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Urs M. Nater 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 Urs M. Nater sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 706+

This scientist: 398 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

Urs M. Nater 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 Urs M. Nater sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Urs M. Nater is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology, medicine, and neuroscience. Their research focuses particularly on stress and its physiological and psychological effects. Nater's scholarly output spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Music Therapy and Health
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Diverse Music Education Insights
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Frequent co-authors working alongside Nater include Nadine Skoluda, Anja C. Feneberg, Patrick Gomez, Ricarda Mewes, and Giorgia Silani. This collaboration reflects a broad engagement with researchers across experimental and applied psychology fields.

Among the publication venues where Nater's work frequently appears are:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Selected recent papers by Urs M. Nater include:

  • Salivary Alpha-Amylase as a Biomarker of Stress in Behavioral Medicine, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
  • Music performance anxiety from the challenge and threat perspective: psychophysiological and performance outcomes, 2020, BMC Psychology
  • Virtual reality-supported biofeedback for stress management: Beneficial effects on heart rate variability and user experience, 2022, Computers in Human Behavior
  • Stress, Schizophrenia, and Violence: A Machine Learning Approach, 2020, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Factors contributing to stability and instability in alpha-amylase activity in diluted saliva samples over time, 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology

Best Publications

  • Salivary alpha-amylase as a non-invasive biomarker for the sympathetic nervous system: current state of research.

    U.M. Nater;N. Rohleder

  • Stress-induced changes in human salivary alpha-amylase activity -- associations with adrenergic activity.

    Urs Markus Nater;Roberto La Marca;Ladina Florin;Anthony Moses

  • Human salivary alpha-amylase reactivity in a psychosocial stress paradigm

    Urs M. Nater;Nicolas Rohleder;Jens Gaab;Simona Berger

  • Determinants of the diurnal course of salivary alpha-amylase

    Urs M. Nater;Urs M. Nater;Nicholas Rohleder;Nicholas Rohleder;Wolff Schlotz;Ulrike Ehlert

  • Determinants of salivary α-amylase in humans and methodological considerations

    Nicolas Rohleder;Urs M. Nater

  • Social support in the general population: standardization of the Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3).

    Rüya-Daniela Kocalevent;Lorenz Berg;Manfred E. Beutel;Andreas Hinz

  • Psychosocial stress-induced activation of salivary alpha-amylase: an indicator of sympathetic activity?

    Nicolas Rohleder;Urs M. Nater;Jutta M. Wolf;Ulrike Ehlert

  • Psychological determinants of the cortisol stress response: the role of anticipatory cognitive appraisal

    Jens Gaab;N Rohleder;Urs M Nater;Ulrike Ehlert

  • The Effect of Music on the Human Stress Response

    Myriam V. Thoma;Myriam V. Thoma;Roberto La Marca;Rebecca Brönnimann;Linda Finkel

  • Der Mehrdimensionale Befindlichkeitsfragebogen (MDBF)

    Markus Heinrichs;Urs Nater

  • Association of childhood trauma with cognitive function in healthy adults: a pilot study

    Matthias Majer;Matthias Majer;Urs M Nater;Urs M Nater;Jin-Mann S Lin;Lucile Capuron

  • Childhood Trauma and Risk for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Association With Neuroendocrine Dysfunction

    Christine Heim;Urs M. Nater;Urs M. Nater;Elizabeth Maloney;Roumiana Boneva

  • Adult attachment and social support interact to reduce psychological but not cortisol responses to stress

    Beate Ditzen;Silke Schmidt;Bernhard Strauss;Urs Markus Nater;Urs Markus Nater

  • Sex differences in emotional and psychophysiological responses to musical stimuli.

    Urs M. Nater;Elvira Abbruzzese;Monika Krebs;Ulrike Ehlert

  • Music listening as a means of stress reduction in daily life

    Alexandra Linnemann;Beate Ditzen;Jana Strahler;Johanna M. Doerr

  • Salivary Alpha-Amylase as a Biomarker of Stress in Behavioral Medicine.

    Nida Ali;Urs M Nater

  • Intra-individual psychological and physiological responses to acute laboratory stressors of different intensity

    Nadine Skoluda;Jana Strahler;Wolff Schlotz;Larissa Niederberger

  • Simultaneous measurement of salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase: Application and recommendations.

    Jana Strahler;Nadine Skoluda;Mattes B. Kappert;Urs M. Nater

  • A Pilot Randomized Trial of a Companion Robot for People With Dementia Living in the Community.

    Amy Liang;Isabell Piroth;Hayley Robinson;Bruce MacDonald

  • Emotion regulation through listening to music in everyday situations

    Myriam V. Thoma;Stefan Ryf;Changiz Mohiyeddini;Ulrike Ehlert

  • Salivary α-amylase levels after yohimbine challenge in healthy men

    Ulrike Ehlert;Katja Erni;Gundula Hebisch;Urs M Nater

  • Neuroendocrine and Immune Contributors to Fatigue

    Marni N. Silverman;Christine M. Heim;Urs M. Nater;Andrea H. Marques

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrike Ehlert
Ulrike Ehlert University of Zurich
Christine Heim
Christine Heim Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jens Gaab
Jens Gaab University of Basel
Nicolas Rohleder
Nicolas Rohleder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Winfried Rief
Winfried Rief Philipp University of Marburg
Elizabeth Broadbent
Elizabeth Broadbent University of Auckland
Mario Gollwitzer
Mario Gollwitzer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Markus Heinrichs
Markus Heinrichs University of Freiburg
Giorgia Silani
Giorgia Silani University of Vienna
Bernhard Strauss
Bernhard Strauss Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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