Steven E. Petersen

93.7k total citations · 35 hit papers
192 papers, 58.7k citations indexed

About

Steven E. Petersen is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven E. Petersen has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 58.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 49 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 28 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Steven E. Petersen's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (107 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (73 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (47 papers). Steven E. Petersen is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (107 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (73 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (47 papers). Steven E. Petersen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Bulgaria. Steven E. Petersen's co-authors include Bradley L. Schlaggar, Jonathan D. Power, Abraham Z. Snyder, Marcus E. Raichle, Michael I. Posner, Francis M. Miezin, Nico U.F. Dosenbach, Kelly A. Barnes, Alexander L. Cohen and Timothy O. Laumann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steven E. Petersen

190 papers receiving 57.6k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Spurious but systematic correlations in functional connectivity MRI networks arise from subject motion
    2011 5.8k citations Jonathan D. Power, Kelly A. Barnes et al. NeuroImage profile →
  2. Functional Network Organization of the Human Brain
    2011 3.0k citations Jonathan D. Power, Alexander L. Cohen et al. profile →
  3. Methods to detect, characterize, and remove motion artifact in resting state fMRI
    2013 2.5k citations Jonathan D. Power, Timothy O. Laumann et al. NeuroImage profile →
  4. The Attention System of the Human Brain: 20 Years After
    2012 2.3k citations Steven E. Petersen et al. profile →
  5. Distinct brain networks for adaptive and stable task control in humans
    2007 2.1k citations Nico U.F. Dosenbach, Damien A. Fair et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Positron emission tomographic studies of the cortical anatomy of single-word processing
    1988 1.9k citations Steven E. Petersen et al. profile →
  7. Prediction of Individual Brain Maturity Using fMRI
    2010 1.6k citations Nico U.F. Dosenbach, Binyam Nardos et al. Science profile →
  8. Common Blood Flow Changes across Visual Tasks: II. Decreases in Cerebral Cortex
    1997 1.5k citations Francis M. Miezin, Marcus E. Raichle et al. profile →
  9. A dual-networks architecture of top-down control
    2008 1.5k citations Nico U.F. Dosenbach, Damien A. Fair et al. profile →
  10. A Core System for the Implementation of Task Sets
    2006 1.4k citations Nico U.F. Dosenbach, Francis M. Miezin et al. profile →
  11. A Common Network of Functional Areas for Attention and Eye Movements
    1998 1.3k citations Abraham Z. Snyder, Steven E. Petersen et al. profile →
  12. Practice-related Changes in Human Brain Functional Anatomy during Nonmotor Learning
    1994 1.2k citations Marcus E. Raichle, Steven E. Petersen et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →
  13. Functional Brain Networks Develop from a “Local to Distributed” Organization
    2009 1.1k citations Damien A. Fair, Alexander L. Cohen et al. profile →
  14. Intrinsic and Task-Evoked Network Architectures of the Human Brain
    2014 1.1k citations Jonathan D. Power, Steven E. Petersen et al. profile →
  15. Localization of Cognitive Operations in the Human Brain
    1988 1.0k citations Steven E. Petersen, Marcus E. Raichle et al. Science profile →
  16. The maturing architecture of the brain's default network
    2008 1.0k citations Damien A. Fair, Alexander L. Cohen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  17. Positron Emission Tomographic Studies of the Processing of Singe Words
    1989 981 citations Steven E. Petersen, Marcus E. Raichle et al. profile →
  18. Generation and Evaluation of a Cortical Area Parcellation from Resting-State Correlations
