Simon B. Eickhoff

92.1k total citations · 30 hit papers
699 papers, 60.8k citations indexed

About

Simon B. Eickhoff is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon B. Eickhoff has authored 699 papers receiving a total of 60.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 550 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 166 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 130 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Simon B. Eickhoff's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (387 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (148 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (148 papers). Simon B. Eickhoff is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (387 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (148 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (148 papers). Simon B. Eickhoff collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Simon B. Eickhoff's co-authors include Angela R. Laird, Karl Zilles, Peter T. Fox, Katrin Amunts, Christian Grefkes, Gereon R. Fink, Svenja Caspers, Danilo Bzdok, Hartmut Mohlberg and Robert Langner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Simon B. Eickhoff

670 papers receiving 60.3k citations

Hit Papers

A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchite... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2017 2016 2009 2012 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps and functional imaging data
    2005 3.4k citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Katrin Amunts et al. profile →
  2. Local-Global Parcellation of the Human Cerebral Cortex from Intrinsic Functional Connectivity MRI
    2017 1.9k citations Avram J. Holmes, Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  3. The Human Brainnetome Atlas: A New Brain Atlas Based on Connectional Architecture
    2016 1.9k citations Lingzhong Fan, Yu Zhang et al. profile →
  4. Coordinate‐based activation likelihood estimation meta‐analysis of neuroimaging data: A random‐effects approach based on empirical estimates of spatial uncertainty
    2009 1.5k citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Angela R. Laird et al. Human Brain Mapping profile →
  5. An improved framework for confound regression and filtering for control of motion artifact in the preprocessing of resting-state functional connectivity data
    2012 1.3k citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Ruben C. Gur et al. profile →
  6. Situating the default-mode network along a principal gradient of macroscale cortical organization
    2016 1.3k citations Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  7. Activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis revisited
    2011 1.1k citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Danilo Bzdok et al. profile →
  8. ALE meta-analysis of action observation and imitation in the human brain
    2010 1.0k citations Svenja Caspers, Angela R. Laird et al. profile →
  9. A link between the systems: functional differentiation and integration within the human insula revealed by meta-analysis
    2010 996 citations Peter T. Fox, Angela R. Laird et al. profile →
  10. Minimizing within‐experiment and within‐group effects in activation likelihood estimation meta‐analyses
    2011 915 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Angela R. Laird et al. Human Brain Mapping profile →
  11. Identification of a Common Neurobiological Substrate for Mental Illness
    2015 905 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Peter T. Fox et al. profile →
  12. Assignment of functional activations to probabilistic cytoarchitectonic areas revisited
    2007 833 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Svenja Caspers et al. profile →
  13. Behavioral Interpretations of Intrinsic Connectivity Networks
    2011 788 citations Angela R. Laird, Simon B. Eickhoff et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →
  14. Neural network of cognitive emotion regulation — An ALE meta-analysis and MACM analysis
