Stefan Rach

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Stefan Rach is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Rach has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Stefan Rach's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (10 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (8 papers). Stefan Rach is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (10 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (8 papers). Stefan Rach collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Hungary and Sweden. Stefan Rach's co-authors include Christoph S. Herrmann, Toralf Neuling, Daniel Strüber, Tino Zaehle, Andreas K. Engel, Sina A. Trautmann-Lengsfeld, Till R. Schneider, Randolph F. Helfrich, Carsten H. Wolters and Sven Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Rach

39 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Entrainment of Brain Oscillations by Transcranial Alterna... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2014 2010 2013 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. Entrainment of Brain Oscillations by Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation
    2014 584 citations Randolph F. Helfrich, Till R. Schneider et al. Current Biology profile →
  2. Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Enhances Individual Alpha Activity in Human EEG
    2010 577 citations Tino Zaehle, Stefan Rach et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  3. Transcranial alternating current stimulation: a review of the underlying mechanisms and modulation of cognitive processes
    2013 571 citations Christoph S. Herrmann, Stefan Rach et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Rach Germany 17 2.7k 1.4k 679 276 185 40 3.2k
Randolph F. Helfrich United States 19 2.8k 1.0× 546 0.4× 603 0.9× 519 1.9× 110 0.6× 36 3.1k
Lisa Marshall Germany 19 2.4k 0.9× 670 0.5× 779 1.1× 665 2.4× 68 0.4× 30 2.8k
Elizabeth Heinrichs‐Graham United States 38 2.5k 0.9× 505 0.3× 487 0.7× 232 0.8× 463 2.5× 109 3.5k
Robert M. G. Reinhart United States 23 1.6k 0.6× 591 0.4× 273 0.4× 206 0.7× 112 0.6× 42 1.9k
Nash N. Boutros United States 34 3.1k 1.2× 588 0.4× 532 0.8× 529 1.9× 189 1.0× 118 4.2k
Miguel Alonso‐Alonso United States 22 826 0.3× 963 0.7× 252 0.4× 100 0.4× 240 1.3× 56 2.2k
Richard H. Thomson Australia 24 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 153 0.2× 147 0.5× 209 1.1× 52 2.2k
René J. Huster Norway 34 3.7k 1.4× 344 0.2× 289 0.4× 651 2.4× 119 0.6× 78 4.4k
Felipe S. Salinas United States 12 1.2k 0.4× 356 0.2× 198 0.3× 272 1.0× 115 0.6× 30 1.7k
Ahmed A. Karim Germany 18 1.3k 0.5× 535 0.4× 237 0.3× 244 0.9× 68 0.4× 48 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Rach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Rach

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meer, Floor van, Laura Nynke van der Laan, Gabriele Eiben, et al.. (2025). Age and body mass index are associated with dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activation in response to unhealthy food cues. Appetite. 213. 108138–108138.
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Rach, Stefan, et al.. (2023). Mild COVID-19 infection associated with post-COVID-19 condition after 3 months – a questionnaire survey. Annals of Medicine. 55(1). 2226907–2226907. 3 indexed citations
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Rach, Stefan, et al.. (2023). The Use of Machine Translation for Outreach and Health Communication in Epidemiology and Public Health: Scoping Review. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 9. e50814–e50814. 13 indexed citations
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Curnow, Elinor, James R. Carpenter, Jon Heron, et al.. (2023). Multiple imputation of missing data under missing at random: compatible imputation models are not sufficient to avoid bias if they are mis-specified. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 160. 100–109. 8 indexed citations
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Börnhorst, Claudia, Wolfgang Ahrens, Wencke Gwozdz, et al.. (2020). Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Psychosocial Well-Being and Cardiometabolic Markers in European Children and Adolescents. Psychosomatic Medicine. 82(8). 764–773. 5 indexed citations
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Rach, Stefan, et al.. (2020). Participants who were difficult to recruit at baseline are less likely to complete a follow-up questionnaire – results from the German National Cohort. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 20(1). 187–187. 4 indexed citations
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Pohlabeln, Hermann, Stefan Rach, Stefaan De Henauw, et al.. (2017). Further evidence for the role of pregnancy-induced hypertension and other early life influences in the development of ADHD: results from the IDEFICS study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 26(8). 957–967. 27 indexed citations
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Finke, Mareike, Nadine Hauthal, Stefan Rach, et al.. (2015). Enhanced audio–visual interactions in the auditory cortex of elderly cochlear-implant users. Hearing Research. 328. 133–147. 26 indexed citations
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Helfrich, Randolph F., Guido Nolte, Daniel Strüber, et al.. (2014). Selective Modulation of Interhemispheric Functional Connectivity by HD-tACS Shapes Perception. PLoS Biology. 12(12). e1002031–e1002031. 219 indexed citations
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Helfrich, Randolph F., Till R. Schneider, Stefan Rach, et al.. (2014). Entrainment of Brain Oscillations by Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation. Current Biology. 24(3). 333–339. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Strüber, Daniel, Stefan Rach, Sina A. Trautmann-Lengsfeld, Andreas K. Engel, & Christoph S. Herrmann. (2013). Antiphasic 40 Hz Oscillatory Current Stimulation Affects Bistable Motion Perception. Brain Topography. 27(1). 158–171. 147 indexed citations
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Neuling, Toralf, Stefan Rach, & Christoph S. Herrmann. (2013). Orchestrating neuronal networks: sustained after-effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation depend upon brain states. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 161–161. 339 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Christoph S., Stefan Rach, Toralf Neuling, & Daniel Strüber. (2013). Transcranial alternating current stimulation: a review of the underlying mechanisms and modulation of cognitive processes. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 279–279. 571 indexed citations breakdown →
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Neuling, Toralf, Stefan Rach, Sven Wagner, Carsten H. Wolters, & Christoph S. Herrmann. (2012). Good vibrations: Oscillatory phase shapes perception. NeuroImage. 63(2). 771–778. 212 indexed citations
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Rach, Stefan, Daniel Strüber, René J. Huster, et al.. (2011). Auditory Event-Related Response in Visual Cortex Modulates Subsequent Visual Responses in Humans. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(21). 7729–7736. 61 indexed citations
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Zaehle, Tino, Stefan Rach, & Christoph S. Herrmann. (2010). Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Enhances Individual Alpha Activity in Human EEG. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e13766–e13766. 577 indexed citations breakdown →
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Strüber, Daniel, Ingo Fründ, Jeanette Schadow, et al.. (2010). Gamma in motion: Pattern reversal elicits stronger gamma-band responses than motion. NeuroImage. 55(2). 808–817. 4 indexed citations
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Rach, Stefan & Adele Diederich. (2006). Visual–tactile integration: does stimulus duration influence the relative amount of response enhancement?. Experimental Brain Research. 173(3). 514–520. 11 indexed citations

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