Torben Ott

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Torben Ott is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Torben Ott has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Torben Ott's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (13 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (8 papers). Torben Ott is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (13 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (8 papers). Torben Ott collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Torben Ott's co-authors include Andreas Nieder, Ádám Kepecs, Paul Masset, Simon N. Jacob, Junya Hirokawa, M. Bönitz, Katharina Schmack, James Fitzhugh Sturgill, Alexander Vaughan and Armin Lak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Torben Ott

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Dopamine and Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Dopamine and Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex
    2019 336 citations Torben Ott, Andreas Nieder Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Torben Ott Germany 13 654 351 146 110 70 28 1.1k
H. Flohr Germany 20 676 1.0× 368 1.0× 210 1.4× 34 0.3× 138 2.0× 61 1.7k
Gadi Goelman Israel 25 504 0.8× 172 0.5× 72 0.5× 170 1.5× 61 0.9× 74 1.6k
Niklas Manz United States 17 376 0.6× 206 0.6× 106 0.7× 103 0.9× 59 0.8× 38 884
Ram Lakhan Pandey Vimal United States 16 449 0.7× 154 0.4× 117 0.8× 161 1.5× 113 1.6× 49 698
Marco Bocchio France 17 358 0.5× 364 1.0× 122 0.8× 95 0.9× 30 0.4× 25 1.4k
William Sulis Canada 13 197 0.3× 181 0.5× 71 0.5× 80 0.7× 227 3.2× 42 759
Travis J. A. Craddock United States 23 184 0.3× 336 1.0× 396 2.7× 175 1.6× 56 0.8× 70 1.5k
Hugo Maes Belgium 17 1.2k 1.9× 415 1.2× 219 1.5× 80 0.7× 69 1.0× 45 1.4k
Pablo Balenzuela Argentina 16 1.3k 2.0× 159 0.5× 90 0.6× 47 0.4× 99 1.4× 45 1.7k
Meghan C. Campbell United States 28 554 0.8× 522 1.5× 179 1.2× 40 0.4× 67 1.0× 95 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Torben Ott

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Torben Ott

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Torben Ott. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Torben Ott 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 Torben Ott. Torben Ott 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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Ott, Torben, et al.. (2023). Dopamine receptor activation regulates reward expectancy signals during cognitive control in primate prefrontal neurons. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7537–7537. 5 indexed citations
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Engel, Tatiana A., Christopher Langdon, Grace W. Lindsay, et al.. (2022). Recent Advances at the Interface of Neuroscience and Artificial Neural Networks. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(45). 8514–8523. 12 indexed citations
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Christensen, Amelia J., Torben Ott, & Ádám Kepecs. (2022). Cognition and the single neuron: How cell types construct the dynamic computations of frontal cortex. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 77. 102630–102630. 10 indexed citations
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Ott, Torben, Paul Masset, Thiago S. Gouvêa, & Ádám Kepecs. (2022). Apparent sunk cost effect in rational agents. Science Advances. 8(6). eabi7004–eabi7004. 6 indexed citations
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Schmack, Katharina, et al.. (2021). Striatal dopamine mediates hallucination-like perception in mice. Science. 372(6537). 144 indexed citations
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Schmack, Katharina, Torben Ott, & Ádám Kepecs. (2021). Computational Psychiatry Across Species to Study the Biology of Hallucinations. JAMA Psychiatry. 79(1). 75–75. 2 indexed citations
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Masset, Paul, Torben Ott, Armin Lak, Junya Hirokawa, & Ádám Kepecs. (2020). Behavior- and Modality-General Representation of Confidence in Orbitofrontal Cortex. Cell. 182(1). 112–126.e18. 54 indexed citations
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Ott, Torben & Andreas Nieder. (2019). Dopamine and Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 23(3). 213–234. 336 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hartmann, Péter, Lorin Matthews, Truell Hyde, et al.. (2019). Self-diffusion in two-dimensional quasimagnetized rotating dusty plasmas. Physical review. E. 99(1). 13203–13203. 30 indexed citations
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Ott, Torben, Paul Masset, & Ádám Kepecs. (2018). The Neurobiology of Confidence: From Beliefs to Neurons. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 83. 9–16. 7 indexed citations
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Ott, Torben, et al.. (2017). Serotonin Decreases the Gain of Visual Responses in Awake Macaque V1. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(47). 11390–11405. 34 indexed citations
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Ott, Torben, Esther Drolshagen, D. Koschny, & Björn Poppe. (2016). PaDe - The particle detection program. 209.
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Ott, Torben & Andreas Nieder. (2016). Dopamine D2 Receptors Enhance Population Dynamics in Primate Prefrontal Working Memory Circuits. Cerebral Cortex. 27(9). 4423–4435. 36 indexed citations
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Ott, Torben, Simon N. Jacob, & Andreas Nieder. (2014). Dopamine Receptors Differentially Enhance Rule Coding in Primate Prefrontal Cortex Neurons. Neuron. 84(6). 1317–1328. 73 indexed citations
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Ott, Torben, Hartmut Löwen, & M. Bönitz. (2014). Dynamics of two-dimensional one-component and binary Yukawa systems in a magnetic field. Physical Review E. 89(1). 13105–13105. 36 indexed citations
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Jacob, Simon N., Torben Ott, & Andreas Nieder. (2013). Dopamine Regulates Two Classes of Primate Prefrontal Neurons That Represent Sensory Signals. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(34). 13724–13734. 53 indexed citations
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Hage, Steffen R., Torben Ott, Anne-Kathrin Eiselt, Simon N. Jacob, & Andreas Nieder. (2013). Ethograms indicate stable well-being during prolonged training phases in rhesus monkeys used in neurophysiological research. Laboratory Animals. 48(1). 82–87. 8 indexed citations
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Kaufmann, Roland, Carsten Lindschau, Klaus Buchner, & Torben Ott. (1992). CCKB receptor stimulation mediates [Ca2+]i increase but no PKC activation in Jurkat T-cells. Neuroreport. 3(8). 697–699. 19 indexed citations
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Henklein, Petra, et al.. (1987). [Improved synthesis of the highly active cholecystokinin sequence succinyl Tyr (OSO3-)-Met-Gly-Trp-Asp-Phe-NH2].. PubMed. 42(6). 413–4. 1 indexed citations
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Krug, Manfred, Torben Ott, & H Matthies. (1980). The septo-hippocampal pathway: electrophysiological observations.. PubMed. 55(3). 261–72. 4 indexed citations

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