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Paul Sauseng 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 Paul Sauseng sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 129 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Sauseng 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 Paul Sauseng sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul Sauseng is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany and focuses primarily on the field of Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The scientist's research addresses a variety of topics centered on brain function and behavior. These topics include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Neural dynamics and brain function, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Action Observation and Synchronization, and Memory and Neural Mechanisms.

Paul Sauseng has contributed to multiple recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • Cause or consequence? Alpha oscillations in visuospatial attention, 2021, Trends in Neurosciences
  • How visual working memory handles distraction: cognitive mechanisms and electrophysiological correlates, 2020, Visual Cognition
  • Task-switching costs have distinct phase-locked and nonphase-locked EEG power effects, 2020, Psychophysiology
  • Modulating verbal working memory with fronto-parietal transcranial electric stimulation at theta frequency: Does it work?, 2021, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Enhancing visual motion discrimination by desynchronizing bifocal oscillatory activity, 2021, NeuroImage

The collaborative nature of Sauseng's work is reflected in frequent coauthorship with several researchers. Those with the highest number of joint publications include:

  • Anna Lena Biel
  • Charline Peylo
  • Yannik Hilla
  • Elisabeth V. C. Friedrich
  • Tamas Minarik

Paul Sauseng has published regularly in specific scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Psychophysiology
  • NeuroImage
  • Current Biology

Best Publications

  • EEG alpha oscillations: The inhibition–timing hypothesis

    Wolfgang Klimesch;Paul Sauseng;Simon Hanslmayr

  • A shift of visual spatial attention is selectively associated with human EEG alpha activity

    Paul Sauseng;Wolfgang Klimesch;Waltraud Stadler;M. Schabus

  • Fronto-parietal EEG coherence in theta and upper alpha reflect central executive functions of working memory.

    Paul Sauseng;Wolfgang Klimesch;Manuel Schabus;Michael Doppelmayr

  • Control mechanisms in working memory: A possible function of EEG theta oscillations

    Paul Sauseng;Birgit Griesmayr;Roman Freunberger;Wolfgang Klimesch

  • Brain oscillatory substrates of visual short-term memory capacity.

    Paul Sauseng;Paul Sauseng;Wolfgang Klimesch;Kirstin F. Heise;Walter R. Gruber

  • What does phase information of oscillatory brain activity tell us about cognitive processes

    Paul Sauseng;Wolfgang Klimesch

  • Increasing individual upper alpha power by neurofeedback improves cognitive performance in human subjects.

    Simon Hanslmayr;Paul Sauseng;Michael Doppelmayr;Manuel Schabus

  • EEG alpha synchronization and functional coupling during top-down processing in a working memory task

    Paul Sauseng;Wolfgang Klimesch;Michael Doppelmayr;Thomas Pecherstorfer

  • The functional significance of theta and upper alpha oscillations.

    Wolfgang Klimesch;Bärbel Schack;Paul Sauseng

  • Dissociation of sustained attention from central executive functions: local activity and interregional connectivity in the theta range

    P. Sauseng;J. Hoppe;W. Klimesch;C. Gerloff

  • Enhancing cognitive performance with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation at human individual alpha frequency.

    Wolfgang Klimesch;Paul Sauseng;Christian Gerloff

  • Are event-related potential components generated by phase resetting of brain oscillations? A critical discussion.

    P. Sauseng;W. Klimesch;W.R. Gruber;S. Hanslmayr

  • The role of multiple contralesional motor areas for complex hand movements after internal capsular lesion

    Martin Lotze;Jochen Markert;Paul Sauseng;Julia Hoppe

  • Spontaneous locally restricted EEG alpha activity determines cortical excitability in the motor cortex.

    P. Sauseng;W. Klimesch;C. Gerloff;F.C. Hummel

  • Phase-locked alpha and theta oscillations generate the P1–N1 complex and are related to memory performance

    Wolfgang Klimesch;B. Schack;Manuel Schabus;Michael Doppelmayr

  • Event-related phase reorganization may explain evoked neural dynamics

    Wolfgang Klimesch;Paul Sauseng;Simon Hanslmayr;Walter Roland Gruber

  • A short review of slow phase synchronization and memory: Evidence for control processes in different memory systems?

    Wolfgang Klimesch;Roman Freunberger;Paul Sauseng;Walter Gruber

  • Visual discrimination performance is related to decreased alpha amplitude but increased phase locking

    Simon Hanslmayr;Wolfgang Klimesch;Paul Sauseng;Walter Gruber

  • Alpha Phase Synchronization Predicts P1 and N1 Latency and Amplitude Size

    Walter Roland Gruber;Wolfgang Klimesch;Paul Sauseng;Michael Doppelmayr

  • Cross-frequency phase synchronization: A brain mechanism of memory matching and attention

    Paul Sauseng;Wolfgang Klimesch;Walter R. Gruber;Niels Birbaumer

  • The Truth about Lying: Inhibition of the Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Improves Deceptive Behavior

    Ahmed A. Karim;Markus Schneider;Martin Lotze;Martin Lotze;Ralf Veit

  • Report Brain Oscillatory Substrates of Visual Short-Term Memory Capacity

    Paul Sauseng;Wolfgang Klimesch;Kirstin F. Heise;Walter R. Gruber

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Klimesch
Wolfgang Klimesch University of Salzburg
Michael Doppelmayr
Michael Doppelmayr Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Friedhelm C. Hummel
Friedhelm C. Hummel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Simon Hanslmayr
Simon Hanslmayr University of Glasgow
Christian Gerloff
Christian Gerloff University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Niels Birbaumer
Niels Birbaumer University of Tübingen
Martin Lotze
Martin Lotze University of Greifswald
Manuel Schabus
Manuel Schabus University of Salzburg
Annette Sterr
Annette Sterr University of Surrey
Markus Ploner
Markus Ploner Technical University of Munich

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