Wolfgang Köhler

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Köhler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Köhler has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Neurology and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Köhler's work include Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (23 papers), RNA regulation and disease (13 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers). Wolfgang Köhler is often cited by papers focused on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (23 papers), RNA regulation and disease (13 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers). Wolfgang Köhler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Wolfgang Köhler's co-authors include Stanley Coren, Adeline Vanderver, Julian Curiel, Julian Silverman, Pauline Austin Adams, Alfried Kohlschütter, David Edwin, Johannes Berger, W. Brennemann and S. Naidu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Köhler

76 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Gestalt Psychology: An Introduction to New Concepts in Mo... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 100 200 300 400
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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. Gestalt Psychology: An Introduction to New Concepts in Modern Psychology
    1970 481 citations Wolfgang Köhler profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Köhler Germany 26 861 352 321 270 245 79 2.3k
Cordula Nitsch Germany 33 933 1.1× 431 1.2× 354 1.1× 58 0.2× 119 0.5× 116 3.1k
Kevin O’Connor United States 27 380 0.4× 244 0.7× 1.4k 4.3× 176 0.7× 275 1.1× 98 3.8k
Anthony J. Adams United States 44 1.4k 1.6× 1.0k 3.0× 104 0.3× 81 0.3× 155 0.6× 170 6.1k
M. Anne Spence United States 44 1.6k 1.8× 2.2k 6.3× 223 0.7× 338 1.3× 195 0.8× 157 6.3k
Irma Järvelä Finland 42 1.7k 2.0× 972 2.8× 1.5k 4.6× 113 0.4× 246 1.0× 146 5.6k
John N. Walton United Kingdom 37 1.7k 2.0× 717 2.0× 474 1.5× 105 0.4× 147 0.6× 126 5.5k
Ian G. Morgan Australia 62 3.0k 3.5× 904 2.6× 480 1.5× 59 0.2× 424 1.7× 248 14.6k
Katherine Bryant United Kingdom 18 638 0.7× 396 1.1× 1.1k 3.4× 51 0.2× 129 0.5× 43 2.9k
Susan L. Campbell United States 23 1.7k 1.9× 301 0.9× 211 0.7× 54 0.2× 128 0.5× 47 3.3k
Pamela Flodman United States 34 1.1k 1.3× 928 2.6× 427 1.3× 187 0.7× 140 0.6× 70 3.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Köhler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wolfgang Köhler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wolfgang Köhler 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 Wolfgang Köhler. Wolfgang Köhler is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wu, Qiong, et al.. (2025). Boostering diagnosis of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with AI-driven neuroimaging – A systematic review and meta-analysis. NeuroImage Clinical. 45. 103757–103757. 1 indexed citations
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Bergner, Caroline G., Inge M. E. Dijkstra, Irene C. Huffnagel, et al.. (2024). Lipidomic biomarkers in plasma correlate with disease severity in adrenoleukodystrophy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 175–175. 9 indexed citations
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Bergner, Caroline G., Marjolein Breur, Julia Lier, et al.. (2024). Dominant CST3 variants cause adult onset leukodystrophy without amyloid angiopathy. Brain. 147(10). 3562–3572. 4 indexed citations
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Bergner, Caroline G., Vladan Vučinić, Julia Lier, et al.. (2023). Case report: Treatment of advanced CSF1-receptor associated leukoencephalopathy with hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1163107–1163107. 1 indexed citations
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Bergner, Caroline G., Simon Hametner, Jonas Franz, et al.. (2021). Concurrent axon and myelin destruction differentiates X‐linked adrenoleukodystrophy from multiple sclerosis. Glia. 69(10). 2362–2377. 11 indexed citations
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Weinhofer, Isabelle, Paulus Rommer, Bettina Zierfuss, et al.. (2021). Neurofilament light chain as a potential biomarker for monitoring neurodegeneration in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1816–1816. 36 indexed citations
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Köhler, Wolfgang, et al.. (2020). Nichtentzündliche Muskelschmerzen. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 145(13). 887–894. 2 indexed citations
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Zierfuss, Bettina, Isabelle Weinhofer, Niko Popitsch, et al.. (2020). Targeting foam cell formation in inflammatory brain diseases by the histone modifier MS‐275. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 7(11). 2161–2177. 13 indexed citations
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Fischer, Martin, Wolfgang Köhler, Jürgen Faiss, et al.. (2019). A smart peek: Processing of rapid visual displays is disturbed in newly diagnosed, cognitively intact MS patients and refers to cognitive performance and disease progression in late stages. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 401. 118–124. 2 indexed citations
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Köhler, Wolfgang, Martin Fischer, Peter Bublak, et al.. (2017). Information processing deficits as a driving force for memory impairment in MS: A cross-sectional study of memory functions and MRI in early and late stage MS. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 18. 119–127. 8 indexed citations
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Faiss, Jürgen, K. Baum, F. Hoffmann, et al.. (2014). Reduced magnetisation transfer ratio in cognitively impaired patients at the very early stage of multiple sclerosis: a prospective, multicenter, cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 4(4). e004409–e004409. 16 indexed citations
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Köhler, Wolfgang, Sven Ehrlich, Christian Dohmen, et al.. (2014). Tryptophan immunoadsorption for the treatment of autoimmune encephalitis. European Journal of Neurology. 22(1). 203–206. 31 indexed citations
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Fischer, Martin, Annett Kunkel, Peter Bublak, et al.. (2014). How reliable is the classification of cognitive impairment across different criteria in early and late stages of multiple sclerosis?. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 343(1-2). 91–99. 73 indexed citations
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Knaap, Marjo S. van der, Vincent Lai, Wolfgang Köhler, et al.. (2010). Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with cysts without MLC1 defect. Annals of Neurology. 67(6). 834–837. 39 indexed citations
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Semmler, Alexander, Wolfgang Köhler, Hans H. Jung, Michael Weller, & Michael Linnebank. (2008). Therapy of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 8(9). 1367–1379. 31 indexed citations
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Stoffel‐Wagner, Birgit, et al.. (2005). Adrenal steroids in adrenomyeloneuropathy. Journal of Neurology. 252(12). 1525–1529. 4 indexed citations
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Edwin, David, Lynn J. Speedie, Wolfgang Köhler, et al.. (1996). Cognitive and brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in adrenomyeloneuropathy. Annals of Neurology. 40(4). 675–678. 20 indexed citations
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Köhler, Wolfgang, et al.. (1956). Aktuelle Probleme der Praktischen und Wissenschaftlichen Kolposkopie. 3 indexed citations

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