2026 Christa Neuper: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	103	684	614	7	7	316	40135

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Neuroscience

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614

316

40135

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Austria Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Austria Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Austria Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Christa Neuper is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Other areas of specialization include Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Human-Computer Interaction, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their scholarly contributions cover a range of topics, including:

EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Motor Control and Adaptation
Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Neural dynamics and brain function

They have published extensively in various venues, with a concentration in:

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)
Journal of Neurology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Biological Psychology

Some notable recent papers include:

"How Much Do Strategy Reports Tell About the Outcomes of Neurofeedback Training? A Study on the Voluntary Up-Regulation of the Sensorimotor Rhythm," 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
"MRI correlates of cognitive improvement after home-based EEG neurofeedback training in patients with multiple sclerosis: a pilot study," 2021, Journal of Neurology
"Differential Effects of Up- and Down-Regulation of SMR Coherence on EEG Activity and Memory Performance: A Neurofeedback Training Study," 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
"The role of superstition of cognitive control during neurofeedback training," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"Triathletes are experts in self-regulating physical activity - But what about self-regulating neural activity?," 2022, Biological Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christa Neuper include:

Silvia Erika Kober
Guilherme Wood
Reinhold Scherer
Lisa Maria Berger
Doris Grössinger

Best Publications

Motor imagery and direct brain-computer communication

G. Pfurtscheller;C. Neuper

2410
Citations
Event-related synchronization (ERS) in the alpha band - an electrophysiological correlate of cortical idling: A review

G. Pfurtscheller;A. Stancák;Ch. Neuper

1516
Citations
Motor imagery activates primary sensorimotor area in humans

Gert Pfurtscheller;Christa Neuper

1304
Citations
EEG-based discrimination between imagination of right and left hand movement

Gert Pfurtscheller;Christa Neuper;Doris Flotzinger;Martin Pregenzer

1140
Citations
Event-related dynamics of cortical rhythms: frequency-specific features and functional correlates.

Christa Neuper;Gert Pfurtscheller

1049
Citations
Combining Brain-Computer Interfaces and Assistive Technologies: State-of-the-Art and Challenges.

José del R. Millán;Rüdiger Rupp;Gernot Müller-Putz;Rod Murray-Smith

1007
Citations
ERD/ERS patterns reflecting sensorimotor activation and deactivation.

Christa Neuper;Michael Wörtz;Gert Pfurtscheller

954
Citations
The BCI competition 2003: progress and perspectives in detection and discrimination of EEG single trials

B. Blankertz;K.-R. Muller;G. Curio;T.M. Vaughan

939
Citations
Imagery of motor actions: differential effects of kinesthetic and visual-motor mode of imagery in single-trial EEG.

Christa Neuper;Reinhold Scherer;Miriam Reiner;Gert Pfurtscheller

905
Citations
The Hybrid BCI

Gert Pfurtscheller;Brendan Z. Allison;Clemens Brunner;Gunther Bauernfeind

864
Citations
Post-movement beta synchronization. A correlate of an idling motor area?

G. Pfurtscheller;A. Stancák;C. Neuper

853
Citations
Separability of EEG signals recorded during right and left motor imagery using adaptive autoregressive parameters

G. Pfurtscheller;C. Neuper;A. Schlogl;K. Lugger

736
Citations
Current trends in Graz brain-computer interface (BCI) research

G. Pfurtscheller;C. Neuper;C. Guger;W. Harkam

722
Citations
The creative brain: investigation of brain activity during creative problem solving by means of EEG and FMRI.

Andreas Fink;Roland H. Grabner;Mathias Benedek;Gernot Reishofer

647
Citations
Brain oscillations control hand orthosis in a tetraplegic

Gert Pfurtscheller;Christof Guger;Gernot Müller;Gunther Krausz

616
Citations
Foot and hand area mu rhythms.

G Pfurtscheller;Ch Neuper;C Andrew;G Edlinger

538
Citations
Event-related synchronization of mu rhythm in the EEG over the cortical hand area in man

Gert Pfurtscheller;Christa Neuper

520
Citations
To retrieve or to calculate? Left angular gyrus mediates the retrieval of arithmetic facts during problem solving

Roland H. Grabner;Daniel Ansari;Karl Koschutnig;Gernot Reishofer

492
Citations
Motor imagery and action observation : Modulation of sensorimotor brain rhythms during mental control of a brain-computer interface

Christa Neuper;Reinhold Scherer;Reinhold Scherer;Selina Wriessnegger;Gert Pfurtscheller

486
Citations
An asynchronously controlled EEG-based virtual keyboard: improvement of the spelling rate

R. Scherer;G.R. Muller;C. Neuper;B. Graimann

468
Citations
Rapid prototyping of an EEG-based brain-computer interface (BCI)

C. Guger;A. Schlogl;C. Neuper;D. Walterspacher

467
Citations