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Researcher · Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien · Germany

Stephan Schwan

Stephan Schwan publishes mostly in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes, Spatial Cognition and Navigation and Museums and Cultural Heritage.

ORCID 0000-0003-2451-720X OpenAlex
World rank
#673,426
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#33,209
of 364,343
Works
227
Citations
3.5k
Citations per work
15.5
h-index
32
i10-index 72Top 9% in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Stephan Schwan

What does Stephan Schwan research?

Stephan Schwan's work is mostly in Psychology (28%), Neuroscience (13%), Social Sciences (6%).

Everything else: 105 works · 46.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 91 works · 40.2% of their workPsychology: 64 works · 28.2% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 39 works · 17.3% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 works · 5.8% of their workSocial Psychology: 12 works · 5.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 15 works · 6.4% of their workSociology and Political Science: 15 works · 6.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 13 works · 5.6% of their workMuseology: 13 works · 5.6% of their workLife Sciences: 30 works · 13.4% of their workNeuroscience: 30 works · 13.4% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 works · 13.4% of their workTHEIR WORKStephan Schwan227works
Life Sciences13%Social Sciences40%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else10546.4%
    1. Psychology6428.2%
    2. Social Sciences156.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities135.6%
    1. Neuroscience3013.4%
  1. 1Experimental and Cognitive Psychology17% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience13% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science6% of their works
  4. 4Developmental and Educational Psychology6% of their works
  5. 5Museology6% of their works
  6. 6Social Psychology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Stephan Schwan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cognitive Load Theory, Multimedia Learning, Cortical Connectivity, Spatial Ability, STEM Education, Informal Education, Museum Learning and Crossmodal Processing.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Cognitive Load Theory591 topic
  2. Multimedia Learning591 topic
  3. Cortical Connectivity332 topics
  4. STEM Education231 topic
  5. Spatial Ability231 topic
  6. Informal Education191 topic
  7. Museum Learning191 topic
  8. Crossmodal Processing171 topic
  9. Multisensory Integration171 topic
  10. Neural Processing161 topic
  11. Visual Perception161 topic
  12. Aesthetic Perception141 topic
  13. Narrative Persuasion141 topic
  14. Neuroaesthetics141 topic
  15. Transportation141 topic
  16. Embodiment111 topic
  17. Presence111 topic

Where does Stephan Schwan work?

Stephan Schwan's main affiliation in the publication record is Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Stephan Schwan have?

OpenAlex counts 227 works and 3,515 citations for Stephan Schwan, an h-index of 32, ranking #673,426 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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