2026 Michael Wibral: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	54	4874	4479	407	384	151	12890

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Overview

Michael Wibral is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and computer science, with a significant focus on cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Neural Networks and Applications
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Michael Wibral's publication record highlights frequent contributions to several key venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
PLoS Computational Biology
Trends in Neurosciences
Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Among their recent papers are:

Inferring change points in the spread of COVID-19 reveals the effectiveness of interventions, 2020, Science
Right inferior frontal gyrus implements motor inhibitory control via beta-band oscillations in humans, 2021, eLife
Where is the error? Hierarchical predictive coding through dendritic error computation, 2022, Trends in Neurosciences
Bits and pieces: understanding information decomposition from part-whole relationships and formal logic, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
Introducing a differentiable measure of pointwise shared information, 2021, Physical review. E

Their research collaborations frequently involve several co-authors with whom they have multiple joint publications. Regular collaborators include:

Viola Priesemann
Abdullah Makkeh
Patricia Wollstadt
Aaron J. Gutknecht
Edoardo Pinzuti

Best Publications

Transfer entropy--a model-free measure of effective connectivity for the neurosciences

Raul Vicente;Michael Wibral;Michael Lindner;Gordon Pipa

1101
Citations
Good practice for conducting and reporting MEG research

Joachim Gross;Sylvain Baillet;Gareth R. Barnes;Richard N. A. Henson

767
Citations
The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders

Raffael Kalisch;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Ulrike Basten;Ulrike Basten;Marco P. Boks

756
Citations
Localizing P300 Generators in Visual Target and Distractor Processing: A Combined Event-Related Potential and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Christoph Bledowski;David Prvulovic;Karsten Hoechstetter;Michael Scherg

693
Citations
Untangling cross-frequency coupling in neuroscience

Juhan Aru;Jaan Aru;Viola Priesemann;Michael Wibral

617
Citations
Spike avalanches in vivo suggest a driven, slightly subcritical brain state

Viola Priesemann;Michael Wibral;Michael Wibral;Mario Valderrama;Robert Pröpper

590
Citations
Gamma-band activity in human prefrontal cortex codes for the number of relevant items maintained in working memory.

Frédéric Roux;Michael Wibral;Harald M Mohr;Wolf Singer;Wolf Singer

351
Citations
Cortical Oscillatory Activity Is Critical for Working Memory as Revealed by Deficits in Early-Onset Schizophrenia

Corinna Haenschel;Robert A. Bittner;James Waltz;Fabian Haertling

347
Citations
Measuring Information-Transfer Delays

Michael Wibral;Nicolae Pampu;Viola Priesemann;Felix Siebenhühner;Felix Siebenhühner

303
Citations
TRENTOOL: A Matlab open source toolbox to analyse information flow in time series data with transfer entropy

Michael Lindner;Raul Vicente;Raul Vicente;Raul Vicente;Viola Priesemann;Viola Priesemann;Michael Wibral

283
Citations
Local active information storage as a tool to understand distributed neural information processing

Michael Wibral;Joseph T. Lizier;Sebastian Vögler;Viola Priesemann

262
Citations
Neuronal Avalanches Differ from Wakefulness to Deep Sleep – Evidence from Intracranial Depth Recordings in Humans

Viola Priesemann;Mario Valderrama;Michael Wibral;Michel Le Van Quyen

252
Citations
A new look at gamma? High- (>60 Hz) γ-band activity in cortical networks: Function, mechanisms and impairment

Peter J. Uhlhaas;Gordon Pipa;Gordon Pipa;Gordon Pipa;Sergio Neuenschwander;Michael Wibral

238
Citations
Transfer entropy in magnetoencephalographic data: Quantifying information flow in cortical and cerebellar networks

Michael Wibral;Benjamin Rahm;Maria Rieder;Michael Lindner

236
Citations
Directed Information Measures in Neuroscience

Michael Wibral;Raul Vicente;Joseph T. Lizier

228
Citations
The phase of thalamic alpha activity modulates cortical gamma-band activity: evidence from resting-state MEG recordings.

Frédéric Roux;Michael Wibral;Wolf Singer;Jaan Aru

194
Citations
Ketamine Dysregulates the Amplitude and Connectivity of High-Frequency Oscillations in Cortical–Subcortical Networks in Humans: Evidence From Resting-State Magnetoencephalography-Recordings

Davide Rivolta;Tonio Heidegger;Bertram Scheller;Andreas Sauer

191
Citations
Mental Chronometry of Working Memory Retrieval: A Combined Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Event-Related Potentials Approach

Christoph Bledowski;Kathrin Cohen Kadosh;Michael Wibral;Benny Rahm

180
Citations
Subsampling effects in neuronal avalanche distributions recorded in vivo

Viola Priesemann;Viola Priesemann;Matthias H J Munk;Michael Wibral

171
Citations
Partial information decomposition as a unified approach to the specification of neural goal functions.

Michael Wibral;Viola Priesemann;Jim W. Kay;Joseph T. Lizier

170
Citations
Impaired Gamma-Band Activity during Perceptual Organization in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence for Dysfunctional Network Activity in Frontal-Posterior Cortices

Limin Sun;Christine Grützner;Sven Bölte;Michael Wibral

162
Citations