Robert Nickl

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 724 citations indexed

About

Robert Nickl is a scholar working on Neurology, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Nickl has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 724 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Neurology, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Robert Nickl's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (6 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (3 papers). Robert Nickl is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (6 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (3 papers). Robert Nickl collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Syria. Robert Nickl's co-authors include Jens Volkmann, Martin M. Reich, Qianqian Fang, Johannes Vorwerk, Michael Fox, Andreas Kupsch, Gregor Wenzel, Andreas Horn, Tanja Schmitz‐Hübsch and Andrea A. Kühn and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Neurology, Critical Care Medicine and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Robert Nickl

15 papers receiving 720 citations

Hit Papers

Connectivity Predicts deep brain stimulation outcome in P... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
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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. Connectivity Predicts deep brain stimulation outcome in Parkinson disease
    2017 442 citations Andreas Horn, Martin M. Reich et al. Annals of Neurology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Nickl Germany 9 561 255 212 133 109 17 724
Young Min Shon South Korea 10 358 0.6× 216 0.8× 145 0.7× 95 0.7× 91 0.8× 14 553
Patricia Krause Germany 18 558 1.0× 294 1.2× 153 0.7× 87 0.7× 52 0.5× 46 747
Robert Vandorpe Canada 16 253 0.5× 53 0.2× 251 1.2× 70 0.5× 201 1.8× 27 711
Cornelia Drees United States 14 214 0.4× 211 0.8× 197 0.9× 67 0.5× 39 0.4× 40 657
Carolyn Pizoli United States 10 232 0.4× 164 0.6× 143 0.7× 48 0.4× 163 1.5× 16 615
Sudhin A. Shah United States 13 141 0.3× 104 0.4× 178 0.8× 57 0.4× 43 0.4× 34 436
Farid Salih Germany 11 246 0.4× 178 0.7× 132 0.6× 60 0.5× 9 0.1× 38 439
Pierre Bourdillon France 17 289 0.5× 253 1.0× 250 1.2× 53 0.4× 89 0.8× 42 789
Kristian Nygaard Mortensen Denmark 9 376 0.7× 546 2.1× 149 0.7× 69 0.5× 110 1.0× 14 841
Marta Navas Spain 11 321 0.6× 220 0.9× 241 1.1× 139 1.0× 27 0.2× 26 584

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Nickl

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Nickl

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Etemadimanesh, Azin, et al.. (2025). Ultrasound Displacement Tracking Techniques for Post-Stroke Myofascial Shear Strain Quantification. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 73(1). 345–358.
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Nickl, Robert, Jonas Roothans, P Navrátil, et al.. (2025). Probabilistic mapping of gait changes after STN-DBS for Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 136. 107871–107871.
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Hanafi, Ibrahem, et al.. (2023). War-related traumatic brain injuries during the Syrian armed conflict in Damascus 2014–2017: a cohort study and a literature review. BMC Emergency Medicine. 23(1). 35–35. 7 indexed citations
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Nerreter, Thomas, Carsten Hagemann, Ralf‐Ingo Ernestus, et al.. (2023). Characterization and Optimization of the Tumor Microenvironment in Patient-Derived Organotypic Slices and Organoid Models of Glioblastoma. Cancers. 15(10). 2698–2698. 5 indexed citations
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Nickl, Robert, et al.. (2021). Directional Leads for Deep Brain Stimulation: Technical Notes and Experiences. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 99(4). 305–312. 15 indexed citations
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Nickl, Robert, Martin M. Reich, Nicoló Gabriele Pozzi, et al.. (2019). Rescuing Suboptimal Outcomes of Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson Disease by Surgical Lead Revision. Neurosurgery. 85(2). E314–E321. 20 indexed citations
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Nickl, Robert, José María Hernández Pérez, Rudolf Hagen, et al.. (2019). Vestibular Schwannoma Resection in a Consecutive Series of 502 Cases via the Retrosigmoid Approach: Technical Aspects, Complications, and Functional Outcome. World Neurosurgery. 129. e114–e127. 31 indexed citations
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Horn, Andreas, Martin M. Reich, Johannes Vorwerk, et al.. (2017). Connectivity Predicts deep brain stimulation outcome in Parkinson disease. Annals of Neurology. 82(1). 67–78. 442 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pozzi, Nicoló Gabriele, Gabriele Arnulfo, Andrea Canessa, et al.. (2016). Distinctive neuronal firing patterns in subterritories of the subthalamic nucleus. Clinical Neurophysiology. 127(11). 3387–3393. 15 indexed citations
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Nickl, Robert, et al.. (2016). Selective Brain Cooling after Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects of Three Different Cooling Methods—Case Report. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A Central European Neurosurgery. 78(4). 397–402. 8 indexed citations
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Rueckriegel, Stefan Mark, Katharina Domschke, Silke Neuderth, et al.. (2015). Trauma- and distress-associated mental illness symptoms in close relatives of patients with severe traumatic brain injury and high-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage. Acta Neurochirurgica. 157(8). 1329–1336. 6 indexed citations
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Reich, Martin M., Frank Steigerwald, René Reese, et al.. (2015). Short pulse width widens the therapeutic window of subthalamic neurostimulation. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2(4). 427–432. 102 indexed citations
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Jia, Xiaofeng, Matthew A. Koenig, Robert Nickl, et al.. (2008). Early electrophysiologic markers predict functional outcome associated with temperature manipulation after cardiac arrest in rats. Critical Care Medicine. 36(6). 1909–1916. 54 indexed citations
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Shin, Hyun‐Chool, Xiaofeng Jia, Robert Nickl, Romergryko G. Geocadin, & Nitish V. Thakor. (2008). A Subband-Based Information Measure of EEG During Brain Injury and Recovery After Cardiac Arrest. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 55(8). 1985–1990. 16 indexed citations

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