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Christoph Mathys

Christoph Mathys

Aarhus University
Denmark

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
9121
World Ranking
8679
National Ranking
56

Christoph Mathys 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 Mathys sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 78 publications — 7th percentile

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

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

Christoph Mathys 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 Mathys sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Christoph Mathys is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and conducts research predominantly in the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics covered by Mathys focus on neural dynamics and brain function, mental health research topics, schizophrenia research and treatment, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, neural and behavioral psychology studies, functional brain connectivity studies, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "TAPAS: An Open-Source Software Package for Translational Neuromodeling and Computational Psychiatry," 2021, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Paranoia as a deficit in non-social belief updating," 2020, published in eLife
  • "Paranoia and belief updating during the COVID-19 crisis," 2021, published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Aberrant computational mechanisms of social learning and decision-making in schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder," 2020, published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Ketamine Affects Prediction Errors about Statistical Regularities: A Computational Single-Trial Analysis of the Mismatch Negativity," 2020, published in Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mathys include Nace Mikuš, Klaas Ε. Stephan, Peter Thestrup Waade, Andreea O. Diaconescu, and Claus Lamm.

The scientist has published multiple works in several prominent venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biological Psychiatry, eLife, Nature Human Behaviour, and PLoS Computational Biology. The number of publications in these venues is as follows:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory): 8 publications
  • Biological Psychiatry: 4 publications
  • eLife: 3 publications
  • Nature Human Behaviour: 2 publications
  • PLoS Computational Biology: 2 publications

Best Publications

  • Pavlovian conditioning-induced hallucinations result from overweighting of perceptual priors

    A. R. Powers;Christoph Mathys;Christoph Mathys;Christoph Mathys;P. R. Corlett

  • Active inference and epistemic value

    Karl Friston;Francesco Rigoli;Dimitri Ognibene;Christoph Mathys

  • A Bayesian Foundation for Individual Learning Under Uncertainty

    Christoph Mathys;Jean Daunizeau;Jean Daunizeau;Karl J Friston;Klaas Enno Stephan;Klaas Enno Stephan

  • Adults with autism overestimate the volatility of the sensory environment.

    Rebecca P Lawson;Rebecca P Lawson;Rebecca P Lawson;Christoph Daniel Mathys;Geraint Rees;Geraint Rees

  • Uncertainty in perception and the Hierarchical Gaussian Filter

    Christoph D. Mathys;Ekaterina I. Lomakina;Ekaterina I. Lomakina;Jean Daunizeau;Sandra Iglesias

  • Allostatic Self-Efficacy: A Metacognitive Theory of Dyshomeostasis-Induced Fatigue and Depression

    Klaas Enno Stephan;Zina Mary Manjaly;Christoph Daniel Mathys;Lilian A.E. Weber

  • Hierarchical prediction errors in midbrain and basal forebrain during sensory learning.

    Sandra Iglesias;Sandra Iglesias;Christoph Mathys;Christoph Mathys;Kay H. Brodersen;Kay H. Brodersen;Lars Kasper;Lars Kasper

  • Computations of uncertainty mediate acute stress responses in humans

    Archy O. de Berker;Archy O. de Berker;Robb B. Rutledge;Robb B. Rutledge;Christoph Mathys;Christoph Mathys;Louise Marshall

  • Computational approaches to psychiatry.

    Klaas Enno Stephan;Klaas Enno Stephan;Klaas Enno Stephan;Christoph Mathys

  • Dynamic causal modelling revisited

    Karl J. Friston;Katrin H. Preller;Katrin H. Preller;Christoph Mathys;Christoph Mathys;Hayriye Cagnan;Hayriye Cagnan

  • Inferring on the Intentions of Others by Hierarchical Bayesian Learning

    Andreea Oliviana Diaconescu;Christoph Mathys;Lilian A. E. Weber;Jean Daunizeau

  • Action-perception mismatch in tone-deafness.

    Psyche Loui;Frank H. Guenther;Christoph Mathys;Gottfried Schlaug

  • The Dopaminergic Midbrain Encodes the Expected Certainty about Desired Outcomes

    Philipp Schwartenbeck;Thomas H. B. Fitzgerald;Christoph D. Mathys;Raymond J. Dolan

  • Role of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Impaired Decision Making in Juvenile Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Tobias U. Hauser;Tobias U. Hauser;Reto Iannaccone;Juliane Ball;Christoph D. Mathys;Christoph D. Mathys;Christoph D. Mathys

  • Scene Construction, Visual Foraging, and Active Inference.

    M. Berk Mirza;Rick A. Adams;Christoph D. Mathys;Christoph D. Mathys;Karl J. Friston

  • TAPAS: An Open-Source Software Package for Translational Neuromodeling and Computational Psychiatry.

    Stefan Frässle;Eduardo A. Aponte;Saskia Bollmann;Kay H. Brodersen;Kay H. Brodersen

  • Spatial Attention, Precision, and Bayesian Inference: A Study of Saccadic Response Speed

    Simone Vossel;Christoph Mathys;Jean Daunizeau;Markus Bauer

  • Pharmacological fingerprints of contextual uncertainty

    Louise Marshall;Christoph Mathys;Diana Ruge;Diana Ruge;Archy O. de Berker;Archy O. de Berker

  • Beliefs about bad people are volatile.

    Jenifer Z. Siegel;Christoph Mathys;Christoph Mathys;Christoph Mathys;Robb B. Rutledge;Robb B. Rutledge;Molly J. Crockett;Molly J. Crockett

  • Hierarchical prediction errors in midbrain and septum during social learning.

    Andreea O. Diaconescu;Christoph Mathys;Lilian A.E. Weber;Lars Kasper

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaas E. Stephan
Klaas E. Stephan University of Zurich
Karl J. Friston
Karl J. Friston University College London
Jean Daunizeau
Jean Daunizeau Grenoble Alpes University
Raymond J. Dolan
Raymond J. Dolan University College London
Florian Schlagenhauf
Florian Schlagenhauf Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andreas Heinz
Andreas Heinz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Rick A. Adams
Rick A. Adams University College London
Lorenz Deserno
Lorenz Deserno University of Wurzburg
Martin Kronbichler
Martin Kronbichler University of Salzburg
Philip R. Corlett
Philip R. Corlett Yale University

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