Katrin Amunts

47.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
361 papers, 30.0k citations indexed

About

Katrin Amunts is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Katrin Amunts has authored 361 papers receiving a total of 30.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 265 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 118 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 32 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Katrin Amunts's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (148 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (101 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (88 papers). Katrin Amunts is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (148 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (101 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (88 papers). Katrin Amunts collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Katrin Amunts's co-authors include Karl Zilles, Hartmut Mohlberg, Simon B. Eickhoff, Axel Schleicher, Gereon R. Fink, Klaas Ε. Stephan, Christian Grefkes, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, Svenja Caspers and Stefan Heim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Katrin Amunts

349 papers receiving 29.7k citations

Hit Papers

A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchite... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2005 1999 2005 2007 2001 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  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. Broca's region revisited: Cytoarchitecture and intersubject variability
    1999 1.0k citations Katrin Amunts, Axel Schleicher et al. profile →
  3. Cytoarchitectonic mapping of the human amygdala, hippocampal region and entorhinal cortex: intersubject variability and probability maps
    2005 969 citations Katrin Amunts, Olga Kedo et al. profile →
  4. Assignment of functional activations to probabilistic cytoarchitectonic areas revisited
    2007 833 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Alan C. Evans et al. NeuroImage profile →
  5. Human Primary Auditory Cortex: Cytoarchitectonic Subdivisions and Mapping into a Spatial Reference System
    2001 614 citations Axel Schleicher, Katrin Amunts et al. NeuroImage profile →
  6. Cortical Folding Patterns and Predicting Cytoarchitecture
    2007 570 citations Hartmut Mohlberg, Katrin Amunts et al. profile →
  7. Testing anatomically specified hypotheses in functional imaging using cytoarchitectonic maps
    2006 552 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Stefan Heim et al. NeuroImage profile →
  8. Behavior, sensitivity, and power of activation likelihood estimation characterized by massive empirical simulation
    2016 527 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Thomas E. Nichols et al. NeuroImage profile →
  9. The human inferior parietal cortex: Cytoarchitectonic parcellation and interindividual variability
    2006 515 citations Stefan Geyer, Axel Schleicher et al. NeuroImage profile →
  10. Brodmann's Areas 17 and 18 Brought into Stereotaxic Space—Where and How Variable?
    2000 513 citations Katrin Amunts, Aleksandar Maliković et al. NeuroImage profile →
  11. BigBrain: An Ultrahigh-Resolution 3D Human Brain Model
    2013 498 citations Katrin Amunts, Hartmut Mohlberg et al. profile →
  12. 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
Katrin Amunts Germany 84 22.6k 7.6k 3.9k 3.4k 2.8k 361 30.0k
Martin I. Sereno United States 52 25.0k 1.1× 8.1k 1.1× 2.6k 0.7× 3.5k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 126 32.8k
Matthew F. S. Rushworth United Kingdom 100 27.1k 1.2× 5.5k 0.7× 4.9k 1.3× 3.6k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 223 34.5k
Andrew P. Holmes United Kingdom 37 18.7k 0.8× 5.9k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 96 26.6k
Roger P. Woods United States 72 15.1k 0.7× 9.5k 1.3× 3.8k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 2.3k 0.8× 186 28.8k
Michael Petrides Canada 85 24.1k 1.1× 4.0k 0.5× 3.5k 0.9× 3.8k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 239 31.0k
Richard G. Wise United Kingdom 85 16.1k 0.7× 6.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.9× 3.3k 1.2× 285 26.1k
Klaas Ε. Stephan United Kingdom 87 23.8k 1.1× 4.7k 0.6× 3.1k 0.8× 5.4k 1.6× 1.3k 0.5× 246 30.6k
Bernard Mazoyer France 77 20.7k 0.9× 7.3k 1.0× 2.2k 0.6× 4.2k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 280 32.0k
Tomáš Paus Canada 77 14.8k 0.7× 3.9k 0.5× 3.0k 0.8× 3.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 257 25.8k
Rainer Goebel Netherlands 88 22.3k 1.0× 5.1k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 4.3k 1.3× 1.7k 0.6× 387 27.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sindermann, Lisa, Federico Raimondo, Konrad Oexle, et al.. (2025). Neurobiological correlates of schizophrenia-specific and highly pleiotropic genetic risk scores for neuropsychiatric disorders. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 230–230.
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Kaiser, Vera, Berwin A. Turlach, Jutta Peterburs, et al.. (2024). Sensor-Based Gait and Balance Assessment in Healthy Adults: Analysis of Short-Term Training and Sensor Placement Effects. Sensors. 24(17). 5598–5598.
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DeKraker, Jordan, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, Sascha E.A. Muenzing, et al.. (2024). Analyzing Regional Organization of The Human Hippocampus in 3D-PLI Using Contrastive Learning and Geometric Unfolding. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Boltes, Maik, et al.. (2022). System Comparison for Gait and Balance Monitoring Used for the Evaluation of a Home-Based Training. Sensors. 22(13). 4975–4975. 6 indexed citations
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Goulas, Alexandros, Jean‐Pierre Changeux, Konrad Wagstyl, et al.. (2021). The natural axis of transmitter receptor distribution in the human cerebral cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(3). 59 indexed citations
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Amunts, Katrin, et al.. (2018). Big Data in der Medizin. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 64(2). 99–118. 1 indexed citations
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Kedo, Olga, Karl Zilles, Nicola Palomero‐Gallagher, et al.. (2017). Receptor-driven, multimodal mapping of the human amygdala. Brain Structure and Function. 223(4). 1637–1666. 28 indexed citations
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Eickhoff, Simon B., Thomas E. Nichols, Angela R. Laird, et al.. (2016). Behavior, sensitivity, and power of activation likelihood estimation characterized by massive empirical simulation. NeuroImage. 137. 70–85. 527 indexed citations breakdown →
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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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Abel, Stefanie, Walter Huber, Cornelius Weiller, et al.. (2011). The Influence of Handedness on Hemispheric Interaction During Word Production: Insights from Effective Connectivity Analysis. Brain Connectivity. 1(3). 219–231. 10 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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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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Heim, Stefan, Simon B. Eickhoff, & Katrin Amunts. (2008). Specialisation in Broca's region for semantic, phonological, and syntactic fluency?. NeuroImage. 40(3). 1362–1368. 145 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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Amunts, Katrin & D. Yves von Cramon. (2006). The Anatomical Segregation of the Frontal Cortex: What Does it Mean for Function?. Cortex. 42(4). 525–528. 22 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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Roland, Per E., Stefan Geyer, Katrin Amunts, et al.. (1997). Cytoarchitectural maps of the human brain in standard anatomical space. Human Brain Mapping. 5(4). 222–227. 64 indexed citations

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