2026 Christian F. Doeller: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	54	4928	4531	411	388	187	10278

Overview

Christian F. Doeller is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, where they have contributed extensively to the understanding of cognitive functions and brain mechanisms.

The main fields of study for Christian F. Doeller include:

Neuroscience

Their work spans several important subfields, including:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Automotive Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Developmental and Educational Psychology

Christian F. Doeller's research covers various topics such as:

Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Neural dynamics and brain function
Spatial Cognition and Navigation
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Cognitive Science and Mapping
Child and Animal Learning Development
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Several of their recent papers reflect their areas of study and research focus. These include:

Knowledge Across Reference Frames: Cognitive Maps and Image Spaces (2020), Trends in Cognitive Sciences
The Hippocampus Maps Concept Space, Not Feature Space (2020), Journal of Neuroscience
Hippocampal spatio-predictive cognitive maps adaptively guide reward generalization (2023), Nature Neuroscience
Magnetic resonance-based eye tracking using deep neural networks (2021), Nature Neuroscience
Sequence Memory in the Hippocampal-Entorhinal Region (2020), Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Their publication record demonstrates a preference for publishing in high-impact journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Scientific Reports
Nature Neuroscience
eLife

Christian F. Doeller has collaborated extensively with several researchers, as demonstrated by frequent co-authors with whom they have produced multiple publications. Some of these co-authors are:

Matthias Nau
Daniel Reznik
Mona M. Garvert
Jacob L. S. Bellmund
Roberto Bottini

Best Publications

Evidence for grid cells in a human memory network

Christian F. Doeller;Caswell Barry;Neil Burgess

1014
Citations
Parallel striatal and hippocampal systems for landmarks and boundaries in spatial memory

Christian F. Doeller;John A. King;Neil Burgess

639
Citations
Navigating cognition: Spatial codes for human thinking

Jacob Lukas Sarid Bellmund;Jacob Lukas Sarid Bellmund;Jacob Lukas Sarid Bellmund;Peter Gärdenfors;Peter Gärdenfors;Edvard Ingjald Moser;Christian Fritz Andreas Doeller;Christian Fritz Andreas Doeller

634
Citations
Prefrontal cortex involvement in preattentive auditory deviance detection: neuroimaging and electrophysiological evidence.

Christian F. Doeller;Bertram Opitz;Axel Mecklinger;Christoph M. Krick

434
Citations
Reduced grid-cell–like representations in adults at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease

Lukas Kunz;Tobias Navarro Schröder;Hweeling Lee;Christian Montag

396
Citations
Distinct error-correcting and incidental learning of location relative to landmarks and boundaries.

Christian F. Doeller;Neil Burgess

372
Citations
Lateralized human hippocampal activity predicts navigation based on sequence or place memory.

Kinga Iglói;Christian F. Doeller;Alain Berthoz;Laure Rondi-Reig

322
Citations
Hippocampal-Prefrontal Theta Oscillations Support Memory Integration

Alexander R. Backus;Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen;Szabolcs Szebényi;Simon Hanslmayr

315
Citations
Memory hierarchies map onto the hippocampal long axis in humans

Silvy H P Collin;Branka Milivojevic;Christian F Doeller

303
Citations
An event map of memory space in the hippocampus

Lorena Deuker;Lorena Deuker;Jacob L. S. Bellmund;Jacob L. S. Bellmund;Tobias Navarro Schröder;Tobias Navarro Schröder;Christian F. Doeller;Christian F. Doeller

252
Citations
Functional topography of the human entorhinal cortex

Tobias Navarro Schröder;Koen V Haak;Nestor I Zaragoza Jimenez;Christian F Beckmann;Christian F Beckmann

232
Citations
Hexadirectional coding of visual space in human entorhinal cortex

Matthias Nau;Matthias Nau;Tobias Navarro Schröder;Tobias Navarro Schröder;Jacob Lukas Sarid Bellmund;Jacob Lukas Sarid Bellmund;Christian Fritz Andreas Doeller;Christian Fritz Andreas Doeller

207
Citations
Grid-cell representations in mental simulation

Jacob L. S. Bellmund;Jacob L. S. Bellmund;Lorena Deuker;Lorena Deuker;Tobias Navarro Schröder;Tobias Navarro Schröder;Christian F. Doeller;Christian F. Doeller

190
Citations
Reinstatement of associative memories in early visual cortex is signaled by the hippocampus.

Sander E. Bosch;Janneke F. M. Jehee;Guillén Fernández;Christian F. Doeller

183
Citations
Movement-related theta rhythm in humans: coordinating self-directed hippocampal learning.

Raphael Kaplan;Christian F. Doeller;Christian F. Doeller;Christian F. Doeller;Gareth R. Barnes;Gareth R. Barnes;Vladimir Litvak;Vladimir Litvak

171
Citations
Anterior hippocampus and goal-directed spatial decision making

Armelle Viard;Christian F. Doeller;Christian F. Doeller;Tom Hartley;Tom Hartley;Chris M. Bird

170
Citations
Imagining Being Somewhere Else: Neural Basis of Changing Perspective in Space

Simon Lambrey;Christian F. Doeller;Christian F. Doeller;Christian F. Doeller;Alain Berthoz;Neil Burgess;Neil Burgess

161
Citations
Medial prefrontal theta phase coupling during spatial memory retrieval

Raphael Kaplan;Daniel Bush;Mathilde Bonnefond;Peter A. Bandettini

158
Citations
Interaction Between Hippocampus and Cerebellum Crus I in Sequence-Based but not Place-Based Navigation

Kinga Katinka Igloi;Christian F Doeller;Anne-Lise Paradis;Karim Benchenane;Karim Benchenane;Karim Benchenane

157
Citations
The Hippocampus Encodes Distances in Multidimensional Feature Space.

Stephanie Theves;Stephanie Theves;Guillén Fernandez;Christian F. Doeller;Christian F. Doeller

152
Citations
Peripheral Inflammation Acutely Impairs Human Spatial Memory via Actions on Medial Temporal Lobe Glucose Metabolism

Neil A. Harrison;Neil A. Harrison;Christian F. Doeller;Valerie Voon;Neil Burgess

150
Citations
Establishing the Boundaries: The Hippocampal Contribution to Imagining Scenes

Chris M. Bird;Corinne Capponi;John A. King;Christian F. Doeller

127
Citations