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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Neuroscience 35 9180 8477 767 729 79 5320

Nico Bunzeck publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nico Bunzeck between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nico Bunzeck published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 4.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 2023. 14 of the 101 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 2023. 2005: 1 publication 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 3 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 10 publications
2005 2025

101 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nico Bunzeck: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 1
2006 3
2007 2
2008 1
2009 3
2010 6
2011 2
2012 3
2013 4
2014 6
2015 6
2016 4
2017 7
2018 6
2019 6
2020 5
2021 4
2022 8
2023 10
2024 4
2025 10
Total 101
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Nico Bunzeck publications per year - data summary

  • Nico Bunzeck, a Neuroscience scholar from University of Lübeck, has 101 publications recorded across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2005 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2023 and 2025, with 10 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2005 and 2008, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 4.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 4.8 per year counting only the 21 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 36 publications, 36% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2005-2011: 18 publications (2.6 per year); 2012-2018: 36 publications (5.1 per year); 2019-2025: 47 publications (6.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Nico Bunzeck 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 Nico Bunzeck 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, 78–87 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: 79 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.

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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 79
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
878–886 6
887+ 100
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Nico Bunzeck publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,597 Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 86 ranges running from 38–47 to 887+ publications.
  • Nico Bunzeck, a Neuroscience scholar from University of Lübeck, records 79 publications - the 7th percentile of the discipline.
  • 7% of ranked Neuroscience scientists score the same or lower than Nico Bunzeck, and about 93% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 158–167 publications range, and Nico Bunzeck ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 98–107 publications, holding 539 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 76% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 248–257 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 887 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Nico Bunzeck 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 Nico Bunzeck sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
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, 34–35 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: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% 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 35
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
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Nico Bunzeck D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,597 Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 68 ranges running from 30–31 to 163+ D-Index.
  • Nico Bunzeck, a Neuroscience scholar from University of Lübeck, records 35 D-Index - the 5th percentile of the discipline.
  • 5% of ranked Neuroscience scientists score the same or lower than Nico Bunzeck, and about 95% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 54–55 D-Index range, and Nico Bunzeck ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 46–47 D-Index, holding 512 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 65% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 62–63 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Nico Bunzeck is affiliated with the University of Lübeck in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on cognitive neuroscience, with significant work in memory and neural mechanisms, neural and behavioral psychology, and functional brain connectivity.

The scientist's publication record includes studies examining neural compensation in aging populations and the relationships between brain structure changes and cognitive functions. Their recent papers include:

  • Trajectories and contributing factors of neural compensation in healthy and pathological aging, 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Structural degeneration of the nucleus basalis of Meynert in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease - Evidence from an MRI-based meta-analysis, 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Age-related iron accumulation and demyelination in the basal ganglia are closely related to verbal memory and executive functioning, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The gains of a 4-week cognitive training are not modulated by novelty, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Neural oscillations and event-related potentials reveal how semantic congruence drives long-term memory in both young and older humans, 2020, Scientific Reports

Bunzeck's work is published frequently in the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • NeuroImage
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Human Brain Mapping

Their frequent co-authors include Tineke K. Steiger, Alexandra Sobczak, Marthe Mieling, Mushfa Yousuf, and Pau A. Packard.

The scientist's research interests cover a broad spectrum of topics:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Their work delves into subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Absolute Coding of Stimulus Novelty in the Human Substantia Nigra/VTA

    Nico Bunzeck;Emrah Düzel;Emrah Düzel

  • Reward Dependent Invigoration Relates to Theta Oscillations and Is Predicted by Dopaminergic Midbrain Integrity in Healthy Elderly.

    Tineke K. Steiger;Nico Bunzeck

  • Anticipation of novelty recruits reward system and hippocampus while promoting recollection

    Bianca C. Wittmann;Nico Bunzeck;Raymond J. Dolan;Emrah Düzel;Emrah Düzel

  • NOvelty-related motivation of anticipation and exploration by dopamine (NOMAD): implications for healthy aging.

