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Cornelia Sindermann

Cornelia Sindermann

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
3827
World Ranking
10293
National Ranking
492

Cornelia Sindermann 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 Cornelia Sindermann sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 113 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cornelia Sindermann 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 Cornelia Sindermann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cornelia Sindermann is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany and focuses on research primarily within the social sciences and psychology fields. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including sociology and political science, communication, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and clinical psychology.

The researcher's publication record includes 124 contributions in social sciences and 64 in psychology. Their subfield specialization is reflected through 84 publications in sociology and political science and 22 in communication, alongside studies in social psychology and clinical psychology.

Key research topics explored by Sindermann involve:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts

Their recent publications showcase engagement with issues related to social media, artificial intelligence, and personality psychology. Notable papers include:

  • Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and social media's impact on daily-life and productivity at work: Do WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat Use Disorders mediate that association? (2020, Addictive Behaviors)
  • Assessing the Attitude Towards Artificial Intelligence: Introduction of a Short Measure in German, Chinese, and English Language (2020, KI - Künstliche Intelligenz)
  • Individual differences in Fear of Missing Out (FoMO): Age, gender, and the Big Five personality trait domains, facets, and items (2020, Personality and Individual Differences)
  • Examining the links between active Facebook use, received likes, self-esteem and happiness: A study using objective social media data (2020, Telematics and Informatics)
  • Acceptance and Fear of Artificial Intelligence: associations with personality in a German and a Chinese sample (2022, Discover Psychology)

Sindermann has collaborated frequently with various scholars. Regular co-authors include:

  • Christian Montag
  • Jon D. Elhai
  • Dmitri Rozgonjuk
  • Benjamin Becker
  • Keith M. Kendrick

The researcher has published multiple papers in established venues such as Frontiers in Psychology, Heliyon, Personality and Individual Differences, Discover Psychology, and Current Psychology. Their work is also represented in book form, including the publication "Online Psychology Beyond Addiction and Gaming: A Global Look at Mental Health and Internet-Related Technologies" (2022) through Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and social media’s impact on daily-life and productivity at work: Do WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat Use Disorders mediate that association?

    Dmitri Rozgonjuk;Dmitri Rozgonjuk;Cornelia Sindermann;Jon D. Elhai;Christian Montag

  • Measurement and Conceptualization of Gaming Disorder According to the World Health Organization Framework: the Development of the Gaming Disorder Test

    Halley M. Pontes;Bruno Schivinski;Cornelia Sindermann;Mei Li

  • Assessing the Attitude Towards Artificial Intelligence: Introduction of a Short Measure in German, Chinese, and English Language

    Cornelia Sindermann;Peng Sha;Min Zhou;Jennifer Wernicke

  • The Role of Empathy and Life Satisfaction in Internet and Smartphone Use Disorder.

    Bernd Lachmann;Cornelia Sindermann;Rayna Y. Sariyska;Ruixue Luo

  • Individual differences in Fear of Missing Out (FoMO): Age, gender, and the Big Five personality trait domains, facets, and items

    Dmitri Rozgonjuk;Dmitri Rozgonjuk;Cornelia Sindermann;Jon D. Elhai;Christian Montag

  • Examining the links between active Facebook use, received likes, self-esteem and happiness: A study using objective social media data

    Davide Marengo;Christian Montag;Cornelia Sindermann;Jon D. Elhai

  • Acceptance and Fear of Artificial Intelligence: associations with personality in a German and a Chinese sample

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  • Personality Associations With Smartphone and Internet Use Disorder: A Comparison Study Including Links to Impulsivity and Social Anxiety

    Jessica Peterka-Bonetta;Cornelia Sindermann;Jon D. Elhai;Christian Montag

  • Internet Communication Disorder and the structure of the human brain: initial insights on WeChat addiction.

    Christian Montag;Zhiying Zhao;Cornelia Sindermann;Lei Xu

  • An affective neuroscience framework for the molecular study of Internet addiction

    Christian Montag;Cornelia Sindermann;Benjamin Becker;Jaak Panksepp

  • Real-Time Functional Connectivity-Informed Neurofeedback of Amygdala-Frontal Pathways Reduces Anxiety.

    Zhiying Zhao;Shuxia Yao;Keshuang Li;Cornelia Sindermann

  • A short review on susceptibility to falling for fake political news.

    Cornelia Sindermann;Andrew Cooper;Christian Montag

  • The association between the Big Five personality traits and smartphone use disorder: A meta-analysis

    Davide Marengo;Cornelia Sindermann;Daniela Häckel;Michele Settanni

  • Associations between symptoms of problematic smartphone, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram use: An item-level exploratory graph analysis perspective

    Dmitri Rozgonjuk;Dmitri Rozgonjuk;Cornelia Sindermann;Jon D Elhai;Alexander P Christensen

  • Predicting tendencies towards the disordered use of Facebook's social media platforms: On the role of personality, impulsivity, and social anxiety.

    Cornelia Sindermann;Jon D. Elhai;Christian Montag

  • Digital phenotyping in psychological and medical sciences: a reflection about necessary prerequisites to reduce harm and increase benefits.

    Christian Montag;Cornelia Sindermann;Harald Baumeister

  • Comparing Smartphone, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat: Which Platform Elicits the Greatest Use Disorder Symptoms?

    Dmitri Rozgonjuk;Dmitri Rozgonjuk;Cornelia Sindermann;Jon D. Elhai;Christian Montag

  • The relationship between Internet Use Disorder, depression and burnout among Chinese and German college students.

    Jessica Peterka-Bonetta;Cornelia Sindermann;Peng Sha;Min Zhou

  • Age, gender, personality, ideological attitudes and individual differences in a person's news spectrum: how many and who might be prone to "filter bubbles" and "echo chambers" online?

    Cornelia Sindermann;Jon D. Elhai;Morten Moshagen;Christian Montag

  • A randomized trial shows dose-frequency and genotype may determine the therapeutic efficacy of intranasal oxytocin.

    Juan Kou;Yingying Zhang;Feng Zhou;Cornelia Sindermann

  • Linking individual differences in satisfaction with each of Maslow's needs to the Big Five personality traits and Panksepp's primary emotional systems.

    Christian Montag;Cornelia Sindermann;David Lester;Kenneth Leon Davis

  • A functional polymorphism of the OXTR gene is associated with autistic traits in Caucasian and Asian populations.

    Christian Montag;Christian Montag;Cornelia Sindermann;Martin Melchers;Sonja Jung

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Montag
Christian Montag University of Macau
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker University of Hong Kong
Keith M. Kendrick
Keith M. Kendrick University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Dmitri Rozgonjuk
Dmitri Rozgonjuk University of Tartu
Jon D. Elhai
Jon D. Elhai University of Toledo
Jaak Panksepp
Jaak Panksepp Washington State University
Matthias Brand
Matthias Brand University of Duisburg-Essen
Richard P. Ebstein
Richard P. Ebstein Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Adam J. Guastella
Adam J. Guastella University of Sydney
Halley M. Pontes
Halley M. Pontes Birkbeck, University of London

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