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Karin Roelofs 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 Karin Roelofs sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 235 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karin Roelofs 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 Karin Roelofs sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karin Roelofs is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research spans fields such as psychology and neuroscience, with substantial contributions to cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Roelofs has published extensively in several journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE

Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping, 2022, Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
  • The functional role of cardiac activity in perception and action, 2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Approach-Avoidance Decisions Under Threat: The Role of Autonomic Psychophysiological States, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Anterior prefrontal brain activity during emotion control predicts resilience to post-traumatic stress symptoms, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Human Lateral Frontal Pole Contributes to Control over Emotional Approach-Avoidance Actions, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators in Roelofs' work include:

  • Floris Klumpers
  • Saskia B.J. Koch
  • Bernd Figner
  • Bob Bramson
  • Lycia D. de Voogd

Best Publications

  • The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders

    Raffael Kalisch;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Ulrike Basten;Ulrike Basten;Marco P. Boks

  • Freeze for action: Neurobiological mechanisms in animal and human freezing

    Karin Roelofs

  • The specificity of childhood adversities and negative life events across the life span to anxiety and depressive disorders

    Philip Spinhoven;Philip Spinhoven;Bernet M. Elzinga;Jacqueline G.F.M. Hovens;Karin Roelofs

  • Stressful life events and maltreatment in conversion (functional neurological) disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies

    Lea Ludwig;Lea Ludwig;Joëlle A Pasman;Timothy Nicholson;Selma Aybek;Selma Aybek

  • Diminished cortisol responses to psychosocial stress associated with lifetime adverse events a study among healthy young subjects.

    Bernet M. Elzinga;Karin Roelofs;Marieke S. Tollenaar;Patricia Bakvis

  • Cortisol-induced impairments of working memory require acute sympathetic activation.

    Bernet M. Elzinga;Karin Roelofs

  • Emotional stimuli and motor conversion disorder

    Valerie Voon;Valerie Voon;Christina Brezing;Cecile Gallea;Rezvan Ameli

  • Childhood abuse in patients with conversion disorder

    Karin Roelofs;Ger P. J. Keijsers;Kees A. L. Hoogduin;Gérard W. B. Näring

  • Facing freeze: social threat induces bodily freeze in humans.

    Karin Roelofs;Muriel A. Hagenaars;John Stins

  • Updating freeze: aligning animal and human research.

    Muriel A. Hagenaars;Melly Oitzl;Karin Roelofs

  • Neuroticism modulates amygdala-prefrontal connectivity in response to negative emotional facial expressions.

    Henk R. Cremers;Liliana R. Demenescu;Liliana R. Demenescu;André Aleman;Remco Renken;Remco Renken

  • Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Hyperresponsiveness Is Associated with Increased Social Avoidance Behavior in Social Phobia

    Karin Roelofs;Jacobien van Peer;Ed Berretty;Paula de Jong

  • Motor imagery: a window into the mechanisms and alterations of the motor system.

    Floris P. de Lange;Karin Roelofs;Ivan Toni;Ivan Toni

  • Trauma and medically unexplained symptoms towards an integration of cognitive and neuro-biological accounts.

    Karin Roelofs;Philip Spinhoven

  • Trauma, stress, and preconscious threat processing in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

    Patricia Bakvis;Karin Roelofs;Jarl Kuyk;Peter M. Edelbroek

  • Endogenous Testosterone Modulates Prefrontal–Amygdala Connectivity during Social Emotional Behavior

    Inge Volman;Ivan Toni;Lennart Verhagen;Lennart Verhagen;Karin Roelofs;Karin Roelofs

  • Gaze direction differentially affects avoidance tendencies to happy and angry faces in socially anxious individuals

    Karin Roelofs;Peter Putman;Sonja Schouten;Wolf-Gero Lange

  • Testosterone Inhibits Trust but Promotes Reciprocity

    Maarten A. S. Boksem;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Pranjal H. Mehta;Pranjal H. Mehta;Pranjal H. Mehta;Bram Van den Bergh;Veerle van Son

  • Perception of face and body expressions using electromyography, pupillometry and gaze measures

    Mariska E. Kret;Jeroen J. Stekelenburg;Karin Roelofs;Beatrice de Gelder

  • Changes in PTSD patients' narratives during prolonged exposure therapy: a replication and extension.

    Agnes van Minnen;Ineke Wessel;Ton Dijkstra;Karin Roelofs

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Spinhoven
Philip Spinhoven Leiden University
Ivan Toni
Ivan Toni Radboud University
Frans G. Zitman
Frans G. Zitman Leiden University
Bernet M. Elzinga
Bernet M. Elzinga Leiden University
Antonius H. N. Cillessen
Antonius H. N. Cillessen Radboud University
John F. Stins
John F. Stins Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nic J.A. van der Wee
Nic J.A. van der Wee Leiden University Medical Center
Ger P. J. Keijsers
Ger P. J. Keijsers Radboud University
Roshan Cools
Roshan Cools Radboud University

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