    2014 981 citations Evan M. Gordon, Timothy O. Laumann et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →
  19. Function in the human connectome: Task-fMRI and individual differences in behavior
    2013 978 citations Gregory C. Burgess, Michael P. Harms et al. NeuroImage profile →
  20. Development of distinct control networks through segregation and integration
    2007 961 citations Damien A. Fair, Nico U.F. Dosenbach et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  21. Precision Functional Mapping of Individual Human Brains
    2017 788 citations Evan M. Gordon, Timothy O. Laumann et al. profile →
  22. Characterizing the Hemodynamic Response: Effects of Presentation Rate, Sampling Procedure, and the Possibility of Ordering Brain Activity Based on Relative Timing
    2000 770 citations Francis M. Miezin, Steven E. Petersen et al. NeuroImage profile →
  23. Recent progress and outstanding issues in motion correction in resting state fMRI
    2014 737 citations Jonathan D. Power, Bradley L. Schlaggar et al. NeuroImage profile →
  24. Hemispheric Specialization in Human Dorsal Frontal Cortex and Medial Temporal Lobe for Verbal and Nonverbal Memory Encoding
    1998 686 citations William M. Kelley, Francis M. Miezin et al. profile →
  25. Attentional Modulation of Neural Processing of Shape, Color, and Velocity in Humans
    1990 672 citations Francis M. Miezin, Steven E. Petersen et al. Science profile →
  26. Activation of Extrastriate and Frontal Cortical Areas by Visual Words and Word-Like Stimuli
    1990 670 citations Steven E. Petersen, Abraham Z. Snyder et al. Science profile →
  27. Functional System and Areal Organization of a Highly Sampled Individual Human Brain
    2015 614 citations Timothy O. Laumann, Evan M. Gordon et al. profile →
  28. Decreased segregation of brain systems across the healthy adult lifespan
    2014 614 citations Micaela Y. Chan, Denise C. Park et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  29. Memory's echo: Vivid remembering reactivates sensory-specific cortex
    2000 581 citations Mark E. Wheeler, Steven E. Petersen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  30. Neuroimaging studies of word reading
    1998 576 citations Steven E. Petersen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  31. Evidence for Hubs in Human Functional Brain Networks
    2013 532 citations Jonathan D. Power, Bradley L. Schlaggar et al. profile →
  32. The Development of Human Functional Brain Networks
    2010 522 citations Jonathan D. Power, Damien A. Fair et al. profile →
  33. Functional Brain Networks Are Dominated by Stable Group and Individual Factors, Not Cognitive or Daily Variation
    2018 516 citations Caterina Gratton, Timothy O. Laumann et al. profile →
  34. Statistical improvements in functional magnetic resonance imaging analyses produced by censoring high‐motion data points
    2013 422 citations Jonathan D. Power, Joseph W. Dubis et al. Human Brain Mapping profile →
  35. On the Stability of BOLD fMRI Correlations
    2016 372 citations Timothy O. Laumann, Abraham Z. Snyder et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven E. Petersen United States 94 51.3k 13.0k 9.5k 5.5k 5.3k 192 58.7k
Vinod Menon United States 99 46.0k 0.9× 11.4k 0.9× 11.1k 1.2× 9.0k 1.6× 4.0k 0.7× 268 58.3k
Gary H. Glover United States 118 38.0k 0.7× 19.9k 1.5× 8.0k 0.8× 5.9k 1.1× 3.4k 0.6× 421 60.6k
Russell A. Poldrack United States 109 37.1k 0.7× 6.5k 0.5× 8.1k 0.8× 5.4k 1.0× 5.6k 1.1× 319 49.2k
Maurizio Corbetta United States 90 53.1k 1.0× 10.4k 0.8× 7.9k 0.8× 4.9k 0.9× 2.1k 0.4× 307 60.1k
Allan L. Reiss United States 108 32.8k 0.6× 8.7k 0.7× 5.8k 0.6× 8.5k 1.6× 3.9k 0.7× 529 53.3k
Mark D’Esposito United States 115 40.9k 0.8× 5.2k 0.4× 7.5k 0.8× 4.9k 0.9× 4.1k 0.8× 431 50.3k
Angela R. Laird United States 83 30.6k 0.6× 7.7k 0.6× 8.1k 0.8× 6.9k 1.3× 2.3k 0.4× 219 39.5k
Peter T. Fox United States 121 51.7k 1.0× 17.3k 1.3× 11.7k 1.2× 9.6k 1.8× 5.5k 1.0× 591 74.7k
Simon B. Eickhoff Germany 115 46.4k 0.9× 12.1k 0.9× 11.3k 1.2× 8.9k 1.6× 3.5k 0.7× 699 60.8k
Gordon L. Shulman United States 68 38.9k 0.8× 6.3k 0.5× 7.0k 0.7× 4.3k 0.8× 2.0k 0.4× 133 44.8k

