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Friedrich Lösel 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 Friedrich Lösel sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 175 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Friedrich Lösel 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 Friedrich Lösel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Friedrich Lösel is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research spans multiple aspects of social sciences and psychology, with a strong focus on forensic and clinical psychology fields. The primary subjects addressed in their work include psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, and sexual offending, alongside criminal justice and corrections analysis, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and child abuse and trauma.

Their publications frequently appear in several specialized academic journals. Among these, Monatschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform features the highest number of their articles, followed by Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health and the European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. Additional outlets include the Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology and the Journal of Quantitative Criminology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Friedrich Lösel have included Lena C. Carl, Eva Link, Doris Bender, Irina Jugl, and Karen Souza. These collaborations reflect shared interests in criminology, forensic psychology, and intervention effectiveness.

Significant recent papers contributed or coauthored by Lösel include:

  • A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Randomized Evaluations of the Effect of Child Social Skills Training on Antisocial Development (2020), Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
  • Do Sports Programs Prevent Crime and Reduce Reoffending? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Sports Programs (2021), Journal of Quantitative Criminology
  • Psychosocial Prevention Programs against Radicalization and Extremism: A Meta-Analysis of Outcome Evaluations (2020), The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
  • Entwicklungspfade der Straftäterbehandlung: skizzierte Wege und Evaluation der Zielerreichung (2020), Forensische Psychiatrie Psychologie Kriminologie
  • When sexual offender treatment in prison-based social-therapeutic treatment is not completed: Relationship to risk factors and recidivism after release (2021), Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Friedrich Lösel has also contributed to book publications, including the 2023 volume "Evaluation der Behandlung von Sexualtätern im Strafvollzug," published by Nomos.

Their research encompasses several subfields such as sociology and political science, clinical psychology, social psychology, statistics and probability, and general health professions.

Best Publications

  • The effectiveness of treatment for sexual offenders: A comprehensive meta-analysis

    Friedrich Lösel;Martin Schmucker

  • Do the victims of school bullies tend to become depressed later in life? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of longitudinal studies

    Maria M. Ttofi;David P. Farrington;Friedrich Lösel;Rolf Loeber

  • Direct Protective and Buffering Protective Factors in the Development of Youth Violence

    Friedrich Lösel;David P. Farrington

  • Effects of training social competence in children: A meta-analysis of recent evaluation studies

    Andreas Beelmann;Ulrich Pfingsten;Friedrich Lösel

  • Effects of Child Skills Training in Preventing Antisocial Behavior: A Systematic Review of Randomized Evaluations

    Friedrich Lösel;Andreas Beelmann

  • The predictive efficiency of school bullying versus later offending: A systematic/meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies

    Maria M. Ttofi;David P. Farrington;Friedrich Lösel;Rolf Loeber

  • School bullying as a predictor of violence later in life: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective longitudinal studies

    Maria M. Ttofi;David P. Farrington;Friedrich Lösel;Friedrich Lösel

  • The efficacy of correctional treatment: A review and synthesis of meta-evaluations.

    Friedrich Lösel

  • The effects of sexual offender treatment on recidivism: an international meta-analysis of sound quality evaluations

    Martin Schmucker;Friedrich Lösel;Friedrich Lösel

  • Bullying at school as a predictor of delinquency, violence and other anti-social behaviour in adulthood

    Doris Bender;Friedrich Lösel;Friedrich Lösel

  • Protective and risk effects of peer relations and social support on antisocial behaviour in adolescents from multi-problem milieus

    Doris Bender;Friedrich Lösel

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of young offender treatment programs in Europe

    Johann August Koehler;Friedrich Lösel;Friedrich Lösel;Thomas D. Akoensi;David K. Humphreys

  • Treatment and Management of Psychopaths

    Friedrich Lösel

  • Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour: Protective factors and resilience

    Friedrich Lösel;Doris Bender

  • Protective Factors Interrupting the Continuity From School Bullying to Later Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: A Systematic Review of Prospective Longitudinal Studies

    Maria M. Ttofi;Lucy Bowes;David P. Farrington;Friedrich Lösel

  • Health Hazards in Adolescence

    Klaus Hurrelmann;Friedrich Lösel;Sonderforschungsbereich-Prävention und Intervention im Kindes und Jugendalter

  • Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of developmental prevention programs in reducing delinquency, aggression, and bullying

    David P. Farrington;Hannah Gaffney;Friedrich Lösel;Maria M. Ttofi

  • Child social skills training in developmental crime prevention: Effects on antisocial behavior and social competence

    Andreas Beelmann;Friedrich Lösel

  • Does sexual offender treatment work?A systematic review of outcome evaluations

    Martin Schmucker;Friedrich Lösel

  • Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programs in Europe, Part II: A Systematic Review of the State of Evidence

    Thomas D. Akoensi;Johann A. Koehler;Friedrich Lösel;Friedrich Lösel;David K. Humphreys

  • Social intervention : potential and constraints

    Klaus Hurrelmann;Franz Xaver Kaufmann;Friedrich Lösel

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Maria M. Ttofi
Maria M. Ttofi University of Cambridge
David Weisburd
David Weisburd Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Lawrence W. Sherman
Lawrence W. Sherman University of Cambridge
Werner Hohenberger
Werner Hohenberger University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Christiane Spiel
Christiane Spiel University of Vienna
Klaus Hurrelmann
Klaus Hurrelmann Hertie School
Lorraine Mazerolle
Lorraine Mazerolle University of Queensland
Rolf Loeber
Rolf Loeber University of Pittsburgh
Sylvana M. Côté
Sylvana M. Côté University of Montreal

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