Olaf Sporns

101.0k total citations · 36 hit papers
301 papers, 66.3k citations indexed

About

Olaf Sporns is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf Sporns has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 66.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 258 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 96 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Olaf Sporns's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (211 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (206 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (88 papers). Olaf Sporns is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (211 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (206 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (88 papers). Olaf Sporns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Olaf Sporns's co-authors include Edward T. Bullmore, Mikail Rubinov, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Rolf Kötter, Christopher J. Honey, Giulio Tononi, Richard F. Betzel, Patric Hagmann, Gerald M. Edelman and Danielle S. Bassett and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Olaf Sporns

297 papers receiving 65.2k citations

Hit Papers

Complex network measures ... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2009 2009 2008 2012 2005 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Complex network measures of brain connectivity: Uses and interpretations
    2009 8.3k citations Olaf Sporns et al. NeuroImage profile →
  2. Complex brain networks: graph theoretical analysis of structural and functional systems
    2009 8.1k citations Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  3. Mapping the Structural Core of Human Cerebral Cortex
    2008 3.1k citations Patric Hagmann, Leila Cammoun et al. PLoS Biology profile →
  4. The economy of brain network organization
    2012 2.3k citations Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  5. The Human Connectome: A Structural Description of the Human Brain
    2005 2.2k citations Olaf Sporns et al. PLoS Computational Biology profile →
  6. Dynamic functional connectivity: Promise, issues, and interpretations
    2013 2.1k citations Olaf Sporns et al. NeuroImage profile →
  7. Rich-Club Organization of the Human Connectome
    2011 1.7k citations Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  8. Organization, development and function of complex brain networks
    2004 1.5k citations Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  9. Network hubs in the human brain
    2013 1.4k citations Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  10. Network neuroscience
    2017 1.4k citations Olaf Sporns et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  11. Network structure of cerebral cortex shapes functional connectivity on multiple time scales
    2007 1.2k citations Michael Breakspear, Olaf Sporns et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. A measure for brain complexity: relating functional segregation and integration in the nervous system.
    1994 1.1k citations Olaf Sporns et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  13. The Small World of the Cerebral Cortex
    2004 1.0k citations Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  14. The human connectome: a complex network
    2011 1.0k citations Olaf Sporns profile →
  15. Network Centrality in the Human Functional Connectome
    2011 921 citations Xi‐Nian Zuo, Olaf Sporns et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →
  16. Identification and Classification of Hubs in Brain Networks
    2007 887 citations Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  17. Modular Brain Networks
    2015 854 citations Olaf Sporns, Richard F. Betzel profile →
  18. Networks of the Brain
    2010 839 citations Olaf Sporns profile →
  19. Network attributes for segregation and integration in the human brain
    2013 729 citations Olaf Sporns profile →
  20. Weight-conserving characterization of complex functional brain networks
    2011 640 citations Olaf Sporns et al. NeuroImage profile →
  21. Changes in structural and functional connectivity among resting-state networks across the human lifespan
    2014 596 citations Richard F. Betzel, Lisa Byrge et al. NeuroImage profile →
  22. High-cost, high-capacity backbone for global brain communication
    2012 580 citations Joaquín Goñi, Olaf Sporns et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  23. Structure and function of complex brain networks
    2013 576 citations Olaf Sporns profile →
  24. White matter maturation reshapes structural connectivity in the late developing human brain
    2010 544 citations Patric Hagmann, Olaf Sporns et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  25. Contributions and challenges for network models in cognitive neuroscience
    2014 541 citations Olaf Sporns Nature Neuroscience profile →
  26. Key role of coupling, delay, and noise in resting brain fluctuations
    2009 538 citations Olaf Sporns et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  27. Communication dynamics in complex brain networks
    2017 536 citations Andrea Avena‐Koenigsberger, Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  28. Motifs in Brain Networks
    2004 523 citations Olaf Sporns et al. PLoS Biology profile →
  29. Abnormal Rich Club Organization and Functional Brain Dynamics in Schizophrenia
    2013 518 citations Olaf Sporns, Joaquín Goñi et al. profile →
  30. Structure and function of complex brain networks.
    2013 476 citations Olaf Sporns profile →
  31. Resting-brain functional connectivity predicted by analytic measures of network communication
    2013 404 citations Joaquín Goñi, Andrea Avena‐Koenigsberger et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  32. Graph theory methods: applications in brain networks
    2018 397 citations Olaf Sporns profile →
  33. Autonomous Mental Development by Robots and Animals
    2001 371 citations Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  34. Human cognition involves the dynamic integration of neural activity and neuromodulatory systems
    2019 296 citations James M. Shine, Michael Breakspear et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  35. A cross-disorder connectome landscape of brain dysconnectivity
    2019 275 citations Olaf Sporns et al. profile →
  36. Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications
    2023 98 citations Caio Seguin, Olaf Sporns et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Olaf Sporns 54.1k 20.8k 8.1k 6.1k 4.8k 301 66.3k
Edward T. Bullmore 71.2k 1.3× 23.2k 1.1× 16.6k 2.0× 10.1k 1.7× 3.1k 0.6× 648 99.0k
Cornelis J. Stam 32.7k 0.6× 7.8k 0.4× 4.0k 0.5× 3.6k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 443 38.9k
Danielle S. Bassett 22.7k 0.4× 7.2k 0.3× 5.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 2.1k 0.4× 303 29.0k
David C. Van Essen 54.0k 1.0× 17.5k 0.8× 6.3k 0.8× 7.7k 1.3× 586 0.1× 229 65.6k
Vince D. Calhoun 49.1k 0.9× 19.9k 1.0× 8.8k 1.1× 2.9k 0.5× 490 0.1× 1.5k 63.4k
Terrence J. Sejnowski 43.2k 0.8× 3.0k 0.1× 4.7k 0.6× 18.3k 3.0× 4.0k 0.8× 619 73.7k
Karl Friston 154.6k 2.9× 36.5k 1.8× 26.7k 3.3× 18.1k 3.0× 2.5k 0.5× 1.2k 207.0k
Abraham Z. Snyder 64.8k 1.2× 24.0k 1.2× 10.8k 1.3× 5.5k 0.9× 445 0.1× 297 81.7k
Yong He 31.5k 0.6× 15.9k 0.8× 5.8k 0.7× 2.8k 0.5× 624 0.1× 385 40.0k
Alan C. Evans 59.8k 1.1× 30.5k 1.5× 10.2k 1.2× 7.8k 1.3× 409 0.1× 711 100.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olaf Sporns

