2026 Francis Tuerlinckx: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	63	1144	1004	10	10	201	26565

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Francis Tuerlinckx is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has made contributions primarily within the field of psychology, with a significant focus on experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work also extends into cognitive neuroscience, applied psychology, artificial intelligence, and statistical methodologies related to probability and uncertainty.

The scientist's research topics span several domains, including mental health research, sensory analysis and statistical methods, behavioral health and interventions, functional brain connectivity, stress responses, and meta-analysis and systematic reviews. Digital mental health interventions are also a notable area within their body of work.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

Behavior Research Methods
Psychological Methods
Psychological Assessment
Royal Society Open Science
Emotion

They have collaborated regularly with a group of coauthors, among whom Wolf Vanpaemel has the highest count of collaborations, followed by Tim Loossens, Niels Vanhasbroeck, Eva Ceulemans, and Stijn Verdonck.

Examples of their recent papers are:

"Comparing dream to reality: an assessment of adherence of the first generation of preregistered studies" (2021), published in Royal Society Open Science
"m-Path: an easy-to-use and highly tailorable platform for ecological momentary assessment and intervention in behavioral research and clinical practice" (2023), published in Frontiers in Digital Health
"Assessing the reliability of single-item momentary affective measurements in experience sampling." (2022), published in Psychological Assessment
"The reproducibility of statistical results in psychological research: An investigation using unpublished raw data." (2020), published in Psychological Methods
"On the relationship between valence and arousal in samples across the globe." (2022), published in Emotion

Their work emphasizes methodological rigor and the evaluation of psychological phenomena through various empirical and analytical techniques. Several papers focus on experience sampling methods, preregistration adherence in studies, and the reliability and reproducibility of psychological research findings.

Their scientific output shows a blend of foundational psychological research and the integration of digital tools and statistical approaches to advance the assessment and understanding of behavior and mental health.

Best Publications

Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

Alexander A. Aarts;Joanna E. Anderson;Christopher J. Anderson;Peter R. Attridge;Peter R. Attridge

8957
Citations
Increasing Transparency Through a Multiverse Analysis

Sara Steegen;Francis Tuerlinckx;Andrew Gelman;Wolf Vanpaemel

1317
Citations
Estimating parameters of the diffusion model: Approaches to dealing with contaminant reaction times and parameter variability

Roger Ratcliff;Francis Tuerlinckx

1014
Citations
Critical slowing down as early warning for the onset and termination of depression.

Ingrid A. van de Leemput;Marieke Wichers;Angélique O. J. Cramer;Denny Borsboom

859
Citations
What are 'good' depression symptoms? Comparing the centrality of DSM and non-DSM symptoms of depression in a network analysis

Eiko I. Fried;Sacha Epskamp;Randolph M. Nesse;Francis Tuerlinckx

793
Citations
A network approach to psychopathology: New insights into clinical longitudinal data

Laura F. Bringmann;Nathalie Vissers;Marieke Wichers;Nicole Geschwind

757
Citations
Feelings change: accounting for individual differences in the temporal dynamics of affect.

Peter Kuppens;Zita Oravecz;Francis Tuerlinckx

651
Citations
The relation between valence and arousal in subjective experience.

Peter Kuppens;Francis Tuerlinckx;James A. Russell;Lisa Feldman Barrett

619
Citations
Complex affect dynamics add limited information to the prediction of psychological well-being

Egon Dejonckheere;Merijn Mestdagh;Marlies Houben;Isa Rutten

445
Citations
Revealing the dynamic network structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II

Laura Bringmann;Lotte H Lemmens;Marcus Huibers;Denny Borsboom

428
Citations
Hierarchical diffusion models for two-choice response times.

Joachim Vandekerckhove;Francis Tuerlinckx;Michael D. Lee

396
Citations
The estimation of item response models with the lmer function from the lme4 package in R

Paul De Boeck;Marjan Bakker;Robert Zwitser;Michel Nivard

389
Citations
From loss to loneliness: The relationship between bereavement and depressive symptoms.

Eiko I. Fried;Claudi Bockting;Retha Arjadi;Denny Borsboom

386
Citations
A general framework and an R package for the detection of dichotomous differential item functioning.

David Magis;Sébastien Béland;Francis Tuerlinckx;Paul De Boeck

362
Citations
A nonlinear mixed model framework for item response theory.

Frank Rijmen;Francis Tuerlinckx;Paul De Boeck;Peter Kuppens

321
Citations
Measuring Depression Over Time ... or not? Lack of Unidimensionality and Longitudinal Measurement Invariance in Four Common Rating Scales of Depression

Eiko I. Fried;Claudia D. van Borkulo;Sacha Epskamp;Robert A. Schoevers

320
Citations
Emotion-Network Density in Major Depressive Disorder

Madeline Lee Pe;Katharina Kircanski;Renee J. Thompson;Laura F. Bringmann

300
Citations
Predicting the Duration of Emotional Experience: Two Experience Sampling Studies

Philippe Verduyn;Ellen Delvaux;Hermina Van Coillie;Francis Tuerlinckx

300
Citations
Fitting the Ratcliff diffusion model to experimental data.

Joachim Vandekerckhove;Francis Tuerlinckx

289
Citations
Diffusion model analysis with MATLAB: a DMAT primer.

Joachim Vandekerckhove;Francis Tuerlinckx

280
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Kuppens KU Leuven

Paul De Boeck The Ohio State University

Denny Borsboom University of Amsterdam

Philippe Verduyn Maastricht University

Nicholas B. Allen University of Oregon

Lisa Sheeber Oregon Research Institute

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers University of Amsterdam

Eiko I. Fried Leiden University

Marieke Wichers Maastricht University

Han L. J. van der Maas University of Amsterdam

External Links

Personal website of Francis Tuerlinckx Google Scholar page

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