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Axel Riecker

Axel Riecker

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
6598
World Ranking
8953
National Ranking
749

Axel Riecker publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Riecker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 99 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Axel Riecker D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Riecker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Axel Riecker is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany. Their academic profile reflects a focus on higher education and research within the university setting.

Although specific details about recent papers, co-authors, and frequent publication venues are not available, Axel Riecker's association with an established European university suggests active participation in academic activities and potential involvement in various research projects.

Due to the lack of detailed publication records, topics of study, or book publications, the profile remains concentrated on the confirmed institutional affiliation. This affiliation often indicates contributions to teaching, research, and perhaps collaborative work within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • The contribution of the insula to motor aspects of speech production: a review and a hypothesis.

    Hermann Ackermann;Axel Riecker

  • Identification of emotional intonation evaluated by fMRI.

    Dirk Wildgruber;Axel Riecker;Ingo Hertrich;Michael Erb

  • Opposite hemispheric lateralization effects during speaking and singing at motor cortex, insula and cerebellum.

    Axel Riecker;Hermann Ackermann;CA Dirk Wildgruber;Grzegorz Dogil

  • The contribution of the cerebellum to speech production and speech perception: clinical and functional imaging data.

    Hermann Ackermann;Klaus Mathiak;Axel Riecker

  • fMRI reveals two distinct cerebral networks subserving speech motor control.

    A. Riecker;K. Mathiak;D. Wildgruber;M. Erb

  • Diagnosis and treatment of bulbar symptoms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Peter Kühnlein;Hans-Jürgen Gdynia;Anne-Dorte Sperfeld;Beate Lindner-Pfleghar

  • The contribution of white and gray matter differences to developmental dyslexia: Insights from DTI and VBM at 3.0 T

    C. Steinbrink;K. Vogt;A. Kastrup;H.-P. Müller

  • The contribution(s) of the insula to speech production: a review of the clinical and functional imaging literature

    Hermann Ackermann;Axel Riecker

  • Distinct Frontal Regions Subserve Evaluation of Linguistic and Emotional Aspects of Speech Intonation

    D. Wildgruber;I. Hertrich;A. Riecker;M. Erb

  • Functional significance of age-related differences in motor activation patterns.

    Axel Riecker;Klaus Gröschel;Hermann Ackermann;Claudia Steinbrink

  • Systematic Review of Early Recurrent Stenosis After Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

    Klaus Gröschel;Axel Riecker;Jörg B. Schulz;Ulrike Ernemann

  • The speaking brain: a tutorial introduction to fMRI experiments in the production of speech, prosody and syntax

    G Dogil;H Ackermann;W Grodd;H Haider

  • Hemispheric lateralization effects of rhythm implementation during syllable repetitions: an fMRI study.

    Axel Riecker;Dirk Wildgruber;Grzegorz Dogil;Wolfgang Grodd

  • The influence of syllable onset complexity and syllable frequency on speech motor control.

    Axel Riecker;Bettina Brendel;Wolfram Ziegler;Michael Erb

  • Parametric analysis of rate-dependent hemodynamic response functions of cortical and subcortical brain structures during auditorily cued finger tapping: a fMRI study

    Axel Riecker;Dirk Wildgruber;Klaus Mathiak;Wolfgang Grodd

  • The contribution of mesiofrontal cortex to the preparation and execution of repetitive syllable productions: An fMRI study

    Bettina Brendel;Ingo Hertrich;Michael Erb;Axel Lindner

  • The role of the unaffected hemisphere in motor recovery after stroke

    Axel Riecker;Klaus Gröschel;Hermann Ackermann;Sonja Schnaudigel

  • The cerebral control of speech tempo: opposite relationship between speaking rate and BOLD signal changes at striatal and cerebellar structures.

    Axel Riecker;Jan Kassubek;Klaus Gröschel;Wolfgang Grodd

  • Relation between regional functional MRI activation and vascular reactivity to carbon dioxide during normal aging.

    Axel Riecker;Wolfgang Grodd;Uwe Klose;Jorg B. Schulz

  • Articulatory/phonetic sequencing at the level of the anterior perisylvian cortex: a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study.

    Axel Riecker;Hermann Ackermann;Dirk Wildgruber;Jörg Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Hermann Ackermann
Hermann Ackermann University of Tübingen
Wolfgang Grodd
Wolfgang Grodd Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Jan Kassubek
Jan Kassubek University of Ulm
Dirk Wildgruber
Dirk Wildgruber University of Tübingen
Albert C. Ludolph
Albert C. Ludolph University of Ulm
Michael Erb
Michael Erb Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Klaus Mathiak
Klaus Mathiak RWTH Aachen University
Otto W. Witte
Otto W. Witte Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ingo Hertrich
Ingo Hertrich University of Tübingen
Thomas Lachmann
Thomas Lachmann Technical University of Kaiserslautern

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