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74
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15514
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19509
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Axel Steiger publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 420 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Axel Steiger D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 74 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Axel Steiger is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology. Their work frequently intersects subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's research topics are focused on sleep and wakefulness, covering areas like sleep and related disorders, circadian rhythms and melatonin, neural dynamics and brain function, functional brain connectivity studies, stress responses and cortisol, as well as EEG and brain-computer interfaces.

Recent publications by Axel Steiger include the following papers:

  • "A set of composite, non-redundant EEG measures of NREM sleep based on the power law scaling of the Fourier spectrum," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Increased Aperiodic Neural Activity During Sleep in Major Depressive Disorder," 2022, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • "Durable memories and efficient neural coding through mnemonic training using the method of loci," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Non-REM sleep in major depressive disorder," 2022, NeuroImage Clinical
  • "Sleep fragmentation and lucid dreaming," 2020, Consciousness and Cognition

Axel Steiger frequently collaborates with several researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Martin Dresler
  • Marcel Zeising
  • Yevgenia Rosenblum
  • Frederik D. Weber
  • Leonore Bovy

The scientist's work has been regularly published in specific venues, indicating preferred journals and platforms for sharing research findings. These frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • The interaction between sleep quality and academic performance

    K. Ahrberg;Martin Dresler;S. Niedermaier;Axel Steiger

  • Ghrelin promotes slow-wave sleep in humans.

    Jutta C. Weikel;Adam Wichniak;Marcus Ising;Hans Brunner

  • To what degree the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) correctly identifies DSM-IV disorders? : Testing validity issues in a clinical sample.

    V. Reed;F. Gander;H. Pfister;A. Steiger

  • Sleep and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical system

    Axel Steiger

  • Effects of intravenous corticotropin-releasing hormone upon sleep-related growth hormone surge and sleep EEG in man.

    Florian Holsboer;U. von Bardeleben;Axel Steiger

  • Neural Correlates of Dream Lucidity Obtained from Contrasting Lucid versus Non-Lucid REM Sleep: A Combined EEG/fMRI Case Study

    Martin Dresler;Renate Wehrle;Victor I. Spoormaker;Stefan P. Koch

  • Wake and sleep EEG provide biomarkers in depression

    Axel Steiger;Mayumi Kimura

  • Neurochemical regulation of sleep

    Axel Steiger

  • Effects of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Somatostatin on Sleep EEG and Nocturnal Hormone Secretion in Male Controls

    Axel Steiger;Jürgen Guldner;Ulrich Hemmeter;Barbara Rothe

  • Dreamed Movement Elicits Activation in the Sensorimotor Cortex

    Martin Dresler;Stefan P. Koch;Renate Wehrle;Victor I. Spoormaker

  • Ghrelin stimulates appetite, imagination of food, GH, ACTH, and cortisol, but does not affect leptin in normal controls.

    Dagmar A Schmid;Katja Held;Marcus Ising;Manfred Uhr

  • Sleep EEG and nocturnal secretion of cortisol and growth hormone in male patients with endogenous depression before treatment and after recovery

    A. Steiger;U. von Bardeleben;T. Herth;F. Holsboer

  • Depression and Sleep

    Axel Steiger;Marcel Pawlowski

  • The GABAA agonist THIP produces slow wave sleep and reduces spindling activity in NREM sleep in humans.

    Johannes Faulhaber;Axel Steiger;M. Lancel

  • Clinical and neurobiological effects of tianeptine and paroxetine in major depression.

    Thomas Nickel;Annette Sonntag;Julia Schill;Astrid W. Zobel

  • Changes of Sleep Architecture, Spectral Composition of Sleep EEG, the Nocturnal Secretion of Cortisol, ACTH, GH, Prolactin, Melatonin, Ghrelin, and Leptin, and the DEX-CRH Test in Depressed Patients during Treatment with Mirtazapine

    Dagmar A Schmid;Adam Wichniak;Manfred Uhr;Marcus Ising

  • ACTH and multisteroid responses to corticotropin-releasing factor in depressive illness: Relationship to multisteroid responses after ACTH stimulation and dexamethasone suppression ☆

    Florian Holsboer;Otto A. Müller;Helmuth G. Doerr;Wolfgang G. Sippell

  • Modulation of the sleep electroencephalogram by estrogen replacement in postmenopausal women.

    Irina A. Antonijevic;Günter K. Stalla;Axel Steiger

  • Elevated nocturnal profiles of serum leptin in patients with depression

    I.a. Antonijevic;H. Murck;R.-M. Frieboes;R. Horn

  • Neuropeptides and human sleep

    Axel Steiger;Florian Holsboer

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Dresler
Martin Dresler Radboud University
Florian Holsboer
Florian Holsboer Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Manfred Uhr
Manfred Uhr Max Planck Society
Alexander Yassouridis
Alexander Yassouridis Max Planck Society
Marcus Ising
Marcus Ising Max Planck Society
Michael Czisch
Michael Czisch Max Planck Society
Róbert Bódizs
Róbert Bódizs Semmelweis University
Victor I. Spoormaker
Victor I. Spoormaker Max Planck Society
Marike Lancel
Marike Lancel University of Groningen
Guillén Fernández
Guillén Fernández Radboud University

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