Michael Bach

21.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
358 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Bach is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bach has authored 358 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 103 papers in Molecular Biology and 95 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Michael Bach's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (131 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (96 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (58 papers). Michael Bach is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (131 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (96 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (58 papers). Michael Bach collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Bach's co-authors include Mitchell Brigell, Graham E. Holder, Daphne L. McCulloch, Michael F. Marmor, Thomas Meigen, Jürgen Kornmeier, Nicolas Feltgen, Sven P. Heinrich, Michael B. Hoffmann and J. Vernon Odom and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bach

344 papers receiving 15.7k 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.

ISCEV Standard for full-field clinical electroretinography (2015 update)

2014 1.1k citations Michael Bach et al. Documenta Ophthalmologica profile →
ISCEV Standard for full-field clinical electroretinography (2008 update)

2008 838 citations Michael Bach et al. Documenta Ophthalmologica profile →
The Freiburg Visual Acuity Test???Automatic Measurement of Visual Acuity

1996 806 citations Michael Bach profile →
Visual Acuities “Hand Motion” and “Counting Fingers” Can Be Quantified with the Freiburg Visual Acuity Test

2006 736 citations Nicolas Feltgen, Michael Bach et al. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science profile →
ISCEV standard for clinical visual evoked potentials (2009 update)

2009 670 citations Michael Bach et al. Documenta Ophthalmologica profile →
ISCEV standard for clinical multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) (2011 edition)

2011 500 citations Michael Bach et al. Documenta Ophthalmologica profile →
Resolving the clinical acuity categories “hand motion” and “counting fingers” using the Freiburg Visual Acuity Test (FrACT)

2008 475 citations Clemens Lange, Nicolas Feltgen et al. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology profile →
ISCEV standard for clinical visual evoked potentials: (2016 update)

2016 446 citations Michael Bach et al. Documenta Ophthalmologica profile →
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is driven by antigen-independent cell-autonomous signalling

2012 379 citations Michael Bach et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Bach Germany	62	6.0k	5.9k	5.7k	2.7k	2.5k	358	16.2k
Geoffrey K. Aguirre United States	72	2.9k 0.5×	11.2k 1.9×	7.4k 1.3×	3.3k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	401	22.4k
Jürg Ott United States	74	3.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.2×	10.6k 1.8×	2.0k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	343	25.1k
Gary S. Rubin United Kingdom	60	6.3k 1.0×	3.0k 0.5×	3.0k 0.5×	4.2k 1.6×	658 0.3×	214	13.4k
David S. Zee United States	70	4.0k 0.7×	5.8k 1.0×	1.8k 0.3×	759 0.3×	2.8k 1.1×	411	20.8k
Cynthia Owsley United States	71	7.1k 1.2×	3.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.3×	4.6k 1.7×	311 0.1×	328	19.0k
Jonathan C. Horton United States	43	1.2k 0.2×	4.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	595 0.2×	1.9k 0.8×	156	7.5k
J. Dichgans Germany	88	770 0.1×	6.3k 1.1×	5.4k 0.9×	843 0.3×	4.4k 1.8×	371	24.1k
Thomas Brandt Germany	71	2.4k 0.4×	5.2k 0.9×	623 0.1×	784 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	340	17.5k
José‐Alain Sahel France	79	8.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.2×	13.2k 2.3×	3.9k 1.5×	7.1k 2.9×	897	24.0k
Richard Leigh United States	48	1.5k 0.3×	2.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.2×	698 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	263	8.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Bach

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Bach

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Nickel, Kathrin, Sven P. Heinrich, Dominique Endres, et al.. (2024). Alterations in center-surround contrast suppression in patients with major depressive disorder. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 28160–28160.

Nickel, Kathrin, et al.. (2024). Effect of eccentric fixation on the steady-state pattern electroretinogram. Documenta Ophthalmologica. 148(2). 87–95.

Elst, Ludger Tebartz van, Dominique Endres, Kimon Runge, et al.. (2024). Reduced contrast sensitivity, pattern electroretinogram ratio, and diminished a-wave amplitude in patients with major depressive disorder. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 275(4). 1151–1163. 6 indexed citations

Degg, Christopher, Michael Bach, Rebecca McLean, et al.. (2024). ERG Responses in Albinism, Idiopathic Infantile Nystagmus, and Controls. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 65(4). 11–11.

Endres, Dominique, Simon Maier, Kimon Runge, et al.. (2022). Electroretinography in adults with high‐functioning autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research. 15(11). 2026–2037. 15 indexed citations

Maier, Simon, Michael Reich, Kimon Runge, et al.. (2022). Structural and functional retinal alterations in patients with paranoid schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 402–402. 12 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Michael B., et al.. (2021). Non-invasive electrophysiology in glaucoma, structure and function—a review. Eye. 35(9). 2374–2385. 12 indexed citations

Stiebel‐Kalish, Hadas, Mark A. Hellmann, Michael Mimouni, et al.. (2019). Does time equal vision in the acute treatment of a cohort of AQP4 and MOG optic neuritis?. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 6(4). e572–e572. 133 indexed citations

Bach, Michael & Sven P. Heinrich. (2019). Acuity VEP: improved with machine learning. Documenta Ophthalmologica. 139(2). 113–122. 16 indexed citations

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Heinrich, Sven P., et al.. (2016). Imitating the effect of amblyopia on VEP-based acuity estimates. Documenta Ophthalmologica. 133(3). 183–187. 15 indexed citations

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Bubl, Emanuel, et al.. (2015). Retinal dysfunction of contrast processing in major depression also apparent in cortical activity. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 265(4). 343–350. 41 indexed citations

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Bach, Michael, et al.. (2015). Marked dissociation of photopic and mesopic contrast sensitivity even in normal observers. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 254(2). 373–384. 37 indexed citations

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Bubl, Emanuel, Michael Dörr, Alexandra Philipsen, et al.. (2013). Retinal Contrast Transfer Functions in Adults with and without ADHD. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e61728–e61728. 11 indexed citations

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Lange, Clemens, et al.. (2008). Resolving the clinical acuity categories “hand motion” and “counting fingers” using the Freiburg Visual Acuity Test (FrACT). Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 247(1). 137–142. 475 indexed citations breakdown →

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Atmanspacher, Harald, Michael Bach, Thomas Filk, Jürgen Kornmeier, & Hartmann Römer. (2008). Cognitive Time Scales in a Necker-Zeno Model for Bistable Perception. The Open Cybernetics & Systemics Journal. 2(1). 234–251. 28 indexed citations

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Bach, Michael, et al.. (2006). Differenzierung von somatoformen Störungen und primär organisch bedingten Schmerzstörungen bei Patienten einer verhaltensmedizinischen Schmerzambulanz. 7(2). 32–36. 2 indexed citations

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Bach, Michael, et al.. (2002). Vergleich zwischen dissoziierter und assoziierter Heterophorie. Der Ophthalmologe. 99(7). 549–554. 6 indexed citations

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Bankier, Bettina, Martin Aigner, & Michael Bach. (2001). Alexithymia in DSM-IV Disorder: Comparative Evaluation of Somatoform Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Depression. Psychosomatics. 42(3). 235–240. 170 indexed citations

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Bach, Michael, et al.. (1992). Influence of mood on visually evoked potentials: a prospective longitudinal study. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 12(2). 147–153. 12 indexed citations

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Unsöld, Renate, Werner Seeger, Michael Bach, & William F. Hoyt. (1989). Compressive optic nerve lesions at the optic canal : pathogenesis--diagnosis--treatment. Springer eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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