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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 70 2296 2096 90 87 348 15799
Neuroscience 70 2537 2319 226 214 353 15836

Werner Sommer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Werner Sommer between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Werner Sommer published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 9.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2012. 40 of the 415 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2012. 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 25 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 24 publications 2023: 24 publications 2024: 23 publications 2025: 17 publications
1981 2025

415 publications in total across all disciplines

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Werner Sommer: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 2
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 0
1990 4
1991 3
1992 3
1993 6
1994 3
1995 4
1996 2
1997 4
1998 6
1999 3
2000 2
2001 2
2002 7
2003 5
2004 8
2005 5
2006 4
2007 12
2008 12
2009 13
2010 16
2011 17
2012 25
2013 18
2014 22
2015 17
2016 22
2017 17
2018 12
2019 11
2020 18
2021 20
2022 24
2023 24
2024 23
2025 17
Total 415
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Werner Sommer 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 Werner Sommer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 341–350 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 348 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85 348
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Werner Sommer 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 Werner Sommer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70–71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215 70
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Overview

Werner Sommer is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on fields within neuroscience and psychology, with an emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and experimental cognitive psychology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Reading and Literacy Development

Werner Sommer's publication record spans several journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychophysiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Biological Psychology

Some recent notable papers include:

  • "Response-based outcome predictions and confidence regulate feedback processing and learning," 2021, eLife
  • "Predicting reading ability from brain anatomy and function: From areas to connections," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "The N250 event-related potential as an index of face familiarity: a replication study," 2021, Royal Society Open Science
  • "Modification of food preferences by posthypnotic suggestions: An event-related brain potential study," 2020, Appetite
  • "Can hypnotic susceptibility be explained by bifactor models? Structural equation modeling of the Harvard group scale of hypnotic susceptibility - Form A," 2022, Consciousness and Cognition

Werner Sommer has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Andrea Hildebrandt
  • Changsong Zhou
  • Anoushiravan Zahedi
  • Olaf Dimigen
  • Urs Maurer

Their work integrates approaches from multiple subfields, such as developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, and clinical psychology, further spreading their research reach within the cognitive and behavioral sciences.

Best Publications

  • Coregistration of eye movements and EEG in natural reading: analyses and review.

    Olaf Dimigen;Werner Sommer;Annette Hohlfeld;Arthur M. Jacobs

  • Control over location-based response activation in the Simon task: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence.

    Birgit Stürmer;Hartmut Leuthold;Eric Soetens;Hannes Schröter

  • Emotions in word and face processing: Early and late cortical responses

    Annekathrin Schacht;Werner Sommer

  • Time course and task dependence of emotion effects in word processing

    Annekathrin Schacht;Werner Sommer

  • Repetition priming and associative priming of face recognition: Evidence from event-related potentials.

    Stefan R. Schweinberger;Eva-Maria Pfütze;Werner Sommer

  • MEG/EEG sources of the 170-ms response to faces are co-localized in the fusiform gyrus.

    Iris Deffke;Tilmann Heinrich Sander;Jens Heidenreich;Werner Sommer

  • Does processing of emotional facial expressions depend on intention? Time-resolved evidence from event-related brain potentials.

    Julian Rellecke;Werner Sommer;Annekathrin Schacht

  • Individual Differences in Perceiving and Recognizing Faces—One Element of Social Cognition

    Oliver Wilhelm;Grit Herzmann;Olga Kunina;Vanessa Danthiir

  • What's special about personally familiar faces? A multimodal approach.

    Grit Herzmann;Stefan R. Schweinberger;Werner Sommer;Ines Jentzsch

  • Partial advance information and response preparation: Inferences from the lateralized readiness potential.

    Hartmut Leuthold;Werner Sommer;Rolf Ulrich

  • Age-related slowing in face and name recognition: evidence from event-related brain potentials.

    Eva-Maria Pfütze;Werner Sommer;Stefan R Schweinberger

  • ERP correlates of error processing in spatial S-R compatibility tasks.

    Hartmut Leuthold;Werner Sommer

  • Preparing for Action: Inferences from CNV and LRP

    Hartmut Leuthold;Werner Sommer;Rolf Ulrich

  • Human Microsaccade-Related Visual Brain Responses

    Olaf Dimigen;Matteo Valsecchi;Werner Sommer;Reinhold Kliegl

  • Residue iteration decomposition (RIDE): A new method to separate ERP components on the basis of latency variability in single trials.

    Guang Ouyang;Grit Herzmann;Changsong Zhou;Werner Sommer

  • On the automaticity of emotion processing in words and faces: event-related brain potentials evidence from a superficial task

    Julian Rellecke;Marina Palazova;Werner Sommer;Annekathrin Schacht

  • Are effects of emotion in single words non-lexical? Evidence from event-related brain potentials.

    Marina Palazova;Katharina Mantwill;Werner Sommer;Annekathrin Schacht;Annekathrin Schacht

  • Facial EMG responses to emotional expressions are related to emotion perception ability.

    Janina Künecke;Andrea Hildebrandt;Guillermo Recio;Werner Sommer

  • Facial attractiveness modulates early and late event-related brain potentials.

    Katja Werheid;Annekathrin Schacht;Werner Sommer

  • Electrophysiological correlates of perceiving and evaluating static and dynamic facial emotional expressions

    Guillermo Recio;Werner Sommer;Annekathrin Schacht;Annekathrin Schacht

  • P1 and beyond: Functional separation of multiple emotion effects in word recognition

    Mareike Bayer;Werner Sommer;Annekathrin Schacht

Frequent Co-Authors

Annekathrin Schacht
Annekathrin Schacht University of Göttingen
Changsong Zhou
Changsong Zhou Hong Kong Baptist University
Oliver Wilhelm
Oliver Wilhelm University of Ulm
Rasha Abdel Rahman
Rasha Abdel Rahman Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Manuel Martín-Loeches
Manuel Martín-Loeches Complutense University of Madrid
Hartmut Leuthold
Hartmut Leuthold University of Tübingen
Stefan R. Schweinberger
Stefan R. Schweinberger Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Reinhold Kliegl
Reinhold Kliegl University of Potsdam
Jürgen Kurths
Jürgen Kurths Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Gabriel Curio
Gabriel Curio Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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