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 of brain connectivit... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2009 2009 2008 2012 2005 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k

Peers

Olaf Sporns
Comparison fields: 5 of 218
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 54.1k
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 20.8k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8.1k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6.1k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4.8k
Replace Edward T. Bullmore with:
Edward T. Bullmore United Kingdom
Cornelis J. Stam Netherlands
Danielle S. Bassett United States
David C. Van Essen United States
Vince D. Calhoun United States
Terrence J. Sejnowski United States
Karl Friston United Kingdom
Abraham Z. Snyder United States
Yong He China
Alan C. Evans Canada
Edward T. Bullmore United Kingdom View profile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by Olaf Sporns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olaf Sporns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Olaf Sporns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Olaf Sporns 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 Olaf Sporns. Olaf Sporns is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Human cognition involves the dynamic integration of neural activity and neuromodulatory systems breakdown →
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Joint Exploration and Mining of Memory-Relevant Brain Anatomic and Connectomic Patterns via a Three-Way Association Model
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Evolutionary Selection of Network Structure and Function
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Selectionism and the brain
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Selectionist models of perceptual and motor systems and implications for functionalist theories of brain function
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