Peter König

29.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
351 papers, 19.4k citations indexed

About

Peter König is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter König has authored 351 papers receiving a total of 19.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 229 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 63 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 47 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Peter König's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (122 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (105 papers) and Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (36 papers). Peter König is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (122 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (105 papers) and Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (36 papers). Peter König collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Peter König's co-authors include Andreas K. Engel, Wolf Singer, Charles M. Gray, Pieter R. Roelfsema, Thomas B. Schillen, Wolfgang Einhäuser, Andreas K. Kreiter, Konrad P. Körding, Carl Chiang and Astrid von Stein and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Peter König

332 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Oscillatory responses in cat visual cortex exhibit inter-columnar synchronization which reflects global stimulus properties

1989 3.0k citations Peter König, Andreas K. Engel et al. profile →
Visuomotor integration is associated with zero time-lag synchronization among cortical areas

1997 833 citations Andreas K. Engel, Peter König et al. profile →
Interhemispheric Synchronization of Oscillatory Neuronal Responses in Cat Visual Cortex

1991 678 citations Andreas K. Engel, Peter König et al. profile →
Top-down processing mediated by interareal synchronization

2000 581 citations Peter König et al. profile →
Temporal coding in the visual cortex: new vistas on integration in the nervous system

1992 506 citations Andreas K. Engel, Peter König et al. profile →
Integrator or coincidence detector? The role of the cortical neuron revisited

1996 501 citations Peter König, Andreas K. Engel et al. profile →
Hyperscanning: A Valid Method to Study Neural Inter-brain Underpinnings of Social Interaction

2020 297 citations Peter König et al. profile →
Eye tracking in virtual reality

2019 240 citations Peter König, Sabine U. König et al. profile →
Virtual reality simulations in nurse education: A systematic mapping review

2021 221 citations Peter König et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter König Germany	65	14.7k	4.9k	1.7k	1.5k	1.5k	351	19.4k
Stephen Grossberg United States	89	19.6k 1.3×	3.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.5×	4.9k 3.2×	425	35.7k
William T. Newsome United States	66	20.3k 1.4×	6.7k 1.4×	2.4k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	731 0.5×	100	22.4k
Robert Desimone United States	86	38.6k 2.6×	8.2k 1.7×	2.7k 1.6×	4.5k 2.9×	2.6k 1.7×	182	43.6k
Francisco J. Varela France	47	13.8k 0.9×	2.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	228 0.1×	115	21.0k
María V. Sánchez-Vives Spain	52	7.2k 0.5×	3.8k 0.8×	778 0.5×	686 0.4×	831 0.5×	179	12.7k
Andreas K. Engel Germany	79	27.2k 1.8×	9.0k 1.8×	1.2k 0.7×	2.8k 1.8×	197 0.1×	309	31.7k
Nikos K. Logothetis Germany	103	35.3k 2.4×	9.0k 1.8×	2.3k 1.4×	5.3k 3.4×	1.5k 1.0×	421	44.0k
Jianfeng Feng China	53	6.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	839 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	2.6k 1.7×	358	13.0k
Hugh R. Wilson Canada	57	11.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	782 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	183	13.7k
Pascal Fries Netherlands	68	33.6k 2.3×	11.0k 2.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.7k 1.8×	272 0.2×	180	37.8k

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König, Sabine U., et al.. (2025). Enhancing grasping ability with vibrational guidance for individuals who are blind or partially sighted. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 38498–38498.

König, Peter, et al.. (2024). Combining EEG and eye-tracking in virtual reality: Obtaining fixation-onset event-related potentials and event-related spectral perturbations. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 87(1). 207–227. 8 indexed citations

König, Peter, et al.. (2024). Helping Blind People Grasp: Evaluating a Tactile Bracelet for Remotely Guiding Grasping Movements. Sensors. 24(9). 2949–2949. 2 indexed citations

König, Peter, et al.. (2023). Optimization of Energy Absorption and Deformation Characteristics of Aluminium Crash Box with the Effect of Groove along with a Screw. SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. 6(4). 2234–2242.

Wahn, Basil, Peter König, & Alan Kingstone. (2023). Predicting group benefits in joint multiple object tracking. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 85(6). 1962–1975.

Ehinger, Benedikt, et al.. (2022). WildLab : A naturalistic free viewing experiment reveals previously unknown electroencephalography signatures of face processing. European Journal of Neuroscience. 56(11). 6022–6038. 7 indexed citations

Izdebski, Krzysztof, et al.. (2021). An Evaluation of Motion Trackers with Virtual Reality Sensor Technology in Comparison to a Marker-Based Motion Capture System Based on Joint Angles for Ergonomic Risk Assessment. Sensors. 21(9). 3145–3145. 16 indexed citations

König, Peter, et al.. (2020). Reinforcement of Semantic Representations in Pragmatic Agents Leads to the Emergence of a Mutual Exclusivity Bias.. Cognitive Science. 3 indexed citations

Oliveira, Anderson Souza, Bryan R. Schlink, W. David Hairston, Peter König, & Daniel P. Ferris. (2017). A Channel Rejection Method for Attenuating Motion-Related Artifacts in EEG Recordings during Walking. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11. 225–225. 34 indexed citations

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Ehinger, Benedikt, et al.. (2017). Humans treat unreliable filled-in percepts as more real than veridical ones. eLife. 6. 22 indexed citations

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Wahn, Basil, Laura Schmitz, Peter König, & Günther Knoblich. (2016). Benefiting from Being Alike: Interindividual Skill Differences Predict Collective Benefit in Joint Object Control.. Cognitive Science. 51(1). 69–69. 9 indexed citations

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Friese, Uwe, et al.. (2015). Oscillatory signatures of crossmodal congruence effects: An EEG investigation employing a visuotactile pattern matching paradigm. NeuroImage. 116. 177–186. 30 indexed citations

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Açık, Alper, et al.. (2010). Developmental changes in natural viewing behavior bottom-up and top-down differences between children, young adults. Frontiers in Psychology. 35 indexed citations

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Wilming, Niklas, et al.. (2008). GoodGaze: Eine Technologie aus der Hirnforschung analysiert Webseiten auf ihre Aufmerksamkeitswirkung. 65–71. 1 indexed citations

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Benucci, Andrea, Paul F. M. J. Verschure, & Peter König. (2006). Dynamical features of higher-order correlation events: impact on cortical cells. Cognitive Neurodynamics. 1(1). 53–69. 5 indexed citations

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Conca, Andreas, et al.. (2003). Simultaneous pattern of rCBF and rCMRGlu in continuation ECT: case reports. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 124(3). 191–198. 9 indexed citations

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Conca, Andreas, William Peschina, Peter König, H Fritzsche, & Armand Hausmann. (2002). Effect of Chronic Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Regional Cerebral Glucose Uptake in Drug Treatment-Resistant Depressives. Neuropsychobiology. 45(1). 27–31. 37 indexed citations

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Körding, Konrad P. & Peter König. (2000). Two sites of synaptic integration: relevant for learning?. 479–484 vol.4. 1 indexed citations

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Engel, Andreas K., Pascal Fries, Peter König, Michael Brecht, & Wolf Singer. (1999). Temporal Binding, Binocular Rivalry, and Consciousness. Consciousness and Cognition. 8(2). 128–151. 237 indexed citations

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König, Peter. (1987). Vegetation und Flora im südwestlichen Saudi-Arabien (Asir, Tihama). 6 indexed citations

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