Nikolai Axmacher

15.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
177 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Nikolai Axmacher is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolai Axmacher has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 72 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 20 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Nikolai Axmacher's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (94 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (70 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (64 papers). Nikolai Axmacher is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (94 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (70 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (64 papers). Nikolai Axmacher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Nikolai Axmacher's co-authors include Juergen Fell, Christian E. Elger, Florian Mormann, Michael X Cohen, Thomas E. Schläepfer, Ole Jensen, Guillén Fernández, Doris Lenartz, Volker Sturm and Bernhard P. Staresina and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nikolai Axmacher

166 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

The role of phase synchronization in memory processes

2011 1.2k citations Juergen Fell, Nikolai Axmacher profile →
Cross-frequency coupling supports multi-item working memory in the human hippocampus

2010 672 citations Nikolai Axmacher, Christian E. Elger et al. profile →
Deep Brain Stimulation to Reward Circuitry Alleviates Anhedonia in Refractory Major Depression

2007 669 citations Thomas E. Schläepfer, Michael X Cohen et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →
Nucleus Accumbens Deep Brain Stimulation Decreases Ratings of Depression and Anxiety in Treatment-Resistant Depression

2009 595 citations Nikolai Axmacher, Michael X Cohen et al. profile →
Hierarchical nesting of slow oscillations, spindles and ripples in the human hippocampus during sleep

2015 537 citations Bernhard P. Staresina, Lorena Deuker et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikolai Axmacher Germany	46	7.9k	3.2k	1.1k	957	927	177	10.1k
Helen Barbas United States	57	9.9k 1.3×	3.4k 1.0×	623 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	911 1.0×	118	12.8k
Michael X Cohen Netherlands	65	11.1k 1.4×	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.9k 2.0×	881 1.0×	132	14.3k
Krish D. Singh United Kingdom	53	7.5k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	354 0.3×	507 0.5×	904 1.0×	180	10.2k
Peter J. Uhlhaas Germany	48	9.4k 1.2×	3.5k 1.1×	425 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	643 0.7×	134	12.3k
Nick F. Ramsey Netherlands	63	8.3k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	682 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	652 0.7×	300	12.7k
Josef Parvizi United States	48	6.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	817 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	460 0.5×	140	8.7k
Chiang‐Shan R. Li United States	59	8.9k 1.1×	2.3k 0.7×	668 0.6×	2.4k 2.5×	863 0.9×	338	13.1k
Stéphane Lehéricy France	52	6.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	133	11.0k
Marcello Massimini Italy	63	13.7k 1.7×	3.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	2.4k 2.5×	2.9k 3.1×	144	16.8k
Dominic ffytche United Kingdom	47	5.4k 0.7×	830 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	903 0.9×	822 0.9×	130	9.1k

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Fraenz, Christoph, Christian J. Merz, Patrick Friedrich, et al.. (2025). Fear learning sculpts functional brain connectivity at rest beyond the traditional fear network. Behavioural Brain Research. 495. 115764–115764.

Fellner, Marie-Christin, Hui Zhang, Qin Yin, et al.. (2025). Reinstatement and transformation of memory traces for recognition. Science Advances. 11(8). eadp9336–eadp9336. 1 indexed citations

Quenon, Lisa, Adrian Ivanoiu, Renaud Lhommel, et al.. (2025). Rotation errors in path integration are associated with Alzheimer’s disease tau pathology: a cross-sectional study. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 17(1). 34–34.

Chen, Dong, Nikolai Axmacher, & Liang Wang. (2024). Grid codes underlie multiple cognitive maps in the human brain. Progress in Neurobiology. 233. 102569–102569. 5 indexed citations

Wolff, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Concurrent maintenance of both veridical and transformed working memory representations within unique coding schemes. Imaging Neuroscience. 2. 4 indexed citations

Cammisuli, Davide Maria, Cosimo Tuena, Giuseppe Riva, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Remediation of Behavioral Disturbances of Spatial Cognition in Community-Dwelling Senior Citizens with Mild Cognitive Impairment via Innovative Technological Apparatus (BDSC-MCI Project): Protocol for a Prospective, Multi-Center Observational Study. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 14(2). 192–192. 3 indexed citations

Fellner, Marie-Christin, Lukas Kunz, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2024). Maintenance and transformation of representational formats during working memory prioritization. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8234–8234. 3 indexed citations

Axmacher, Nikolai, et al.. (2023). Acute stress impairs visual path integration. Neurobiology of Stress. 26. 100561–100561. 3 indexed citations

Kunz, Lukas, Patrick D. Gajewski, Stephan Getzmann, et al.. (2023). Chronic stress is associated with specific path integration deficits. Behavioural Brain Research. 442. 114305–114305. 3 indexed citations

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Ambresin, Gilles, Marianne Leuzinger‐Bohleber, Tamara Fischmann, et al.. (2023). The multi-level outcome study of psychoanalysis for chronically depressed patients with early trauma (MODE): rationale and design of an international multicenter randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 23(1). 844–844. 2 indexed citations

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Guran, C.-N. Alexandrina, Lorena Deuker, Martin Göttlich, Nikolai Axmacher, & Nico Bunzeck. (2022). Benefit from retrieval practice is linked to temporal and frontal activity in healthy young and older humans. Cerebral Cortex Communications. 3(1). tgac009–tgac009. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Jing, Hui Zhang, Tao Yu, et al.. (2021). Transformative neural representations support long-term episodic memory. Science Advances. 7(41). eabg9715–eabg9715. 35 indexed citations

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Gruber, Matthias J., Bernhard P. Staresina, Christian E. Elger, et al.. (2018). Theta Phase Synchronization between the Human Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex Increases during Encoding of Unexpected Information: A Case Study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 30(11). 1646–1656. 32 indexed citations

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Chen, Dong, Lukas Kunz, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2018). Hexadirectional Modulation of Theta Power in Human Entorhinal Cortex during Spatial Navigation. Current Biology. 28(20). 3310–3315.e4. 31 indexed citations

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Kunz, Lukas, Tobias Navarro Schröder, Hweeling Lee, et al.. (2015). Reduced grid-cell–like representations in adults at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Science. 350(6259). 430–433. 229 indexed citations

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Aru, Jaan, Nikolai Axmacher, Anne T.A. Do Lam, et al.. (2012). Local Category-Specific Gamma Band Responses in the Visual Cortex Do Not Reflect Conscious Perception. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(43). 14909–14914. 67 indexed citations

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Cohen, Michael X, Nikolai Axmacher, Doris Lenartz, et al.. (2008). Neuroelectric Signatures of Reward Learning and Decision-Making in the Human Nucleus Accumbens. Neuropsychopharmacology. 34(7). 1649–1658. 51 indexed citations

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Cohen, Michael X, Nikolai Axmacher, Doris Lenartz, et al.. (2008). Good Vibrations: Cross-frequency Coupling in the Human Nucleus Accumbens during Reward Processing. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 21(5). 875–889. 154 indexed citations

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Fell, Juergen, Eva Ludowig, Timm Rosburg, Nikolai Axmacher, & Christian E. Elger. (2008). Phase-locking within human mediotemporal lobe predicts memory formation. NeuroImage. 43(2). 410–419. 77 indexed citations

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Axmacher, Nikolai, Florian Mormann, Guillén Fernández, et al.. (2007). Sustained Neural Activity Patterns during Working Memory in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(29). 7807–7816. 218 indexed citations

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