Helmut Laufs

15.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
113 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Helmut Laufs is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Laufs has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 23 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 17 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Helmut Laufs's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (67 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (65 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (44 papers). Helmut Laufs is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (67 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (65 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (44 papers). Helmut Laufs collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Helmut Laufs's co-authors include Enzo Tagliazucchi, Andreas Kleinschmidt, Afraim Salek‐Haddadi, Karsten Krakow, Frederic von Wegner, Evelyn Eger, Louis Lemieux, John S. Duncan, Astrid Morzelewski and Khalid Hamandi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Laufs

113 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Electroencephalographic signatures of attentional and cognitive default modes in spontaneous brain activity fluctuations at rest

2003 796 citations Helmut Laufs, Andreas Kleinschmidt et al. profile →
EEG-correlated fMRI of human alpha activity

2003 783 citations Helmut Laufs, Andreas Kleinschmidt et al. NeuroImage profile →
Decoding Wakefulness Levels from Typical fMRI Resting-State Data Reveals Reliable Drifts between Wakefulness and Sleep

2014 486 citations Enzo Tagliazucchi, Helmut Laufs Neuron profile →
On the Stability of BOLD fMRI Correlations

2016 372 citations Anish Mitra, Enzo Tagliazucchi et al. profile →
Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution

2016 315 citations Enzo Tagliazucchi, Helmut Laufs et al. profile →

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Higher-order EEG microstate syntax and surrogate testing 2025 ·Computers in Biology and Medicine ·Frederic von Wegner, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Helmut Laufs	1
2	Data-driven discovery of canonical large-scale brain dynamics 2022 ·Cerebral Cortex Communications ·(unknown), Gustavo Deco, Morten L. Kringelbach, Helmut Laufs, Yonatan Sanz Perl, Enzo Tagliazucchi	5
3	Unifying turbulent dynamics framework distinguishes different brain states 2022 ·Communications Biology ·Anira Escrichs, Yonatan Sanz Perl, Carme Uribe, Estela Càmara, Başak Türker, Nadya Pyatigorskaya, Ane López‐González, Carla Pallavicini, Rajanikant Panda, Jitka Annen, Olivia Gosseries, Steven Laureys, Lionel Naccache, Jacobo Sitt, Helmut Laufs, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Morten L. Kringelbach, Gustavo Deco	34
4	Perturbations in dynamical models of whole-brain activity dissociate between the level and stability of consciousness 2021 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Yonatan Sanz Perl, Carla Pallavicini, (unknown), Athéna Demertzi, Vincent Bonhomme, Charlotte Martial, Rajanikant Panda, Jitka Annen, Agustín Ibáñez, Morten L. Kringelbach, Gustavo Deco, Helmut Laufs, Jacobo Sitt, Steven Laureys, Enzo Tagliazucchi	44
5	Unconsciousness reconfigures modular brain network dynamics 2021 ·Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science ·(unknown), Helmut Laufs, Vincent Bonhomme, Steven Laureys, Pablo Balenzuela, Enzo Tagliazucchi	7
6	Nonequilibrium brain dynamics as a signature of consciousness 2021 ·Physical review. E ·Yonatan Sanz Perl, (unknown), Carla Pallavicini, (unknown), Steven Laureys, Helmut Laufs, Morten L. Kringelbach, Gustavo Deco, Enzo Tagliazucchi	47
7	Signature of consciousness in brain-wide synchronization patterns of monkey and human fMRI signals 2020 ·NeuroImage ·Gerald J. Hahn, Gorka Zamora‐López, Lynn Uhrig, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Helmut Laufs, Dante Mantini, Morten L. Kringelbach, Béchir Jarraya, Gustavo Deco	33
8	Generative embeddings of brain collective dynamics using variational autoencoders 2020 ·Repositori digital de la UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) ·Yonatan Sanz Perl, (unknown), (unknown), Federico Zamberlán, (unknown), Helmut Laufs, Morten L. Kringelbach, Gustavo Deco, Enzo Tagliazucchi	24
9	Low-Frequency Oscillations Code Speech during Verbal Working Memory 2019 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Johannes Gehrig, Georgios Michalareas, Marie-Thérèse Forster, (unknown), Pavel Hok, Helmut Laufs, Christian Senft, Volker Seifert, Jan‐Mathijs Schoffelen, Simon Hanslmayr, Christian A. Kell	18
10	Perturbation of whole-brain dynamics in silico reveals mechanistic differences between brain states 2017 ·NeuroImage ·Gustavo Deco, Joana Cabral, Victor M. Saenger, Mélanie Boly, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Helmut Laufs, Eus J.W. Van Someren, (unknown), Angus Stevner, Morten L. Kringelbach	59
11	Mapping visual dominance in human sleep 2017 ·NeuroImage ·Mark P. McAvoy, Anish Mitra, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Helmut Laufs, Marcus E. Raichle	8
12	Increased Stability and Breakdown of Brain Effective Connectivity During Slow-Wave Sleep: Mechanistic Insights from Whole-Brain Computational Modelling 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Rikkert Hindriks, Helmut Laufs, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Gerald J. Hahn, Adrián Ponce‐Alvarez, Angus Stevner, Morten L. Kringelbach, Gustavo Deco	85
13	Progression to deep sleep is characterized by changes to BOLD dynamics in sensory cortices 2015 ·NeuroImage ·Ben Davis, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Jorge Jovicich, Helmut Laufs, Uri Hasson	15
14	Altered fMRI Connectivity Dynamics in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Might Explain Seizure Semiology 2014 ·Frontiers in Neurology ·Helmut Laufs, Roman Rodionov, John S. Thornton, John S. Duncan, Louis Lemieux, Enzo Tagliazucchi	54
15	A seizure-modulating area in human focal epilepsy revealed by FMRI and pet 2007 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Helmut Laufs, Mark P. Richardson, (unknown), John S. Duncan, Karen Gale, Louis Lemieux, (unknown)	1
16	Correlation of pre-surgical EEG fMRI and post-surgical imaging and outcome in patients with focal epilepsy 2007 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·John S. Thornton, Helmut Laufs, R. Rodionov, (unknown), David W. Carmichael, Matthew C. Walker, Stephen M. Smith, (unknown), John S. Duncan, Louis Lemieux	2
17	Impact of interictal epileptic activity on normal brain function in epileptic encephalopathy: An EEG-fMRI study 2007 ·European Journal of Paediatric Neurology ·Xavier De Tiège, Sue Harrison, Helmut Laufs, Stewart Boyd, Chris A. Clark, Peter Allen, Brian G.R. Neville, Faraneh Vargha‐Khadem, J. Helen Cross	1
18	Noncanonical spike‐related BOLD responses in focal epilepsy 2007 ·Human Brain Mapping ·Louis Lemieux, Helmut Laufs, David W. Carmichael, Joseph Suresh Paul, Matthew C. Walker, John S. Duncan	75
19	Endogenous Cortical Rhythms Determine Cerebral Specialization for Speech Perception and Production 2007 ·Neuron ·Anne-Lise Giraud, Andreas Kleinschmidt, David Poeppel, Torben E. Lund, R. S. J. Frackowiak, Helmut Laufs	324
20	fMRI temporal clustering analysis in patients with frequent interictal epileptiform discharges: Comparison with EEG-driven analysis 2005 ·NeuroImage ·Khalid Hamandi, (unknown), Adam D. Liston, Helmut Laufs, D. R. Fish, Louis Lemieux	26

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