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Britta Renner 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 Britta Renner sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 203 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Britta Renner 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 Britta Renner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Britta Renner is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their scholarly work primarily centers on psychology, with a significant focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, applied psychology, general health professions, clinical psychology, and sociology and political science.

The core research topics associated with Britta Renner include behavioral health and interventions, obesity, physical activity, diet, eating disorders and behaviors, consumer attitudes and food labeling, nutritional studies and diet, mobile health and mHealth applications, as well as COVID-19 and mental health.

Britta Renner has contributed to several recent academic papers. Notable publications include:

  • "Barriers to and Facilitators for Using Nutrition Apps: Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework" (2021) published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • "Similar or different? Comparing food cultures with regard to traditional and modern eating across ten countries" (2022) published in Food Research International
  • "Occurrence of and Reasons for 'Missing Events' in Mobile Dietary Assessments: Results From Three Event-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies" (2020) published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • "Effects of a Collective Family-Based Mobile Health Intervention Called 'SMARTFAMILY' on Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial" (2020) published in JMIR Research Protocols
  • "The Role of Personal Risk Experience-An Investigation of Health and Terrorism Risk Perception in Germany and Israel" (2021) published in Risk Analysis

Frequent collaborators in Britta Renner's research include Harald T. Schupp, Karoline Villinger, Gudrun Sproesser, Nadine C. Lages, and Luka J. Debbeler.

Publications appear regularly in various academic venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • Econstor (6 publications)
  • JMIR mhealth and uhealth (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Psychology (3 publications)
  • Risk Analysis (2 publications)
  • Advances in Nutrition (2 publications)

Renner's research spans a range of subfields indicating an interdisciplinary approach to psychological and health-related topics. The investigation of behavioral health and mobile health interventions aligns with their focus on practical methods to improve diet and physical activity patterns, as well as responses to current public health challenges such as COVID-19.

Best Publications

  • Social-cognitive predictors of health behavior: action self-efficacy and coping self-efficacy.

    Ralf Schwarzer;Britta Renner

  • Why we eat what we eat. The Eating Motivation Survey (TEMS)

    Britta Renner;Gudrun Sproesser;Stefanie Strohbach;Harald T. Schupp

  • Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for vaccination decisions.

    Cornelia Betsch;Noel T. Brewer;Pauline Brocard;Patrick Davies

  • The effectiveness of app-based mobile interventions on nutrition behaviours and nutrition-related health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Karoline Villinger;Deborah R. Wahl;Heiner Boeing;Harald T. Schupp

  • Curiosity about people: the development of a social curiosity measure in adults.

    Britta Renner

  • The DONE framework: Creation, evaluation, and updating of an interdisciplinary, dynamic framework 2.0 of determinants of nutrition and eating

    F. Marijn Stok;Stefan Hoffmann;Dorothee Volkert;Heiner Boeing

  • Understanding Eating Behavior during the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood : A Literature Review and Perspective on Future Research Directions

    F. Marijn Stok;Britta Renner;Peter Clarys;Nanna Lien

  • Does age make a difference? Predicting physical activity of South Koreans.

    Britta Renner;Youlia Spivak;Sunkyo Kwon;Ralf Schwarzer

  • Determinants of diet and physical activity (DEDIPAC): a summary of findings.

    Johannes Brug;Hidde P. van der Ploeg;Hidde P. van der Ploeg;Anne Loyen;Wolfgang Ahrens

  • Self‐Efficacy and Planning Predict Dietary Behaviors in Costa Rican and South Korean Women: Two Moderated Mediation Analyses

    Benicio Gutiérrez-Doña;Sonia Lippke;Britta Renner;Sunkyo Kwon

  • Social-cognitive predictors of dietary behaviors in South Korean men and women.

    Britta Renner;Sunkyo Kwon;Byung-Hwan Yang;Ki-Chung Paik

  • Social‐Cognitive Factors in Health Behavior Change

    Britta Renner;Ralf Schwarzer

  • Barriers to and facilitators for using nutrition apps : systematic review and conceptual framework

    Laura Maria König;Christiane Attig;Thomas Franke;Britta Renner

  • Predictors of food decision making: A systematic interdisciplinary mapping (SIM) review.

    Claudia Symmank;Claudia Symmank;Robert Mai;Stefan Hoffmann;F. Marijn Stok

  • Age and Body Make a Difference in Optimistic Health Beliefs and Nutrition Behaviors

    Britta Renner;Nina Knoll;Ralf Schwarzer

  • Gender differences in social cognitive determinants of exercise adoption.

    Nelli Hankonen;Pilvikki Absetz;Paolo Ghisletta;Britta Renner

  • The motivation to eat a healthy diet: How intenders and nonintenders differ in terms of risk perception, outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, and nutrition behavior.

    Britta Renner;Ralf Schwarzer

  • The Bright Side of Stress-Induced Eating Eating More When Stressed but Less When Pleased

    Gudrun Sproesser;Harald T. Schupp;Britta Renner

  • Understanding traditional and modern eating: The TEP10 framework

    Gudrun Sproesser;Matthew B. Ruby;Naomi Arbit;Charity S. Akotia

  • Dietary Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Conceptual Analysis and Taxonomy.

    F. Marijn Stok;Britta Renner;Julia Allan;Heiner Boeing

  • Emotion and the processing of symbolic gestures: an event-related brain potential study

    Tobias Flaisch;Frank Häcker;Britta Renner;Harald T. Schupp

  • Perception of health risks: How smoker status affects defensive optimism

    André Hahn;Britta Renner

  • Prediction of attendance at fitness center: a comparison between the theory of planned behavior, the social cognitive theory, and the physical activity maintenance theory

    Darko Jekauc;Darko Jekauc;Manuel Völkle;Matthias O. Wagner;Filip Mess

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald T. Schupp
Harald T. Schupp University of Konstanz
Ralf Schwarzer
Ralf Schwarzer Freie Universität Berlin
Paul Rozin
Paul Rozin University of Pennsylvania
Nanna Lien
Nanna Lien University of Oslo
Harald Reiterer
Harald Reiterer University of Konstanz
Jeroen Lakerveld
Jeroen Lakerveld University of Amsterdam
Peter M. Gollwitzer
Peter M. Gollwitzer New York University
Johannes Brug
Johannes Brug Utrecht University
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Ghent University

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