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Varley, Thomas F., et al.. (2025). Leveraging multivariate information for community detection in functional brain networks. Communications Biology. 8(1). 840–840. 2 indexed citations
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Varley, Thomas F., et al.. (2025). Time-varying synergy/redundancy dominance in the human cerebral cortex. Journal of Physics Complexity. 6(1). 15015–15015. 4 indexed citations
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Santander, Tyler, Friedrich G. Woermann, Thilo Kalbhenn, et al.. (2025). Full interhemispheric integration sustained by a fraction of posterior callosal fibers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(43). e2520190122–e2520190122.
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Swanson, Larry W., Joel D. Hahn, & Olaf Sporns. (2024). Network architecture of intrinsic connectivity in a mammalian spinal cord (the central nervous system’s caudal sector). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(5). e2320953121–e2320953121. 3 indexed citations
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Swanson, Larry W., Joel D. Hahn, & Olaf Sporns. (2024). Neural network architecture of a mammalian brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(39). e2413422121–e2413422121. 1 indexed citations
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Fogleman, Nicholas D., Keri S. Rosch, James J. Pekar, et al.. (2024). Reconfiguration of Functional Brain Network Organization and Dynamics With Changing Cognitive Demands in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 10(8). 846–855. 1 indexed citations
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Faskowitz, Joshua, et al.. (2024). Relation of connectome topology to brain volume across 103 mammalian species. PLoS Biology. 22(2). e3002489–e3002489. 3 indexed citations
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Seguin, Caio, Maciej Jedynak, Olivier David, et al.. (2023). Communication dynamics in the human connectome shape the cortex-wide propagation of direct electrical stimulation. Neuron. 111(9). 1391–1401.e5. 28 indexed citations
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Varley, Thomas F., Olaf Sporns, Stefan Schaffelhofer, Hansjörg Scherberger, & Benjamin Dann. (2023). Information-processing dynamics in neural networks of macaque cerebral cortex reflect cognitive state and behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(2). e2207677120–e2207677120. 44 indexed citations
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Fukushima, Makoto, et al.. (2021). Modular origins of high-amplitude cofluctuations in fine-scale functional connectivity dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(46). 43 indexed citations
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Faskowitz, Joshua, et al.. (2021). Multitask brain network reconfiguration is inversely associated with human intelligence. Cerebral Cortex. 32(19). 4172–4182. 25 indexed citations
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Sporns, Olaf, et al.. (2021). Dynamic expression of brain functional systems disclosed by fine-scale analysis of edge time series. Network Neuroscience. 5(2). 405–433. 60 indexed citations
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Shine, James M., Michael Breakspear, Peter T. Bell, et al.. (2019). Human cognition involves the dynamic integration of neural activity and neuromodulatory systems. Nature Neuroscience. 22(2). 289–296. 296 indexed citations breakdown →
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Avena‐Koenigsberger, Andrea, Shannon L. Risacher, John D. West, et al.. (2019). Resting state network modularity along the prodromal late onset Alzheimer's disease continuum. NeuroImage Clinical. 22. 101687–101687. 43 indexed citations
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Yan, Jingwen, Kefei Liu, Enrico Amico, et al.. (2018). Joint Exploration and Mining of Memory-Relevant Brain Anatomic and Connectomic Patterns via a Three-Way Association Model. PMC. 2 indexed citations
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Betzel, Richard F., Lisa Byrge, Ye He, et al.. (2014). Changes in structural and functional connectivity among resting-state networks across the human lifespan. NeuroImage. 102. 345–357. 596 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gollo, Leonardo L., Cláudio R. Mirasso, Olaf Sporns, & Michael Breakspear. (2014). Mechanisms of Zero-Lag Synchronization in Cortical Motifs. PLoS Computational Biology. 10(4). e1003548–e1003548. 104 indexed citations
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Betzel, Richard F., Molly Erickson, Malene Abell, et al.. (2012). Synchronization dynamics and evidence for a repertoire of network states in resting EEG. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 6. 74–74. 83 indexed citations
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Breakspear, Michael, et al.. (2009). Modeling the Impact of Lesions in the Human Brain. PLoS Computational Biology. 5(6). e1000408–e1000408. 433 indexed citations
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Reeke, George N. & Olaf Sporns. (1991). Selectionist models of perceptual and motor systems and implications for functionalist theories of brain function. MIT Press eBooks. 347–364. 3 indexed citations

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