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Falk Kiefer 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 Falk Kiefer sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 437 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Falk Kiefer 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 Falk Kiefer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Falk Kiefer is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany, where their research encompasses a wide array of topics related to medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Their work primarily focuses on clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and epidemiology, with additional contributions to cellular and molecular neuroscience and general health professions.

The scientist has a publication record that spans various fields and addresses numerous topics connected to substance use, neurobehavioral mechanisms, and public health implications. Among the most frequent topics covered in their research are:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Kiefer's coauthorship network includes collaborations with researchers such as Patrick Bach, Sabine Vollstädt-Klein, Anne Koopmann, Sabine Hoffmann, and Bernd Lenz. These frequent collaborations have contributed to advancing research in addiction medicine and behavioral neuroscience.

Their research has been published extensively in specialized journals, including:

  • European Addiction Research
  • Suchttherapie
  • SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice
  • Addiction Biology
  • European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Falk Kiefer include:

  • Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders, 2023, Nature Mental Health
  • COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Did the General Population in Germany Drink More Alcohol during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown?, 2020, Alcohol and Alcoholism
  • The Effects of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption Behavior in Germany, 2021, European Addiction Research
  • A methodological checklist for fMRI drug cue reactivity studies: development and expert consensus, 2022, Nature Protocols

Kiefer has also contributed to book publications, including the chapter titled Komplexe posttraumatische Belastungsstörung published in 2021 under the publisher Referenz Psychische Störungen.

Best Publications

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • A genome-wide association study confirms PNPLA3 and identifies TM6SF2 and MBOAT7 as risk loci for alcohol-related cirrhosis

    Stephan Buch;Felix Stickel;Eric Trépo;Michael Way

  • Comparing and Combining Naltrexone and Acamprosate in Relapse Prevention of Alcoholism: A Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

    Falk Kiefer;Holger Jahn;Timo Tarnaske;Hauke Helwig

  • Genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence.

    Jens Treutlein;Sven Cichon;Monika Ridinger;Norbert Wodarz

  • Genetic variation in the PNPLA3 gene is associated with alcoholic liver injury in caucasians

    Felix Stickel;Stephan Buch;Katharina Lau;Henriette Meyer zu Schwabedissen

  • Suppression of the HPA axis stress-response: implications for relapse.

    Bryon Adinoff;Klaus Junghanns;Falk Kiefer;Falk Kiefer;Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin

  • Effects of cue-exposure treatment on neural cue reactivity in alcohol dependence: a randomized trial

    Sabine Vollstädt-Klein;Sabine Loeber;Martina Kirsch;Patrick Bach

  • Translational magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals excessive central glutamate levels during alcohol withdrawal in humans and rats.

    Derik Hermann;Wolfgang Weber-Fahr;Alexander Sartorius;Mareen Hoerst

  • Drugs for relapse prevention of alcoholism: ten years of progress

    Rainer Spanagel;Falk Kiefer

  • Acamprosate: recent findings and future research directions.

    Karl Mann;Falk Kiefer;Rainer Spanagel;John Littleton

  • Metyrapone as Additive Treatment in Major Depression: A Double-blind and Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Holger Jahn;Mildred Schick;Falk Kiefer;Michael Kellner

  • Impairment of inhibitory control in response to food-associated cues and attentional bias of obese participants and normal-weight controls

    S Loeber;M Grosshans;O Korucuoglu;C Vollmert

  • Hunger modulates behavioral disinhibition and attention allocation to food-associated cues in normal-weight controls.

    Sabine Loeber;Martin Grosshans;Stephan Herpertz;Falk Kiefer

  • Genome-wide significant association between alcohol dependence and a variant in the ADH gene cluster.

    Josef Frank;Sven Cichon;Sven Cichon;Jens Treutlein;Monika Ridinger

  • Acamprosate Produces Its Anti-Relapse Effects Via Calcium

    Rainer Spanagel;Valentina Vengeliene;Bernd Jandeleit;Wolf-Nicolas Fischer

  • Impaired sleep quality and sleep duration in smokers-results from the German Multicenter Study on Nicotine Dependence

    Stefan Cohrs;Stefan Cohrs;Andrea Rodenbeck;Andrea Rodenbeck;Dieter Riemann;Bertram Szagun

  • Addiction Research Consortium: Losing and regaining control over drug intake (ReCoDe)-From trajectories to mechanisms and interventions.

    Andreas Heinz;Falk Kiefer;Michael N. Smolka;Tanja Endrass

  • Validating incentive salience with functional magnetic resonance imaging: association between mesolimbic cue reactivity and attentional bias in alcohol-dependent patients.

    Sabine Vollstädt-Klein;Sabine Loeber;Anne Richter;Martina Kirsch

  • COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany.

    Tagrid Lemenager;Miriam Neissner;Anne Koopmann;Iris Reinhard

  • Pregabalin abuse among opiate addicted patients.

    Martin Grosshans;Tagrid Lemenager;Christian Vollmert;Nina Kaemmerer

  • Pregabalin Abuse, Dependence, and Withdrawal: A Case Report

    Martin Grosshans;Jochen Mutschler;Derik Hermann;Oliver Klein

  • Leptin: a modulator of alcohol craving?

    Falk Kiefer;Holger Jahn;Marco Jaschinski;Rüdiger Holzbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Mann
Karl Mann Heidelberg University
Sabine Vollstädt-Klein
Sabine Vollstädt-Klein Heidelberg University
Derik Hermann
Derik Hermann Heidelberg University
Rainer Spanagel
Rainer Spanagel Heidelberg University
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Josef Frank
Josef Frank Central Institute of Mental Health
Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
Stephanie H. Witt
Stephanie H. Witt Heidelberg University
Wolfgang H. Sommer
Wolfgang H. Sommer Heidelberg University
Georg Winterer
Georg Winterer Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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