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Mattie Tops 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 Mattie Tops sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 107 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mattie Tops 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 Mattie Tops sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mattie Tops is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands and has a research focus spanning neuroscience, psychology, and medicine. Their work frequently explores cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and pharmacology. The scientist's studies emphasize topics such as mind wandering and attention, flow experience in various fields, neural and behavioral psychology, neuroscience and music perception, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, musculoskeletal pain, rehabilitation, mindfulness, and compassion interventions.

Tops has published in several peer-reviewed journals, including the European Journal of Neuroscience, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Clinical Medicine, and Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Go with the flow: A neuroscientific view on being fully engaged," 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • "The Neuroscience of the Flow State: Involvement of the Locus Coeruleus Norepinephrine System," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Mindfulness-Based Program Plus Amygdala and Insula Retraining (MAIR) for the Treatment of Women with Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial," 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "A role of serotonin and the insula in vigor: Tracking environmental and physiological resources," 2021, Behavioral and Brain Sciences

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent coauthors. These include Dimitri van der Linden, Arnold B. Bakker, Jesús Montero-Marín, Juan P. Sanabria-Mazo, and Albert Feliu-Soler. Their collaborative work appears across various studies on neuroscientific and psychological themes.

Best Publications

  • Mental fatigue: costs and benefits.

    Maarten A.S. Boksem;Mattie Tops;Mattie Tops

  • Caffeine, fatigue, and cognition.

    Monicque M. Lorist;Mattie Tops

  • Oxytocin modulates amygdala, insula, and inferior frontal gyrus responses to infant crying: a randomized controlled trial.

    Madelon M.E. Riem;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Suzanne Pieper;Mattie Tops;Mattie Tops

  • Error-related ERP components and individual differences in punishment and reward sensitivity.

    Maarten A.S. Boksem;Mattie Tops;Anne E. Wester;Anne E. Wester;Theo F. Meijman

  • A Theory of Social Thermoregulation in Human Primates

    Hans IJzerman;James A. Coan;Fieke M. A. Wagemans;Marjolein A. Missler

  • No Laughing Matter: Intranasal Oxytocin Administration Changes Functional Brain Connectivity during Exposure to Infant Laughter

    Madelon M E Riem;Marinus H van IJzendoorn;Mattie Tops;Maarten A S Boksem;Maarten A S Boksem

  • Anxiety, cortisol, and attachment predict plasma oxytocin

    Mattie Tops;Mattie Tops;Jacobien M. Van Peer;Jacobien M. Van Peer;Jacobien M. Van Peer;Jakob Korf;Albertus A. Wijers

  • A potential role of the inferior frontal gyrus and anterior insula in cognitive control, brain rhythms, and event-related potentials

    Mattie Tops;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Maarten A. S. Boksem

  • Why social attachment and oxytocin protect against addiction and stress: insights from the dynamics between ventral and dorsal corticostriatal systems

    Mattie Tops;Sander L. Koole;Hans IJzerman;Femke T.A. Buisman-Pijlman

  • Individual differences underlying susceptibility to addiction: role for the endogenous oxytocin system

    F.T.A Buisman-Pijlman;N.M. Sumracki;J.J. Gordon;P.R. Hull

  • Internally-directed cognition and mindfulness: An integrative perspective derived from predictive and reactive control systems theory

    Mattie Tops;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Markus Quirin;Hans IJzerman

  • Oxytocin decreases handgrip force in reaction to infant crying in females without harsh parenting experiences

    Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Madelon M. E. Riem;Mattie Tops

  • Mindfulness, Resilience, and Burnout Subtypes in Primary Care Physicians: The Possible Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affect

    Jesús Montero-Marin;Mattie Tops;Rick Manzanera;Marcelo M. Piva Demarzo

  • Cortisol-induced increases of plasma oxytocin levels predict decreased immediate free recall of unpleasant words

    Mattie Tops;Femke T. A. Buisman-Pijlman;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Albertus A. Wijers

  • Task engagement and the relationships between the error-related negativity, agreeableness, behavioral shame proneness and cortisol.

    Mattie Tops;Maarten A.S. Boksem;Anne E. Wester;Anne E. Wester;Monicque M. Lorist

  • Sensitivity to punishment and reward omission: Evidence from error-related ERP components

    Maarten A.S. Boksem;Mattie Tops;Evelien Kostermans;David De Cremer

  • Four decades of research on alexithymia: moving toward clinical applications.

    Dalya Samur;Mattie Tops;Caroline Schlinkert;Markus Quirin

  • Toward a radically embodied neuroscience of attachment and relationships

    Lane Beckes;Hans IJzerman;Mattie Tops

  • Does a single session of reading literary fiction prime enhanced mentalising performance? Four replication experiments of Kidd and Castano (2013)

    Dalya Samur;Mattie Tops;Sander L. Koole

  • Oxytocin effects on complex brain networks are moderated by experiences of maternal love withdrawal

    Madelon M.E. Riem;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Mattie Tops;Maarten A.S. Boksem;Maarten A.S. Boksem

Frequent Co-Authors

Maarten A. S. Boksem
Maarten A. S. Boksem Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albertus A. Wijers
Albertus A. Wijers University of Groningen
Sander L. Koole
Sander L. Koole Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn University College London
Jakob Korf
Jakob Korf University of Groningen
Lenneke R. A. Alink
Lenneke R. A. Alink Leiden University
Jesús Montero-Marín
Jesús Montero-Marín University of Oxford
Arnold B. Bakker
Arnold B. Bakker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Siegwart Lindenberg
Siegwart Lindenberg University of Groningen

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