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Axel Mecklinger

Axel Mecklinger

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
69
Citations
14232
World Ranking
2407
National Ranking
98

Axel Mecklinger publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Mecklinger sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 240 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Axel Mecklinger D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel Mecklinger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Axel Mecklinger is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology. Their research spans various subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The primary focus of Mecklinger's work centers on memory processes and influences, memory and neural mechanisms, and aspects of neural and behavioral psychology.

The topics addressed in their research include:

  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Deception Detection and Forensic Psychology
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Mecklinger has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Brain and Cognition
  • Neuropsychologia
  • Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Psychophysiology
  • Journal of Cognitive Enhancement

Their notable recent papers include:

  • From fluency to recognition decisions: A broader view of familiarity-based remembering (2020, Neuropsychologia)
  • Observing memory encoding while it unfolds: Functional interpretation and current debates regarding ERP subsequent memory effects (2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Regine Bader, Kathrin C. J. Eschmann, Michael Weigl, Gerrit Höltje, and Luca Tarantini. These collaborations suggest a multidisciplinary approach combining cognitive neuroscience with experimental methods and neurophysiological techniques.

Best Publications

  • Temporal structure of syntactic parsing: early and late event-related brain potential effects.

    Angela D. Friederici;Anja Hahne;Axel Mecklinger

  • Differential contribution of frontal and temporal cortices to auditory change detection: fMRI and ERP results.

    Bertram Opitz;Teemu Rinne;Axel Mecklinger;D.Yves von Cramon

  • PROCESSING RELATIVE CLAUSES VARYING ON SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC DIMENSIONS :AN ANALYSIS WITH EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS

    Axel Mecklinger;Herbert Schriefers;Karsten Steinhauer;Angela D. Friederici

  • Interfacing mind and brain: A neurocognitive model of recognition memory

    Axel Mecklinger

  • Prefrontal cortex involvement in preattentive auditory deviance detection: neuroimaging and electrophysiological evidence.

    Christian F. Doeller;Bertram Opitz;Axel Mecklinger;Christoph M. Krick

  • Better or worse than expected? Aging, learning, and the ERN

    Ben Eppinger;Jutta Kray;Barbara Mock;Axel Mecklinger

  • Gamma responses and ERPs in a visual classification task

    Christoph S. Herrmann;Axel Mecklinger;Erdmut Pfeifer

  • Combining electrophysiological and hemodynamic measures of the auditory oddball.

    B. Opitz;A. Mecklinger;D.Y. Von Cramon;F. Kruggel

  • Syntactic parsing as revealed by brain responses: first-pass and second-pass parsing processes.

    Angela D. Friederici;Axel Mecklinger

  • Recognition Memory for Emotional and Neutral Faces: An Event-Related Potential Study

    Mikael Johansson;Axel Mecklinger;Anne-Cécile Treese

  • The Functional Neuroanatomy of Novelty Processing: Integrating ERP and fMRI Results

    B. Opitz;A. Mecklinger;A.D. Friederici;D.Y. von Cramon

  • Event related potentials and EEG components in a semantic memory search task.

    Axel Mecklinger;Arthur F. Kramer;David L. Strayer

  • Event-related potentials reveal topographical and temporal distinct neuronal activation patterns for spatial and object working memory

    Axel Mecklinger;Erdmut Pfeifer

  • Syntactic Parsing Preferences and their On-Line Revisions: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Event-Related Brain Potentials

    Angela D. Friederici;Axel Mecklinger;Kevin M. Spencer;Karsten Steinhauer

  • Working memory constraints on syntactic ambiguity resolution as revealed by electrical brain responses

    Angela D Friederici;Karsten Steinhauer;Axel Mecklinger;Martin Meyer

  • The late posterior negativity in ERP studies of episodic memory: Action monitoring and retrieval of attribute conjunctions

    Mikael Johansson;Axel Mecklinger

  • Event related brain potentials and illusory memories: the effects of differential encoding

    Doreen Nessler;Axel Mecklinger;Trevor B Penney

  • Handbook of Binding and Memory: Perspectives From Cognitive Neuroscience

    Hubert D. Zimmer;Axel Mecklinger;Ulman Lindenberger

  • The Processing of Unexpected Positive Response Outcomes in the Mediofrontal Cortex

    Nicola K. Ferdinand;Axel Mecklinger;Jutta Kray;William J. Gehring

  • Intra- and Inter-Item Associations Doubly Dissociate the Electrophysiological Correlates of Familiarity and Recollection

    Theodor Jäger;Axel Mecklinger;Kerstin H. Kipp

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikael Johansson
Mikael Johansson Royal Institute of Technology
Angela D. Friederici
Angela D. Friederici Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Hubert D. Zimmer
Hubert D. Zimmer Saarland University
Jutta Kray
Jutta Kray Saarland University
Christoph Herrmann
Christoph Herrmann Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Erich Schröger
Erich Schröger Leipzig University
D. Yves von Cramon
D. Yves von Cramon Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Burkhard Maess
Burkhard Maess Max Planck Society
Martin Meyer
Martin Meyer University of Zurich
Tanja Michael
Tanja Michael Saarland University

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