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Hellmuth Obrig

Hellmuth Obrig

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Neuroscience

D-Index
60
Citations
14228
World Ranking
3817
National Ranking
333

Hellmuth Obrig 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 Hellmuth Obrig sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 239 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hellmuth Obrig 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 Hellmuth Obrig sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hellmuth Obrig is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the fields of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Medicine. Their work focuses on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, as well as Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas, with notable emphasis on Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Reading and Literacy Development, Language Development and Disorders, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Neuroscience and Music Perception.

Frequent co-authors of Hellmuth Obrig include Matthias L. Schroeter, Frank Regenbrecht, Cornelia van Scherpenberg, Angela D. Friederici, and Rasha Abdel Rahman, indicating collaborative engagement across multiple research projects.

The scientist has published notably in several venues, with a concentration of work appearing in Neurophotonics, Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie, Neuropsychologia, NeuroImage, and Cortex.

Selected recent papers demonstrate a variety of research focuses and venues:

  • Best practices for fNIRS publications, 2021, Neurophotonics
  • Errata: Best practices for fNIRS publications, 2021, Neurophotonics
  • Clinico-genetic findings in 509 frontotemporal dementia patients, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Short-term modulation of the lesioned language network, 2020, eLife
  • Neuropsychiatric phenotype of post COVID-19 syndrome in non-hospitalized patients, 2022, Frontiers in Neurology

Best Publications

  • Beyond the Visible—Imaging the Human Brain with Light:

    Hellmuth Obrig;Arno Villringer

  • Correlates of alpha rhythm in functional magnetic resonance imaging and near infrared spectroscopy.

    Matthias Moosmann;Petra Ritter;Ina Krastel;Andrea Brink

  • Spontaneous low frequency oscillations of cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism in human adults.

    Hellmuth Obrig;Markus Neufang;Rüdiger Wenzel;Matthias Kohl

  • Simultaneous recording of cerebral blood oxygenation changes during human brain activation by magnetic resonance imaging and near-infrared spectroscopy

    Andreas Kleinschmidt;Hellmuth Obrig;Martin Requardt;Klaus-Dietmar Merboldt

  • A wearable multi-channel fNIRS system for brain imaging in freely moving subjects.

    Sophie K. Piper;Arne Krueger;Stefan P. Koch;Jan Mehnert

  • Illuminating the BOLD signal: combined fMRI–fNIRS studies

    Jens Steinbrink;Arno Villringer;Florian Kempf;Daniel Haux

  • Best practices for fNIRS publications

    Meryem A. Yücel;Alexander v. Lühmann;Alexander v. Lühmann;Felix Scholkmann;Judit Gervain

  • Intensive speech and language therapy in patients with chronic aphasia after stroke: a randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint, controlled trial in a health-care setting

    Caterina Breitenstein;Tanja Grewe;Agnes Flöel;Wolfram Ziegler

  • Determining changes in NIR absorption using a layered model of the human head.

    J. Steinbrink;J. Steinbrink;H. Wabnitz;Hellmuth Obrig;Arno Villringer

  • 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

  • Near-infrared spectroscopy: does it function in functional activation studies of the adult brain?

    Hellmuth Obrig;Rüdiger Wenzel;Matthias Kohl;Susanne Horst

  • Cerebral oxygenation changes in response to motor stimulation

    H. Obrig;C. Hirth;J. G. Junge-Hulsing;C. Doge

  • Noninvasive Functional Imaging of Human Brain Using Light

    D. A. Benaron;S. R. Hintz;Arno Villringer;D. Boas

  • Sensitivity of newborn auditory cortex to the temporal structure of sounds.

    Silke Telkemeyer;Silke Telkemeyer;Sonja Rossi;Stefan P. Koch;Till Nierhaus

  • NIRS in clinical neurology - a 'promising' tool?

    Hellmuth Obrig

  • Towards a standard analysis for functional near-infrared imaging.

    Matthias L Schroeter;Markus M Bücheler;Karsten Müller;Kâmil Uludağ;Kâmil Uludağ

  • Dreamed Movement Elicits Activation in the Sensorimotor Cortex

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

  • Musically Cued Gait-Training Improves Both Perceptual and Motor Timing in Parkinson’s Disease

    Charles-Etienne Benoit;Charles-Etienne Benoit;Simone Dalla Bella;Simone Dalla Bella;Nicolas Farrugia;Nicolas Farrugia;Hellmuth Obrig;Hellmuth Obrig

  • Supplementary motor area activation while tapping bimanually different rhythms in musicians.

    W. Lang;H. Obrig;G. Lindinger;D. Cheyne

  • Assessment of local brain activation. A simultaneous PET and near-infrared spectroscopy study.

    Kersten Villringer;Satoshi Minoshima;Christoph Hock;Hellmuth Obrig

Frequent Co-Authors

Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Isabell Wartenburger
Isabell Wartenburger University of Potsdam
Ulrich Dirnagl
Ulrich Dirnagl Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Sonja A. Kotz
Sonja A. Kotz Maastricht University
Angela D. Friederici
Angela D. Friederici Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Hauke R. Heekeren
Hauke R. Heekeren Universität Hamburg
Matthias L. Schroeter
Matthias L. Schroeter Max Planck Society
Karsten Mueller
Karsten Mueller Max Planck Society
Rasha Abdel Rahman
Rasha Abdel Rahman Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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