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Michael Czisch

Michael Czisch

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
14274
World Ranking
4131
National Ranking
355

Michael Czisch 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 Michael Czisch sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 221 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Czisch 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 Michael Czisch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Czisch is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and specializes in the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Biological Psychiatry, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research covers a range of topics concentrating on functional brain connectivity, stress responses and cortisol, memory and neural mechanisms, mental health, neural and behavioral psychology, as well as anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and the role of tryptophan in brain disorders.

The scientist has published frequently in notable venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuroscience Applied, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Human Brain Mapping, and the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Some of Michael Czisch's recent papers include:

  • The biological classification of mental disorders (BeCOME) study: a protocol for an observational deep-phenotyping study for the identification of biological subtypes (2020, BMC Psychiatry)
  • No robust differences in fear conditioning between patients with fear-related disorders and healthy controls (2020, Behaviour Research and Therapy)
  • Durable memories and efficient neural coding through mnemonic training using the method of loci (2021, Science Advances)
  • Pupil Dilation during Reward Anticipation Is Correlated to Depressive Symptom Load in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (2020, Brain Sciences)
  • Sex-specific and opposed effects of FKBP51 in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons: Implications for stress susceptibility and resilience (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Philipp G. Sämann, Victor I. Spoormaker, Elisabeth B. Binder, Tanja Brückl, and Dorothee Pöhlchen.

Best Publications

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Development of the Brain's Default Mode Network from Wakefulness to Slow Wave Sleep

    Philipp G. Sämann;Renate Wehrle;David Hoehn;Victor I. Spoormaker

  • Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

    Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

  • 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

  • Development of a Large-Scale Functional Brain Network during Human Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

    Victor I. Spoormaker;Manuel S. Schröter;Pablo M. Gleiser;Katia C. Andrade

  • q-Space Deep Learning: Twelve-Fold Shorter and Model-Free Diffusion MRI Scans

    Vladimir Golkov;Alexey Dosovitskiy;Jonathan I. Sperl;Marion I. Menzel

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder: findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    L. Schmaal;D.J. Veltman;T.G.M. van Erp;P.G. Sämann

  • Brain activation and hypothalamic functional connectivity during human non-rapid eye movement sleep: an EEG/fMRI study.

    C. Kaufmann;R. Wehrle;T. C. Wetter;F. Holsboer

  • Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

    Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

  • The neuronal transporter gene SLC6A15 confers risk to major depression

    Martin A. Kohli;Susanne Lucae;Philipp G. Saemann;Mathias V. Schmidt

  • Functional microstates within human REM sleep: first evidence from fMRI of a thalamocortical network specific for phasic REM periods

    Renate Wehrle;Christian Kaufmann;Thomas C. Wetter;Florian Holsboer

  • Dreamed Movement Elicits Activation in the Sensorimotor Cortex

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

  • Mnemonic Training Reshapes Brain Networks to Support Superior Memory

    Martin Dresler;Martin Dresler;William R. Shirer;Boris N. Konrad;Boris N. Konrad;Nils C.J. Müller

  • Sleep spindles and hippocampal functional connectivity in human NREM sleep.

    Katia C. Andrade;Victor I. Spoormaker;Martin Dresler;Renate Wehrle

  • Altered processing of acoustic stimuli during sleep: reduced auditory activation and visual deactivation detected by a combined fMRI/EEG study.

    Michael Czisch;Thomas C. Wetter;Christian Kaufmann;Thomas Pollmächer

  • Functional MRI during sleep: BOLD signal decreases and their electrophysiological correlates

    Michael Czisch;Renate Wehrle;Christian Kaufmann;Thomas C. Wetter

  • Spatiotemporal Reconfiguration of Large-Scale Brain Functional Networks during Propofol-Induced Loss of Consciousness

    Manuel S. Schröter;Victor I. Spoormaker;Anna Schorer;Afra Wohlschläger

Frequent Co-Authors

Philipp G. Sämann
Philipp G. Sämann Max Planck Society
Victor I. Spoormaker
Victor I. Spoormaker Max Planck Society
Florian Holsboer
Florian Holsboer Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Martin Dresler
Martin Dresler Radboud University
Dorothee P. Auer
Dorothee P. Auer University of Nottingham
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society
Christian Kaufmann
Christian Kaufmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Guillén Fernández
Guillén Fernández Radboud University
Wiro J. Niessen
Wiro J. Niessen University Medical Center Groningen
Axel Steiger
Axel Steiger Max Planck Society

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