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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 55 4340 4011 198 195 266 15120

Elke Kalbe publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Elke Kalbe between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Elke Kalbe published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 12.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2024. 50 of the 382 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2024. 1996: 2 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 22 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 22 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 30 publications 2024: 32 publications 2025: 18 publications
1996 2025

382 publications in total across all disciplines

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Elke Kalbe: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 2
1997 2
1998 0
1999 3
2000 6
2001 3
2002 11
2003 9
2004 13
2005 22
2006 8
2007 9
2008 14
2009 12
2010 11
2011 6
2012 6
2013 11
2014 8
2015 13
2016 13
2017 11
2018 16
2019 27
2020 25
2021 22
2022 19
2023 30
2024 32
2025 18
Total 382
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Elke Kalbe publications per year - data summary

  • Elke Kalbe, a Psychology scholar from University of Vechta, has 382 publications recorded across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1996 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 32 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1996 and 1997, with 2 publications each.
  • 1 of the 30 years in the span carries no publications at all (1998).
  • The rate of publication averages 12.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 13.2 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 121 publications, 32% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1996-2005: 71 publications (7.1 per year); 2006-2015: 98 publications (9.8 per year); 2016-2025: 213 publications (21.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Elke Kalbe 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 Elke Kalbe sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 261–270 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 266 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171 266
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Elke Kalbe publication distribution in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 69 ranges running from 31–40 to 705+ publications.
  • Elke Kalbe, a Psychology scholar from University of Vechta, records 266 publications - the 83rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 83% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Elke Kalbe, and about 17% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 151–160 publications range, and Elke Kalbe ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 101–110 publications, holding 736 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 72% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 705 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Elke Kalbe 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 Elke Kalbe sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54–55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408 55
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Elke Kalbe D-index placement in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 30–31 to 144+ D-Index.
  • Elke Kalbe, a Psychology scholar from University of Vechta, records 55 D-Index - the 63rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 63% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Elke Kalbe, and about 37% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48–49 D-Index range, and Elke Kalbe ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32–33 D-Index, holding 702 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 58–59 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Elke Kalbe is affiliated with the University of Vechta in Germany and has a research focus primarily in medicine, with significant contributions to neurology, psychiatry and mental health, and cognitive neuroscience. Their work encompasses experimental and clinical psychology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to neurological and cognitive disorders.

The main topics covered in their research include Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, dementia and cognitive impairment research, neurological disorders and treatments, neurobiology of language and bilingualism, cognitive functions and memory, cognitive abilities and testing, and cerebral palsy and movement disorders.

Elke Kalbe has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with recent notable papers including:

  • Physical exercise for people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis, 2023, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "The system has to be health literate, too" - perspectives among healthcare professionals on health literacy in transcultural treatment settings, 2021, BMC Health Services Research
  • Effects of motor-cognitive training on dual-task performance in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2023, Journal of Neurology
  • Gender gap in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease, 2022, npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Physical exercise for people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis, 2024, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

They have frequently published in venues such as the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, Journal of Neurology, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Elke Kalbe's work, with frequent co-authors including Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Anja Ophey, Carsten Eggers, Ümran Sema Seven, and Inga Liepelt-Scarfone.

Best Publications

  • Introducing MASC: a movie for the assessment of social cognition.

    Isabel Dziobek;Stefan Fleck;Elke Kalbe;Kimberley Rogers

  • Discrimination between Alzheimer dementia and controls by automated analysis of multicenter FDG PET

    Karl Herholz;Eric Salmon;Daniela Perani;Jean-Claude Baron

  • DemTect: a new, sensitive cognitive screening test to support the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and early dementia

    E Kalbe;J Kessler;P Calabrese;R Smith

  • Multicenter Standardized 18F-FDG PET Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Dementias

    Lisa Mosconi;Wai H. Tsui;Wai H. Tsui;Karl Herholz;Alberto Pupi

  • Decision-making deficits of Korsakoff patients in a new gambling task with explicit rules: Associations with executive functions

    Matthias Brand;Esther Fujiwara;Sabine Borsutzky;Elke Kalbe

  • Dissociating cognitive from affective theory of mind: A TMS study

    Elke Kalbe;Marius Schlegel;Alexander T. Sack;Dennis A. Nowak

  • Dementia in Parkinson disease Functional imaging of cholinergic and dopaminergic pathways

    Rüdiger Hilker;A. V. Thomas;J. C. Klein;S. Weisenbach

  • Decision-making impairments in patients with pathological gambling.

    Matthias Brand;Elke Kalbe;Kirsten Labudda;Esther Fujiwara

  • Neurotransmitter changes in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson disease dementia in vivo

    Johannes C. Klein;Carsten Eggers;Elke Kalbe;S. Weisenbach

  • Heterogeneity of brain glucose metabolism in mild cognitive impairment and clinical progression to alzheimer disease

    Davide Anchisi;Barbara Borroni;Massimo Franceschi;Nasser Kerrouche

  • Decision-making impairments in patients with Parkinson's disease.

    Matthias Brand;Kirsten Labudda;Elke Kalbe;Rüdiger Hilker

  • Subthalamic nucleus stimulation restores glucose metabolism in associative and limbic cortices and in cerebellum: evidence from a FDG-PET study in advanced Parkinson's disease.

    Ruediger Hilker;Juergen Voges;Simon Weisenbach;Elke Kalbe

  • Screening for cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease with the Parkinson neuropsychometric dementia assessment (PANDA) instrument

    Elke Kalbe;Pasquale Calabrese;Nils Kohn;Rüdiger Hilker

  • Education and occupation as proxies for reserve in aMCI converters and AD: FDG-PET evidence

    V. Garibotto;B. Borroni;E. Kalbe;K. Herholz

  • Regional cerebral metabolism in early Alzheimer’s disease with clinically significant apathy or depression

    Vjera A. Holthoff;Bettina Beuthien-Baumann;Elke Kalbe;Susanne Lüdecke

  • Dissociation of decision-making under ambiguity and decision-making under risk in patients with Parkinson's disease: A neuropsychological and psychophysiological study

    Frank Euteneuer;Florian Schaefer;Ralf Stuermer;Wolfram Boucsein

  • A European multicentre PET study of fibrillar amyloid in Alzheimer's disease

    Agneta Nordberg;Agneta Nordberg;Stephen F. Carter;Stephen F. Carter;Juha Rinne;Juha Rinne;Alexander Drzezga

  • Neural correlates of anosognosia for cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease

    Eric Salmon;Daniela Perani;Karl Herholz;Patricia Marique

  • Affective and cognitive Theory of Mind in patients with parkinson's disease.

    Maren E. Bodden;Brit Mollenhauer;Claudia Trenkwalder;Nicole Cabanel

  • Anosognosia in very mild Alzheimer's disease but not in mild cognitive impairment.

    Elke Kalbe;E. Salmon;D. Perani;Vjera Holthoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Kessler
Josef Kessler University of Cologne
Matthias Brand
Matthias Brand University of Duisburg-Essen
Karl Herholz
Karl Herholz University of Manchester
Gereon R. Fink
Gereon R. Fink University of Cologne
Wolf-Dieter Heiss
Wolf-Dieter Heiss Max Planck Society
Richard Dodel
Richard Dodel University of Duisburg-Essen
Hans J. Markowitsch
Hans J. Markowitsch Bielefeld University
Karsten Witt
Karsten Witt Kiel University
Daniela Berg
Daniela Berg University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Brit Mollenhauer
Brit Mollenhauer University of Göttingen

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