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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Scientists 166 1007 49 916 107228
Neuroscience 169 77 2 874 111765

Karl Zilles publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Karl Zilles between 1973 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Karl Zilles published across 51 years, from 1973 to 2023, averaging 18 papers a year. Output peaked at 74 publications in 2000. 2 of the 916 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1973 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 74. Peak 74 publications in 2000. 1973: 1 publication 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 4 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 3 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 12 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 12 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 16 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 13 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 24 publications 1997: 22 publications 1998: 27 publications 1999: 48 publications 2000: 74 publications 2001: 68 publications 2002: 32 publications 2003: 34 publications 2004: 48 publications 2005: 56 publications 2006: 34 publications 2007: 32 publications 2008: 32 publications 2009: 30 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 25 publications 2013: 28 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 32 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 1 publication
1973 2023

916 publications in total across all disciplines

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Karl Zilles: publications per year, 1973 to 2023
Year Publications
1973 1
1974 0
1975 0
1976 1
1977 0
1978 3
1979 4
1980 3
1981 1
1982 3
1983 2
1984 3
1985 12
1986 7
1987 1
1988 12
1989 6
1990 10
1991 16
1992 5
1993 13
1994 5
1995 9
1996 24
1997 22
1998 27
1999 48
2000 74
2001 68
2002 32
2003 34
2004 48
2005 56
2006 34
2007 32
2008 32
2009 30
2010 28
2011 18
2012 25
2013 28
2014 19
2015 32
2016 13
2017 18
2018 16
2019 17
2020 13
2021 9
2022 1
2023 1
Total 916
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Karl Zilles 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 Karl Zilles sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 887+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 539. Most scientists, 539, have 98–107 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 868–877 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 18 scientists 48–57 publications: 79 scientists 58–67 publications: 193 scientists 68–77 publications: 323 scientists 78–87 publications: 406 scientists 88–97 publications: 452 scientists 98–107 publications: 539 scientists 108–117 publications: 505 scientists 118–127 publications: 522 scientists 128–137 publications: 469 scientists 138–147 publications: 456 scientists 148–157 publications: 459 scientists 158–167 publications: 397 scientists 168–177 publications: 383 scientists 178–187 publications: 350 scientists 188–197 publications: 302 scientists 198–207 publications: 306 scientists 208–217 publications: 262 scientists 218–227 publications: 242 scientists 228–237 publications: 220 scientists 238–247 publications: 203 scientists 248–257 publications: 174 scientists 258–267 publications: 176 scientists 268–277 publications: 175 scientists 278–287 publications: 125 scientists 288–297 publications: 116 scientists 298–307 publications: 127 scientists 308–317 publications: 128 scientists 318–327 publications: 99 scientists 328–337 publications: 89 scientists 338–347 publications: 78 scientists 348–357 publications: 96 scientists 358–367 publications: 66 scientists 368–377 publications: 59 scientists 378–387 publications: 65 scientists 388–397 publications: 54 scientists 398–407 publications: 48 scientists 408–417 publications: 49 scientists 418–427 publications: 34 scientists 428–437 publications: 31 scientists 438–447 publications: 30 scientists 448–457 publications: 31 scientists 458–467 publications: 36 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 35 scientists 488–497 publications: 30 scientists 498–507 publications: 23 scientists 508–517 publications: 26 scientists 518–527 publications: 20 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 20 scientists 548–557 publications: 20 scientists 558–567 publications: 17 scientists 568–577 publications: 14 scientists 578–587 publications: 20 scientists 588–597 publications: 20 scientists 598–607 publications: 19 scientists 608–617 publications: 18 scientists 618–627 publications: 17 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 11 scientists 648–657 publications: 11 scientists 658–667 publications: 8 scientists 668–677 publications: 7 scientists 678–687 publications: 11 scientists 688–697 publications: 10 scientists 698–707 publications: 4 scientists 708–717 publications: 6 scientists 718–727 publications: 5 scientists 728–737 publications: 5 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 9 scientists 758–767 publications: 3 scientists 768–777 publications: 7 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 6 scientists 798–807 publications: 2 scientists 808–817 publications: 2 scientists 818–827 publications: 7 scientists 828–837 publications: 0 scientists 838–847 publications: 9 scientists 848–857 publications: 3 scientists 858–867 publications: 1 scientist 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 887+

