Nikolaus Weiskopf

27.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
265 papers, 17.2k citations indexed

About

Nikolaus Weiskopf is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolaus Weiskopf has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 17.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 145 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nikolaus Weiskopf's work include Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (135 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (114 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (104 papers). Nikolaus Weiskopf is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (135 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (114 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (104 papers). Nikolaus Weiskopf collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. Nikolaus Weiskopf's co-authors include Chloe Hutton, Antoine Lutti, Niels Birbaumer, Raymond J. Dolan, Ralf Veit, Oliver Josephs, John Ashburner, Karl Friston, Siawoosh Mohammadi and Bogdan Draganski and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Nikolaus Weiskopf

252 papers receiving 17.0k citations

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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.

Closed-loop brain training: the science of neurofeedback

2016 761 citations Ranganatha Sitaram, Sven Haller et al. profile →
When Fear Is Near: Threat Imminence Elicits Prefrontal-Periaqueductal Gray Shifts in Humans

2007 675 citations Nikolaus Weiskopf et al. profile →
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of brain anatomy and in vivo histology

2021 160 citations Nikolaus Weiskopf, Luke Edwards et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikolaus Weiskopf United Kingdom	72	11.1k	5.6k	1.9k	1.7k	1.5k	265	17.2k
Chris Rorden United States	65	13.5k 1.2×	3.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.6×	264	18.2k
Peter Jezzard United Kingdom	69	8.6k 0.8×	10.9k 1.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	220	19.7k
Kate E. Watkins United Kingdom	45	11.6k 1.0×	6.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	843 0.6×	112	18.5k
Todd B. Parrish United States	74	9.9k 0.9×	4.3k 0.8×	959 0.5×	2.3k 1.4×	916 0.6×	252	18.8k
Christian Gaser Germany	72	11.3k 1.0×	5.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	260	19.8k
Chunshui Yu China	67	10.3k 0.9×	6.0k 1.1×	835 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	318	17.0k
Andrew P. Holmes United Kingdom	37	18.7k 1.7×	5.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.8×	1.7k 1.1×	96	26.6k
Roger B. H. Tootell United States	56	15.8k 1.4×	2.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	876 0.6×	133	18.7k
Joseph A. Maldjian United States	59	7.5k 0.7×	4.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	225	16.5k
Olivier Etard France	22	11.0k 1.0×	3.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	2.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	67	15.4k

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Ramos‐Llordén, Gabriel, Luke Edwards, Kerrin Pine, et al.. (2025). High‐density MRI coil arrays with integrated field monitoring systems for human connectome mapping. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 94(5). 2286–2303.

Edwards, Luke, et al.. (2024). Improving MR axon radius estimation in human white matter using spiral acquisition and field monitoring. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 92(5). 1898–1912. 2 indexed citations

Eichner, Cornelius, Michael Paquette, Christa Müller-Axt, et al.. (2024). Detailed mapping of the complex fiber structure and white matter pathways of the chimpanzee brain. Nature Methods. 21(6). 1122–1130. 10 indexed citations

Seif, Maryam, Tobias Leutritz, Markus Hupp, et al.. (2023). Reliability of spinal cord measures based on synthetic T1-weighted MRI derived from multiparametric mapping (MPM). NeuroImage. 271. 120046–120046. 5 indexed citations

Edwards, Luke, Siawoosh Mohammadi, Kerrin Pine, Martina F. Callaghan, & Nikolaus Weiskopf. (2023). Robust and efficient R2* estimation in human brain using log-linear weighted least squares. Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition.

Edwards, Luke, Peter McColgan, Saskia Helbling, et al.. (2022). Quantitative MRI maps of human neocortex explored using cell type-specific gene expression analysis. Cerebral Cortex. 33(9). 5704–5716. 6 indexed citations

Lipp, Ilona, Evgeniya Kirilina, Luke Edwards, et al.. (2022). B1+$$ {B}_1^{+} $$‐correction of magnetization transfer saturation maps optimized for 7T postmortem MRI of the brain. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 89(4). 1385–1400. 1 indexed citations

Kirilina, Evgeniya, Anneke Alkemade, Pierre‐Louis Bazin, et al.. (2022). Swallow Tail Sign: Revisited. Radiology. 305(3). 674–677. 13 indexed citations

Pine, Kerrin, Luke Edwards, Gunther Helms, & Nikolaus Weiskopf. (2021). Addressing inadvertent MT effects in 7 T brain T1 mapping by simple pulse length scaling. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations

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Clark, Ian A., Martina F. Callaghan, Nikolaus Weiskopf, & Eleanor A. Maguire. (2021). The relationship between hippocampal-dependent task performance and hippocampal grey matter myelination and iron content. PubMed. 5. 1492756819–1492756819. 11 indexed citations

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Papoutsi, Marina, Oliver Josephs, Sophia E. Pépés, et al.. (2020). Activity or connectivity? A randomized controlled feasibility study evaluating neurofeedback training in Huntington’s disease. Brain Communications. 2(1). fcaa049–fcaa049. 9 indexed citations

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Natu, Vaidehi, Jesse Gomez, Michael Barnett, et al.. (2019). Apparent thinning of human visual cortex during childhood is associated with myelination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(41). 20750–20759. 194 indexed citations

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Kopel, Rotem, Ronald Sladky, Yury Koush, et al.. (2019). No time for drifting: Comparing performance and applicability of signal detrending algorithms for real-time fMRI. NeuroImage. 191. 421–429. 13 indexed citations

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Seif, Maryam, Armin Curt, Alan J. Thompson, et al.. (2018). Quantitative MRI of rostral spinal cord and brain regions is predictive of functional recovery in acute spinal cord injury. NeuroImage Clinical. 20. 556–563. 48 indexed citations

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Grabher, Patrick, Siawoosh Mohammadi, Susanne Friedl, et al.. (2016). Voxel-based analysis of grey and white matter degeneration in cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24636–24636. 47 indexed citations

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Meyer, Sofie S., James Bonaiuto, Mark J. Lim, et al.. (2016). Flexible head-casts for high spatial precision MEG. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 276. 38–45. 54 indexed citations

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Sulzer, James, Sven Haller, Frank Scharnowski, et al.. (2013). Real-time fMRI neurofeedback: Progress and challenges. NeuroImage. 76. 386–399. 338 indexed citations

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Lutti, Antoine, Chloe Hutton, Jürgen Finsterbusch, Gunther Helms, & Nikolaus Weiskopf. (2010). Optimization and validation of methods for mapping of the radiofrequency transmit field at 3T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 64(1). 229–238. 129 indexed citations

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Weiskopf, Nikolaus & Gunther Helms. (2008). Multi-parameter Mapping of the Human Brain at 1 mm Resolution in Less than 20 minutes. UCL Discovery (University College London). 13 indexed citations

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Sitaram, Ranganatha, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Andrea Carìa, et al.. (2008). fMRI Brain-Computer Interfaces: A tutorial on methods and applications. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 25(1). 95–106. 13 indexed citations

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