Ralf Veit

12.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
128 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Ralf Veit is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Veit has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 30 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 21 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ralf Veit's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (37 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (30 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (29 papers). Ralf Veit is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (37 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (30 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (29 papers). Ralf Veit collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and United States. Ralf Veit's co-authors include Niels Birbaumer, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Hubert Preißl, Martín Lotze, Michael Erb, Stephanie Kullmann, Andreas Fritsche, Ranganatha Sitaram, Wolfgang Grodd and Andrea Carìa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Veit

122 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

Deficient Fear Conditioning in Psychopathy 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. Deficient Fear Conditioning in Psychopathy
    2005 507 citations Niels Birbaumer, Ralf Veit et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralf Veit Germany 55 5.4k 1.8k 1.3k 1.1k 980 128 9.1k
Heather A. Kenna United States 25 6.4k 1.2× 720 0.4× 2.1k 1.6× 696 0.6× 754 0.8× 39 9.3k
Mario Liotti United States 47 8.4k 1.6× 1.1k 0.6× 2.5k 1.8× 582 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 101 11.8k
Göran Hajak Germany 56 4.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 3.1k 2.3× 911 0.8× 817 0.8× 310 9.6k
Darren R. Gitelman United States 59 8.5k 1.6× 617 0.4× 1.8k 1.3× 1.0k 0.9× 976 1.0× 125 12.3k
André R. Brunoni Brazil 60 7.3k 1.3× 2.4k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 501 0.5× 392 17.4k
Cary R. Savage United States 54 5.2k 1.0× 4.3k 2.5× 2.0k 1.5× 716 0.7× 512 0.5× 135 10.1k
Ysbrand D. van der Werf Netherlands 50 4.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 2.2k 1.7× 499 0.5× 254 0.3× 160 8.0k
Jennifer Keller United States 33 5.4k 1.0× 880 0.5× 2.0k 1.5× 450 0.4× 858 0.9× 69 9.0k
Jim Lagopoulos Australia 49 3.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 589 0.5× 690 0.7× 284 8.6k
Ziad Nahas United States 64 5.8k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 852 0.6× 607 0.6× 582 0.6× 186 12.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralf Veit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Veit

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jann, Kay, Ralf Veit, John Monterosso, et al.. (2025). Non-caloric sweetener effects on brain appetite regulation in individuals across varying body weights. Nature Metabolism. 7(3). 574–585. 7 indexed citations
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Kullmann, Stephanie, Anne Kühnel, Ralf Veit, et al.. (2025). A short-term, high-caloric diet has prolonged effects on brain insulin action in men. Nature Metabolism. 7(3). 469–477. 6 indexed citations
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Veit, Ralf, et al.. (2025). Structural and Functional Brain Changes in Children and Adolescents With Obesity. Obesity Reviews. 26(12). e70001–e70001.
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Veit, Ralf, Shan Luo, Andreas L. Birkenfeld, et al.. (2025). Influence of insulin sensitivity on food cue evoked functional brain connectivity in children. NeuroImage. 310. 121154–121154.
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Veit, Ralf, Shan Luo, Ting Chow, et al.. (2024). Exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus in utero impacts hippocampal functional connectivity in response to food cues in children. International Journal of Obesity. 48(12). 1728–1734. 2 indexed citations
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Veit, Ralf, Ricardo Salvador, Giulio Ruffini, et al.. (2024). Network-targeted transcranial direct current stimulation of the hypothalamus appetite-control network: a feasibility study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11341–11341. 2 indexed citations
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Martin, Jason, Ralf Veit, Andreas L. Birkenfeld, et al.. (2023). Brain insulin action increases communication in reward associated brain regions independent of age and peripheral insulin sensitivity in healthy adults. Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel. 18(S 01). S1–S2. 1 indexed citations
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Veit, Ralf, Andreas Fritsche, Hans‐Ulrich Häring, et al.. (2023). Brain insulin responsiveness is linked to age and peripheral insulin sensitivity. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 25(8). 2171–2180. 14 indexed citations
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Veit, Ralf, Louise Fritsche, Hans‐Ulrich Häring, et al.. (2022). Sex differences in central insulin action: Effect of intranasal insulin on neural food cue reactivity in adults with normal weight and overweight. International Journal of Obesity. 46(9). 1662–1670. 22 indexed citations
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Kullmann, Stephanie, Ralf Veit, Daniel R. Crabtree, et al.. (2022). The effect of hunger state on hypothalamic functional connectivity in response to food cues. Human Brain Mapping. 44(2). 418–428. 9 indexed citations
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Kullmann, Stephanie, Julia Hummel, Róbert Wágner, et al.. (2021). Empagliflozin Improves Insulin Sensitivity of the Hypothalamus in Humans With Prediabetes: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial. Diabetes Care. 45(2). 398–406. 67 indexed citations
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Konicar, Lilian, Stefan T. Radev, Stefano Silvoni, et al.. (2021). Balancing the brain of offenders with psychopathy? Resting state EEG and electrodermal activity after a pilot study of brain self-regulation training. PLoS ONE. 16(1). e0242830–e0242830. 6 indexed citations
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Frank, Sabine, Julia von Schnurbein, Ralf Veit, et al.. (2018). Leptin Replacement Reestablishes Brain Insulin Action in the Hypothalamus in Congenital Leptin Deficiency. Diabetes Care. 41(4). 907–910. 15 indexed citations
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Sitaram, Ranganatha, Ralf Veit, Andrea Carìa, et al.. (2011). Acquired Control of Ventral Premotor Cortex Activity by Feedback Training. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 26(3). 256–265. 116 indexed citations
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Karim, Ahmed A., Markus Schneider, Martín Lotze, et al.. (2009). The Truth about Lying: Inhibition of the Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Improves Deceptive Behavior. Cerebral Cortex. 20(1). 205–213. 137 indexed citations
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Sitaram, Ranganatha, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Andrea Carìa, et al.. (2008). fMRI Brain-Computer Interfaces: A tutorial on methods and applications. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 25(1). 95–106. 13 indexed citations
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Veit, Ralf, et al.. (2006). Real-time fMRI of human anterior insula during emotional processing. NeuroImage. 2 indexed citations
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Eippert, Falk, Ralf Veit, Nikolaus Weiskopf, et al.. (2006). Regulation of emotional responses elicited by threat‐related stimuli. Human Brain Mapping. 28(5). 409–423. 338 indexed citations
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Veit, Ralf, Christl Reisenauer, Wolfgang Grodd, et al.. (2005). Functional imaging of stress urinary incontinence. NeuroImage. 29(1). 267–275. 47 indexed citations

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