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Christoph J. Ploner 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 Christoph J. Ploner sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 156 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christoph J. Ploner 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 Christoph J. Ploner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christoph J. Ploner is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research mainly spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a substantive focus on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers several principal topics, including:

  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Spatial Cognition and Navigation

Notable publications by Christoph J. Ploner include:

  • Long-Term Cognitive Outcome in Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis, 2021, Annals of Neurology
  • Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Evaluated by Brain Autopsy and Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest, 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • Clinical Presentation and Causes of Non-traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Observational Study in Emergency Patients, 2021, Frontiers in Neurology
  • High frequency of cerebrospinal fluid autoantibodies in COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Automated Assessment of Brain CT After Cardiac Arrest-An Observational Derivation/Validation Cohort Study, 2021, Critical Care Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christoph J. Ploner include:

  • Carsten Finke
  • Christoph Leithner
  • Christian Storm
  • Deetje Iggena
  • Christian Endisch

Publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Resuscitation
  • DGNeurologie

Best Publications

  • Human vestibular cortex as identified with caloric stimulation in functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    Oliver Fasold;Michael von Brevern;Marc Kuhberg;Christoph J. Ploner

  • Cognitive deficits following anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

    Carsten Finke;Ute A Kopp;Harald Prüss;Josep Dalmau

  • Decisional role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in ocular motor behaviour.

    C. Pierrot‐Deseilligny;R. M. Müri;C. J. Ploner;B. Gaymard

  • Cortical control of saccades.

    B Gaymard;C J Ploner;S Rivaud;A I Vermersch

  • Imaging of autoimmune encephalitis – Relevance for clinical practice and hippocampal function

    J. Heine;H. Prüss;T. Bartsch;C.J. Ploner

  • Functional and structural brain changes in anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis.

    Carsten Finke;Ute A. Kopp;Michael Scheel;Luisa-Maria Pech

  • Does hypothermia influence the predictive value of bilateral absent N20 after cardiac arrest

    Christoph Leithner;Christoph J. Ploner;Dietrich Hasper;Christian Storm

  • Altered basal ganglia functional connectivity in multiple sclerosis patients with fatigue

    C Finke;J Schlichting;S Papazoglou;M Scheel

  • The frontal eye field is involved in spatial short-term memory but not in reflexive saccade inhibition.

    B. Gaymard;C. J. Ploner;S. Rivaud-Péchoux;C. Pierrot-Deseilligny

  • Effects of Cortical Lesions on Saccadic

    Ch. Pierrot-Deseilligny;C. J. Ploner;R. M. Müri;B. Gaymard

  • Mild therapeutic hypothermia alters neuron specific enolase as an outcome predictor after resuscitation: 97 prospective hypothermia patients compared to 133 historical non-hypothermia patients

    Ingo G Steffen;Dietrich Hasper;Christoph J Ploner;Joerg C Schefold

  • Cortical control of ocular saccades in humans: a model for motricity.

    C Pierrot-Deseilligny;R M Müri;C J Ploner;B Gaymard

  • Structural Hippocampal Damage Following Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis

    Carsten Finke;Carsten Finke;Ute A. Kopp;Anna Pajkert;Janina R. Behrens

  • The prefrontal substrate of reflexive saccade inhibition in humans.

    Christoph J. Ploner;Bertrand M. Gaymard;Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux;Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny

  • Lesions Affecting the Parahippocampal Cortex Yield Spatial Memory Deficits in Humans

    Christoph J. Ploner;Bertrand M. Gaymard;Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux;Michel Baulac

  • Dizziness in the Emergency Room: Diagnoses and Misdiagnoses

    Georg Royl;Christoph J Ploner;Christoph Leithner

  • Neuron-Specific Enolase Predicts Poor Outcome After Cardiac Arrest and Targeted Temperature Management: A Multicenter Study on 1,053 Patients.

    Kaspar Josche Streitberger;Christoph Leithner;Michael Wattenberg;Peter. H. Tonner

  • A direct prefrontotectal tract against distractibility in the human brain

    Bertrand Gaymard;Chantal François;Christoph J. Ploner;Carine Condy

  • The prognostic value of gray-white-matter ratio in cardiac arrest patients treated with hypothermia

    Michael Scheel;Christian Storm;Andre Gentsch;Jens Nee

  • The parieto-collicular pathway: anatomical location and contribution to saccade generation.

    B. Gaymard;J. Lynch;C.J. Ploner;C. Condy

  • High frequency of cerebrospinal fluid autoantibodies in COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms

    Christiana Franke;Caroline Ferse;Jakob Kreye;Momsen Reincke

Frequent Co-Authors

Carsten Finke
Carsten Finke Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Bertrand Gaymard
Bertrand Gaymard Grenoble Alpes University
Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux
Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux Sorbonne University
Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny
Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny University of Montpellier
Hauke R. Heekeren
Hauke R. Heekeren Universität Hamburg
Friedemann Paul
Friedemann Paul Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Martin Holtkamp
Martin Holtkamp Charité - University Medicine Berlin
René M. Müri
René M. Müri University of Bern
Stephan A. Brandt
Stephan A. Brandt Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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