Karl Zilles

94.4k total citations · 26 hit papers
737 papers, 68.0k citations indexed

About

Karl Zilles is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl Zilles has authored 737 papers receiving a total of 68.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 421 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 179 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 137 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Karl Zilles's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (161 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (149 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (147 papers). Karl Zilles is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (161 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (149 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (147 papers). Karl Zilles collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Karl Zilles's co-authors include Katrin Amunts, Axel Schleicher, Simon B. Eickhoff, Gereon R. Fink, Hartmut Mohlberg, Christian Grefkes, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, Peter T. Fox, Angela R. Laird and N. Jon Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Karl Zilles

732 papers receiving 66.8k citations

Hit Papers

A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilisti... 1985 2026 1998 2012 2005 2001 2009 2001 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps and functional imaging data
    2005 3.4k citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Hartmut Mohlberg et al. NeuroImage profile →
  2. Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study
    2001 1.7k citations Giovanni Buccino, Ferdinand Binkofski et al. profile →
  3. Coordinate‐based activation likelihood estimation meta‐analysis of neuroimaging data: A random‐effects approach based on empirical estimates of spatial uncertainty
    2009 1.5k citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Karl Zilles et al. Human Brain Mapping profile →
  4. Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study
    2001 1.4k citations Giovanni Buccino, Ferdinand Binkofski et al. profile →
  5. Bias between MNI and Talairach coordinates analyzed using the ICBM‐152 brain template
    2007 1.2k citations Alan C. Evans, Karl Zilles et al. Human Brain Mapping profile →
  6. Broca's region revisited: Cytoarchitecture and intersubject variability
    1999 1.0k citations Katrin Amunts, Axel Schleicher et al. profile →
  7. ALE meta-analysis of action observation and imitation in the human brain
    2010 1.0k citations Karl Zilles, Simon B. Eickhoff et al. NeuroImage profile →
  8. A link between the systems: functional differentiation and integration within the human insula revealed by meta-analysis
    2010 996 citations Karl Zilles, Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  9. Cytoarchitectonic mapping of the human amygdala, hippocampal region and entorhinal cortex: intersubject variability and probability maps
    2005 969 citations Katrin Amunts, Hartmut Mohlberg et al. Anatomy and Embryology profile →
  10. Cortical thickness or grey matter volume? The importance of selecting the phenotype for imaging genetics studies
    2009 874 citations Karl Zilles et al. NeuroImage profile →
  11. Assignment of functional activations to probabilistic cytoarchitectonic areas revisited
    2007 833 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Alan C. Evans et al. NeuroImage profile →
  12. Mind Reading: Neural Mechanisms of Theory of Mind and Self-Perspective
    2001 739 citations N. Jon Shah, Gereon R. Fink et al. NeuroImage profile →
  13. The Cortex of the Rat
    1985 706 citations Karl Zilles profile →
  14. Neural Circuits Underlying Imitation Learning of Hand Actions
    2004 692 citations Giovanni Buccino, Stefan Vogt et al. Neuron profile →
  15. Polymodal Motion Processing in Posterior Parietal and Premotor Cortex
    2001 636 citations N. Jon Shah, Karl Zilles et al. Neuron profile →
  16. Human Primary Auditory Cortex: Cytoarchitectonic Subdivisions and Mapping into a Spatial Reference System
    2001 614 citations Patricia Morosan, Jörg Rademacher et al. NeuroImage profile →
  17. The Cortex of the Rat: A Stereotaxic Atlas
    1985 601 citations Karl Zilles profile →
  18. The human pattern of gyrification in the cerebral cortex
    1988 574 citations Karl Zilles, Axel Schleicher et al. Anatomy and Embryology profile →
  19. Cortical Folding Patterns and Predicting Cytoarchitecture
    2007 570 citations Hartmut Mohlberg, Katrin Amunts et al. profile →
  20. Testing anatomically specified hypotheses in functional imaging using cytoarchitectonic maps
    2006 552 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Karl Zilles et al. NeuroImage profile →
  21. The human inferior parietal cortex: Cytoarchitectonic parcellation and interindividual variability
    2006 515 citations Axel Schleicher, Hartmut Mohlberg et al. NeuroImage profile →
  22. Brodmann's Areas 17 and 18 Brought into Stereotaxic Space—Where and How Variable?
    2000 513 citations Katrin Amunts, Hartmut Mohlberg et al. NeuroImage profile →
  23. Two different areas within the primary motor cortex of man
    1996 508 citations Axel Schleicher, Thorsten Schormann et al. profile →
  24. The Ontogeny of Human Gyrification
    1995 508 citations Axel Schleicher, Karl Zilles et al. profile →
  25. BigBrain: An Ultrahigh-Resolution 3D Human Brain Model
    2013 498 citations Katrin Amunts, Hartmut Mohlberg et al. profile →
  26. Julich-Brain: A 3D probabilistic atlas of the human brain’s cytoarchitecture
    2020 282 citations Katrin Amunts, Hartmut Mohlberg et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karl Zilles Germany 125 46.6k 12.7k 12.4k 9.1k 8.0k 737 68.0k
Peter T. Fox United States 121 51.7k 1.1× 17.3k 1.4× 5.7k 0.5× 5.0k 0.6× 11.7k 1.5× 591 74.7k
Gereon R. Fink Germany 113 36.2k 0.8× 7.5k 0.6× 11.4k 0.9× 3.8k 0.4× 7.0k 0.9× 940 58.2k
Steven Williams United Kingdom 134 36.5k 0.8× 13.9k 1.1× 4.9k 0.4× 6.6k 0.7× 9.5k 1.2× 1.1k 72.3k
Randy L. Buckner United States 117 71.1k 1.5× 21.8k 1.7× 5.0k 0.4× 5.6k 0.6× 13.0k 1.6× 253 89.2k
Marcus E. Raichle United States 138 72.6k 1.6× 27.8k 2.2× 4.9k 0.4× 9.6k 1.1× 12.9k 1.6× 344 102.9k
Alan C. Evans Canada 157 59.8k 1.3× 30.5k 2.4× 5.2k 0.4× 7.8k 0.9× 10.2k 1.3× 711 100.3k
Edward T. Bullmore United Kingdom 154 71.2k 1.5× 23.2k 1.8× 5.5k 0.4× 10.1k 1.1× 16.6k 2.1× 648 99.0k
Simon B. Eickhoff Germany 115 46.4k 1.0× 12.1k 1.0× 8.0k 0.6× 2.9k 0.3× 11.3k 1.4× 699 60.8k
R. S. J. Frackowiak United Kingdom 166 70.5k 1.5× 20.4k 1.6× 8.5k 0.7× 11.8k 1.3× 10.8k 1.3× 544 110.1k
David C. Van Essen United States 103 54.0k 1.2× 17.5k 1.4× 3.6k 0.3× 7.7k 0.8× 6.3k 0.8× 229 65.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl Zilles

