Rainer Polak

934 total citations
21 papers, 337 citations indexed

About

Rainer Polak is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Signal Processing and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Polak has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 337 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 9 papers in Signal Processing and 6 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Rainer Polak's work include Neuroscience and Music Perception (16 papers), Music and Audio Processing (9 papers) and Music Technology and Sound Studies (6 papers). Rainer Polak is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Music Perception (16 papers), Music and Audio Processing (9 papers) and Music Technology and Sound Studies (6 papers). Rainer Polak collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Rainer Polak's co-authors include Justin London, Nori Jacoby, Timo Fischinger, André Holzapfel, Martin Clayton, Martín Rocamora, Sandra E. Trehub, John R. Iversen, Melanie Wald‐Fuhrmann and Isabelle Peretz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Polak

19 papers receiving 306 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Polak Germany	10	264	119	109	94	63	21	337
Malinda J. McPherson United States	9	260 1.0×	85 0.7×	42 0.4×	29 0.3×	98 1.6×	12	301
Eliot Handelman Canada	3	263 1.0×	145 1.2×	38 0.3×	85 0.9×	128 2.0×	4	387
Emi Sakai Japan	3	203 0.8×	116 1.0×	52 0.5×	39 0.4×	66 1.0×	5	318
Laura-Lee Balkwill Canada	5	257 1.0×	83 0.7×	118 1.1×	29 0.3×	73 1.2×	8	282
Larry Polansky United States	7	254 1.0×	189 1.6×	82 0.8×	170 1.8×	83 1.3×	30	397
Klaus Frieler Germany	13	301 1.1×	205 1.7×	101 0.9×	140 1.5×	88 1.4×	45	398
Christine D. Tsang Canada	9	337 1.3×	76 0.6×	74 0.7×	16 0.2×	113 1.8×	14	417
Peter M. C. Harrison United Kingdom	13	472 1.8×	148 1.2×	156 1.4×	64 0.7×	165 2.6×	36	575
Fleur L. Bouwer Netherlands	10	341 1.3×	82 0.7×	25 0.2×	17 0.2×	104 1.7×	20	372
Timo Fischinger Germany	11	192 0.7×	75 0.6×	77 0.7×	50 0.5×	56 0.9×	19	236

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Polak

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Keller, Peter E., et al.. (2025). Measuring self‐similarity in empirical signals to understand musical beat perception. European Journal of Neuroscience. 61(2). e16637–e16637. 2 indexed citations

Jacoby, Nori, et al.. (2025). Revealing rhythm categorization in human brain activity. Science Advances. 11(31). eadu9838–eadu9838.

Jakubowski, Kelly, et al.. (2022). Aesthetics of musical timing: Culture and expertise affect preferences for isochrony but not synchrony. Cognition. 227. 105205–105205. 12 indexed citations

Polak, Rainer. (2022). Non-Isochronous Meter Is Not Irregular. A Review of Theory and Evidence. GMTH Proceedings. 365–379. 2 indexed citations

Jacoby, Nori, Rainer Polak, & Justin London. (2021). Extreme precision in rhythmic interaction is enabled by role-optimized sensorimotor coupling: analysis and modelling of West African drum ensemble music. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1835). 20200331–20200331. 16 indexed citations

Clayton, Martin, Rainer Polak, Adrian Poole, et al.. (2021). The Interpersonal Entrainment in Music Performance Data Collection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(1). 65–84. 3 indexed citations

Jacoby, Nori, Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, Martin Clayton, et al.. (2020). Cross-Cultural Work in Music Cognition. Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal. 37(3). 185–195. 69 indexed citations

Polak, Rainer. (2020). Wozu polychrone Pulsation? Funktionalistische Perspektiven auf metrische Strukturen in malischer Musik. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 19–36. 1 indexed citations

Polak, Rainer. (2020). Thought and play in musical rhythm: Asian, African, and Euro-American perspectives. Ethnomusicology Forum. 29(2). 252–256. 4 indexed citations

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Clayton, Martin, et al.. (2018). IEMP Malian Jembe. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 3 indexed citations

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Polak, Rainer, et al.. (2018). Rhythmic Prototypes Across Cultures. Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal. 36(1). 1–23. 47 indexed citations

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Polak, Rainer. (2018). The lower limit for meter in dance drumming from West Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(3-4). 205–226. 11 indexed citations

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Polak, Rainer, et al.. (2017). Perception and Evaluation of Timing Patterns in Drum Ensemble Music from Mali. Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal. 34(4). 438–451. 7 indexed citations

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Polak, Rainer, Justin London, & Nori Jacoby. (2016). Both Isochronous and Non-Isochronous Metrical Subdivision Afford Precise and Stable Ensemble Entrainment: A Corpus Study of Malian Jembe Drumming. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 10. 285–285. 33 indexed citations

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London, Justin, Rainer Polak, & Nori Jacoby. (2016). Rhythm histograms and musical meter: A corpus study of Malian percussion music. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 24(2). 474–480. 29 indexed citations

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Polak, Rainer. (2016). Pattern and Variation in the Timing of Aksak Meter: Commentary on Goldberg. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(4). 329–340. 4 indexed citations

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London, Justin & Rainer Polak. (2013). Microtiming in Ngòn: Categorical production and perception of a non-isochronous meter. 645–650.

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Polak, Rainer. (2010). Rhythmic Feel as Meter. Music Theory Online. 16(4). 44 indexed citations

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Polak, Rainer. (2007). Performing Audience. On the Social Constitution of Focused Interaction at Celebrations in Mali. Anthropos. 102(1). 3–18. 9 indexed citations

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Polak, Rainer. (2004). Festmusik als Arbeit, Trommeln als Beruf : Jenbe-Spieler in einer westafrikanischen Großstadt. 3 indexed citations

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