Volker Sturm

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
108 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Volker Sturm is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Sturm has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Neurology, 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 25 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Volker Sturm's work include Neurological disorders and treatments (62 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (40 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (25 papers). Volker Sturm is often cited by papers focused on Neurological disorders and treatments (62 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (40 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (25 papers). Volker Sturm collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Volker Sturm's co-authors include Doris Lenartz, Thomas E. Schläepfer, Mohammad Maarouf, Harald Treuer, Jürgen Voges, Nikolai Axmacher, Michael X Cohen, Jens Volkmann, Alfons Schnitzler and Hans‐Joachim Freund and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Volker Sturm

108 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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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.

Deep Brain Stimulation to Reward Circuitry Alleviates Anhedonia in Refractory Major Depression

2007 669 citations Thomas E. Schläepfer, Michael X Cohen et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →
Nucleus Accumbens Deep Brain Stimulation Decreases Ratings of Depression and Anxiety in Treatment-Resistant Depression

2009 595 citations Nikolai Axmacher, Michael X Cohen et al. profile →
Neuropsychological and psychiatric changes after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a randomised, multicentre study

2008 471 citations Karsten Witt, Christine Daniels et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Volker Sturm Germany	48	5.0k	2.7k	1.7k	1.5k	1.0k	108	7.8k
Kelly D. Foote United States	53	7.8k 1.5×	3.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	273	9.8k
Volker Tronnier Germany	44	3.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	588 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	149 0.1×	194	6.1k
Gerhard M. Friehs United States	29	2.1k 0.4×	3.5k 1.3×	3.9k 2.2×	808 0.5×	949 0.9×	61	6.6k
S. Asenbaum Austria	42	1.9k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	928 0.5×	258 0.2×	283 0.3×	105	5.1k
Lili‐Naz Hazrati Canada	37	3.9k 0.8×	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	839 0.5×	240 0.2×	110	6.6k
Veerle Visser‐Vandewalle Germany	50	5.9k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.8×	233	8.4k
Volker A. Coenen Germany	36	3.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	400 0.4×	187	5.7k
Adrian Danek Germany	45	1.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	132 0.1×	214	6.6k
Nader Pouratian United States	45	1.8k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	415 0.3×	98 0.1×	245	6.5k
Peter Fuhr Switzerland	46	2.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	2.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	153 0.2×	161	6.5k

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Hardenacke, K., Jens Kuhn, Doris Lenartz, et al.. (2012). Stimulate or Degenerate: Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Basalis Meynert in Alzheimer Dementia. World Neurosurgery. 80(3-4). S27.e35–S27.e43. 33 indexed citations

Allert, Niels, et al.. (2011). Is a Patient Controller for Parkinson’s Disease Patients with Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Reasonable?. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 89(5). 305–310. 6 indexed citations

Axmacher, Nikolai, Michael X Cohen, Juergen Fell, et al.. (2010). Intracranial EEG Correlates of Expectancy and Memory Formation in the Human Hippocampus and Nucleus Accumbens. Neuron. 65(4). 541–549. 130 indexed citations

Reck, Christiane, Esther Florin, Lars Wojtecki, et al.. (2009). Characterisation of tremor‐associated local field potentials in the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson’s disease. European Journal of Neuroscience. 29(3). 599–612. 76 indexed citations

Majdoub, Faycal El, Anna Brunn, Frank Berthold, Volker Sturm, & Mohammad Maarouf. (2009). Stereotactic interstitial radiosurgery for intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 185(2). 109–112. 32 indexed citations

Freund, Hans‐Joachim, Jens Kuhn, Doris Lenartz, et al.. (2009). Cognitive Functions in a Patient With Parkinson-Dementia Syndrome Undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation. Archives of Neurology. 66(6). 781–5. 115 indexed citations

Cohen, Michael X, Nikolai Axmacher, Doris Lenartz, et al.. (2008). Neuroelectric Signatures of Reward Learning and Decision-Making in the Human Nucleus Accumbens. Neuropsychopharmacology. 34(7). 1649–1658. 51 indexed citations

Witt, Karsten, Christine Daniels, Julia Reiff, et al.. (2008). Neuropsychological and psychiatric changes after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a randomised, multicentre study. The Lancet Neurology. 7(7). 605–614. 471 indexed citations breakdown →

Kuhn, Jens, Doris Lenartz, W. Huff, et al.. (2008). Transient Manic-like Episode Following Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens and the Internal Capsule in a Patient With Tourette Syndrome. Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface. 11(2). 128–131. 22 indexed citations

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Wojtecki, Lars, Janpeter Nickel, Lars Timmermann, et al.. (2007). Pathological crying induced by deep brain stimulation. Movement Disorders. 22(9). 1314–1316. 30 indexed citations

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Kosel, Markus, Volker Sturm, Caroline Frick, et al.. (2006). Mood improvement after deep brain stimulation of the internal globus pallidus for tardive dyskinesia in a patient suffering from major depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 41(9). 801–803. 70 indexed citations

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Voges, J., Martin Köcher, Matthias Runge, et al.. (2006). Linear accelerator radiosurgery for pituitary macroadenomas. Cancer. 107(6). 1355–1364. 66 indexed citations

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Maarouf, Mohammad, et al.. (2005). Radiation Exposure of Extracranial Organs at Risk during Stereotactic Linac Radiosurgery. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 181(7). 463–467. 23 indexed citations

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Köcher, Martin, Hans-Bruno Makoski, Werner Hassler, et al.. (2004). α/β Ratio for arteriovenous malformations estimated from obliteration rates after fractionated and single-dose irradiation. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 71(1). 109–114. 22 indexed citations

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Volkmann, Jens, Niels Allert, Jürgen Voges, et al.. (2004). Long‐term results of bilateral pallidal stimulation in Parkinson's disease. Annals of Neurology. 55(6). 871–875. 176 indexed citations

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Tass, Peter A., Joachim Klosterkötter, Frank Schneider, et al.. (2003). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Development of Demand-Controlled Deep Brain Stimulation with Methods from Stochastic Phase Resetting. Neuropsychopharmacology. 28(S1). S27–S34. 51 indexed citations

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Voges, Jürgen, et al.. (2002). Tissue reactions after long‐term intracerebral implantation of three different types of biodegradable polylactide rods in the rat. PubMed. 2(2). 70–76. 7 indexed citations

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Volkmann, Jens & Volker Sturm. (1998). Indication and results of stereotactic surgery for advanced Parkinson's disease. PubMed. 8(4). 209–216. 3 indexed citations

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Clorius, John H., Hannsjörg Sinn, J. Blatter, et al.. (1995). Serum albumin (SA) accumulation by bronchogenic tumours: a tracer technique may help with patient selection for SA-delivered chemotherapy. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 22(9). 989–996. 5 indexed citations

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Engenhart, R., B. Kimmig, K.H. Höver, et al.. (1990). Stereotactic single high dose radiation therapy of benign intracranial meningiomas. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 19(4). 1021–1026. 122 indexed citations

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