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

All Works

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Froudist‐Walsh, Seán, Daniel P. Bliss, Lucija Rapan, et al.. (2021). A dopamine gradient controls access to distributed working memory in the large-scale monkey cortex. Neuron. 109(21). 3500–3520.e13. 59 indexed citations
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Amunts, Katrin, Michael Hawrylycz, David C. Van Essen, et al.. (2014). Interoperable atlases of the human brain. NeuroImage. 99. 525–532. 59 indexed citations
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Weiner, Kevin S., Golijeh Golarai, Julian Caspers, et al.. (2013). The mid-fusiform sulcus: A landmark identifying both cytoarchitectonic and functional divisions of human ventral temporal cortex. NeuroImage. 84. 453–465. 169 indexed citations
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Oishi, Kenichi, Hao Huang, Takashi Yoshioka, et al.. (2011). Superficially Located White Matter Structures Commonly Seen in the Human and the Macaque Brain with Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Brain Connectivity. 1(1). 37–47. 41 indexed citations
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Palomero‐Gallagher, Nicola, et al.. (2009). Pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures affect binding site densities for GABA, glutamate and adenosine receptors in the rat brain. Neuroscience. 163(1). 490–499. 64 indexed citations
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Dammers, Jürgen, Markus Axer, David Gräßel, et al.. (2009). Signal enhancement in polarized light imaging by means of independent component analysis. NeuroImage. 49(2). 1241–1248. 25 indexed citations
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Eickhoff, Simon B., Martín Lotze, Beate Wietek, et al.. (2006). Segregation of visceral and somatosensory afferents: An fMRI and cytoarchitectonic mapping study. NeuroImage. 31(3). 1004–1014. 86 indexed citations
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Neeb, Heiko, Karl Zilles, & N. Jon Shah. (2006). A new method for fast quantitative mapping of absolute water content in vivo. NeuroImage. 31(3). 1156–1168. 112 indexed citations
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Vogt, Stefan, Giovanni Buccino, Nicola Canessa, et al.. (2006). Practice modulates prefrontal involvement in imitation learning: an event-related fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping. 1 indexed citations
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Warskulat, Ulrich, et al.. (2005). Taurine-transporter gene knockout-induced changes in GABAA, kainate and AMPA but not NMDA receptor binding in mouse brain. Anatomy and Embryology. 210(5-6). 363–372. 12 indexed citations
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Bidmon, Hans J., et al.. (2005). 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 treatment does not alter neuronal cyclooxygenase-2 expression in the cerebral cortex after stroke. Anatomy and Embryology. 211(2). 129–137. 2 indexed citations
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Rademacher, Jörg, Patricia Morosan, Thorsten Schormann, et al.. (2001). Probabilistic Mapping and Volume Measurement of Human Primary Auditory Cortex. NeuroImage. 13(4). 669–683. 409 indexed citations
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Toni, Ivan, et al.. (2001). Movement Preparation and Motor Intention. NeuroImage. 14(1). S110–S117. 83 indexed citations
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Witte, Otto W., et al.. (2000). Transient up-regulation of γ-aminobutyric acidA receptor binding by lubeluzole after neocortical specify lesion in rats. Neuroscience Letters. 296(2-3). 125–128. 1 indexed citations
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Binkofski, Ferdinand, Katrin Amunts, Klaus Stephan, et al.. (2000). Broca's region subserves imagery of motion: A combined cytoarchitectonic and fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping. 11(4). 273–285. 305 indexed citations
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Schiene, Klaus, et al.. (1999). Widespread up-regulation of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors after focal photothrombotic lesion in rat brain. Neuroscience Letters. 273(2). 77–80. 90 indexed citations
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Bidmon, Hans‐J., Jian Wu, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, et al.. (1999). Different nitric oxide synthase inhibitors cause rapid and differential alterations in the ligand-binding capacity of transmitter receptors in the rat cerebral cortex. Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. 181(4). 345–351. 12 indexed citations
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Binkofski, Ferdinand, Giovanni Buccino, Alfons Schnitzler, et al.. (1999). Topographic segregation for movement recognition in man : an fMRI study. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 2 indexed citations
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Schröder, Hannsjörg, et al.. (1990). Immunocytochemical visualization of muscarinic cholinoceptors in the human cerebral cortex. Brain Research. 514(2). 249–258. 36 indexed citations

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