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Timo Gnambs is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields including Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research, and Social Psychology.

Central themes in Gnambs' work include psychometric methodologies and testing, reading and literacy development, behavioral health and interventions, education, achievement and giftedness, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, cognitive abilities and testing, and social and intergroup psychology.

The scientist's recent publications reflect diverse topics and collaborative efforts. Notable papers include:

  • "Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Attitudes towards AI: measurement and associations with personality" (2024, Scientific Reports)
  • "The development of gender differences in information and communication technology (ICT) literacy in middle adolescence" (2020, Computers in Human Behavior)
  • "Same data, different conclusions: Radical dispersion in empirical results when independent analysts operationalize and test the same hypothesis" (2021, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes)
  • "Detecting Careless Responding in Survey Data Using Stochastic Gradient Boosting" (2021, Educational and Psychological Measurement)

Gnambs frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Kathrin Lockl
  • Ulrich Schroeders
  • Markus Appel
  • Claus H. Carstensen
  • Marie-Ann Sengewald

Their work has appeared repeatedly in key publication venues such as:

  • European Journal of Psychological Assessment
  • Assessment
  • Zeitschrift für Psychologie
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Gnambs has contributed to book publications with titles including:

  • "Hotspots in Psychology 2026" (2024, Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag)
  • "From 'Modern' to 'Postmodern' Psychology: Is There a Way Past?" (2023, Frontiers Media)

Best Publications

  • Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings

    Richard A. Klein;Michelangelo Vianello;Fred Hasselman;Byron G. Adams

  • Disclosure of sensitive behaviors across self-administered survey modes: a meta-analysis

    Timo Gnambs;Kai Kaspar

  • The Transportation Scale–Short Form (TS–SF)

    Markus Appel;Timo Gnambs;Tobias Richter;Melanie C. Green

  • The decline of academic motivation during adolescence: an accelerated longitudinal cohort analysis on the effect of psychological need satisfaction

    Timo Gnambs;Barbara Hanfstingl

  • Personality traits and knowledge sharing in online communities

    Tanja Jadin;Timo Gnambs;Bernad Batinic

  • Are Social Media Ruining Our Lives? A Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence:

    Markus Appel;Caroline Marker;Timo Gnambs;Timo Gnambs

  • Are robots becoming unpopular? Changes in attitudes towards autonomous robotic systems in europe

    Timo Gnambs;Timo Gnambs;Markus Appel

  • A Short Measure of the Need for Affect

    Markus Appel;Timo Gnambs;Gregory Richard Maio

  • Narcissism and Social Networking Behavior: A Meta-Analysis.

    Timo Gnambs;Markus Appel

  • A meta-analysis of dependability coefficients (test–retest reliabilities) for measures of the Big Five

    Timo Gnambs

  • The structure of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12): two meta-analytic factor analyses

    Timo Gnambs;Thomas Staufenbiel

  • Active on Facebook and Failing at School? Meta-Analytic Findings on the Relationship Between Online Social Networking Activities and Academic Achievement

    Caroline Marker;Caroline Marker;Timo Gnambs;Markus Appel;Markus Appel

  • Color red in web-based knowledge testing

    Timo Gnambs;Markus Appel;Bernad Batinic

  • The upward spiral of adolescents' positive school experiences and happiness: investigating reciprocal effects over time.

    Barbara Stiglbauer;Timo Gnambs;Manuela Gamsjäger;Bernad Batinic

  • The development of gender differences in information and communication technology (ICT) literacy in middle adolescence

    Timo Gnambs;Timo Gnambs

  • Same data, different conclusions : Radical dispersion in empirical results when independent analysts operationalize and test the same hypothesis

    Martin Schweinsberg;Michael Feldman;Nicola Staub;Olmo R. van den Akker

  • Socially Desirable Responding in Web-Based Questionnaires A Meta-Analytic Review of the Candor Hypothesis

    Timo Gnambs;Kai Kaspar

  • A Personality‐Competence Model of Opinion Leadership

    Timo Gnambs;Bernad Batinic

  • The structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: A cross-cultural meta-analysis.

    Timo Gnambs;Anna Scharl;Ulrich Schroeders

  • Cognitive Abilities Explain Wording Effects in the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale:

    Timo Gnambs;Ulrich Schroeders

  • Blood lead levels and cognitive functioning: A meta-analysis.

    Thomas Vlasak;Galateja Jordakieva;Timo Gnambs;Christoph Augner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory R. Maio
Gregory R. Maio University of Bath
Nick Neave
Nick Neave Northumbria University
Huajian Cai
Huajian Cai University of Oklahoma
Thierry Devos
Thierry Devos San Diego State University
Melanie C. Green
Melanie C. Green University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Brian A. Nosek
Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science
Liane Young
Liane Young Boston College
Félix Neto
Félix Neto University of Porto
Reginald B. Adams
Reginald B. Adams Pennsylvania State University
Christopher R. Madan
Christopher R. Madan University of Nottingham

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