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Jan Wacker 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 Jan Wacker sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 62 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Wacker 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 Jan Wacker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jan Wacker is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany, focusing on research at the intersection of neuroscience and psychology. Their work principally encompasses cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology, with a significant number of contributions in the subfields of clinical psychology, genetics, and applied psychology.

Their research portfolio includes 25 publications in neuroscience and 18 in psychology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding brain function and behavior. Key subfields represented in their work include cognitive neuroscience, with 23 publications, and experimental and cognitive psychology, comprising 10 publications.

Wacker's research explores various topics such as neural and behavioral psychology studies, mental health research, functional brain connectivity, neural dynamics and brain function, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, cognitive abilities and testing, and behavioral health and interventions. These topics highlight a broad engagement with neural mechanisms underlying behavior and psychological processes.

Frequent publication venues for Wacker's work include:

  • Personality Science (3 publications)
  • Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (3 publications)
  • Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (2 publications)
  • Biological Psychology (2 publications)
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (1 publication)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Personality neuroscience: An emerging field with bright prospects," 2022, Personality Science
  • "The methodology and dataset of the coscience eeg-personality project - a large-scale, multi-laboratory project grounded in cooperative forking paths analysis," 2022, Personality Science
  • "Does openness/intellect predict sensitivity to the reward value of information?," 2021, Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "What is next for the neurobiology of temperament, personality and psychopathology?," 2022, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
  • "Examining the reliability and validity of two versions of the Effort-Expenditure for Rewards Task (EEfRT)," 2022, PLoS ONE

Wacker collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Katharina Paul, Andrea Hildebrandt, Cassie Ann Short, Corinna Kührt, and Erik M. Mueller, indicating engagement in multi-author research projects within their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • The role of the nucleus accumbens and rostral anterior cingulate cortex in anhedonia: Integration of resting EEG, fMRI, and volumetric techniques

    Jan Wacker;Daniel G. Dillon;Diego A. Pizzagalli

  • Separating emotion and motivational direction in fear and anger: effects on frontal asymmetry.

    Jan Wacker;Marcus Heldmann;Gerhard Stemmler

  • Investigating the dopaminergic basis of extraversion in humans: A multilevel approach.

    Jan Wacker;Mira-Lynn Chavanon;Gerhard Stemmler

  • Personality, emotion, and individual differences in physiological responses.

    Gerhard Stemmler;Julia Wacker

  • Dopamine-D2-Receptor Blockade Reverses the Association Between Trait Approach Motivation and Frontal Asymmetry in an Approach-Motivation Context

    Jan Wacker;Erik M. Mueller;Diego A. Pizzagalli;Diego A. Pizzagalli;Jürgen Hennig

  • Anger and fear: Separable effects of emotion and motivational direction on somatovisceral responses.

    Gerhard Stemmler;Tatjana Aue;Jan Wacker

  • Resting EEG signatures of agentic extraversion: New results and meta-analytic integration

    Jan Wacker;Mira-Lynn Chavanon;Gerhard Stemmler

  • Trait Extraversion and Dopamine Function

    Jan Wacker;Luke D. Smillie

  • How to consistently link extraversion and intelligence to the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene: on defining and measuring psychological phenotypes in neurogenetic research.

    Jan Wacker;Erik M Mueller;Jürgen Hennig;Gerhard Stemmler

  • VR aftereffect and the relation of cybersickness and cognitive performance

    Justin Maximilian Mittelstaedt;Jan Wacker;Dirk Stelling

  • Is running away right? The behavioral activation-behavioral inhibition model of anterior asymmetry.

    Julia Wacker;Mira-Lynn Chavanon;Anja Leue;Gerhard Stemmler

  • Dopamine modulates frontomedial failure processing of agentic introverts versus extraverts in incentive contexts

    Erik M. Mueller;Christin Burgdorf;Mira-Lynn Chavanon;Desiree Schweiger

  • Dopamine Effects on Human Error Processing Depend on Catechol-O-Methyltransferase VAL158MET Genotype

    Erik M. Mueller;Scott Makeig;Gerhard Stemmler;Jürgen Hennig

  • Effects of display type and motion control on cybersickness in a virtual bike simulator

    Justin Mittelstaedt;Jan Wacker;Dirk Stelling

  • Defensiveness and anxiety predict frontal EEG asymmetry only in specific situational contexts.

    Nicolas W. Crost;Cornelia A. Pauls;Jan Wacker

  • Agentic extraversion modulates the cardiovascular effects of the dopamine D2 agonist bromocriptine

    Jan Wacker;Gerhard Stemmler

  • Extraversion and reward-processing: Consolidating evidence from an electroencephalographic index of reward-prediction-error.

    Luke D Smillie;Hayley K Jach;David M Hughes;Jan Wacker

  • Paradoxical dopaminergic drug effects in extraversion: dose- and time-dependent effects of sulpiride on EEG theta activity.

    Mira-Lynn Chavanon;Jan Wacker;Gerhard Stemmler

  • Personality neuroscience: An emerging field with bright prospects

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  • Sexually dimorphic link between dopamine D2 receptor gene and neuroticism-anxiety.

    Jan Wacker;Martin Reuter;Jürgen Hennig;Gerhard Stemmler

  • Trait BIS predicts alpha asymmetry and P300 in a Go/No‐Go task

    Jan Wacker;Mira‐Lynn Chavanon;Anja Leue;Gerhard Stemmler

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Stemmler
Gerhard Stemmler Philipp University of Marburg
Luke D. Smillie
Luke D. Smillie University of Melbourne
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University
Martin Reuter
Martin Reuter University of Bonn
Stefan Bode
Stefan Bode University of Melbourne
Lars Schwabe
Lars Schwabe Universität Hamburg
Jürgen Hennig
Jürgen Hennig University of Freiburg
Alan Pickering
Alan Pickering Goldsmiths University of London
Oliver Wilhelm
Oliver Wilhelm University of Ulm
Christiane Hermann
Christiane Hermann University of Giessen

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