Thomas Elbert

47.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
519 papers, 33.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Elbert is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Elbert has authored 519 papers receiving a total of 33.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 225 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 188 papers in Clinical Psychology and 36 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Elbert's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (107 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (104 papers) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (104 papers). Thomas Elbert is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (107 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (104 papers) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (104 papers). Thomas Elbert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Thomas Elbert's co-authors include Brigitte Rockstroh, Niels Birbaumer, Edward Taub, Frank Neuner, Christo Pantev, Christian Wienbruch, Maggie Schauer, Herta Flor, Werner Lutzenberger and Markus Junghöfer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Elbert

510 papers receiving 31.7k citations

Hit Papers

Increased Cortical Representation of the Fingers of the L... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1995 1995 1990 1997 1998 400 800 1.2k
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. Increased Cortical Representation of the Fingers of the Left Hand in String Players
    1995 1.3k citations Thomas Elbert, Christo Pantev et al. profile →
  2. Phantom-limb pain as a perceptual correlate of cortical reorganization following arm amputation
    1995 1.3k citations Thomas Elbert, Christo Pantev et al. profile →
  3. Slow potentials of the cerebral cortex and behavior.
    1990 844 citations Niels Birbaumer, Thomas Elbert et al. profile →
  4. Extensive reorganization of primary somatosensory cortex in chronic back pain patients
    1997 549 citations Thomas Elbert, Niels Birbaumer et al. Neuroscience Letters profile →
  5. Reorganization of auditory cortex in tinnitus
    1998 548 citations Thomas Elbert et al. profile →
  6. Large‐scale neural correlates of affective picture processing
    2002 535 citations Brigitte Rockstroh, Thomas Elbert et al. profile →
  7. Fleeting images: A new look at early emotion discrimination
    2001 500 citations Thomas Elbert 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
Thomas Elbert Germany 96 16.5k 8.7k 3.7k 3.2k 2.8k 519 33.2k
Herta Flor Germany 96 13.2k 0.8× 4.0k 0.5× 3.9k 1.1× 3.2k 1.0× 3.0k 1.1× 498 34.1k
Kerry J. Ressler United States 99 8.4k 0.5× 9.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 2.8k 0.9× 5.5k 1.9× 444 35.0k
Jordan Grafman United States 97 21.6k 1.3× 2.8k 0.3× 5.3k 1.4× 5.5k 1.7× 5.9k 2.1× 506 38.3k
Julian F. Thayer United States 94 9.7k 0.6× 8.5k 1.0× 2.0k 0.5× 13.4k 4.2× 5.0k 1.8× 498 41.8k
Martin P. Paulus United States 99 14.9k 0.9× 8.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 10.2k 3.2× 4.2k 1.5× 592 34.8k
Israel Liberzon United States 81 12.5k 0.8× 8.1k 0.9× 779 0.2× 5.8k 1.8× 4.4k 1.5× 330 26.9k
J. Douglas Bremner United States 98 6.9k 0.4× 15.1k 1.7× 1.5k 0.4× 2.9k 0.9× 3.5k 1.2× 361 35.2k
Hugo Critchley United Kingdom 89 19.3k 1.2× 4.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 8.9k 2.8× 5.8k 2.0× 353 34.6k
John D. E. Gabrieli United States 135 42.6k 2.6× 5.1k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 12.2k 3.8× 6.4k 2.3× 497 59.2k
Jens C. Pruessner Canada 79 6.3k 0.4× 5.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 3.8k 1.2× 4.7k 1.7× 277 26.6k

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All Works

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Schauer, Maggie, Frank Neuner, & Thomas Elbert. (2025). Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) For Survivors of Traumatic Stress. 2 indexed citations
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Womersley, Jacqueline S., Martin Kidd, Thomas Elbert, et al.. (2021). Associations between telomere length and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and appetitive aggression in trauma-exposed men. Neuroscience Letters. 769. 136388–136388. 5 indexed citations
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Kaminer, Debra, Thomas Elbert, Soraya Seedat, et al.. (2016). Feasibility and effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in a context of ongoing violence in South Africa.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 9(3). 282–291. 20 indexed citations
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Wilker, Sarah, Stephan Kolassa, Christian Vogler, et al.. (2013). The Role of Memory-related Gene WWC1 (KIBRA) in Lifetime Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence from Two Independent Samples from African Conflict Regions. Biological Psychiatry. 74(9). 664–671. 17 indexed citations
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Elbert, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Childhood adversities in relation to psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry Research. 206(1). 103–110. 106 indexed citations
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Ruf, Martina, Maggie Schauer, & Thomas Elbert. (2011). UPID : UCLA PTSD Index for DSM IV (Child version, revision 1, deutsche Fassung). Journal of Neurophysiology. 91(3). 468–472. 4 indexed citations
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Ertl, Verena, Anett Pfeiffer, Elisabeth Schauer, Thomas Elbert, & Frank Neuner. (2011). Community-Implemented Trauma Therapy for Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda. JAMA. 306(5). 503–503. 216 indexed citations
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Schauer, Maggie & Thomas Elbert. (2010). Dissociation Following Traumatic Stress. Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology. 218(2). 109–127. 264 indexed citations
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Glaesser, Judith, et al.. (2004). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in patients with traumatic brain injury. BMC Psychiatry. 4(1). 5–5. 83 indexed citations
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Heim, Sabine, Carsten Eulitz, & Thomas Elbert. (2003). Altered hemispheric asymmetry of auditory P100m in dyslexia. European Journal of Neuroscience. 17(8). 1715–1722. 49 indexed citations
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Angrilli, Alessandro, Christian Dobel, Brigitte Rockstroh, Luciano Stegagno, & Thomas Elbert. (2000). EEG brain mapping of phonological and semantic tasks in Italian and German languages. Clinical Neurophysiology. 111(4). 706–716. 33 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias M., Thomas Elbert, & Brigitte Rockstroh. (1997). Visuell induzierte Gammabandaktivität im menschlichen EEG : Ausdruck corticaler Reizrepräsentation?. KOPS (University of Konstanz). 44(1). 186–212. 4 indexed citations
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Pulvermüller, Friedemann, Carsten Eulitz, Christo Pantev, et al.. (1996). High-frequency cortical responses reflect lexical processing: an MEG study. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 98(1). 76–85. 87 indexed citations
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Rockstroh, Brigitte & Thomas Elbert. (1996). Una huella en el córtex de los violinistas. 880–883. 1 indexed citations
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Elbert, Thomas & Brigitte Rockstroh. (1993). Das chaotische Gehirn : Zur Erfassung nichtlinearer Dynamik aus physiologischen Zeitreihen. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 14(2). 80–95. 2 indexed citations
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Simons, Robert F., et al.. (1987). Evocation and habituation of autonomic and event-related potential responses in a nonsignal environment. Journal of Psychophysiology. 1(1). 45–59. 62 indexed citations
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Lutzenberger, W., et al.. (1985). Das EEG : Psychophysiologie und Methodik von Spontan-EEG und ereigniskorrelierten Potentialen. Springer eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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