Norbert Mai

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Norbert Mai is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Norbert Mai has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Norbert Mai's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (24 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (12 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (10 papers). Norbert Mai is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (24 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (12 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (10 papers). Norbert Mai collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and Italy. Norbert Mai's co-authors include Josef Zihl, D. von Cramon, Christian Marquardt, Joachim Hermsdörfer, Dennis A. Nowak, Stefan Glasauer, Georg Goldenberg, J. Dichgans, Hans-Christoph Diener and Thomas Schenk and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, Neuropsychologia and Experimental Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Norbert Mai

44 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

SELECTIVE DISTURBANCE OF MOVEMENT VISION AFTER BILATERAL ... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 200 400 600
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.

  1. SELECTIVE DISTURBANCE OF MOVEMENT VISION AFTER BILATERAL BRAIN DAMAGE
    1983 600 citations Josef Zihl, D. von Cramon et al. Brain profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Norbert Mai Germany 23 1.6k 454 371 306 305 44 2.2k
Miya K. Rand United States 22 1.6k 1.0× 432 1.0× 267 0.7× 210 0.7× 468 1.5× 51 2.0k
Lauren E. Sergio Canada 29 1.9k 1.2× 615 1.4× 179 0.5× 290 0.9× 451 1.5× 81 2.6k
Marie‐Claude Hepp‐Reymond Switzerland 29 1.5k 0.9× 821 1.8× 232 0.6× 394 1.3× 377 1.2× 50 2.3k
Karl-Heinz Mauritz Germany 23 1.2k 0.8× 475 1.0× 403 1.1× 271 0.9× 325 1.1× 41 2.2k
Thomas Brashers-Krug United States 7 1.2k 0.8× 452 1.0× 164 0.4× 199 0.7× 437 1.4× 8 1.6k
Kenneth A. Flowers United Kingdom 19 1.3k 0.8× 352 0.8× 986 2.7× 161 0.5× 194 0.6× 25 2.1k
Donna S. Hoffman United States 21 1.7k 1.0× 763 1.7× 179 0.5× 419 1.4× 506 1.7× 30 2.2k
Eran Dayan United States 21 1.7k 1.0× 346 0.8× 251 0.7× 728 2.4× 476 1.6× 50 2.7k
Lewis A. Wheaton United States 23 2.1k 1.3× 325 0.7× 128 0.3× 264 0.9× 653 2.1× 58 2.6k
Rumyana Kristeva Germany 24 1.8k 1.1× 804 1.8× 227 0.6× 382 1.2× 138 0.5× 47 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Norbert Mai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Norbert Mai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Norbert Mai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Norbert Mai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Norbert Mai. Norbert Mai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Uttner, Ingo, et al.. (2005). Quantitative evaluation of mirror movements in adults with focal brain lesions. European Journal of Neurology. 12(12). 964–975. 19 indexed citations
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Nowak, Dennis A., et al.. (2002). The role of cutaneous feedback for anticipatory grip force adjustments during object movements and externally imposed variation of the direction of gravity. Somatosensory & Motor Research. 19(1). 49–60. 30 indexed citations
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Schenk, Thomas & Norbert Mai. (2001). Is writer's cramp caused by a deficit of sensorimotor integration?. Experimental Brain Research. 136(3). 321–330. 27 indexed citations
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Nowak, Dennis A., et al.. (2001). The effects of digital anaesthesia on predictive grip force adjustments during vertical movements of a grasped object. European Journal of Neuroscience. 14(4). 756–762. 141 indexed citations
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Schenk, Thomas, et al.. (2000). Can a motion‐blind patient reach for moving objects?. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12(9). 3351–3360. 30 indexed citations
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Schenk, Thomas, et al.. (2000). A system for the study of visuomotor coordination during reaching for moving targets. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 100(1-2). 3–12. 7 indexed citations
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Eggert, Thomas, et al.. (2000). Learning to write letters: transfer in automated movements indicates modularity of motor programs in human subjects. Neuroscience Letters. 282(1-2). 33–36. 12 indexed citations
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Schenk, Thomas & Norbert Mai. (1999). Time constraints improve reaching movements in an ataxic patient. Experimental Brain Research. 128(1-2). 214–218. 5 indexed citations
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Hermsdörfer, Joachim, et al.. (1999). Grip forces exerted against stationary held objects during gravity changes. Experimental Brain Research. 126(2). 205–214. 43 indexed citations
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Hermsdörfer, Joachim, et al.. (1999). Comparative analysis of diadochokinetic movements. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 9(4). 283–295. 50 indexed citations
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Hermsdörfer, Joachim, et al.. (1999). Effects of unilateral brain damage on grip selection, coordination, and kinematics of ipsilesional prehension. Experimental Brain Research. 128(1-2). 41–51. 85 indexed citations
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Straube, Andreas, Norbert Mai, Ernst Walther, & M. Mayer. (1996). Persisting “Writer's Cramp” as a result of compensation of a temporary palsy due to a hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies. Movement Disorders. 11(5). 576–579. 1 indexed citations
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Eichhorn, T, Thomas Gasser, Norbert Mai, et al.. (1996). Computational analysis of open loop handwriting movements in Parkinson's disease: A rapid method to detect dopamimetic effects. Movement Disorders. 11(3). 289–297. 95 indexed citations
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Wessel, K., Kemal Değer, Thomas J. Herzog, et al.. (1995). Double-blind Crossover Study With Levorotatory Form of Hydroxytryptophan in Patients With Degenerative Cerebellar Diseases. Archives of Neurology. 52(5). 451–455. 39 indexed citations
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Zihl, Josef, et al.. (1991). DISTURBANCE OF MOVEMENT VISION AFTER BILATERAL POSTERIOR BRAIN DAMAGE: FURTHER EVIDENCE AND FOLLOW UP OBSERVATIONS. Brain. 114(5). 2235–2252. 135 indexed citations
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Mai, Norbert, et al.. (1991). Changes in perceived finger force produced by muscular contractions under isometric and anisometric conditions. Experimental Brain Research. 84(2). 453–60. 18 indexed citations
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Mai, Norbert, Hans-Christoph Diener, & J. Dichgans. (1989). On the role of feedback in maintaining constant grip force in patients with cerebellar disease. Neuroscience Letters. 99(3). 340–344. 9 indexed citations
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Mai, Norbert. (1989). Residual control of isometric finger forces in hemiparetic patients. Evidence for dissociation of performance deficits. Neuroscience Letters. 101(3). 347–351. 11 indexed citations
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Mai, Norbert, et al.. (1988). CONTROL OF ISOMETRIC FINGER FORCE IN PATIENTS WITH CEREBELLAR DISEASE. Brain. 111(5). 973–998. 145 indexed citations
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Mai, Norbert, et al.. (1988). Fast repetitive force changes in hemiparetic and cerebellar patients. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 237(3). 135–138. 10 indexed citations

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