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Nicolas Rohleder 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 Nicolas Rohleder sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 197 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicolas Rohleder 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 Nicolas Rohleder sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nicolas Rohleder is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields including psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with a notable emphasis on behavioral neuroscience, clinical psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and general health professions.

The scientist's main areas of study include stress responses and cortisol regulation, mental health research topics, tryptophan and brain disorders, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, heart rate variability and autonomic control, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, and broader topics related to health, psychology, and well-being.

Frequent publication venues for Nicolas Rohleder's work reflect contributions to a variety of interdisciplinary journals, including:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several colleagues, including Linda Becker, Robert Richer, Bjoern M. Eskofier, Luca Abel, and Felicitas Hauck, reflecting a broad network of research partnerships.

Among the recent publications attributed to Nicolas Rohleder are:

  • Clinical Ecopsychology: The Mental Health Impacts and Underlying Pathways of the Climate and Environmental Crisis, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Acute stress responses of autonomous nervous system, HPA axis, and inflammatory system in posttraumatic stress disorder, 2023, Translational Psychiatry
  • Contactless analysis of heart rate variability during cold pressor test using radar interferometry and bidirectional LSTM networks, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Mitochondrial respiratory capacity modulates LPS-induced inflammatory signatures in human blood, 2020, Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • An Evaluation of Speech-Based Recognition of Emotional and Physiological Markers of Stress, 2021, Frontiers in Computer Science

Best Publications

  • Salivary alpha-amylase as a non-invasive biomarker for the sympathetic nervous system: current state of research.

    U.M. Nater;N. Rohleder

  • Chronic Psychological Stress and the Regulation of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines: A Glucocorticoid-Resistance Model

    Gregory E. Miller;Sheldon Cohen;A. Kim Ritchey

  • A meta-analysis of structural brain abnormalities in PTSD.

    Anke Karl;Michael Schaefer;Loretta S Malta;Denise Dörfel

  • A mechanism converting psychosocial stress into mononuclear cell activation.

    Angelika Bierhaus;Jutta Wolf;Martin Andrassy;Nicolas Rohleder

  • Human salivary alpha-amylase reactivity in a psychosocial stress paradigm

    Urs M. Nater;Nicolas Rohleder;Jens Gaab;Simona Berger

  • Determinants of the diurnal course of salivary alpha-amylase

    Urs M. Nater;Urs M. Nater;Nicholas Rohleder;Nicholas Rohleder;Wolff Schlotz;Ulrike Ehlert

  • Determinants of salivary α-amylase in humans and methodological considerations

    Nicolas Rohleder;Urs M. Nater

  • Psychosocial stress-induced activation of salivary alpha-amylase: an indicator of sympathetic activity?

    Nicolas Rohleder;Urs M. Nater;Jutta M. Wolf;Ulrike Ehlert

  • Psychological determinants of the cortisol stress response: the role of anticipatory cognitive appraisal

    Jens Gaab;N Rohleder;Urs M Nater;Ulrike Ehlert

  • Salivary alpha amylase as marker for adrenergic activity during stress: effect of betablockade.

    Anda van Stegeren;Nicolas Rohleder;Walter Everaerd;Oliver T. Wolf

  • Stimulation of systemic low-grade inflammation by psychosocial stress

    Nicolas Rohleder

  • The cortisol response to awakening in relation to different challenge tests and a 12-hour cortisol rhythm.

    A. Schmidt-Reinwald;J.C. Pruessner;D.H. Hellhammer;I. Federenko

  • Hypocortisolism and increased glucocorticoid sensitivity of pro-inflammatory cytokine production in Bosnian war refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Nicolas Rohleder;Ljiljana Joksimovic;Jutta M Wolf;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Neuroendocrine and psychometric evaluation of a placebo version of the ‘Trier Social Stress Test’

    S. Het;N. Rohleder;D. Schoofs;C. Kirschbaum

  • The psychosocial stress-induced increase in salivary alpha-amylase is independent of saliva flow rate.

    Nicolas Rohleder;Jutta M. Wolf;Enrique F. Maldonado;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Stress and inflammation – The need to address the gap in the transition between acute and chronic stress effects

    Nicolas Rohleder

  • Altered cortisol awakening response in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Michèle Wessa;Nicolas Rohleder;Clemens Kirschbaum;Herta Flor

  • The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in habitual smokers.

    Nicolas Rohleder;Clemens Kirschbaum

  • Sex differences in glucocorticoid sensitivity of proinflammatory cytokine production after psychosocial stress.

    Nicolas Rohleder;Nicole C. Schommer;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Renate Engel

  • Clinical depression and regulation of the inflammatory response during acute stress.

    Gregory E. Miller;Nicolas Rohleder;Cinnamon Stetler;Clemens Kirschbaum

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory E. Miller
Gregory E. Miller Northwestern University
Oliver T. Wolf
Oliver T. Wolf Ruhr University Bochum
Urs M. Nater
Urs M. Nater University of Vienna
Jens Gaab
Jens Gaab University of Basel
Brigitte M. Kudielka
Brigitte M. Kudielka University of Regensburg
Ulrike Ehlert
Ulrike Ehlert University of Zurich
George M. Slavich
George M. Slavich University of California, Los Angeles
Dirk H. Hellhammer
Dirk H. Hellhammer University of Trier
Grant S. Shields
Grant S. Shields University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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