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Psychology

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52
Citations
8654
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5051
National Ranking
233

Neuroscience

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5373
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Michael M. Plichta 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 Michael M. Plichta sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 121 publications — 33rd percentile

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

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

Michael M. Plichta 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 Michael M. Plichta sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael M. Plichta is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research spans psychology, medicine, and neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and psychiatry and mental health. These fields represent the core areas in which they have published extensively.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

They have published in several academic venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Translational Psychiatry
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
  • American Psychologist
  • Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Some recent papers authored include:

  • Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health in Germany: longitudinal observation of different mental health trajectories and protective factors, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Differential impact of COVID-related lockdown on mental health in Germany, 2021, World Psychiatry
  • The Frequent Stressor and Mental Health Monitoring-Paradigm: A Proposal for the Operationalization and Measurement of Resilience and the Identification of Resilience Processes in Longitudinal Observational Studies, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Longitudinal determination of resilience in humans to identify mechanisms of resilience to modern-life stressors: the longitudinal resilience assessment (LORA) study, 2020, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
  • Transdiagnostic neuroimaging of reward system phenotypes in ADHD and comorbid disorders, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Andreas Reif (24 publications)
  • Kira F. Ahrens (18 publications)
  • Bianca Kollmann (18 publications)
  • Rebecca J. Neumann (17 publications)
  • Raffaël Kalisch (15 publications)

Michael M. Plichta's research integrates longitudinal observational studies and neuroimaging approaches to explore resilience mechanisms, mental health trajectories, and stress response. Their focus on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic aligns with broader investigations into stress and resilience, as well as studies on chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Best Publications

  • Test–retest reliability of resting-state connectivity network characteristics using fMRI and graph theoretical measures

    Urs Braun;Michael M. Plichta;Christine Esslinger;Carina Sauer

  • Ventral–striatal responsiveness during reward anticipation in ADHD and its relation to trait impulsivity in the healthy population: A meta-analytic review of the fMRI literature

    Michael M. Plichta;Anouk Scheres

  • Event-related functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS): are the measurements reliable?

    Michael M. Plichta;Martin J. Herrmann;C. G. Baehne;Ann-Christine Ehlis

  • Neural hyporesponsiveness and hyperresponsiveness during immediate and delayed reward processing in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Michael M. Plichta;Nenad Vasic;Robert Christian Wolf;Klaus-Peter Lesch

  • Test–retest reliability of evoked BOLD signals from a cognitive–emotive fMRI test battery

    Michael M. Plichta;Adam J. Schwarz;Oliver Grimm;Katrin Morgen

  • Model-based analysis of rapid event-related functional near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) data: A parametric validation study

    Michael M. Plichta;Sebastian Heinzel;Ann-Christine Ehlis;Paul Pauli

  • Test–retest reliability of fMRI-based graph theoretical properties during working memory, emotion processing, and resting state

    Hengyi Cao;Michael M. Plichta;Axel Schäfer;Leila Haddad

  • Functional near-infrared spectroscopy: a long-term reliable tool for measuring brain activity during verbal fluency.

    Martin Schecklmann;Ann-Christine Ehlis;Michael M. Plichta;Andreas J. Fallgatter

  • Regional Brain Activation Changes and Abnormal Functional Connectivity of the Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex During Working Memory Processing in Adults With Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder

    Robert C. Wolf;Michael M. Plichta;Fabio Sambataro;Andreas J. Fallgatter

  • Auditory cortex activation is modulated by emotion: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study

    Michael M. Plichta;Antje B. M. Gerdes;Antje B. M. Gerdes;Georg W. Alpers;Georg W. Alpers;Wilma Harnisch

  • Cortical activation during two verbal fluency tasks in schizophrenic patients and healthy controls as assessed by multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy

    Ann-Christine Ehlis;Martin J. Herrmann;Michael M. Plichta;Andreas J. Fallgatter

  • Impact of early life adversity on reward processing in young adults: EEG-fMRI results from a prospective study over 25 years.

    Regina Boecker;Nathalie E. Holz;Arlette F. Buchmann;Dorothea Blomeyer

  • Neural response to reward anticipation is modulated by Gray's impulsivity.

    Tim Hahn;Thomas Dresler;Ann-Christine Ehlis;Michael M. Plichta

  • Enhancement of activity of the primary visual cortex during processing of emotional stimuli as measured with event-related functional near-infrared spectroscopy and event-related potentials.

    Martin J. Herrmann;Theresa Huter;Michael M. Plichta;Ann-Christine Ehlis

  • Event-related functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) based on craniocerebral correlations: Reproducibility of activation?

    M.M. Plichta;M.J. Herrmann;C.G. Baehne;A.-C. Ehlis

  • Amygdala habituation: a reliable fMRI phenotype.

    Michael M. Plichta;Oliver Grimm;Katrin Morgen;Daniela Mier

  • Striatal response to reward anticipation: evidence for a systems-level intermediate phenotype for schizophrenia.

    Oliver Grimm;Andreas Heinz;Henrik Walter;Peter Kirsch

  • Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health in Germany: longitudinal observation of different mental health trajectories and protective factors.

    K. F. Ahrens;R. J. Neumann;B. Kollmann;B. Kollmann;J. Brokelmann

  • Simultaneous EEG and fMRI reveals a causally connected subcortical-cortical network during reward anticipation

    Michael M Plichta;Isabella Wolf;Sarah Hohmann;Sarah Baumeister

  • Variability of (functional) hemodynamics as measured with simultaneous fNIRS and fMRI during intertemporal choice.

    Sebastian Heinzel;Florian B. Haeussinger;Tim Hahn;Ann-Christine Ehlis

  • Role of FKBP5 in emotion processing: results on amygdala activity, connectivity and volume

    Nathalie E Holz;Arlette F Buchmann;Regina Boecker;Dorothea Blomeyer

  • Optical topography during a Go-NoGo task assessed with multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy.

    Martin J. Herrmann;Michael M. Plichta;Ann-Christine Ehlis;Andreas J. Fallgatter

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas J. Fallgatter
Andreas J. Fallgatter University of Tübingen
Ann-Christine Ehlis
Ann-Christine Ehlis University of Tübingen
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg Heidelberg University
Martin Schecklmann
Martin Schecklmann University of Regensburg
Andreas Reif
Andreas Reif Goethe University Frankfurt
Manfred Laucht
Manfred Laucht Heidelberg University
Martin J. Herrmann
Martin J. Herrmann University of Würzburg
Daniel Brandeis
Daniel Brandeis University of Zurich
Thomas Dresler
Thomas Dresler University of Tübingen
Peter Kirsch
Peter Kirsch Heidelberg University

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