Michal Assaf

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Michal Assaf is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michal Assaf has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 16 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 11 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michal Assaf's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (25 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (12 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (11 papers). Michal Assaf is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (25 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (12 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (11 papers). Michal Assaf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Japan. Michal Assaf's co-authors include Godfrey D. Pearlson, Vince D. Calhoun, Kanchana Jagannathan, Michael C. Stevens, Robert T. Schultz, Laura L. Miller, Robert Sahl, Gretchen J. Diefenbach, David F. Tolin and John W. Goethe and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Michal Assaf

46 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Abnormal functional connectivity of default mode sub-networks in autism spectrum disorder patients

2010 522 citations Michal Assaf, Kanchana Jagannathan et al. NeuroImage profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michal Assaf United States	20	1.3k	348	342	272	249	47	1.7k
Carina Sauer Germany	13	833 0.7×	213 0.6×	267 0.8×	203 0.7×	252 1.0×	15	1.3k
Anita D. Barber United States	22	1.5k 1.2×	405 1.2×	263 0.8×	149 0.5×	386 1.6×	45	1.8k
Katharine N. Thakkar United States	25	1.5k 1.2×	737 2.1×	343 1.0×	231 0.8×	261 1.0×	64	2.1k
Kristiina Kompus Norway	22	1.1k 0.9×	579 1.7×	316 0.9×	114 0.4×	169 0.7×	47	1.6k
Sofie L. Valk Germany	24	1.6k 1.3×	300 0.9×	302 0.9×	210 0.8×	663 2.7×	78	2.2k
Christina Carlisi United Kingdom	18	1.0k 0.8×	549 1.6×	418 1.2×	408 1.5×	117 0.5×	27	1.5k
Sharna D. Jamadar Australia	24	1.3k 1.0×	246 0.7×	284 0.8×	190 0.7×	357 1.4×	74	2.0k
Tyler A. Lesh United States	25	1.3k 1.0×	844 2.4×	330 1.0×	239 0.9×	265 1.1×	70	2.0k
Elena Antonova United Kingdom	21	984 0.8×	614 1.8×	233 0.7×	336 1.2×	239 1.0×	43	1.7k
Jun Miyata Japan	24	947 0.7×	550 1.6×	220 0.6×	228 0.8×	592 2.4×	70	1.6k

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Corbera, Sílvia, Matthew M. Kurtz, Amélie M. Achim, et al.. (2025). International perspective on social cognition in schizophrenia: current stage and the next steps. European Psychiatry. 68(1). e9–e9. 1 indexed citations

Hyatt, Christopher J., Martin Kronbichler, Vince D. Calhoun, et al.. (2025). Using the excitation/inhibition ratio to optimize the classification of autism and schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 234–234. 2 indexed citations

Clementz, Brett A., Michal Assaf, John A. Sweeney, et al.. (2024). Categorical and Dimensional Approaches for Psychiatric Classification and Treatment Targeting: Considerations from Psychosis Biotypes. Advances in neurobiology. 40. 685–723. 2 indexed citations

Morie, Kristen P., et al.. (2023). Subscales of alexithymia show unique pathways through reappraisal and suppression to anxiety, depression and stress. Journal of Affective Disorders. 347. 445–452. 4 indexed citations

Kronbichler, Martin, Vince D. Calhoun, Sílvia Corbera, et al.. (2023). Intrinsic neural timescales in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. A replication and direct comparison study. Schizophrenia. 9(1). 18–18. 6 indexed citations

Book, Gregory, Shashwath A. Meda, Ronald J. Janssen, et al.. (2021). Effects of weather and season on human brain volume. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0236303–e0236303. 8 indexed citations

Rabany, Liron, Vince D. Calhoun, Brian Pittman, et al.. (2019). Dynamic functional connectivity in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder: Convergence, divergence and classification. NeuroImage Clinical. 24. 101966–101966. 87 indexed citations

Corbera, Sílvia, Kiho Park, Michal Assaf, et al.. (2018). Measuring theory of mind in schizophrenia research: Cross-cultural validation. Schizophrenia Research. 201. 187–195. 22 indexed citations

Yao, Nailin, Anderson M. Winkler, Jennifer H. Barrett, et al.. (2017). Inferring pathobiology from structural MRI in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Modeling head motion and neuroanatomical specificity. Human Brain Mapping. 38(8). 3757–3770. 18 indexed citations

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Rabany, Liron, Gretchen J. Diefenbach, Laura B. Bragdon, et al.. (2017). Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder: Evidence for a Dimensional Approach. Brain Connectivity. 7(5). 289–298. 46 indexed citations

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Diefenbach, Gretchen J., Laura B. Bragdon, Christopher J. Hyatt, et al.. (2016). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for generalised anxiety disorder: A pilot randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 209(3). 222–228. 71 indexed citations

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Diefenbach, Gretchen J., Michal Assaf, John W. Goethe, Ralitza Gueorguieva, & David F. Tolin. (2016). Improvements in emotion regulation following repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 43. 1–7. 40 indexed citations

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Book, Gregory, Michael C. Stevens, Michal Assaf, David C. Glahn, & Godfrey D. Pearlson. (2015). Neuroimaging data sharing on the neuroinformatics database platform. NeuroImage. 124(Pt B). 1089–1092. 11 indexed citations

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Hyatt, Christopher J., et al.. (2014). Relationships between Reward Sensitivity, Risk-Taking and Family History of Alcoholism during an Interactive Competitive fMRI Task. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88188–e88188. 19 indexed citations

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Book, Gregory, Beth M. Anderson, Michael C. Stevens, et al.. (2013). Neuroinformatics Database (NiDB) – A Modular, Portable Database for the Storage, Analysis, and Sharing of Neuroimaging Data. Neuroinformatics. 11(4). 495–505. 19 indexed citations

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Admon, Roee, Gadi Lubin, Joseph D. Rosenblatt, et al.. (2012). Imbalanced Neural Responsivity to Risk and Reward Indicates Stress Vulnerability in Humans. Cerebral Cortex. 23(1). 28–35. 107 indexed citations

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Hyatt, Christopher J., Michal Assaf, Matthew R. Johnson, et al.. (2012). Reward-Related Dorsal Striatal Activity Differences between Former and Current Cocaine Dependent Individuals during an Interactive Competitive Game. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e34917–e34917. 27 indexed citations

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Assaf, Michal, Kanchana Jagannathan, Vince D. Calhoun, et al.. (2009). Temporal sequence of hemispheric network activation during semantic processing: A functional network connectivity analysis. Brain and Cognition. 70(2). 238–246. 26 indexed citations

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Assaf, Michal, Vince D. Calhoun, Michael A. Kraut, et al.. (2006). Neural correlates of the object-recall process in semantic memory. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 147(2-3). 115–126. 76 indexed citations

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Assaf, Michal, Paul Rivkin, Vince D. Calhoun, et al.. (2005). Abnormal Object Recall and Anterior Cingulate Overactivation Correlate with Formal Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. 59(5). 452–459. 61 indexed citations

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