Volker Mall

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Volker Mall is a scholar working on Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Mall has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Neurology, 36 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 31 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Volker Mall's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (39 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (28 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (20 papers). Volker Mall is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (39 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (28 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (20 papers). Volker Mall collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Volker Mall's co-authors include Nikolai H. Jung, Steffen Berweck, Hartwig R. Siebner, Ulf Ziemann, N Kuhnke, Igor Delvendahl, Rudolf Korinthenberg, Tatsuya Mima, Josep Valls‐Solé and Gary W. Thickbroom and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Volker Mall

100 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

A practical guide to diagnostic transcranial magnetic sti... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 250 500 750
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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 practical guide to diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation: Report of an IFCN committee
    2012 883 citations Volker Mall et al. Clinical Neurophysiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Volker Mall Germany 31 1.5k 1.0k 888 866 502 112 3.3k
Kathleen M. Friel United States 31 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 709 0.8× 700 0.8× 407 0.8× 77 3.0k
Antonio Currà Italy 31 1.6k 1.1× 719 0.7× 1.5k 1.7× 888 1.0× 558 1.1× 115 3.6k
S. Wroe United Kingdom 19 2.8k 1.8× 540 0.5× 928 1.0× 1.4k 1.7× 876 1.7× 39 4.3k
Adriana Bastos Conforto Brazil 28 1.5k 1.0× 564 0.6× 734 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 584 1.2× 130 3.6k
Reiner Benecke Germany 38 2.3k 1.5× 509 0.5× 2.7k 3.0× 1.3k 1.5× 700 1.4× 101 5.5k
Carlo Trompetto Italy 28 1.2k 0.8× 480 0.5× 1.4k 1.6× 892 1.0× 604 1.2× 135 3.1k
Michelle L. Byrnes Australia 32 910 0.6× 254 0.2× 601 0.7× 795 0.9× 472 0.9× 61 2.6k
Isabelle Loubinoux France 33 1.5k 1.0× 342 0.3× 788 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 732 1.5× 83 4.1k
Patrick Mertens France 41 1.5k 1.0× 919 0.9× 2.7k 3.0× 854 1.0× 214 0.4× 170 5.8k
André G. Machado United States 40 2.1k 1.3× 567 0.6× 3.3k 3.7× 1.4k 1.6× 450 0.9× 206 6.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Volker Mall

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All Works

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Bernhardt, Katharina, Luisa M. Rivera, Martha Kenney, et al.. (2024). Young children’s development after forced displacement: a systematic review. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 18(1). 20–20. 7 indexed citations
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Breeman, Linda D., Mathias Harrer, Ayten Bilgin, et al.. (2023). Effects of a Mobile-Based Intervention for Parents of Children With Crying, Sleeping, and Feeding Problems: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 11. e41804–e41804. 3 indexed citations
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Mall, Volker, et al.. (2023). Designing Well-Being: A Qualitative Investigation of Young Patients’ Perspectives on the Material Hospital Environment. HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal. 16(3). 168–181. 3 indexed citations
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Bernhardt, Katharina, et al.. (2023). Exploring Mental Health and Development in Refugee Children Through Systematic Play Assessment. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 56(3). 629–639. 3 indexed citations
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Münchau, Alexander, et al.. (2018). Neuronale Plastizität und Neuromodulation in der Kinderneurologie. Der Nervenarzt. 89(10). 1131–1139. 1 indexed citations
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Kühn, Marion, F Mainberger, Bernd Feige, et al.. (2015). State-Dependent Partial Occlusion of Cortical LTP-Like Plasticity in Major Depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 41(6). 1521–1529. 60 indexed citations
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Jung, Nikolai H., Ina Nehring, A. Sebastian Schroeder, et al.. (2014). Does hip displacement influence health-related quality of life in children with cerebral palsy?. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 17(6). 420–425. 35 indexed citations
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Mainberger, F, Martin Zenker, Nikolai H. Jung, et al.. (2013). Impaired motor cortex plasticity in patients with Noonan syndrome. Clinical Neurophysiology. 124(12). 2439–2444. 8 indexed citations
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Mall, Volker, et al.. (2005). Recruitment of the Sensorimotor Cortex - A Developmental fMRI Study. Neuropediatrics. 36(6). 373–379. 22 indexed citations
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Mall, Volker, Steffen Berweck, Urban M. Fietzek, et al.. (2004). Low Level of Intracortical Inhibition in Children Shown by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Neuropediatrics. 35(2). 120–125. 49 indexed citations
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Kirschner, Janbernd, Gunther H. Moll, Urban M. Fietzek, et al.. (2003). Methylphenidate Enhances Both Intracortical Inhibition and Facilitation in Healthy Adults. Pharmacopsychiatry. 36(2). 79–82. 36 indexed citations
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Mall, Volker, Franz X. Glocker, Urban M. Fietzek, et al.. (2001). Inhibitory conditioning stimulus in transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces the number of excited spinal motor neurons. Clinical Neurophysiology. 112(10). 1810–1813. 5 indexed citations
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Kirschner, Janbernd, Steffen Berweck, Volker Mall, Rudolf Korinthenberg, & Florian Heinen. (2001). Botulinum toxin treatment in cerebral palsy: evidence for a new treatment option. Journal of Neurology. 248(S1). I28–I30. 26 indexed citations
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Mall, Volker, Florian Heinen, Janbernd Kirschner, et al.. (2000). Evaluation of Botulinum Toxin A Therapy in Children With Adductor Spasm by Gross Motor Function Measure. Journal of Child Neurology. 15(4). 214–217. 49 indexed citations
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Kirschner, Janbernd, et al.. (1999). Absence of transcallosal inhibition in adolescents with diplegic cerebral palsy. Muscle & Nerve. 22(2). 255–257. 33 indexed citations

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