Wolfram Schultz

13.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
6 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Wolfram Schultz is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfram Schultz has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Wolfram Schultz's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (4 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (3 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers). Wolfram Schultz is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (4 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (3 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers). Wolfram Schultz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Wolfram Schultz's co-authors include P. Read Montague, Peter Dayan, Léon Tremblay, Jacques Mirenowicz, Colin F. Camerer, John P. O’Doherty, Antonio Rangel and Todd A. Hare and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wolfram Schultz

6 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Neural Substrate of Prediction and Reward 1996 2026 2006 2016 1997 1999 1996 2008 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. A Neural Substrate of Prediction and Reward
    1997 6.2k citations Wolfram Schultz, Peter Dayan et al. Science profile →
  2. Relative reward preference in primate orbitofrontal cortex
    1999 986 citations Léon Tremblay, Wolfram Schultz Nature profile →
  3. Preferential activation of midbrain dopamine neurons by appetitive rather than aversive stimuli
    1996 656 citations Jacques Mirenowicz, Wolfram Schultz Nature profile →
  4. Dissociating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex and the Striatum in the Computation of Goal Values and Prediction Errors
    2008 612 citations Todd A. Hare, John P. O’Doherty et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfram Schultz Switzerland 6 6.3k 3.5k 1.3k 902 708 6 8.9k
P. Read Montague United States 19 3.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 991 0.8× 690 0.8× 562 0.8× 28 6.5k
A. David Redish United States 53 7.8k 1.2× 5.3k 1.5× 722 0.6× 897 1.0× 726 1.0× 149 10.4k
Daeyeol Lee United States 52 6.9k 1.1× 2.3k 0.6× 794 0.6× 699 0.8× 782 1.1× 133 8.5k
E. Szabadi United Kingdom 50 4.2k 0.7× 3.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 919 1.0× 743 1.0× 276 8.8k
Matthew R. Roesch United States 38 4.6k 0.7× 2.9k 0.8× 991 0.8× 502 0.6× 645 0.9× 92 6.3k
J. L. Evenden United Kingdom 32 3.1k 0.5× 2.9k 0.8× 885 0.7× 729 0.8× 639 0.9× 63 6.7k
Geoffrey Schoenbaum United States 66 12.0k 1.9× 7.7k 2.2× 2.4k 1.9× 1.4k 1.5× 1.7k 2.5× 175 15.7k
Emrah Düzel Germany 68 9.9k 1.6× 3.4k 1.0× 804 0.6× 1.5k 1.7× 817 1.2× 243 13.8k
John A. Parkinson United Kingdom 34 4.4k 0.7× 3.9k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 684 0.8× 1.3k 1.8× 73 7.6k
Cyriel M. A. Pennartz Netherlands 57 7.7k 1.2× 5.9k 1.7× 1.6k 1.2× 728 0.8× 853 1.2× 173 11.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfram Schultz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfram Schultz

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Hare, Todd A., Wolfram Schultz, Colin F. Camerer, John P. O’Doherty, & Antonio Rangel. (2011). Transformation of stimulus value signals into motor commands during simple choice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(44). 18120–18125. 255 indexed citations
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Hare, Todd A., John P. O’Doherty, Colin F. Camerer, Wolfram Schultz, & Antonio Rangel. (2008). Dissociating the Role of the Orbitofrontal Cortex and the Striatum in the Computation of Goal Values and Prediction Errors. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(22). 5623–5630. 612 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Schultz, Wolfram. (2003). Changes in behavior-related neuronal activity in the striatum during learning. Trends in Neurosciences. 26(6). 321–328. 168 indexed citations
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Tremblay, Léon & Wolfram Schultz. (1999). Relative reward preference in primate orbitofrontal cortex. Nature. 398(6729). 704–708. 986 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schultz, Wolfram, Peter Dayan, & P. Read Montague. (1997). A Neural Substrate of Prediction and Reward. Science. 275(5306). 1593–1599. 6196 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mirenowicz, Jacques & Wolfram Schultz. (1996). Preferential activation of midbrain dopamine neurons by appetitive rather than aversive stimuli. Nature. 379(6564). 449–451. 656 indexed citations breakdown →

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