    Emrah Düzel;Nico Bunzeck;Marc Guitart-Masip;Sandra Düzel

  • The dopaminergic midbrain participates in human episodic memory formation: evidence from genetic imaging.

    Björn H. Schott;Constanze I. Seidenbecher;Daniela B. Fenker;Corinna J. Lauer

  • Theta-Coupled Periodic Replay in Working Memory

    Lluís Fuentemilla;Will D. Penny;Nathan Cashdollar;Nico Bunzeck

  • Functional imaging of the human dopaminergic midbrain

    Emrah Düzel;Nico Bunzeck;Marc Guitart-Masip;Bianca Wittmann

  • Dopamine Modulates Episodic Memory Persistence in Old Age

    Rumana Chowdhury;Marc Guitart-Masip;Nico Bunzeck;Raymond J Dolan

  • Scanning silence: Mental imagery of complex sounds

    Nico Bunzeck;Torsten Wuestenberg;Kai Lutz;Hans-Jochen Heinze

  • Theta-Alpha Oscillations Bind the Hippocampus, Prefrontal Cortex, and Striatum during Recollection: Evidence from Simultaneous EEG–fMRI

    Nora A. Herweg;Thore Apitz;Gregor Leicht;Christioph Mulert

  • Contextual Novelty Changes Reward Representations in the Striatum

    Marc Guitart-Masip;Nico Bunzeck;Klaas E. Stephan;Klaas E. Stephan;Raymond J. Dolan

  • Contextual interaction between novelty and reward processing within the mesolimbic system

    Nico Bunzeck;Christian F. Doeller;Christian F. Doeller;Ray J. Dolan;Emrah Duzel;Emrah Duzel

  • A common mechanism for adaptive scaling of reward and novelty

    Nico Bunzeck;Peter Dayan;Raymond J. Dolan;Emrah Duzel;Emrah Duzel

  • Sex differences in conditioned stimulus discrimination during context-dependent fear learning and its retrieval in humans: the role of biological sex, contraceptives and menstrual cycle phases.

    Tina B. Lonsdorf;Jan Haaker;Dirk Schümann;Tobias Sommer

  • White noise improves learning by modulating activity in dopaminergic midbrain regions and right superior temporal sulcus

    Vanessa H. Rausch;Eva M. Bauch;Nico Bunzeck

  • Mesolimbic Novelty Processing in Older Adults

    Nico Bunzeck;Hartmut Schütze;Sabine Stallforth;Jörn Kaufmann

  • Deficient inhibitory processing in trait anxiety: Evidence from context-dependent fear learning, extinction recall and renewal.

    J. Haaker;T.B. Lonsdorf;D. Schümann;M. Menz

  • Pharmacological Dissociation of Novelty Responses in the Human Brain

    Nico Bunzeck;Marc Guitart-Masip;Marc Guitart-Masip;Raymond J. Dolan;Emrah Duzel;Emrah Duzel

  • Iron Level and Myelin Content in the Ventral Striatum Predict Memory Performance in the Aging Brain

    Tineke K. Steiger;Tineke K. Steiger;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Nico Bunzeck;Nico Bunzeck

  • Contextual Novelty Modulates the Neural Dynamics of Reward Anticipation

    Nico Bunzeck;Marc Guitart-Masip;Ray J. Dolan;Emrah Düzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Emrah Düzel
Emrah Düzel German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Lluís Fuentemilla
Lluís Fuentemilla University of Barcelona
Graham K. Murray
Graham K. Murray University of Cambridge
Hans-Jochen Heinze
Hans-Jochen Heinze Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Tobias Sommer
Tobias Sommer Universität Hamburg
Raymond J. Dolan
Raymond J. Dolan University College London
Raffael Kalisch
Raffael Kalisch Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Paul C. Fletcher
Paul C. Fletcher University of Cambridge
Marc Guitart-Masip
Marc Guitart-Masip Karolinska Institute
Christian F. Doeller
Christian F. Doeller Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

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