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7747
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Klaus Wölfling 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 Klaus Wölfling sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 168 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Klaus Wölfling 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 Klaus Wölfling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Klaus Wölfling is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on areas within the social sciences and psychology, with a significant concentration on topics related to technology's impact on behavior and mental health.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology

Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to various subfields such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Education
  • Applied Psychology
  • Gender Studies

Their research covers a wide range of topics, highlighting interests in technology and its social and psychological effects. These topics include:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Digital Games and Media
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media

Klaus Wölfling has coauthored academic work with several recurring collaborators, including:

  • Kai W. Müller
  • Michael Dreier
  • Manfred E. Beutel
  • Hans-Jürgen Rumpf
  • Astrid Müller

They have published frequently in venues such as:

  • Suchttherapie
  • SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMJ Open

Notable papers authored or coauthored by Klaus Wölfling include:

  • "Discounting delayed monetary rewards and decision making in behavioral addictions - A comparison between patients with gambling disorder and internet gaming disorder", 2020, Addictive Behaviors
  • "Expert appraisal of criteria for assessing gaming disorder: an international Delphi study", 2021, Addiction
  • "Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-use Disorders (ACSID-11): Introduction of a new screening instrument capturing ICD-11 criteria for gaming disorder and other potential Internet-use disorders", 2022, Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • "Addiction Research Unit: Affective and cognitive mechanisms of specific Internet-use disorders", 2021, Addiction Biology
  • "Vereinheitlichung der Bezeichnungen für Verhaltenssüchte", 2021, SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice

Additionally, Klaus Wölfling has contributed to book literature, including the publication:

  • "Ratgeber Glücksspielsucht", 2023, Hogrefe Verlag

Best Publications

  • Integrating psychological and neurobiological considerations regarding the development and maintenance of specific Internet-use disorders: An Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model.

    Matthias Brand;Matthias Brand;Kimberly S. Young;Christian Laier;Klaus Wölfling

  • The Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model for addictive behaviors: Update, generalization to addictive behaviors beyond internet-use disorders, and specification of the process character of addictive behaviors.

    Matthias Brand;Matthias Brand;Elisa Wegmann;Rudolf Stark;Astrid Müller

  • The German version of the Perceived Stress Scale – psychometric characteristics in a representative German community sample

    Eva M. Klein;Elmar Brähler;Michael Dreier;Leonard Reinecke

  • Regular gaming behavior and internet gaming disorder in European adolescents: results from a cross-national representative survey of prevalence, predictors, and psychopathological correlates

    K. W. Müller;M. Janikian;M. Dreier;K. Wölfling

  • Digital Stress over the Life Span: The Effects of Communication Load and Internet Multitasking on Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Impairments in a German Probability Sample

    Leonard Reinecke;Stefan Aufenanger;Manfred E. Beutel;Michael Dreier

  • Including gaming disorder in the ICD-11: The need to do so from a clinical and public health perspective.

    Hans Jürgen Rumpf;Sophia Achab;Sophia Achab;Joël Billieux;Henrietta Bowden-Jones

  • A hidden type of internet addiction? Intense and addictive use of social networking sites in adolescents

    K.W. Müller;M. Dreier;M.E. Beutel;E. Duven

  • Procrastination, Distress and Life Satisfaction across the Age Range - A German Representative Community Study.

    Manfred E. Beutel;Eva M. Klein;Stefan Aufenanger;Elmar Brähler

  • Investigating risk factors for Internet gaming disorder: a comparison of patients with addictive gaming, pathological gamblers and healthy controls regarding the big five personality traits.

    Kai W. Müller;M. E. Beutel;B. Egloff;K. Wölfling

  • Specific cue reactivity on computer game-related cues in excessive gamers.

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  • Expert appraisal of criteria for assessing gaming disorder: an international Delphi study.

    Jesús Castro-Calvo;Daniel L. King;Dan J. Stein;Matthias Brand

  • Efficacy of Short-term Treatment of Internet and Computer Game Addiction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Klaus Wölfling;Kai W. Müller;Michael Dreier;Christian Ruckes

  • Prevalence of internet addiction in the general population: results from a German population-based survey

    Kai W. Müller;Heide Glaesmer;Elmar Brähler;Klaus Woelfling

  • [Computer game playing: clinical characteristics of dependence and abuse among adolescents].

    Dominik Batthyány;Kai W Müller;Frank Benker;Klaus Wölfling

  • To gamble or not to gamble: at risk for craving and relapse--learned motivated attention in pathological gambling.

    Klaus Wölfling;Chantal P. Mörsen;Eva Duven;Ulrike Albrecht

  • Free-to-play: About addicted Whales, at risk Dolphins and healthy Minnows. Monetarization design and Internet Gaming Disorder.

    M. Dreier;K. Wölfling;E. Duven;S. Giralt

  • Psychophysiological responses to drug-associated stimuli in chronic heavy cannabis use.

    Klaus Wölfling;Herta Flor;Sabine M. Grüsser

  • [Reliability and validity of the Scale for the Assessment of Pathological Computer-Gaming (CSV-S)].

    Klaus Wölfling;Kai W. Müller;Manfred Beutel

  • Regular and Problematic Leisure-Time Internet Use in the Community: Results from a German Population-Based Survey

    Manfred E. Beutel;Elmar Brähler;Heide Glaesmer;Daria J. Kuss

  • Excessive internet use in European adolescents: What determines differences in severity?

    Lukas Blinka;Kateřina Škařupová;Anna Ševčíková;Klaus Wölfling

  • A contribution to the clinical characterization of Internet addiction in a sample of treatment seekers: Validity of assessment, severity of psychopathology and type of co-morbidity

    K.W. Müller;M.E. Beutel;K. Wölfling

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred E. Beutel
Manfred E. Beutel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Matthias Brand
Matthias Brand University of Duisburg-Essen
Elmar Brähler
Elmar Brähler Leipzig University
Hans-Jürgen Rumpf
Hans-Jürgen Rumpf University of Lübeck
Karl Mann
Karl Mann Heidelberg University
Leonard Reinecke
Leonard Reinecke Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Marc N. Potenza
Marc N. Potenza Yale University
Rudolf Stark
Rudolf Stark University of Giessen
Naomi A. Fineberg
Naomi A. Fineberg University of Hertfordshire
Christian Montag
Christian Montag University of Macau

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