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Rudolf Stark

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Psychology

D-Index
74
Citations
15921
World Ranking
1909
National Ranking
78

Rudolf Stark publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 239 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rudolf Stark 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 Rudolf Stark 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

Rudolf Stark is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and social psychology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Sexuality, behavior, and technology
  • Anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes
  • Impact of technology on adolescents
  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Gender, feminism, and media
  • Eating disorders and behaviors
  • Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Rudolf Stark in leading journals are:

  • "Which conditions should be considered as disorders in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) designation of 'other specified disorders due to addictive behaviors'?" (2020), Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • "What should be included in the criteria for compulsive sexual behavior disorder?" (2020), Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • "Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-use Disorders (ACSID-11): Introduction of a new screening instrument capturing ICD-11 criteria for gaming disorder and other potential Internet-use disorders" (2022), Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • "Treatments and interventions for compulsive sexual behavior disorder with a focus on problematic pornography use: A preregistered systematic review" (2022), Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • "Perspective: Classifying Orthorexia Nervosa as a New Mental Illness-Much Discussion, Little Evidence" (2020), Advances in Nutrition

Rudolf Stark has co-authored frequently with the following researchers:

  • Andrea Hermann
  • Tim Klucken
  • Matthias Brand
  • Bertram Walter
  • Astrid Müller

Publication venues where the scientist has contributed extensively include:

  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Current Addiction Reports

In addition to journal articles, Rudolf Stark has published books with recognized academic publishers, including one titled Ratgeber Sexuelle Sucht, released in 2020 through Hogrefe Verlag.

Best Publications

  • The Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model for addictive behaviors: Update, generalization to addictive behaviors beyond internet-use disorders, and specification of the process character of addictive behaviors.

    Matthias Brand;Matthias Brand;Elisa Wegmann;Rudolf Stark;Astrid Müller

  • Differential engagement of anterior cingulate and adjacent medial frontal cortex in adept meditators and non-meditators

    Britta K. Hölzel;Ulrich Ott;Hannes Hempel;Andrea Hackl

  • Which conditions should be considered as disorders in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) designation of “other specified disorders due to addictive behaviors”?

    Matthias Brand;Matthias Brand;Hans-JÜrgen Rumpf;Zsolt Demetrovics;Astrid MÜller

  • 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

  • Relationship between regional hemodynamic activity and simultaneously recorded EEG-theta associated with mental arithmetic-induced workload.

    Gebhard Sammer;Carlo Blecker;Helge Gebhardt;Matthias Bischoff

  • Creativity and the brain: uncovering the neural signature of conceptual expansion.

    Anna Abraham;Karoline Pieritz;Kristin Thybusch;Barbara Rutter

  • The embodied nature of motor imagery: the influence of posture and perspective

    Britta Lorey;Matthias Bischoff;Sebastian Pilgramm;Rudolf Stark

  • Gender differences in the processing of disgust- and fear-inducing pictures: an fMRI study.

    Anne Schienle;Axel Schäfer;Rudolf Stark;Bertram Walter

  • 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

  • Ein Fragebogen zur Erfassung der Ekelempfindlichkeit (FEE)

    Anne Schienle;Bertram Walter;Rudolf Stark;Dieter Vaitl

  • The Neural Substrate of Reward Anticipation in Health: A Meta-Analysis of fMRI Findings in the Monetary Incentive Delay Task

    Robin Paul Wilson;Marco Colizzi;Matthijs Geert Bossong;Matthijs Geert Bossong;Paul Allen;Paul Allen

  • Neural responses of OCD patients towards disorder-relevant, generally disgust-inducing and fear-inducing pictures.

    Anne Schienle;Axel Schäfer;Rudolf Stark;Bertram Walter

  • Changes of brain activation pre- post short-term psychodynamic inpatient psychotherapy: An fMRI study of panic disorder patients

    Manfred E. Beutel;Rudolf Stark;Hong Pan;David Silbersweig

  • Psychophysiological Correlates of Disgust and Disgust Sensitivity

    Rudolf Stark;Bertram Walter;Anne Schienle;Dieter Vaitl

  • Brain activation of spider phobics towards disorder-relevant, generally disgust- and fear-inducing pictures.

    Anne Schienle;Anne Schienle;Axel Schäfer;Bertram Walter;Rudolf Stark

  • Erotic and disgust-inducing pictures--differences in the hemodynamic responses of the brain.

    Rudolf Stark;Anne Schienle;Cornelia Girod;Bertram Walter

  • Neural activation in cognitive motor processes: comparing motor imagery and observation of gymnastic movements.

    Jörn Munzert;Karen Zentgraf;Rudolf Stark;Dieter Vaitl

  • Hemodynamic brain correlates of disgust and fear ratings

    Rudolf Stark;Mark Zimmermann;Sabine Kagerer;Anne Schienle

  • Investigating the impact of sex and cortisol on implicit fear conditioning with fMRI.

    Christian J. Merz;Katharina Tabbert;Jan Schweckendiek;Tim Klucken

  • Motor imagery of hand actions: Decoding the content of motor imagery from brain activity in frontal and parietal motor areas.

    Sebastian Pilgramm;Benjamin de Haas;Fabian Helm;Karen Zentgraf;Karen Zentgraf

  • A Current Understanding of the Behavioral Neuroscience of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder and Problematic Pornography Use

    Rudolf Stark;Tim Klucken;Marc N. Potenza;Matthias Brand

Frequent Co-Authors

Dieter Vaitl
Dieter Vaitl University of Giessen
Bertram Walter
Bertram Walter University of Giessen
Anne Schienle
Anne Schienle University of Graz
Tim Klucken
Tim Klucken University of Siegen
Christian J. Merz
Christian J. Merz Ruhr University Bochum
Peter Kirsch
Peter Kirsch Heidelberg University
Oliver T. Wolf
Oliver T. Wolf Ruhr University Bochum
Matthias Brand
Matthias Brand University of Duisburg-Essen
Juergen Hennig
Juergen Hennig University of Giessen
Paul Pauli
Paul Pauli University of Würzburg

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Publications: 35

Jiang Qiu

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Publications: 31

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