Essa Yacoub has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Kâmil Uǧurbil, Stephen M. Smith, David C. Van Essen, Steen Moeller, Timothy E.J. Behrens, Edward J. Auerbach, Deanna M. Barch, Noam Harel, Jesper Andersson and Matthew F. Glasser. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

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