Walter Sturm

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Walter Sturm is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Sturm has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 6 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Walter Sturm's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (32 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (20 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (15 papers). Walter Sturm is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (32 papers), Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction (20 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (15 papers). Walter Sturm collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Walter Sturm's co-authors include Klaus Willmes, Susanne Weis, W. Hartje, Robert Langner, Markus Thimm, Gereon R. Fink, Anjan Chatterjee, Markus Hausmann, B. Orgass and Jutta Küst and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Walter Sturm

74 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

On the Functional Neuroanatomy of Intrinsic and Phasic Al... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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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. On the Functional Neuroanatomy of Intrinsic and Phasic Alertness
    2001 568 citations Walter Sturm, Klaus Willmes NeuroImage profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Sturm Germany 28 2.3k 588 477 290 222 75 3.3k
Kathryn M. McMillan United States 9 2.4k 1.1× 712 1.2× 556 1.2× 279 1.0× 452 2.0× 13 3.4k
Francisco Barceló Spain 29 2.9k 1.2× 766 1.3× 790 1.7× 217 0.7× 142 0.6× 58 4.2k
Allyson Rosen United States 26 1.7k 0.7× 355 0.6× 552 1.2× 185 0.6× 191 0.9× 70 2.6k
Taylor W. Schmitz United States 27 1.9k 0.8× 483 0.8× 747 1.6× 329 1.1× 217 1.0× 43 2.8k
Guy Delfiore Belgium 21 2.7k 1.2× 933 1.6× 446 0.9× 231 0.8× 222 1.0× 31 3.4k
Michelangelo Buonocore Italy 22 2.1k 0.9× 368 0.6× 351 0.7× 177 0.6× 333 1.5× 90 3.5k
Geoffrey B. Hall Canada 32 1.7k 0.7× 598 1.0× 868 1.8× 382 1.3× 359 1.6× 114 3.4k
Hong Pan United States 27 1.3k 0.6× 689 1.2× 476 1.0× 399 1.4× 232 1.0× 74 3.1k
Sylvie Chokron France 37 2.8k 1.2× 468 0.8× 251 0.5× 237 0.8× 300 1.4× 139 4.4k
Jay S. Reidler United States 11 2.3k 1.0× 774 1.3× 366 0.8× 165 0.6× 409 1.8× 21 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Sturm

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Sturm

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walter Sturm. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walter Sturm 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 Walter Sturm. Walter Sturm 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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Stephan, Denise N., et al.. (2015). The role of crossmodal competition and dimensional overlap in crossmodal attention switching. Acta Psychologica. 155. 67–76. 20 indexed citations
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Sturm, Walter, Markus Thimm, Ferdinand Binkofski, et al.. (2013). Combined Space and Alertness Related Therapy of Visual Hemineglect: Effect of Therapy Frequency. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 373–373. 8 indexed citations
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Dyck, Miriam, Liliana Ramona Demenescu, J. Christopher Edgar, et al.. (2012). Mood Modulates Auditory Laterality of Hemodynamic Mismatch Responses during Dichotic Listening. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e31936–e31936. 9 indexed citations
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Kraus, Thomas, Monika Gube, Jessica Lang, et al.. (2012). Surveillance Program for Former PCB-Exposed Workers of a Transformer and Capacitor Recycling Company, Family Members, Employees of Surrounding Companies, and Area Residents—Executive Summary. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 75(19-20). 1241–1247. 31 indexed citations
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Clemens, Benjamin, Mikhail Zvyagintsev, Alexander T. Sack, et al.. (2011). Revealing the Functional Neuroanatomy of Intrinsic Alertness Using fMRI: Methodological Peculiarities. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e25453–e25453. 38 indexed citations
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Thimm, Markus, Ralph Weidner, Gereon R. Fink, & Walter Sturm. (2011). Neural mechanisms underlying freedom to choose an object. Human Brain Mapping. 33(11). 2686–2693. 10 indexed citations
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Weis, Susanne, et al.. (2010). Dynamic changes in functional cerebral connectivity of spatial cognition during the menstrual cycle. Human Brain Mapping. 32(10). 1544–1556. 62 indexed citations
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Langner, Robert, Klaus Willmes, Anjan Chatterjee, Simon B. Eickhoff, & Walter Sturm. (2010). Energetic effects of stimulus intensity on prolonged simple reaction-time performance. Psychological Research. 74(5). 499–512. 55 indexed citations
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Wolter, Marc, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of Spatial Processing in Virtual Reality Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). CyberPsychology & Behavior. 148380233–148380233. 1 indexed citations
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Sturm, Walter, Markus Thimm, Gereon R. Fink, et al.. (2009). Raum- vs. aufmerksamkeitsbezogene Therapie bei Halbseiten-Neglekt: Ein Vergleich mithilfe von Verhaltens- und Bildgebungsdaten. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 10(2). 56–60. 3 indexed citations
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Weis, Susanne, et al.. (2008). Estradiol Modulates Functional Brain Organization during the Menstrual Cycle: An Analysis of Interhemispheric Inhibition. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(50). 13401–13410. 111 indexed citations
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Sturm, Walter. (2007). Neuropsychological assessment. Journal of Neurology. 254(S2). II12–II14. 17 indexed citations
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Sturm, Walter, Markus Thimm, Jutta Küst, H. Karbe, & Gereon R. Fink. (2006). Alertness-training in neglect: Behavioral and imaging results. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 24(4-6). 371–384. 40 indexed citations
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Thimm, Markus, Gereon R. Fink, Jutta Küst, H. Karbe, & Walter Sturm. (2005). Impact of alertness training on spatial neglect: A behavioural and fMRI study. Neuropsychologia. 44(7). 1230–1246. 110 indexed citations
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Dietrich, Thomas, Timo Krings, J. Neulen, et al.. (2001). Effects of Blood Estrogen Level on Cortical Activation Patterns during Cognitive Activation as Measured by Functional MRI. NeuroImage. 13(3). 425–432. 176 indexed citations
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Sturm, Walter & Klaus Willmes. (2001). On the Functional Neuroanatomy of Intrinsic and Phasic Alertness. NeuroImage. 14(1). S76–S84. 568 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weis, Susanne, Bruno Fimm, Thomas Dietrich, et al.. (2000). The functional anatomy of intrinsic and phasic alertness—a PET study with auditory stimulation. NeuroImage. 11(5). S10–S10. 17 indexed citations
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Doering, W., E. König, & Walter Sturm. (1977). [Digitalis intoxication: specifity and significance of cardiac and extracardiac symptoms. part I: Patients with digitalis-induced arrhythmias (author's transl)].. PubMed. 66(3). 121–8. 9 indexed citations

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