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Farah, Rola, Ally Dworetsky, Rebecca S. Coalson, et al.. (2024). An executive-functions-based reading training enhances sensory-motor systems integration during reading fluency in children with dyslexia. Cerebral Cortex. 34(4). 1 indexed citations
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Pierce, Jordan E., et al.. (2023). Specialized late cingulo-opercular network activation elucidates the mechanisms underlying decisions about ambiguity. NeuroImage. 279. 120314–120314. 6 indexed citations
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Millar, Peter R, Steven E. Petersen, Beau M. Ances, et al.. (2020). Evaluating the Sensitivity of Resting-State BOLD Variability to Age and Cognition after Controlling for Motion and Cardiovascular Influences: A Network-Based Approach. Cerebral Cortex. 30(11). 5686–5701. 21 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Timothy J., Benjamin A. Seitzman, Nicholas Ballard, et al.. (2020). Human Brain Functional Network Organization Is Disrupted After Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy. Brain Connectivity. 10(1). 29–38. 21 indexed citations
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Power, Jonathan D., Charles J. Lynch, Babatunde Adeyemo, & Steven E. Petersen. (2020). A Critical, Event-Related Appraisal of Denoising in Resting-State fMRI Studies. Cerebral Cortex. 30(10). 5544–5559. 24 indexed citations
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Gratton, Caterina, Ally Dworetsky, Rebecca S. Coalson, et al.. (2020). Removal of high frequency contamination from motion estimates in single-band fMRI saves data without biasing functional connectivity. NeuroImage. 217. 116866–116866. 57 indexed citations
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Gordon, Evan M., Timothy O. Laumann, Scott Marek, et al.. (2020). Default-mode network streams for coupling to language and control systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(29). 17308–17319. 100 indexed citations
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Farah, Rola, Rebecca S. Coalson, Steven E. Petersen, Bradley L. Schlaggar, & Tzipi Horowitz‐Kraus. (2019). Children Use Regions in the Visual Processing and Executive Function Networks during a Subsequent Memory Reading Task. Cerebral Cortex. 29(12). 5180–5189. 6 indexed citations
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Huckins, Jeremy F., Babatunde Adeyemo, Jonathan D. Power, et al.. (2018). Reward‐related regions form a preferentially coupled system at rest. Human Brain Mapping. 40(2). 361–376. 22 indexed citations
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Burgess, Gregory C., Sridhar Kandala, Timothy O. Laumann, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of Denoising Strategies to Address Motion-Correlated Artifacts in Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data from the Human Connectome Project. Brain Connectivity. 6(9). 669–680. 161 indexed citations
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Pruett, John R., Sridhar Kandala, Steven E. Petersen, & Daniel J. Povinelli. (2015). Brief Report: Theory of Mind, Relational Reasoning, and Social Responsiveness in Children With and Without Autism: Demonstration of Feasibility for a Larger-Scale Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 45(7). 2243–2251. 9 indexed citations
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Chan, Micaela Y., Denise C. Park, Neil K. Savalia, Steven E. Petersen, & Gagan S. Wig. (2014). Decreased segregation of brain systems across the healthy adult lifespan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(46). E4997–5006. 614 indexed citations breakdown →
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Power, Jonathan D., Bradley L. Schlaggar, & Steven E. Petersen. (2014). Recent progress and outstanding issues in motion correction in resting state fMRI. NeuroImage. 105. 536–551. 737 indexed citations breakdown →
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Power, Jonathan D. & Steven E. Petersen. (2013). Control-related systems in the human brain. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 23(2). 223–228. 245 indexed citations
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Vogel, Alecia C., Steven E. Petersen, & Bradley L. Schlaggar. (2012). The Left Occipitotemporal Cortex Does Not Show Preferential Activity for Words. Cerebral Cortex. 22(12). 2715–2732. 66 indexed citations
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Boyd, Chad S., Steven E. Petersen, Wendell Gilgert, et al.. (2011). Looking Toward a Brighter Future for Lekking Grouse. Rangelands. 33(6). 2–11. 6 indexed citations
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Dosenbach, Nico U.F., Binyam Nardos, Alexander L. Cohen, et al.. (2010). Prediction of Individual Brain Maturity Using fMRI. Science. 329(5997). 1358–1361. 1584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fair, Damien A., Alexander L. Cohen, Nico U.F. Dosenbach, et al.. (2008). The maturing architecture of the brain's default network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(10). 4028–4032. 1019 indexed citations breakdown →
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Church, Jessica A., Damien A. Fair, Nico U.F. Dosenbach, et al.. (2008). Control networks in paediatric Tourette syndrome show immature and anomalous patterns of functional connectivity. Brain. 132(1). 225–238. 207 indexed citations
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Ploran, Elisabeth J., Scott M. Nelson, Katerina Velanova, et al.. (2007). Evidence Accumulation and the Moment of Recognition: Dissociating Perceptual Recognition Processes Using fMRI. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(44). 11912–11924. 225 indexed citations

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