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74
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1875
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74

Peter Kirsch 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 Peter Kirsch sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 237 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.

Peter Kirsch 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 Peter Kirsch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Kirsch is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and is recognized for extensive research in Neuroscience and Psychology, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Their work also contributes to Social Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Recent publications by Peter Kirsch include:

  • "Chronic alcohol consumption alters extracellular space geometry and transmitter diffusion in the brain," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Just a very expensive breathing training? Risk of respiratory artefacts in functional connectivity-based real-time fMRI neurofeedback," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Investigating individual stress reactivity: High hair cortisol predicts lower acute stress responses," 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "The genetic architecture of human brainstem structures and their involvement in common brain disorders," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Directed coupling in multi-brain networks underlies generalized synchrony during social exchange," 2022, NeuroImage

Frequent co-authors associated with Peter Kirsch's research are:

  • Martin Fungisai Gerchen (23 collaborations)
  • Wolfgang H. Sommer (13 collaborations)
  • Falk Kiefer (12 collaborations)
  • Patrick Bach (10 collaborations)
  • Vera Zamoscik (10 collaborations)

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 publications
  • Scientific Reports with 6 publications
  • Addiction Biology with 3 publications
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology with 3 publications
  • NeuroImage with 2 publications

Peter Kirsch's research spans over complex mechanisms relating to brain function and behavior, employing advanced neuroimaging techniques and focusing on stress response systems and their neuroendocrine regulation. Their work frequently integrates functional connectivity analyses and mental health-related investigations, contributing empirical data across multiple neuroscience and psychology subfields.

Best Publications

  • Oxytocin Modulates Neural Circuitry for Social Cognition and Fear in Humans

    Peter Kirsch;Christine Esslinger;Qiang Chen;Daniela Mier

  • Oxytocin and vasopressin in the human brain: social neuropeptides for translational medicine

    Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg;Gregor Domes;Peter Kirsch;Markus Heinrichs

  • City living and urban upbringing affect neural social stress processing in humans.

    Florian Lederbogen;Peter Kirsch;Leila Haddad;Fabian Streit

  • Remission of Major Depression Under Deep Brain Stimulation of the Lateral Habenula in a Therapy-Refractory Patient

    Alexander Sartorius;Karl L. Kiening;Peter Kirsch;Carl C. von Gall

  • Neural substrates of pleiotropic action of genetic variation in COMT: a meta-analysis

    Daniela Mier;Peter Kirsch;Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg

  • Neural mechanisms of a genome-wide supported psychosis variant.

    Christine Esslinger;Henrik Walter;Peter Kirsch;Susanne Erk

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

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

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

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

  • The insula is not specifically involved in disgust processing: an fMRI study.

    A. Schienle;R. Stark;B. Walter;C. Blecker

  • Anticipation of reward in a nonaversive differential conditioning paradigm and the brain reward system: an event-related fMRI study.

    Peter Kirsch;Anne Schienle;Rudolf Stark;Gebhard Sammer

  • Affect Regulation and Pain in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Possible Link to the Understanding of Self-Injury

    Inga Niedtfeld;Lars Schulze;Peter Kirsch;Sabine C. Herpertz

  • Brain Heterogeneity in Schizophrenia and Its Association With Polygenic Risk.

    Dag Alnæs;Tobias Kaufmann;Dennis van der Meer;Aldo Córdova-Palomera

  • 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

  • Beyond revenge: Neural and genetic bases of altruistic punishment

    Alexander Strobel;Jan Zimmermann;Anja Schmitz;Anja Schmitz;Martin Reuter

  • Cerebellar volume and cerebellocerebral structural covariance in schizophrenia: a multisite mega-analysis of 983 patients and 1349 healthy controls

    T Moberget;N T Doan;D Alnæs;T Kaufmann

  • Association of mouse Dlg4 (PSD-95) gene deletion and human DLG4 gene variation with phenotypes relevant to autism spectrum disorders and Williams' syndrome.

    Michael Feyder;Rose-Marie Karlsson;Poonam Mathur;Matthew Lyman

  • Brain function in carriers of a genome-wide supported bipolar disorder variant.

    Susanne Erk;Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg;Knut Schnell;Carola Opitz von Boberfeld

  • Genome-wide association-, replication-, and neuroimaging study implicates HOMER1 in the etiology of major depression.

    Marcella Rietschel;Manuel Mattheisen;Josef Frank;Jens Treutlein

  • Influence of the stress hormone cortisol on fear conditioning in humans: Evidence for sex differences in the response of the prefrontal cortex

    Rudolf Stark;Oliver T. Wolf;Katharina Tabbert;Sabine Kagerer

  • Brain Structure Correlates of Urban Upbringing, an Environmental Risk Factor for Schizophrenia

    Leila Haddad;Axel Schäfer;Fabian Streit;Florian Lederbogen

  • Superior ‘theory of mind’ in borderline personality disorder: An analysis of interaction behavior in a virtual trust game

    Nele Franzen;Meike Hagenhoff;Nina Baer;Ariane Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg Heidelberg University
Daniela Mier
Daniela Mier University of Konstanz
Christine Esslinger
Christine Esslinger Heidelberg University
Stefanie Lis
Stefanie Lis Heidelberg University
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Dieter Vaitl
Dieter Vaitl University of Giessen
Rudolf Stark
Rudolf Stark University of Giessen
Heike Tost
Heike Tost Heidelberg University
Martin Reuter
Martin Reuter University of Bonn
Stephanie H. Witt
Stephanie H. Witt Heidelberg University

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