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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 54 Citations 9,417 222 World Ranking 3396 National Ranking 147

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Cognition
  • Psychiatry
  • Anxiety

His primary areas of study are Developmental psychology, Facial expression, Cognitive psychology, Neuroscience and Anxiety. Many of his research projects under Developmental psychology are closely connected to Text mining, Concurrent validity and Exploratory research with Text mining, Concurrent validity and Exploratory research, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. His research in Facial expression intersects with topics in Arousal, Audiology, Emotional expression, Eye tracking and Psychophysiology.

While the research belongs to areas of Cognitive psychology, Georg W. Alpers spends his time largely on the problem of Perception, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Social psychology. His Anxiety research is under the purview of Psychiatry. His work on Panic disorder, Anxiety sensitivity, Anterior cingulate cortex and Agoraphobia as part of general Psychiatry study is frequently linked to Neuropeptide S receptor, bridging the gap between disciplines.

His most cited work include:

  • Evaluation of an internet support group for women with primary breast cancer. (395 citations)
  • The impact of perception and presence on emotional reactions: a review of research in virtual reality. (279 citations)
  • Happy mouth and sad eyes: scanning emotional facial expressions. (203 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Anxiety, Cognitive psychology, Clinical psychology, Panic disorder and Facial expression. Georg W. Alpers usually deals with Anxiety and limits it to topics linked to Internal medicine and Oncology. Georg W. Alpers works mostly in the field of Cognitive psychology, limiting it down to concerns involving Eye movement and, occasionally, Eye tracking.

In his work, Suicide prevention is strongly intertwined with Injury prevention, which is a subfield of Clinical psychology. He has included themes like Psychotherapist, Panic and Anxiety sensitivity in his Panic disorder study. His studies in Facial expression integrate themes in fields like Valence, Arousal, Social psychology, Emotional expression and Audiology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Anxiety (31.02%)
  • Cognitive psychology (22.69%)
  • Clinical psychology (21.30%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Clinical psychology (21.30%)
  • Anxiety (31.02%)
  • Cognitive psychology (22.69%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Georg W. Alpers spends much of his time researching Clinical psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive psychology, Panic disorder and Context. His Clinical psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Specific phobia, Cognition, Anxiety sensitivity, Meta-analysis and Depression. Georg W. Alpers performs multidisciplinary studies into Anxiety and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak in his work.

The Cognitive psychology study combines topics in areas such as Visual attention, Perception and Emotional processing. His research on Panic disorder focuses in particular on Agoraphobia. Within one scientific family, he focuses on topics pertaining to Internal medicine under Agoraphobia, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Heritability.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • A Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis of Prognostic Outcomes Following Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in Individuals With Anxiety and Depressive Disorders (15 citations)
  • Orexin in the anxiety spectrum: association of a HCRTR1 polymorphism with panic disorder/agoraphobia, CBT treatment response and fear-related intermediate phenotypes (11 citations)
  • All's Bad That Ends Bad: There Is a Peak-End Memory Bias in Anxiety. (7 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Cognition
  • Anxiety
  • Psychiatry

His scientific interests lie mostly in Anxiety, Clinical psychology, Facial expression, Arousal and Meta-analysis. His Anxiety and Panic disorder and Cognitive behavioral therapy investigations all form part of his Anxiety research activities. He is studying Agoraphobia, which is a component of Panic disorder.

His work deals with themes such as Affect, Compliance, Cognition, Set and Depression, which intersect with Clinical psychology. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Emotion recognition, Speech recognition and Emotion classification. His Arousal research incorporates elements of Ambulatory, Mood and Polysomnography.

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Best Publications

Binocular rivalry between emotional and neutral stimuli: a validation using fear conditioning and EEG.

Georg W. Alpers;Mirjana Ruhleder;Nora Walz;Andreas Mühlberger.
International Journal of Psychophysiology (2005)

756 Citations

The impact of perception and presence on emotional reactions: a review of research in virtual reality.

Julia Diemer;Georg W. Alpers;Henrik M. Peperkorn;Youssef Shiban.
Frontiers in Psychology (2015)

671 Citations

Evaluation of an internet support group for women with primary breast cancer.

Andrew J. Winzelberg;Catherine Classen;Georg W. Alpers;Heidi Roberts.
Cancer (2003)

637 Citations

Happy mouth and sad eyes: scanning emotional facial expressions.

Hedwig Eisenbarth;Georg W. Alpers.
Emotion (2011)

400 Citations

Is eye to eye contact really threatening and avoided in social anxiety? An eye-tracking and psychophysiology study

Matthias J. Wieser;Paul Pauli;Georg W. Alpers;Andreas Mühlberger.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2009)

251 Citations

Evaluation of computerized text analysis in an internet breast cancer support group

Georg W. Alpers;Georg W. Alpers;Andrew J. Winzelberg;Catherine Classen;Heidi Roberts.
Computers in Human Behavior (2005)

231 Citations

Neuropeptide S receptor gene -- converging evidence for a role in panic disorder.

Katharina Domschke;Andreas Reif;Heike Weber;Jan Richter.
Molecular Psychiatry (2011)

205 Citations

Fear of negative evaluation and the hypervigilance-avoidance hypothesis: an eye-tracking study

Matthias J. Wieser;Paul Pauli;Peter Weyers;Georg W. Alpers.
Journal of Neural Transmission (2009)

201 Citations

Here is looking at you: Emotional faces predominate in binocular rivalry.

Georg W. Alpers;Antje B. M. Gerdes.
Emotion (2007)

172 Citations

Spiders are special: fear and disgust evoked by pictures of arthropods

Antje B.M. Gerdes;Gabriele Uhl;Gabriele Uhl;Georg W. Alpers.
Evolution and Human Behavior (2009)

165 Citations

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