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Researcher · Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin · Germany

Michael Brecht

Michael Brecht publishes mostly in Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology, on topics such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Memory and Neural Mechanisms.

ORCID 0000-0002-5387-0953 OpenAlex
World rank
#251,217
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#12,706
of 364,343
Works
272
Citations
13k
Citations per work
46.6
h-index
57
i10-index 143Top 2.7% in Cognitive Neuroscience
Michael Brecht

What does Michael Brecht research?

Michael Brecht's work is mostly in Neuroscience (53%), Psychology (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Life Sciences: 159 works · 58.5% of their workNeuroscience: 144 works · 53.0% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 81 works · 29.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 51 works · 18.6% of their workSensory Systems: 7 works · 2.7% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 5 works · 1.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 works · 5.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 15 works · 5.5% of their workEverything else: 88 works · 32.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 25 works · 9.2% of their workPsychology: 25 works · 9.2% of their workSocial Psychology: 25 works · 9.2% of their workTHEIR WORKMichael Brecht272works
Life Sciences58%Social Sciences9%

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. Neuroscience14453.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology155.5%
  2. Everything else8832.3%
    1. Psychology259.2%
  1. 1Cognitive Neuroscience30% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience19% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology9% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology6% of their works
  5. 5Sensory Systems3% of their works
  6. 6Endocrine and Autonomic Systems2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Michael Brecht's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cortical Networks, Neuronal Oscillations, Neurobiology, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Social Behavior, Hippocampus and Memory.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Cortical Networks1021 topic
  2. Neuronal Oscillations1021 topic
  3. Neurobiology932 topics
  4. Neurotransmission661 topic
  5. Synaptic Plasticity661 topic
  6. Social Behavior562 topics
  7. Hippocampus511 topic
  8. Memory511 topic
  9. Oxytocin421 topic
  10. Trust421 topic
  11. Electrode Arrays351 topic
  12. Neural Stimulation351 topic
  13. COVID-19181 topic
  14. Olfactory Dysfunction181 topic
  15. Channelrhodopsin151 topic
  16. Optogenetics151 topic
  17. Evolution141 topic
  18. Primates141 topic

Where does Michael Brecht work?

Michael Brecht's main affiliation in the publication record is Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Michael Brecht have?

OpenAlex counts 272 works and 12,680 citations for Michael Brecht, an h-index of 57, ranking #251,217 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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