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Researcher · University College London · United Kingdom

Karl John Friston

Karl John Friston publishes mostly in Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Artificial Intelligence, on topics such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and Embodied and Extended Cognition.

ORCID 0000-0001-7984-8909 OpenAlex
World rank
#453
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#39
of 367,258
Works
1,950
Citations
310k
Citations per work
158.9
h-index
262
i10-index 1,180Top 0.1% in Cognitive Neuroscience
Karl John Friston

What does Karl John Friston research?

Karl John Friston's work is mostly in Neuroscience (51%), Medicine (6%), Psychology (6%).

Life Sciences: 994 works · 51.0% of their workNeuroscience: 994 works · 51.0% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 938 works · 48.1% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 57 works · 2.9% of their workEverything else: 644 works · 33.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 119 works · 6.1% of their workMedicine: 119 works · 6.1% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 119 works · 6.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 111 works · 5.7% of their workPsychology: 111 works · 5.7% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 58 works · 3.0% of their workSocial Psychology: 53 works · 2.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 82 works · 4.2% of their workComputer Science: 82 works · 4.2% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 82 works · 4.2% of their workTHEIR WORKKarl John Friston1,950works
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences6%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience99451.0%
  2. Everything else64433.0%
    1. Medicine1196.1%
    1. Psychology1115.7%
    1. Computer Science824.2%
  1. 1Cognitive Neuroscience48% of their works
  2. 2Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6% of their works
  3. 3Artificial Intelligence4% of their works
  4. 4Experimental and Cognitive Psychology3% of their works
  5. 5Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience3% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karl John Friston's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cortical Networks, Neuronal Oscillations, Functional Connectivity, Resting-State fMRI, Embodied Cognition, Predictive Brain Theory, Cognitive Control and Neural Mechanisms.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Cortical Networks7611 topic
  2. Neuronal Oscillations7611 topic
  3. Functional Connectivity6261 topic
  4. Resting-State fMRI6261 topic
  5. Embodied Cognition2391 topic
  6. Predictive Brain Theory2391 topic
  7. Cognitive Control1681 topic
  8. Neural Mechanisms1681 topic
  9. Brain-Computer Interfaces1521 topic
  10. EEG Analysis1521 topic
  11. Diffusion MRI1381 topic
  12. White Matter1381 topic
  13. Neural Processing1141 topic
  14. Visual Perception1141 topic
  15. Magnetic Resonance Imaging1131 topic
  16. Perfusion Imaging1131 topic

Where does Karl John Friston work?

Karl John Friston's main affiliation in the publication record is University College London, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Karl John Friston have?

OpenAlex counts 1,950 works and 309,841 citations for Karl John Friston, an h-index of 262, ranking #453 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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