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Onur Güntürkün

Onur Güntürkün

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
90
Citations
28096
World Ranking
1114
National Ranking
90

Onur Güntürkün 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 Onur Güntürkün sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 514 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Onur Güntürkün 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 Onur Güntürkün sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Overview

Onur Güntürkün is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and has a significant body of work in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their research focuses particularly on cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and behavior-related subfields within developmental and genetic contexts.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Published work is dispersed across several reputable venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Animal Cognition
  • Brain Structure and Function

Some recent notable papers are:

  • "Brain Lateralization: A Comparative Perspective," 2020, Physiological Reviews
  • "A cortex-like canonical circuit in the avian forebrain," 2020, Science
  • "Atypical lateralization in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders: What is the role of stress?", 2020, Cortex
  • "Polygenic Scores for Cognitive Abilities and Their Association with Different Aspects of General Intelligence-A Deep Phenotyping Approach," 2021, Molecular Neurobiology
  • "A comparative analysis of the dopaminergic innervation of the executive caudal nidopallium in pigeon, chicken, zebra finch, and carrion crow," 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Sebastian Ocklenburg
  • Erhan Genç
  • Julian Packheiser
  • Noemi Rook
  • Roland Pusch

Their research integrates various subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, examination of social psychological processes, and ecological and evolutionary behavioral studies. This interdisciplinary approach extends into genetics and developmental biology.

Onur Güntürkün was awarded membership by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2006 for contributions to psychology and cognitive sciences.

Best Publications

  • Revised Nomenclature for Avian Telencephalon and Some Related Brainstem Nuclei

    Anton Reiner;David J. Perkel;Laura L. Bruce;Ann B. Butler

  • Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution

    Erich David Jarvis;Onur Güntürkün;Laura Bruce;András Csillag

  • Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): Evidence of Self-Recognition

    Helmut Prior;Ariane Schwarz;Onur Güntürkün

  • Sex hormones affect spatial abilities during the menstrual cycle.

    Markus Hausmann;Ditte Slabbekoorn;Stephanie H. M. Van Goozen;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Sex Differences and the Impact of Steroid Hormones on the Developing Human Brain

    Susanne Neufang;Karsten Specht;Markus Hausmann;Onur Güntürkün

  • Oxytocin enhances brain reward system responses in men viewing the face of their female partner

    Dirk Scheele;Andrea Wille;Keith M. Kendrick;Birgit Stoffel-Wagner

  • Brain Lateralization: A Comparative Perspective.

    Onur Güntürkün;Felix Ströckens;Sebastian Ocklenburg

  • Cognition without Cortex

    Onur Güntürkün;Thomas Bugnyar

  • The avian ‘prefrontal cortex’ and cognition

    Onur Güntürkün

  • Oxytocin Modulates Social Distance between Males and Females

    Dirk Scheele;Nadine Striepens;Onur Güntürkün;Sandra Deutschländer

  • A Neurocomputational Theory of the Dopaminergic Modulation of Working Memory Functions

    Daniel Durstewitz;Marian Kelc;Onur Güntürkün

  • Afferent and efferent connections of the caudolateral neostriatum in the pigeon (Columba livia): a retro- and anterograde pathway tracing study.

    Sven Kröner;Onur Güntürkün

  • Asymmetry pays: visual lateralization improves discrimination success in pigeons

    Onur Güntürkün;Bettina Diekamp;Martina Manns;Frank Nottelmann

  • Steroid fluctuations modify functional cerebral asymmetries: the hypothesis of progesterone-mediated interhemispheric decoupling

    Markus Hausmann;Onur Güntürkün

  • Lateralization of magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird

    Wolfgang Wiltschko;Joachim Traudt;Onur Güntürkün;Helmut Prior

  • Large-scale network organization in the avian forebrain: a connectivity matrix and theoretical analysis.

    Murray Shanahan;Verner P. Bingman;Toru Shimizu;Martin Wild

  • A community-based transcriptomics classification and nomenclature of neocortical cell types

    Rafael Yuste;Michael Hawrylycz;Nadia Aalling;Argel Aguilar-Valles

  • An oxytocin-induced facilitation of neural and emotional responses to social touch correlates inversely with autism traits

    Dirk Scheele;Keith M Kendrick;Christoph Khouri;Elisa Kretzer

  • A visual pathway links brain structures active during magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds.

    Dominik Heyers;Martina Manns;Harald Luksch;Onur Güntürkün

  • A cortex-like canonical circuit in the avian forebrain

    Martin Stacho;Christina Herold;Noemi Rook;Hermann Wagner

  • A bottlenose dolphin discriminates visual stimuli differing in numerosity

    Annette Kilian;Sevgi Yaman;Lorenzo von Fersen;Onur Güntürkün

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian Ocklenburg
Sebastian Ocklenburg Ruhr University Bochum
Markus Hausmann
Markus Hausmann Durham University
Jörg T. Epplen
Jörg T. Epplen Ruhr University Bochum
Robert Kumsta
Robert Kumsta Ruhr University Bochum
Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich
Martin Tegenthoff
Martin Tegenthoff Ruhr University Bochum
S. Mechiel Korte
S. Mechiel Korte Utrecht University
René Hurlemann
René Hurlemann Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Irene Daum
Irene Daum Ruhr University Bochum

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