Marc-Oliver Gewaltig

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Marc-Oliver Gewaltig is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Marc-Oliver Gewaltig's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (21 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (13 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (7 papers). Marc-Oliver Gewaltig is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (21 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (13 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (7 papers). Marc-Oliver Gewaltig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Japan and Switzerland. Marc-Oliver Gewaltig's co-authors include Markus Diesmann, Ad Aertsen, Henry Markram, Hans Ekkehard Pleßer, Daniel Keller, Csaba Erö, Edgar Körner, Ursula Körner, Andreas Knoblauch and Michael L. Hines and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS Computational Biology and Neural Computation.

In The Last Decade

Marc-Oliver Gewaltig

34 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Stable propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neu... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2007 200 400 600
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. Stable propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks
    1999 696 citations Markus Diesmann, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig et al. Nature profile →
  2. NEST (NEural Simulation Tool)
    2007 637 citations Marc-Oliver Gewaltig, Markus Diesmann profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marc-Oliver Gewaltig Germany 13 1.6k 861 732 331 283 34 2.0k
Tim P. Vogels United Kingdom 19 2.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.8× 907 1.2× 324 1.0× 345 1.2× 35 2.9k
Christian K. Machens Portugal 27 3.0k 1.9× 1.3k 1.5× 607 0.8× 322 1.0× 486 1.7× 50 3.5k
Sonja Grün Germany 29 2.8k 1.7× 1.5k 1.8× 412 0.6× 493 1.5× 346 1.2× 107 3.3k
Ştefan Mihalaş United States 27 1.7k 1.0× 978 1.1× 440 0.6× 200 0.6× 171 0.6× 72 2.4k
Ashok Litwin-Kumar United States 20 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 346 0.5× 215 0.6× 183 0.6× 36 2.0k
Richard Naud Canada 19 2.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.8× 597 1.8× 555 2.0× 49 2.8k
Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck United States 8 2.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.5× 464 0.6× 603 1.8× 510 1.8× 11 2.9k
Kanaka Rajan United States 14 1.2k 0.7× 515 0.6× 325 0.4× 246 0.7× 354 1.3× 28 1.6k
Almut Schüz Germany 18 1.8k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 333 0.5× 154 0.5× 168 0.6× 42 2.6k
Omri Barak Israel 20 2.9k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 635 0.9× 188 0.6× 585 2.1× 39 3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc-Oliver Gewaltig

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Verasztó, Csaba, Michael Reimann, Daniel Keller, et al.. (2022). A method to estimate the cellular composition of the mouse brain from heterogeneous datasets. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(12). e1010739–e1010739. 14 indexed citations
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Markram, Henry, et al.. (2022). Optimum trajectory learning in musculoskeletal systems with model predictive control and deep reinforcement learning. Biological Cybernetics. 116(5-6). 711–726. 13 indexed citations
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Senk, Johanna, Birgit Kriener, Hans Ekkehard Pleßer, et al.. (2019). Connectivity Concepts for Neuronal Networks. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 1 indexed citations
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Erö, Csaba, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig, Daniel Keller, & Henry Markram. (2018). A Cell Atlas for the Mouse Brain. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. 12. 84–84. 161 indexed citations
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Welter, Michael, et al.. (2017). HBP Neurorobotics Platform. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 4 indexed citations
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Röhrbein, Florian, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig, Cecilia Laschi, et al.. (2016). The Neurorobotics Platform of the Human Brain Project.. Cognitive Science. 1 indexed citations
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Gewaltig, Marc-Oliver, et al.. (2016). The Neurorobotic Platform: A simulation environment for brain-inspired robotics. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Müller, Eilif, James A. Bednar, Markus Diesmann, et al.. (2015). Python in neuroscience. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. 9. 11–11. 46 indexed citations
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Kriener, Birgit, et al.. (2014). Dynamics of self-sustained asynchronous-irregular activity in random networks of spiking neurons with strong synapses. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 8. 136–136. 32 indexed citations
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Gewaltig, Marc-Oliver & Robert C. Cannon. (2012). Quality and sustainability of software tools in neuroscience. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Knoblauch, Andreas, Florian Häuser, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig, Edgar Körner, & Günther Palm. (2012). Does Spike-Timing-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity Couple or Decouple Neurons Firing in Synchrony?. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 6. 55–55. 40 indexed citations
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Gewaltig, Marc-Oliver, et al.. (2009). Towards Reproducible Descriptions of Neuronal Network Models. PLoS Computational Biology. 5(8). e1000456–e1000456. 123 indexed citations
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Gewaltig, Marc-Oliver. (2008). Towards reproducible descriptions of neuronal network models. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. 2. 1 indexed citations
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Cannon, Robert C., Marc-Oliver Gewaltig, Padraig Gleeson, et al.. (2007). Interoperability of Neuroscience Modeling Software: Current Status and Future Directions. Neuroinformatics. 5(2). 127–138. 48 indexed citations
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Knoblauch, Andreas, et al.. (2006). Simulations of signal flow in a functional model of the cortical column. Neurocomputing. 70(10-12). 1711–1716. 5 indexed citations
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Gewaltig, Marc-Oliver, Markus Diesmann, & Ad Aertsen. (2001). Propagation of cortical synfire activity: survival probability in single trials and stability in the mean. Neural Networks. 14(6-7). 657–673. 70 indexed citations
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Gewaltig, Marc-Oliver, Markus Diesmann, & Ad Aertsen. (2001). Cortical synfire-activity: Configuration space and survival probability. Neurocomputing. 38-40. 621–626. 3 indexed citations
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Körner, Edgar, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig, Ursula Körner, Andreas Richter, & Tobias Rodemann. (1999). A model of computation in neocortical architecture. Neural Networks. 12(7-8). 989–1005. 48 indexed citations
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Diesmann, Markus, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig, & Ad Aertsen. (1999). Stable propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks. Nature. 402(6761). 529–533. 696 indexed citations breakdown →
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Diesmann, Markus, et al.. (1995). SYNOD: An Environment for Neural Systems Simulations Language Interface and Tutorial. 5 indexed citations

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