2026 Denis Gerstorf: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	65	2834	2599	116	113	331	16167

Overview

Denis Gerstorf is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a notable focus on subfields such as social psychology, health, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and clinical psychology.

The main topics of Gerstorf's work include health disparities and outcomes, aging and gerontology research, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, mental health research topics, psychological and temporal perspectives research, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, and personality traits and psychology.

Gerstorf has contributed extensively to scholarly literature, with frequent publications appearing in several journals. Notable venues for their work include Innovation in Aging, Psychology and Aging, The Journals of Gerontology Series B, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Gerontology.

Among recent scholarly articles, some of the notable publications are:

Midlife in the 2020s: Opportunities and challenges, 2020, American Psychologist
The development of loneliness through adolescence and young adulthood: Its nature, correlates, and midlife outcomes, 2020, Developmental Psychology
Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples, 2020, European Journal of Personality
Charting adult development through (historically changing) daily stress processes, 2020, American Psychologist
Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Health Behaviors? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis, 2020, Collabra Psychology

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as Christiane A. Hoppmann, Johanna Drewelies, Theresa Pauly, Ilja Demuth, and Nilàm Ram. These partnerships have resulted in dozens of joint publications, reflecting sustained research cooperation.

Best Publications

Regional Brain Changes in Aging Healthy Adults: General Trends, Individual Differences and Modifiers

Naftali Raz;Ulman Lindenberger;Karen M. Rodrigue;Kristen M. Kennedy

3526
Citations
Time-Structured and Net Intraindividual Variability: Tools for Examining the Development of Dynamic Characteristics and Processes

Nilam Ram;Denis Gerstorf

495
Citations
Self-perceptions of aging predict mortality and change with approaching death: 16-year longitudinal results from the Berlin Aging Study.

Dana Kotter-Grühn;Anna Kleinspehn-Ammerlahn;Denis Gerstorf;Jacqui Smith

447
Citations
Late-life decline in well-being across adulthood in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States: Something is seriously wrong at the end of life.

Denis Gerstorf;Nilam Ram;Guy Mayraz;Mira Hidajat

318
Citations
Midlife in the 2020s: Opportunities and challenges.

Frank J. Infurna;Denis Gerstorf;Margie E. Lachman

300
Citations
Decline in Life Satisfaction in Old Age: Longitudinal Evidence for Links to Distance-to-Death

Denis Gerstorf;Nilam Ram;Christina Röcke;Ulman Lindenberger

271
Citations
Life Satisfaction Shows Terminal Decline in Old Age: Longitudinal Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP).

Denis Gerstorf;Nilam Ram;Ryne Estabrook;Jürgen Schupp;Jürgen Schupp

260
Citations
Personality predicts mortality risk: An integrative data analysis of 15 international longitudinal studies

Eileen Kranz Graham;Joshua P. Rutsohn;Nicholas A. Turiano;Rebecca Bendayan

240
Citations
Long-Term Antecedents and Outcomes of Perceived Control

Frank J. Infurna;Denis Gerstorf;Nilam Ram;Jürgen Schupp

231
Citations
Cohort Differences in Cognitive Aging and Terminal Decline in the Seattle Longitudinal Study

Denis Gerstorf;Nilam Ram;Christiane Hoppmann;Sherry L. Willis

195
Citations
The Development of loneliness through adolescence and young adulthood: Its nature, correlates, and midlife outcomes

Tilmann von Soest;Maike Luhmann;Denis Gerstorf

180
Citations
Ideographic filters for psychological constructs

John R. Nesselroade;Denis Gerstorf;Sam A. Hardy;NIlam Ram

178
Citations
Development of loneliness in midlife and old age: Its nature and correlates.

Tilmann von Soest;Maike Luhmann;Thomas Hansen;Denis Gerstorf

178
Citations
Spousal interrelations in old age--a mini-review.

Christiane Hoppmann;Denis Gerstorf

166
Citations
Individual Characteristics and Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.

Nanna Notthoff;Peter Reisch;Denis Gerstorf

155
Citations
Personality trait development at the end of life: Antecedents and correlates of mean-level trajectories.

Jenny Wagner;Nilam Ram;Jacqui Smith;Denis Gerstorf

146
Citations
Stability of Sex Differences in Cognition in Advanced Old Age: The Role of Education and Attrition

Denis Gerstorf;Agneta Herlitz;Jacqui Smith

144
Citations
Forecasting life satisfaction across adulthood: Benefits of seeing a dark future?

Frieder R. Lang;David Weiss;Denis Gerstorf;Gert G. Wagner

140
Citations
Well-being affects changes in perceptual speed in advanced old age: Longitudinal evidence for a dynamic link.

Denis Gerstorf;Martin Lövdén;Christina Röcke;Christina Röcke;Jacqui Smith

139
Citations
Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples

Eileen K. Graham;Sara J. Weston;Denis Gerstorf;Denis Gerstorf;Tomiko B. Yoneda

135
Citations
The nature and cross-domain correlates of subjective age in the oldest old: Evidence from the OCTO Study.

Frank J. Infurna;Denis Gerstorf;Suzanne Robertson;Stig Berg

134
Citations
Antecedent–Consequent Relations of Perceived Control to Health and Social Support: Longitudinal Evidence for Between-Domain Associations Across Adulthood

Denis Gerstorf;Christina Röcke;Margie E. Lachman

132
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nilam Ram Stanford University

Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Frank J. Infurna Arizona State University

Jacqui Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Mary A. Luszcz Flinders University

Jutta Heckhausen University of California, Irvine

K. Warner Schaie University of Washington

Avron Spiro Boston University

Sherry L. Willis University of Washington

Hans-Werner Wahl Heidelberg University

External Links

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