This scientist: 874 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 18
48–57 79
58–67 193
68–77 323
78–87 406
88–97 452
98–107 539
108–117 505
118–127 522
128–137 469
138–147 456
148–157 459
158–167 397
168–177 383
178–187 350
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174
258–267 176
268–277 175
278–287 125
288–297 116
298–307 127
308–317 128
318–327 99
328–337 89
338–347 78
348–357 96
358–367 66
368–377 59
378–387 65
388–397 54
398–407 48
408–417 49
418–427 34
428–437 31
438–447 30
448–457 31
458–467 36
468–477 40
478–487 35
488–497 30
498–507 23
508–517 26
518–527 20
528–537 23
538–547 20
548–557 20
558–567 17
568–577 14
578–587 20
588–597 20
598–607 19
608–617 18
618–627 17
628–637 11
638–647 11
648–657 11
658–667 8
668–677 7
678–687 11
688–697 10
698–707 4
708–717 6
718–727 5
728–737 5
738–747 9
748–757 9
758–767 3
768–777 7
778–787 7
788–797 6
798–807 2
808–817 2
818–827 7
828–837 0
838–847 9
848–857 3
858–867 1
868–877 3 874
878–886 6
887+ 100
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Karl Zilles 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 Karl Zilles sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
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Bar chart with 68 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 512. Most scientists, 512, have 46–47 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 163+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 172 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 296 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 435 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 459 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 456 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 467 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 478 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 512 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 435 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 425 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 418 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 392 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 357 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 334 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 328 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 260 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 278 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 239 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 250 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 210 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 200 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 189 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 170 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 146 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 113 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 126 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 100 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 99 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 84 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 85 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 72 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 76 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 45 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 43 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 32 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 45 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 50 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 32 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 39 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 27 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 19 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 23 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 16 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 24 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 14 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 15 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 10 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 10 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 13 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 8 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 6 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 6 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 7 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 7 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 10 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162 D-Index: 8 scientists 163+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30–31 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 169 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 42
32–33 172
34–35 296
36–37 435
38–39 459
40–41 456
42–43 467
44–45 478
46–47 512
48–49 435
50–51 425
52–53 418
54–55 392
56–57 357
58–59 334
60–61 328
62–63 260
64–65 278
66–67 239
68–69 250
70–71 210
72–73 200
74–75 189
76–77 170
78–79 146
80–81 113
82–83 126
84–85 100
86–87 84
88–89 99
90–91 84
92–93 85
94–95 72
96–97 76
98–99 45
100–101 49
102–103 43
104–105 32
106–107 45
108–109 50
110–111 32
112–113 39
114–115 32
116–117 29
118–119 27
120–121 19
122–123 23
124–125 27
126–127 16
128–129 24
130–131 13
132–133 21
134–135 17
136–137 14
138–139 15
140–141 10
142–143 10
144–145 13
146–147 9
148–149 8
150–151 6
152–153 6
154–155 7
156–157 7
158–159 10
160–161 4
162 8
163+ 100 169
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 1997 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences

Overview

Karl Zilles was affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research primarily focused on the architecture and function of the human brain, exploring neural dynamics, brain connectivity, and advanced neuroimaging techniques.

Their published work covered multiple topics within neuroscience, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Their research fields spanned several specialized areas such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Social Psychology
  • Molecular Biology

Karl Zilles frequently published in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • NeuroImage
  • eLife
  • Science

Notable recent papers included:

  • Julich-Brain: A 3D probabilistic atlas of the human brain's cytoarchitecture (2020, Science)
  • BigBrain 3D atlas of cortical layers: Cortical and laminar thickness gradients diverge in sensory and motor cortices (2020, PLoS Biology)
  • A dopamine gradient controls access to distributed working memory in the large-scale monkey cortex (2021, Neuron)
  • Multimodal mapping and analysis of the cyto- and receptorarchitecture of the human hippocampus (2020, Brain Structure and Function)
  • Gradients of neurotransmitter receptor expression in the macaque cortex (2023, Nature Neuroscience)

Their frequent collaborators included:

  • Nicola Palomero-Gallagher
  • Lucija Rapan
  • Meiqi Niu
  • Seán Froudist-Walsh
  • Katrin Amunts

Karl Zilles was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, receiving an award in 1997 for contributions in neurosciences.

