2026 Joachim Funke: 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	43	4400	4066	118	106	315	8305

Overview

Joachim Funke is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany, contributing to multiple areas within psychology and cognitive sciences. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Education, Social Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their work engages with a variety of scientific topics, specifically:

Cognitive Science and Mapping
Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
Online and Blended Learning
Communication in Education and Healthcare
Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Complex Systems and Decision Making
Chaos, Complexity, and Education

Joachim Funke has published in diverse venues that include open access and peer-reviewed journals. Their frequently selected publication venues are:

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
Frontiers in Psychology
Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Journal of Intelligence
PLoS ONE

Among their recent papers are:

"Influences of mood on academic course evaluations," 2020, Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
"It Requires More Than Intelligence to Solve Consequential World Problems," 2021, Journal of Intelligence
"Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: An international multi-panel Delphi study," 2023, Frontiers in Psychology
"A vignette study of option refusal and decision deferral as two forms of decision avoidance: Situational and personal predictors," 2020, PLoS ONE
"Human-machine symbiosis: ambivalent intuitions regarding gain and loss of personal control explain acceptance of smart mobility aids," 2023, Behaviour and Information Technology

Joachim Funke has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Michaël Wink
Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla
Maximilian Theisen
Alica Mertens
Joerg Zumbach

In addition to journal articles, Joachim Funke has contributed to book publications. Notably, the work titled "Wohin steuert die Psychologie?" was published in 2022 by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Best Publications

Complex Problem Solving : The European Perspective

Peter A. Frensch;Joachim Funke

482
Citations
Solving complex problems: Exploration and control of complex systems

Joachim Funke

469
Citations
Complex problem solving: a case for complex cognition?

Joachim Funke

457
Citations
Dynamic systems as tools for analysing human judgement

Joachim Funke

373
Citations
The Process of Solving Complex Problems

Andreas Fischer;Samuel Greiff;Joachim Funke

351
Citations
Complex problem solving — More than reasoning?

Sascha Wüstenberg;Samuel Greiff;Joachim Funke

314
Citations
Complex Problem Solving: What It Is and What It Is Not.

Dietrich Dörner;Joachim Funke

301
Citations
Dynamic Problem Solving: A New Assessment Perspective.

Samuel Greiff;Sascha Wüstenberg;Joachim Funke

249
Citations
Denken - Urteilen, Entscheiden, Problemlösen

Tilmann Betsch;Joachim Funke;Henning Plessner

231
Citations
Complex Problem Solving in Educational Contexts—Something Beyond g: Concept, Assessment, Measurement Invariance, and Construct Validity

Samuel Greiff;Sascha Wüstenberg;Gyöngyvér Molnár;Andreas Fischer

219
Citations
Perspectives on problem solving in educational assessment: analytical, interactive, and collaborative problem solving

Samuel Greiff;Daniel V. Holt;Joachim Funke

195
Citations
The role of emotions in complex problem solving

Miriam Spering;Dietrich Wagener;Joachim Funke

181
Citations
Problemlösen als fächerübergreifende Kompetenz: Konzeption und erste Resultate aus einer Schulleistungsstudie

Eckhard Klieme;Joachim Funke;Detlev Leutner;Peter Reimann

181
Citations
Complex problem solving

Joachim Funke

149
Citations
Definitions, traditions, and a general framework for understanding complex problem solving

Peter A. Frensch;Joachim Funke

149
Citations
Competencies for complexity: Problem solving in the twenty-first century

Joachim Funke;Andreas Fischer;Daniel V. Holt

148
Citations
The nature of problem solving. Using research to inspire 21st century learning

Beno Csapó;Joachim Funke

144
Citations
Beyond IQ: A latent state-trait analysis of general intelligence, dynamic decision making, and implicit learning☆

Daniel Danner;Dirk Hagemann;Andrea Schankin;Marieke Hager

140
Citations
Milieus of creativity : an interdisciplinary approach to spatiality of creativity

Peter Meusburger;Joachim Funke;Edgar Wunder

130
Citations
Complex Problem Solving: The European Perspective—10 Years After

Joachim Funke;Peter A. Frensch

82
Citations
Handbuch der Psychologie

Joachim Funke

24
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Frensch Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Detlev Leutner University of Duisburg-Essen

Eckhard Klieme Leibniz Association

Michael Wink Heidelberg University

Matthias Weisbrod Heidelberg University

Thomas Schack Bielefeld University

Birgit Spinath Heidelberg University

Edgar Erdfelder University of Mannheim

Robert J. Sternberg Cornell University

Dianne C. Berry University of Reading

External Links

Personal website of Joachim Funke

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