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Bertram Walter 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 Bertram Walter sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 76 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bertram Walter 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 Bertram Walter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bertram Walter is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany and has a research focus primarily situated within the field of Psychology. Their work spans various subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of issues related to human behavior and mental health. These topics include:

  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Bertram Walter illustrates the diversity of their research interests and venues. These include:

  • Processing of sensory, painful and vestibular stimuli in the thalamus, 2022, Brain Structure and Function
  • Alike and different: Associations between orthorexic eating behaviors and exercise addiction, 2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • On the current psychotherapeutic situation for persons with pornography use disorder in Germany, 2023, Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Memory representation of aversive social experiences in Social Anxiety Disorder, 2023, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Individual cortisol response to acute stress influences neural processing of sexual cues, 2022, Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Their frequent co-authors reflect ongoing collaborative relationships within their research network. These include:

  • Rudolf Stark
  • Charlotte Markert
  • Sarah Golder
  • Florian Storz
  • Raphaela I. Zehtner

Bertram Walter has contributed multiple publications to specific journals, highlighting preferred venues for disseminating their research findings. These publication venues include:

  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Sexual Medicine
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders

The breadth of Walter's work, extending across multiple interrelated psychological and social topics, aligns with contemporary research trends investigating complex interactions between behavior, mental health, and societal factors.

Best Publications

  • The insula is not specifically involved in disgust processing: an fMRI study.

    A. Schienle;R. Stark;B. Walter;C. Blecker

  • Anticipation of reward in a nonaversive differential conditioning paradigm and the brain reward system: an event-related fMRI study.

    Peter Kirsch;Anne Schienle;Rudolf Stark;Gebhard Sammer

  • Gender differences in the processing of disgust- and fear-inducing pictures: an fMRI study.

    Anne Schienle;Axel Schäfer;Rudolf Stark;Bertram Walter

  • Ein Fragebogen zur Erfassung der Ekelempfindlichkeit (FEE)

    Anne Schienle;Bertram Walter;Rudolf Stark;Dieter Vaitl

  • Neural responses of OCD patients towards disorder-relevant, generally disgust-inducing and fear-inducing pictures.

    Anne Schienle;Axel Schäfer;Rudolf Stark;Bertram Walter

  • Psychophysiological Correlates of Disgust and Disgust Sensitivity

    Rudolf Stark;Bertram Walter;Anne Schienle;Dieter Vaitl

  • Brain activation of spider phobics towards disorder-relevant, generally disgust- and fear-inducing pictures.

    Anne Schienle;Anne Schienle;Axel Schäfer;Bertram Walter;Rudolf Stark

  • Erotic and disgust-inducing pictures--differences in the hemodynamic responses of the brain.

    Rudolf Stark;Anne Schienle;Cornelia Girod;Bertram Walter

  • Hemodynamic brain correlates of disgust and fear ratings

    Rudolf Stark;Mark Zimmermann;Sabine Kagerer;Anne Schienle

  • On Framing Effects in Decision Making: Linking Lateral versus Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex Activation to Choice Outcome Processing

    Sabine Windmann;Peter Kirsch;Daniela Mier;Rudolf Stark

  • Orthorexia nervosa: A behavioral complex or a psychological condition?

    Jana Strahler;Andrea Hermann;Bertram Walter;Rudolf Stark

  • Emotion regulation in spider phobia: Role of the medial prefrontal cortex.

    Andrea Hermann;Axel Schäfer;Bertram Walter;Rudolf Stark

  • Emotional modulation of the attentional blink: the neural structures involved in capturing and holding attention.

    Lars Schwabe;Christian J. Merz;Christian J. Merz;Bertram Walter;Dieter Vaitl

  • Hemodynamic responses to fear and disgust-inducing pictures: an fMRI study.

    Rudolf Stark;Anne Schienle;Bertram Walter;Peter Kirsch

  • Neural Activations of the Acquisition of Conditioned Sexual Arousal: Effects of Contingency Awareness and Sex

    Tim Klucken;Jan Schweckendiek;Christian J. Merz;Christian J. Merz;Katharina Tabbert

  • Diminished medial prefrontal cortex activity in blood-injection-injury phobia

    Andrea Hermann;Axel Schäfer;Bertram Walter;Rudolf Stark

  • Personality and emotion: test of Gray's personality theory by means of an fMRI study

    M Reuter;R Stark;J Hennig;B Walter

  • The connection between disgust sensitivity and blood‐related fears, faintness symptoms, and obsessive‐compulsiveness in a non‐clinical sample

    Anne Schienle;Rudolf Stark;Bertram Walter;Dieter Vaitl

  • Relationship between Disgust Sensitivity, Trait Anxiety and Brain Activity during Disgust Induction

    Anne Schienle;Axel Schäfer;Rudolf Stark;Bertram Walter

  • Differential activation of pre-SMA and SMA proper during action observation: effects of instructions.

    Karen Zentgraf;Rudolf Stark;Mathias Reiser;Stefan Künzell

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Stark
Rudolf Stark University of Giessen
Dieter Vaitl
Dieter Vaitl University of Giessen
Anne Schienle
Anne Schienle University of Graz
Tim Klucken
Tim Klucken University of Siegen
Peter Kirsch
Peter Kirsch Heidelberg University
Christian J. Merz
Christian J. Merz Ruhr University Bochum
Paul Pauli
Paul Pauli University of Würzburg
Juergen Hennig
Juergen Hennig University of Giessen
Falk Leichsenring
Falk Leichsenring University of Giessen
Oliver T. Wolf
Oliver T. Wolf Ruhr University Bochum

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