Best Publications

  • A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps and functional imaging data

    Simon B. Eickhoff;Klaas E. Stephan;Hartmut Mohlberg;Christian Grefkes

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study.

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

  • A probabilistic atlas and reference system for the human brain: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM)

    J. Mazziotta;A. Toga;A. Evans;P. Fox

  • Coordinate-based activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of neuroimaging data: a random-effects approach based on empirical estimates of spatial uncertainty

    Simon B. Eickhoff;Angela R. Laird;Christian Grefkes;Ling E. Wang

  • Bias between MNI and Talairach coordinates analyzed using the ICBM-152 brain template

    Jack L. Lancaster;Diana Tordesillas-Gutiérrez;Michael Martinez;Felipe Salinas

  • Broca's region revisited: cytoarchitecture and intersubject variability.

    Katrin Amunts;Axel Schleicher;Uli Bürgel;Hartmut Mohlberg

  • ALE meta-analysis of action observation and imitation in the human brain.

    Svenja Caspers;Karl Zilles;Karl Zilles;Angela R. Laird;Simon B. Eickhoff;Simon B. Eickhoff

  • Mind reading: neural mechanisms of theory of mind and self-perspective.

    Kai Vogeley;Patrick Bussfeld;Albert Newen;S. Herrmann

  • A link between the systems: functional differentiation and integration within the human insula revealed by meta-analysis.

    Florian Kurth;Karl Zilles;Peter T. Fox;Angela R. Laird

  • Cytoarchitectonic mapping of the human amygdala, hippocampal region and entorhinal cortex: intersubject variability and probability maps

    K. Amunts;O. Kedo;M. Kindler;P. Pieperhoff

  • Neural Circuits Underlying Imitation Learning of Hand Actions: An Event-Related fMRI Study

    Giovanni Buccino;Stefan Vogt;Afra Ritzl;Gereon R. Fink;Gereon R. Fink

  • Cortical Thickness or Grey Matter Volume? The Importance of Selecting the Phenotype for Imaging Genetics Studies

    Anderson M. Winkler;Peter V. Kochunov;John Blangero;Laura Almasy

  • Assignment of functional activations to probabilistic cytoarchitectonic areas revisited

    Simon B. Eickhoff;Tomas Paus;Tomas Paus;Svenja Caspers;Marie-Helene Grosbras;Marie-Helene Grosbras

  • The human pattern of gyrification in the cerebral cortex

    Karl Zilles;Este Armstrong;Este Armstrong;Axel Schleicher;Hans-Joachim Kretschmann

  • BigBrain: An Ultrahigh-Resolution 3D Human Brain Model

    Katrin Amunts;Claude Lepage;Louis Borgeat;Hartmut Mohlberg

  • Polymodal Motion Processing in Posterior Parietal and Premotor Cortex: A Human fMRI Study Strongly Implies Equivalencies between Humans and Monkeys

    Frank Bremmer;Frank Bremmer;Anja Schlack;Anja Schlack;N.Jon Shah;Oliver Zafiris

  • The Ontogeny of Human Gyrification

    Este Armstrong;Axel Schleicher;Heyder Omran;Maria Curtis

  • Human primary auditory cortex: cytoarchitectonic subdivisions and mapping into a spatial reference system.

    P. Morosan;J. Rademacher;A. Schleicher;K. Amunts

  • Cortical Folding Patterns and Predicting Cytoarchitecture

    Bruce Fischl;Bruce Fischl;Niranjini Rajendran;Evelina Busa;Jean Augustinack

  • Prefrontal cortex in humans and apes: a comparative study of area 10.

    Katerina Semendeferi;Este Armstrong;Axel Schleicher;Karl Zilles

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study: Cortical activation during action observation

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

Frequent Co-Authors

Katrin Amunts
Katrin Amunts Forschungszentrum Jülich
Simon B. Eickhoff
Simon B. Eickhoff Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Nicola Palomero-Gallagher
Nicola Palomero-Gallagher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Axel Schleicher
Axel Schleicher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gereon R. Fink
Gereon R. Fink University of Cologne
Hartmut Mohlberg
Hartmut Mohlberg Forschungszentrum Jülich
Stefan Geyer
Stefan Geyer Max Planck Society
Svenja Caspers
Svenja Caspers Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Per E. Roland
Per E. Roland University of Copenhagen
Peter H. Weiss
Peter H. Weiss Forschungszentrum Jülich

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