    2013 734 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Angela R. Laird et al. profile →
  15. Modelling neural correlates of working memory: A coordinate-based meta-analysis
    2011 733 citations Robert Langner, Angela R. Laird et al. profile →
  16. Benchmarking of participant-level confound regression strategies for the control of motion artifact in studies of functional connectivity
    2017 654 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Ruben C. Gur et al. profile →
  17. Ten simple rules for neuroimaging meta-analysis
    2017 579 citations Veronika Müller, Edna C. Cieslik et al. profile →
  18. Testing anatomically specified hypotheses in functional imaging using cytoarchitectonic maps
    2006 552 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Stefan Heim et al. profile →
  19. Behavior, sensitivity, and power of activation likelihood estimation characterized by massive empirical simulation
    2016 527 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Angela R. Laird et al. profile →
  20. Neural correlates of action: Comparing meta-analyses of imagery, observation, and execution
    2018 506 citations Svenja Caspers, Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  21. Sustaining attention to simple tasks: A meta-analytic review of the neural mechanisms of vigilant attention.
    2012 504 citations Robert Langner, Simon B. Eickhoff Psychological Bulletin profile →
  22. Is the ADHD brain wired differently? A review on structural and functional connectivity in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
    2010 500 citations Simon B. Eickhoff et al. Human Brain Mapping profile →
  23. A quantitative meta-analysis and review of motor learning in the human brain
    2012 471 citations Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  24. Parsing the neural correlates of moral cognition: ALE meta-analysis on morality, theory of mind, and empathy
    2012 443 citations Danilo Bzdok, Leonhard Schilbach et al. profile →
  25. Best practices in data analysis and sharing in neuroimaging using MRI
    2017 412 citations Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  26. Identification of Common Neural Circuit Disruptions in Cognitive Control Across Psychiatric Disorders
    2017 388 citations Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  27. Spatial Topography of Individual-Specific Cortical Networks Predicts Human Cognition, Personality, and Emotion
    2018 367 citations Avram J. Holmes, Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  28. Imaging-based parcellations of the human brain
    2018 300 citations Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  29. Identification of Common Neural Circuit Disruptions in Emotional Processing Across Psychiatric Disorders
    2020 211 citations Simon B. Eickhoff et al. profile →
  30. Shared and unique brain network features predict cognitive, personality, and mental health scores in the ABCD study
    2022 108 citations Simon B. Eickhoff, Danilo Bzdok et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon B. Eickhoff Germany 115 46.4k 12.1k 11.3k 8.9k 8.0k 699 60.8k
Peter T. Fox United States 121 51.7k 1.1× 17.3k 1.4× 11.7k 1.0× 9.6k 1.1× 5.7k 0.7× 591 74.7k
Vinod Menon United States 99 46.0k 1.0× 11.4k 0.9× 11.1k 1.0× 9.0k 1.0× 3.9k 0.5× 268 58.3k
Gereon R. Fink Germany 113 36.2k 0.8× 7.5k 0.6× 7.0k 0.6× 6.9k 0.8× 11.4k 1.4× 940 58.2k
Randy L. Buckner United States 117 71.1k 1.5× 21.8k 1.8× 13.0k 1.1× 13.8k 1.5× 5.0k 0.6× 253 89.2k
Angela R. Laird United States 83 30.6k 0.7× 7.7k 0.6× 8.1k 0.7× 6.9k 0.8× 4.1k 0.5× 219 39.5k
Abraham Z. Snyder United States 116 64.8k 1.4× 24.0k 2.0× 10.8k 1.0× 10.0k 1.1× 3.0k 0.4× 297 81.7k
Steven E. Petersen United States 94 51.3k 1.1× 13.0k 1.1× 9.5k 0.8× 5.5k 0.6× 3.2k 0.4× 192 58.7k
Karl Zilles Germany 125 46.6k 1.0× 12.7k 1.1× 8.0k 0.7× 6.3k 0.7× 12.4k 1.5× 737 68.0k
Russell A. Poldrack United States 109 37.1k 0.8× 6.5k 0.5× 8.1k 0.7× 5.4k 0.6× 4.6k 0.6× 319 49.2k
Maurizio Corbetta United States 90 53.1k 1.1× 10.4k 0.9× 7.9k 0.7× 4.9k 0.6× 3.5k 0.4× 307 60.1k

