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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 70 2298 2098 91 88 222 15785

René Hurlemann publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by René Hurlemann between 2002 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. René Hurlemann published across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026, averaging 12.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 41 publications in 2019. 22 of the 308 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 41. Peak 41 publications in 2019. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 41 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 24 publications 2024: 18 publications 2025: 21 publications 2026: 1 publication
2002 2026

308 publications in total across all disciplines

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René Hurlemann: publications per year, 2002 to 2026
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 2
2004 0
2005 6
2006 3
2007 5
2008 5
2009 5
2010 8
2011 7
2012 9
2013 16
2014 8
2015 20
2016 15
2017 20
2018 15
2019 41
2020 17
2021 19
2022 22
2023 24
2024 18
2025 21
2026 1
Total 308
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René Hurlemann 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 René Hurlemann sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 221–230 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 222 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283 222
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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René Hurlemann 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 René Hurlemann sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70–71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215 70
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Overview

René Hurlemann is affiliated with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields and topics within psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with particular emphasis on social and cognitive processes.

The primary fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Hurlemann's work addresses specialized subfields such as:

  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The main research topics covered in Hurlemann's publications involve:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

René Hurlemann frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Scientific Reports
  • Der Nervenarzt
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Recent publications include:

  • "Oxytocin and the Neurobiology of Prosocial Behavior" (2020), The Neuroscientist
  • "Loneliness and the Social Brain: How Perceived Social Isolation Impairs Human Interactions" (2021), Advanced Science
  • "Evidence of Neuroplastic Changes after Transcranial Magnetic, Electric, and Deep Brain Stimulation" (2022), Brain Sciences
  • "Opposing Association of Situational and Chronic Loneliness with Interpersonal Distance" (2021), Brain Sciences
  • "Molecular and neurocircuitry mechanisms of social avoidance" (2020), Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Hurlemann's frequent co-authors include:

  • Dirk Scheele
  • Alexandra Philipsen
  • Maximilian Kiebs
  • Jana Lieberz
  • Simone Shamay-Tsoory

Best Publications

  • Oxytocin Enhances Amygdala-Dependent, Socially Reinforced Learning and Emotional Empathy in Humans

    René Hurlemann;Alexandra Patin;Oezguer A. Onur;Michael X. Cohen

  • Nucleus accumbens deep brain stimulation decreases ratings of depression and anxiety in treatment-resistant depression.

    Bettina H. Bewernick;René Hurlemann;Andreas Matusch;Sarah Kayser

  • Elevated cerebrospinal fluid and blood concentrations of oxytocin following its intranasal administration in humans

    Nadine Striepens;Keith M. Kendrick;Vanessa Hanking;Rainer Landgraf

  • Fear and panic in humans with bilateral amygdala damage.

    Justin S Feinstein;Colin Buzza;Rene Hurlemann;Rene Hurlemann;Robin L Follmer

  • Oxytocin enhances brain reward system responses in men viewing the face of their female partner

    Dirk Scheele;Andrea Wille;Keith M. Kendrick;Birgit Stoffel-Wagner

  • Prosocial effects of oxytocin and clinical evidence for its therapeutic potential.

    Nadine Striepens;Keith M. Kendrick;Wolfgang Maier;Wolfgang Maier;René Hurlemann

  • Comparative efficacy and acceptability of non-surgical brain stimulation for the acute treatment of major depressive episodes in adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis

    Julian Mutz;Vijeinika Vipulananthan;Benjamin Richard Carter;René Hurlemann

  • An emotion-induced retrograde amnesia in humans is amygdala- and beta-adrenergic-dependent.

    B. A. Strange;R. Hurlemann;Raymond J. Dolan

  • Oxytocin Modulates Social Distance between Males and Females

    Dirk Scheele;Nadine Striepens;Onur Güntürkün;Sandra Deutschländer

  • Oxytocin facilitates protective responses to aversive social stimuli in males.

    Nadine Striepens;Dirk Scheele;Keith M. Kendrick;Benjamin Becker

  • Oxytocin Facilitates the Extinction of Conditioned Fear in Humans

    Monika Eckstein;Benjamin Becker;Dirk Scheele;Claudia Scholz

  • Kinetics and Dose Dependency of Intranasal Oxytocin Effects on Amygdala Reactivity

    Franny B. Spengler;Johannes Schultz;Dirk Scheele;Maximiliane Essel

  • An oxytocin-induced facilitation of neural and emotional responses to social touch correlates inversely with autism traits

    Dirk Scheele;Keith M Kendrick;Christoph Khouri;Elisa Kretzer

  • Ambiguous-Cue Interpretation is Biased Under Stress- and Depression-Like States in Rats

    Thomas Enkel;Donya Gholizadeh;Oliver von Bohlen und Halbach;Carles Sanchis-Segura

  • Noradrenergic Modulation of Emotion-Induced Forgetting and Remembering

    René Hurlemann;Barbara Hawellek;Andreas Matusch;Heike Kolsch

  • Integrative approaches utilizing oxytocin to enhance prosocial behavior: From animal and human social behavior to autistic social dysfunction

    Hidenori Yamasue;Jason R. Yee;Rene Hurlemann;James K Rilling

  • Dissecting the Role of Oxytocin in the Formation and Loss of Social Relationships.

    René Hurlemann;Dirk Scheele

  • Oxytocin Receptor Gene Methylation: Converging Multilevel Evidence for a Role in Social Anxiety

    Christiane Ziegler;Udo Dannlowski;David Bräuer;Stephan Stevens

  • Opposing Effects of Oxytocin on Moral Judgment in Males and Females

    Dirk Scheele;Nadine Striepens;Keith M. Kendrick;Christine Schwering

  • Noradrenergic enhancement of amygdala responses to fear

    Oezguer A. Onur;Henrik Walter;Thomas E. Schlaepfer;Thomas E. Schlaepfer;Anne K. Rehme

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier University of Bonn
Benjamin Becker
Benjamin Becker University of Hong Kong
Thomas E. Schlaepfer
Thomas E. Schlaepfer University of Freiburg
Keith M. Kendrick
Keith M. Kendrick University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Bernd Weber
Bernd Weber University of Bonn
Raymond J. Dolan
Raymond J. Dolan University College London
Onur Güntürkün
Onur Güntürkün Ruhr University Bochum
Michael Wagner
Michael Wagner TU Dresden
Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich

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