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Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health

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World rank, all time
#23,792
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#1,108
of 2,077
Research works
176
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.1k
40.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 14.07× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 11.59× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 14.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Marc Wittmann and Jiřı́ Wackermann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health.

  1. 1 Marc Wittmann Germany · #761,887 worldwide 59 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Jiřı́ Wackermann Germany · #1,177,195 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neuroscience, Emotion Regulation, Psychology, Spirituality, Near-Death Experiences, Paranormal Beliefs, Anxiety and Well-being.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 12 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience4▲ 50×7 topics
  2. Emotion Regulation3▲ 37×6 topics
  3. Psychology3▲ 82×2 topics
  4. Spirituality3▲ 107×2 topics
  5. Near-Death Experiences2▲ 1303×1 topic
  6. Paranormal Beliefs2▲ 1303×1 topic
  7. Anxiety2▲ 20×6 topics
  8. Well-being2▲ 19×7 topics
  9. Interoception1▲ 174×1 topic
  10. Somatic Symptoms1▲ 174×1 topic
  11. Neural Mechanisms1▲ 55×4 topics
  12. Public Health1▲ 3.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs, Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, Neuroscience and Music Perception and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control.

Paranormal Experiences a…2Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs: 2 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders …1Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music P…1Neuroscience and Music Perception: 1 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 1 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy of Evil: 0 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 0 fractional worksIdentity, Memory, and Therapy: 0 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthCognitive NeuroscienceCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  4. 4 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 0 works
  8. 8 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  9. 9 Identity, Memory, and Therapy Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available52.9%not open47.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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