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All Works

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Li, Xuan, Simon B. Eickhoff, & Susanne Weis. (2025). Stimulus Selection Influences Prediction of Individual Phenotypes in Naturalistic Conditions. Human Brain Mapping. 46(3). e70164–e70164. 1 indexed citations
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Küppers, V., Fateme Samea, Dieter Riemann, et al.. (2025). The effect of psychotherapy on the multivariate association between insomnia and depressive symptoms in late-life depression. European Psychiatry. 68(1). e120–e120.
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Sindermann, Lisa, Federico Raimondo, Konrad Oexle, et al.. (2025). Neurobiological correlates of schizophrenia-specific and highly pleiotropic genetic risk scores for neuropsychiatric disorders. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 230–230.
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Ibrahim, Karim, Daniel S. Barron, Melissa Funaro, et al.. (2024). Neural circuit disruptions of eye gaze processing in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research. 264. 298–313. 1 indexed citations
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Jahangiri, Nadia, Reza Khosrowabadi, Claudia R. Eickhoff, et al.. (2023). Embodying Time in the Brain: A Multi-Dimensional Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis of 95 Duration Processing Studies. Neuropsychology Review. 34(1). 277–298. 27 indexed citations
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Larabi, Daouia I., Amir Omidvarnia, Felix Hoffstaedter, et al.. (2023). Intermediately synchronised brain states optimise trade-off between subject specificity and predictive capacity. Communications Biology. 6(1). 705–705. 7 indexed citations
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Heinrichs, Bert, Tade Matthias Spranger, Dirk Lanzerath, et al.. (2023). Künstliche Intelligenz in der Medizin. Medizinrecht. 41(4). 259–264.
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Florin, Esther, Kaustubh R. Patil, Julian Caspers, et al.. (2022). Whole-brain dynamical modelling for classification of Parkinson’s disease. Brain Communications. 5(1). fcac331–fcac331. 7 indexed citations
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Eickhoff, Simon B., et al.. (2022). Response-code conflict in dual-task interference and its modulation by age. Psychological Research. 87(1). 260–280. 6 indexed citations
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Chu, Congying, Deying Li, Zhengyi Yang, et al.. (2022). Uncovering the genetic profiles underlying the intrinsic organization of the human cerebellum. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(5). 2619–2634. 6 indexed citations
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Jo, Han‐Gue, Susanne Stickel, Ute Habel, et al.. (2021). The early postpartum period – Differences between women with and without a history of depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 136. 109–116. 8 indexed citations
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Cieslik, Edna C., et al.. (2020). The Aging Brain and Executive Functions Revisited: Implications from Meta-analytic and Functional-Connectivity Evidence. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 33(9). 1716–1752. 25 indexed citations
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Hopkins, William D., Chet C. Sherwood, Steven J. Schapiro, et al.. (2020). Chimpanzee brain morphometry utilizing standardized MRI preprocessing and macroanatomical annotations. eLife. 9. 31 indexed citations
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Bottenhorn, Katherine L., Jessica S. Flannery, Emily R. Boeving, et al.. (2018). Cooperating yet distinct brain networks engaged during naturalistic paradigms: A meta-analysis of functional MRI results. Network Neuroscience. 3(1). 27–48. 44 indexed citations
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Poeppl, Timm B., Veronika Müller, Felix Hoffstaedter, et al.. (2016). Imbalance in subregional connectivity of the right temporoparietal junction in major depression. Human Brain Mapping. 37(8). 2931–2942. 13 indexed citations
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Müller, Veronika, Edna C. Cieslik, Tanja S. Kellermann, & Simon B. Eickhoff. (2013). Crossmodal emotional integration in major depression. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 9(6). 839–848. 24 indexed citations
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Langner, Robert & Simon B. Eickhoff. (2012). Sustaining attention to simple tasks: A meta-analytic review of the neural mechanisms of vigilant attention.. Psychological Bulletin. 139(4). 870–900. 504 indexed citations breakdown →
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Derntl, Birgit, Eva‐Maria Seidel, Simon B. Eickhoff, et al.. (2011). Neural correlates of social approach and withdrawal in patients with major depression. Social Neuroscience. 6(5-6). 482–501. 77 indexed citations
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Abel, Stefanie, Walter Huber, Cornelius Weiller, et al.. (2011). The Influence of Handedness on Hemispheric Interaction During Word Production: Insights from Effective Connectivity Analysis. Brain Connectivity. 1(3). 219–231. 10 indexed citations

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