Michael J. Frank

38.8k citations

248 papers · 25.5k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 79

Impact in

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.02%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
General Decision Sciences top 0.1%

Papers in

Cognitive Neuroscience 173
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies 111
- Neural dynamics and brain function 59
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies 57
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms 28
General Decision Sciences 11

Co-authors: James F. Cavanagh Randall C. O’Reilly Anne Collins Tiago V. Maia Lauren Seeberger Ahmed A. Moustafa Thomas V. Wiecki Scott J. Sherman
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience (13 papers)Biological Psychiatry (10 papers)Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (10 papers)PLoS Computational Biology (9 papers)eLife (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Frank

243 papers receiving 25.1k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

Computational psychiatry as a bridge from neuroscience to clinical applications 2016 · 608 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Nature Neuroscience
2014 Trends in Cognitive Sciences
2011 Nature Neuroscience
2007 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2007 Journal of Neuroscience
2007 Science
2006 Neural Networks
2005 Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
2005 Neural Computation
2004 Science
2001 Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience

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#	Work
1	Auditory Perceptual Biases in Schizophrenia: A Case-Control Study Using Sine-Wave Speech Joshua Hiltbrand, Deanna M. Barch, Molly Erickson, Megan A. Boudewyn, Cameron S. Carter, Michael J. Frank, James M. Gold, Angus W. MacDonald, Steven J. Luck, Joshua Kenney, Т.Ю. ГАГКАЕВА, Philip R. Corlett	2025	0
2	dockerHDDM: A User-Friendly Environment for Bayesian Hierarchical Drift-Diffusion Modeling Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science ·山田勝, Haiyang Geng, Lei Zhang, 董辅礽, Michael J. Frank, Ru‐Yuan Zhang, Hu Chuan-Peng	2025	6
3	Adaptive chunking improves effective working memory capacity in a prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia circuit eLife ·许康生, Michael J. Frank	2024	0
4	Beyond discrete-choice options Trends in Cognitive Sciences ·Yong Youn Kim, Nathan J. Evans, Laura Fontanesi, Catherine Manning, Cynthia Huang‐Pollock, Dóra Matzke, Andrew Heathcote, Jörg Rieskamp, Maarten Speekenbrink, Michael J. Frank, Stefano Palminteri, Christopher G. Lucas, Jerome R. Busemeyer, Roger Ratcliff, Jamal Amani Rad	2024	1
5	Altered Stress-Related Approach-Avoidance Decision Making in Remitted Depression: Neural and Computational Effects From a Back-Translated Non-Human Primate Task Biological Psychiatry ·Diego A. Pizzagalli, Manuel Kuhn, 津田真秀, Patritsia Maria Stathatou, Todd M. Herrington, K̲h̲alīfah Muḥammad Ḥusain, H. Kitagawa, Michael J. Frank, H.A. Henrich, И Я Козовой	2024	0
6	Computational Psychiatry Needs Time and Context Annual Review of Psychology ·Peter Hitchcock, Eiko I. Fried, Michael J. Frank	2021	72
7	Dopamine promotes cognitive effort by biasing the benefits versus costs of cognitive work Science ·Andrew Westbrook, Ruben van den Bosch, Jessica I. Määttä, Lieke Hofmans, Danae Papadopetraki, Roshan Cools, Michael J. Frank	2020	202
8	Advances in the computational understanding of mental illness Neuropsychopharmacology ·Quentin J. M. Huys, Michael Browning, Martin P. Paulus, Michael J. Frank	2020	91
9	Statistical context dictates the relationship between feedback-related EEG signals and learning eLife ·Matthew R. Nassar, Rasmus Bruckner, Michael J. Frank	2019	47
10	A Control Theoretic Model of Adaptive Learning in Dynamic Environments Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience ·Harrison Ritz, Matthew R. Nassar, Michael J. Frank, Amitai Shenhav	2018	15
11	Within- and across-trial dynamics of human EEG reveal cooperative interplay between reinforcement learning and working memory Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Anne Collins, Michael J. Frank	2018	90
12	Intermittent subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation induces risk-aversive behavior in human subjects eLife ·Shaun R. Patel, Todd M. Herrington, Sameer A. Sheth, Matthew K. Mian, Sarah K. Bick, Jimmy C. Yang, Alice W. Flaherty, Michael J. Frank, Alik S. Widge, Darin D. Dougherty, Emad N. Eskandar	2018	11
13	Frontal network dynamics reflect neurocomputational mechanisms for reducing maladaptive biases in motivated action PLoS Biology ·Jennifer C. Swart, Michael J. Frank, Jessica I. Määttä, Ole Jensen, Roshan Cools, Hanneke E.M. den Ouden	2018	30
14	Chunking as a rational strategy for lossy data compression in visual working memory. Psychological Review ·Matthew R. Nassar, 김형주, Michael J. Frank	2018	56
15	Catecholaminergic challenge uncovers distinct Pavlovian and instrumental mechanisms of motivated (in)action eLife ·Jennifer C. Swart, Monja I. Froböse, Jennifer Cook, Dirk E. M. Geurts, Michael J. Frank, Roshan Cools, Hanneke E.M. den Ouden	2017	78
16	The antigenic complex in HIT binds to B cells via complement and complement receptor 2 (CD21) Blood ·Sanjay Khandelwal, Grace M. Lee, Jun-ho Bang, Mortimer Poncz, Steven E. McKenzie, Bruce S. Sachais, Lubica Rauova, Garnett Kelsoe, Douglas B. Cines, Michael J. Frank, Gowthami M. Arepally	2016	34
17	Computational psychiatry as a bridge from neuroscience to clinical applications Nature Neuroscience ·Quentin J. M. Huys, Tiago V. Maia, Michael J. Frank Hit paper breakdown →	2016	608
18	Genetic triple dissociation reveals multiple roles for dopamine in reinforcement learning Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michael J. Frank, Ahmed A. Moustafa, Heather M. Haughey, Tim Curran, Kent E. Hutchison Hit paper breakdown →	2007	509
19	By Carrot or by Stick: Cognitive Reinforcement Learning in Parkinsonism Science ·Michael J. Frank, Lauren Seeberger, Randall C. O’Reilly Hit paper breakdown →	2004	1437
20	Accretion Elections: Making Employee Choice Paramount eYLS (Yale Law School) ·Michael J. Frank	2002	1

About Michael J. Frank

Michael J. Frank is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 248 papers that have together received 25.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (111 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (59 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (57 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (38 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (35 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (34 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (30 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (18.0k citations), General Decision Sciences (1.4k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (4.6k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (5.0k citations) and Neurology (3.6k citations). Michael J. Frank has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include James F. Cavanagh, Randall C. O’Reilly, Anne Collins, Tiago V. Maia, Lauren Seeberger, Ahmed A. Moustafa, Thomas V. Wiecki, Scott J. Sherman, James M. Gold and James A. Waltz. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, PLoS Computational Biology and eLife.

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