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Rico Fischer 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 Rico Fischer sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 91 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rico Fischer 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 Rico Fischer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rico Fischer is affiliated with the University of Greifswald in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, neurology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, social psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Vagus nerve stimulation research
  • Heart rate variability and autonomic control
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation studies
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Rico Fischer has published in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Brain Stimulation
  • Acta Psychologica
  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance

Several recent papers demonstrate their areas of interest and research focus. These include:

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020), 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Evidence for a Modulating Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) on Salivary Alpha-Amylase as Indirect Noradrenergic Marker: A Pooled Mega-Analysis, 2022, Brain Stimulation
  • The Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) on Cognitive Control in Multitasking, 2023, Neuropsychologia
  • Exploring Neural Signal Complexity as a Potential Link between Creative Thinking, Intelligence, and Cognitive Control, 2021, Journal of Intelligence
  • Investigating the Neural Mechanisms of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Effects on Human Cognition: Current Issues and Potential Solutions, 2024, Frontiers in Neuroscience

Collaborations have played a role in Fischer's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Roman Liepelt
  • Aldo Sommer
  • Devu Mahesan
  • Andreas M. Burger
  • Carlos Ventura-Bort

Best Publications

  • Conflicts as aversive signals.

    Gesine Dreisbach;Rico Fischer

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020).

    Adam D. Farmer;Adam Strzelczyk;Alessandra Finisguerra;Alexander V. Gourine

  • Inflexibly focused under stress: Acute psychosocial stress increases shielding of action goals at the expense of reduced cognitive flexibility with increasing time lag to the stressor

    Franziska Plessow;Rico Fischer;Clemens Kirschbaum;Thomas Goschke

  • Efficient multitasking: parallel versus serial processing of multiple tasks.

    Rico Fischer;Franziska Plessow

  • Conflicts as Aversive Signals for Control Adaptation

    Gesine Dreisbach;Rico Fischer

  • Bilingualism and creativity: benefits in convergent thinking come with losses in divergent thinking

    Bernhard Hommel;Lorenza S. Colzato;Rico Fischer;Ingrid K. Christoffels

  • How Decisions Evolve: The Temporal Dynamics of Action Selection.

    Stefan Scherbaum;Maja Dshemuchadse;Rico Fischer;Thomas Goschke

  • Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) enhances conflict-triggered adjustment of cognitive control

    Rico Fischer;Carlos Ventura-Bort;Alfons Hamm;Mathias Weymar

  • The role of affect and reward in the conflict-triggered adjustment of cognitive control.

    Gesine Dreisbach;Rico Fischer

  • Deep thinking increases task-set shielding and reduces shifting flexibility in dual-task performance.

    Rico Fischer;Bernhard Hommel

  • The dynamics of cognitive control: evidence for within-trial conflict adaptation from frequency-tagged EEG.

    Stefan Scherbaum;Rico Fischer;Maja Dshemuchadse;Thomas Goschke

  • Better not to deal with two tasks at the same time when stressed? Acute psychosocial stress reduces task shielding in dual-task performance

    Franziska Plessow;Susann Schade;Clemens Kirschbaum;Rico Fischer

  • Response activation in overlapping tasks and the response-selection bottleneck.

    Torsten Schubert;Rico Fischer;Christine Stelzel

  • Trial-to-trial sequential dependencies in a social and non-social Simon task

    Roman Liepelt;Dorit Wenke;Dorit Wenke;Rico Fischer;Wolfgang Prinz

  • Context-sensitive adjustment of cognitive control in dual-task performance.

    Rico Fischer;Caroline Gottschalk;Gesine Dreisbach

  • The impact of teacher-child relationships on child cognitive performance as explored by a priming paradigm.

    Lieselotte Ahnert;Anne Milatz;Gregor Kappler;Jennifer Schneiderwind

  • Context-Sensitive Adjustments of Cognitive Control : Conflict-Adaptation Effects Are Modulated by Processing Demands of the Ongoing Task

    Rico Fischer;Gesine Dreisbach;Thomas Goschke

  • If it's hard to read… try harder! Processing fluency as signal for effort adjustments.

    Gesine Dreisbach;Rico Fischer

  • The effect of fMRI (noise) on cognitive control.

    Bernhard Hommel;Rico Fischer;Lorenza S. Colzato;Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg

  • The failure of deactivating intentions: aftereffects of completed intentions in the repeated prospective memory cue paradigm.

    Moritz Walser;Rico Fischer;Thomas Goschke

  • Inflexibly Focused Under Stress: Acute Psychosocial Stress Increases Shielding of Action Goals At the Expense of Reduced Cognitive Flexibility With Increasing Time Lag To the Stressor: (520602012-841)

    Franziska Plessow;Rico Fischer;Clemens Kirschbaum;Thomas Goschke

Frequent Co-Authors

Gesine Dreisbach
Gesine Dreisbach University of Regensburg
Thomas Goschke
Thomas Goschke TU Dresden
Roman Liepelt
Roman Liepelt University of Hagen
Torsten Schubert
Torsten Schubert Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Andrea Kiesel
Andrea Kiesel University of Freiburg
Bernhard Hommel
Bernhard Hommel Shandong Normal University
Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller University of Otago
Roberta Sellaro
Roberta Sellaro University of Padua

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