2026 Thomas Schack: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	43	7313	6820	347	341	457	6747
Neuroscience	43	7417	6841	619	588	390	6990

Thomas Schack 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 Thomas Schack sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 457 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Schack 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 Thomas Schack sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas Schack is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany and has a research focus primarily within the field of psychology. Their scholarly contributions include over 100 publications centered on various subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, general health professions, and clinical psychology.

The main areas of study for Thomas Schack cover motor control and adaptation, sport psychology and performance, action observation and synchronization, COVID-19 and mental health, neural and behavioral psychology studies, global maternal and child health, as well as motivation and self-concept in sports.

Frequent publication venues where Thomas Schack's work appears include:

Frontiers in Psychology
PLoS ONE
Healthcare
COVID
Scientific Reports

They have co-authored numerous papers with several researchers, notably:

John Elvis Hagan
Medina Srem-Sai
Frank Quansah
Edmond Kwesi Agormedah
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Some of their recent papers include:

"Rising Above Misinformation or Fake News in Africa: Another Strategy to Control COVID-19 Spread" (2020) published in Frontiers in Communication
"Female adolescents' reproductive health decision-making capacity and contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa: What does the future hold?" (2020) published in PLoS ONE
"Socio-economic and demographic determinants of female genital mutilation in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of data from demographic and health surveys" (2020) published in Reproductive Health
"COVID-19 Pandemic Worsening Gender Inequalities for Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa" (2021) published in Frontiers in Global Women's Health
"Determinants of antenatal care and skilled birth attendance services utilization among childbearing women in Guinea: evidence from the 2018 Guinea Demographic and Health Survey data" (2021) published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

In addition to journal articles, Thomas Schack has contributed to a book published by Frontiers Media titled Learning and Skill Acquisition in Sports: Theoretical Perspectives, released in 2024.

Best Publications

The effects of mental practice in stroke rehabilitation: a systematic review.

Susy M. Braun;Anna J. Beurskens;Paul J. Borm;Thomas Schack

389
Citations
Representation of motor skills in human long-term memory

Thomas Schack;Franz Mechsner

293
Citations
The cognitive architecture of complex movement

Thomas Schack

230
Citations
Mental representation and mental practice: experimental investigation on the functional links between motor memory and motor imagery.

Cornelia Frank;William Marshall Land;Carmen Popp;Thomas Schack

197
Citations
The cognitive structure of movements in classical dance

Bettina Bläsing;G. Tenenbaum;Thomas Schack

193
Citations
Mental representation and motor imagery training.

Thomas Schack;Kai Essig;Cornelia Frank;Dirk Koester

148
Citations
The Neurocognition of Dance: Mind, Movement and Motor Skills

Bettina Bläsing;Martin Puttke;Thomas Schack

144
Citations
A Systematic Investigation of the Effect of Action Observation Training and Motor Imagery Training on the Development of Mental Representation Structure and Skill Performance

Taeho Kim;Cornelia Frank;Thomas Schack

138
Citations
Measuring Mental Representations

Thomas Schack

131
Citations
Sensorimotor Rhythm Neurofeedback Enhances Golf Putting Performance

Ming Yang Cheng;Chung Ju Huang;Yu Kai Chang;Dirk Koester

126
Citations
Using mental practice in stroke rehabilitation: a framework

Susy Braun;Melanie Kleynen;Jos Schols;Thomas Schack

121
Citations
Editorial: Modularity in motor control: from muscle synergies to cognitive action representation

Andrea d'Avella;Martin A Giese;Yuri P. Ivanenko;Thomas Schack

119
Citations
Representation of grasp postures and anticipatory motor planning in children.

Tino Stöckel;Charmayne M. L. Hughes;Thomas Schack

118
Citations
Action‐Theory Approach to Applied Sport Psychology

Thomas Schack;Dieter Hackfort

112
Citations
Mental representation and learning: The influence of practice on the development of mental representation structure in complex action

Cornelia Frank;William Marshall Land;Thomas Schack

111
Citations
Moving and memorizing: Motor planning modulates the recency effect in serial and free recall

Matthias Weigelt;David A. Rosenbaum;Sven Huelshorst;Thomas Schack;Thomas Schack

108
Citations
Perceptual-Cognitive Changes During Motor Learning: The Influence of Mental and Physical Practice on Mental Representation, Gaze Behavior, and Performance of a Complex Action

Cornelia Frank;William Marshall Land;Thomas Schack

107
Citations
Cognitive representations and cognitive processing of team-specific tactics in soccer.

Heiko Lex;Kai Essig;Andreas Knoblauch;Thomas Schack

103
Citations
Rising Above Misinformation or Fake News in Africa: Another Strategy to Control COVID-19 Spread

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Edward Kwabena Ameyaw;John Elvis Jr. Hagan;John Elvis Jr. Hagan;Abdul-Aziz Seidu

102
Citations
The functional role of working memory in the (re-)planning and execution of grasping movements.

Marnie Ann Spiegel;Dirk Koester;Thomas Schack

97
Citations
The development of end-state comfort planning in preschool children.

Matthias Weigelt;Thomas Schack

95
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Helge Ritter Bielefeld University

Mario Botsch TU Dortmund University

Wilfried Kunde University of Würzburg

Stefan Kopp Bielefeld University

Peter Brugger University of Zurich

Sanni Yaya University of Ottawa

Gershon Tenenbaum Reichman University

Tsung Min Hung National Taiwan University

Robert J. Schinke Laurentian University

Daniel Memmert German Sport University Cologne

External Links

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