World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Wolfgang Schneider

Wolfgang Schneider

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
79
Citations
22073
World Ranking
1525
National Ranking
64

Overview

Wolfgang Schneider is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology, oceanography, education, cultural studies, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their recent academic output includes a range of papers published between 2020 and 2022 in notable journals and venues: Talent Development in Achievement Domains: A Psychological Framework for Within- and Cross-Domain Research (2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science), The role of metacognitive competences in the development of school achievement among gifted adolescents (2021, Child Development), A source of isotopically light organic carbon in a low-pH anoxic marine zone (2021, Nature Communications), Executive Functions and Fine Motor Skills in Kindergarten as Predictors of Arithmetic Skills in Elementary School (2020, Developmental Neuropsychology), and The development of metacognitive knowledge from childhood to young adulthood: Major trends and educational implications (2022, Advances in child development and behavior).

Schneider has collaborated frequently with a number of scholars, including Sandra Schmiedeler, Tobias Richter, Rubén Escribano, Armin Stock, and Catharina Tibken.

The scholar has published in various venues multiple times, including TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt), Psychologische Rundschau, Frontiers in Marine Science, Water, and ASU Arbeitsmedizin Sozialmedizin Umweltmedizin.

Wolfgang Schneider's work touches on several main topics such as marine and coastal ecosystems, reading and literacy development, medical practices and rehabilitation, psychoanalysis and social critique, arts, culture, and music studies, education, achievement, and giftedness, as well as educational strategies and epistemologies.

Their book publications are associated with several publishers, notably oekom verlag, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt eBooks, and Hogrefe AG eBooks, with titles including Jetzt in Zukunft, Zur Nachhaltigkeit in der Soziokultur (2021), ZVG (2020), and Eine Gesellschaft zwischen Narzissmus, Hysterie und Abhängigkeit (2022).

Best Publications

  • Exploring the Impact of Phonological Awareness, Visual-Spatial Working Memory, and Preschool Quantity--Number Competencies on Mathematics Achievement in Elementary School: Findings from a 3-year Longitudinal Study.

    Kristin Krajewski;Wolfgang Schneider

  • Memory Development Between 2 and 20

    Wolfgang Schneider;Michael Pressley

  • Cognitive strategies: Good strategy users coordinate metacognition and knowledge

    Michael Pressley;John G. Borkowski;Wolfgang Schneider

  • The Development of Metacognitive Knowledge in Children and Adolescents: Major Trends and Implications for Education

    Wolfgang Schneider

  • Early Development of Quantity to Number-Word Linkage as a Precursor of Mathematical School Achievement and Mathematical Difficulties: Findings from a Four-Year Longitudinal Study.

    Kristin Krajewski;Wolfgang Schneider

  • Training phonological skills and letter knowledge in children at risk for dyslexia: A comparison of three kindergarten intervention programs.

    Wolfgang Schneider;Ellen Roth;Marco Ennemoser

  • Good information processing: What it is and how education can promote it

    Michael Pressley;John G. Borkwski;Wolfgang Schneider

  • Metacognition and mathematics education

    Wolfgang Schneider;Cordula Artelt

  • Home Literacy Environment and the Beginning of Reading and Spelling.

    Frank Niklas;Wolfgang Schneider

  • Memory Development Between Two and Twenty

    Wolfgang Schneider;Michael Pressley

  • Empathy in children with autism and conduct disorder: group‐specific profiles and developmental aspects

    Christina Schwenck;Julia Mergenthaler;Katharina Keller;Julie Zech

  • Domain-Specific Knowledge and Memory Performance: A Comparison of High- and Low-Aptitude Children

    Wolfgang Schneider;Joachim Körkel;Franz Emanuel Weinert

  • Short- and Long-Term Effects of Training Phonological Awareness in Kindergarten: Evidence from Two German Studies.

    Wolfgang Schneider;Petra Küspert;Ellen Roth;Mechtild Visé

  • Predictors of Reading Literacy.

    Cordula Artelt;Ulrich Schiefele;Wolfgang Schneider

  • Nonword reading across orthographies: How flexible is the choice of reading units?

    Usha Goswami;Johannes C. Ziegler;Louise Dalton;Wolfgang Schneider

  • The Development of Metacognitive Knowledge in Children and Adolescents

    Wolfgang Schneider;Elisabeth Löffler

  • Individual development from 3 to 12: Findings from the Munich Longitudinal Study.

    Franz Emanuel Weinert;Wolfgang Schneider

  • Memory performance and competencies : issues in growth and development

    Franz E. Weinert;Wolfgang Schneider;Future Directions

  • Pseudohomophone effects and phonological recoding procedures in reading development in English and German

    Usha Goswami;Johannes C. Ziegler;Louise Dalton;Wolfgang Schneider

  • Knowledge about the mind: links between theory of mind and later metamemory.

    Kathrin Lockl;Wolfgang Schneider

  • Metacognition, strategy use, and instruction

    Harriet Salatas Waters;Wolfgang Schneider;John G. Borkowski

  • Memory Development in Children

    W. Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia M. Roebers
Claudia M. Roebers University of Bern
Harald J. Freyberger
Harald J. Freyberger University of Greifswald
Michael Pressley
Michael Pressley Michigan State University
Beate Sodian
Beate Sodian Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
David F. Bjorklund
David F. Bjorklund Florida Atlantic University
Dieter Wolke
Dieter Wolke University of Warwick
Franzis Preckel
Franzis Preckel University of Trier
John G. Borkowski
John G. Borkowski University of Notre Dame
Marcel Romanos
Marcel Romanos University of Würzburg
Kerstin Dautenhahn
Kerstin Dautenhahn University of Waterloo

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring psychology in the USA opens doors to diverse online degree options and growing career pathways. For those interested in workplace behavior and productivity, careers in industrial-organizational psychology can lead to roles in human resources, consulting, and management, with a focus on improving organizational effectiveness.

Many prospective students ask, is studying psychology worth it? Psychology degrees provide versatile skills in analysis, research, and communication, offering value across multiple sectors. However, it’s important to align your career expectations with your degree path and be mindful of licensure requirements for certain roles.

Online master's programs also open doors to specialized jobs. Curious about what jobs can you get with a masters in educational psychology? Potential careers include school counseling, academic consulting, and research coordination.

For those passionate about supporting young people, there are affordable child and adolescent psychology master's programs available online, making advanced study more accessible and preparing graduates for roles in therapy, education, and advocacy.

Best Scientists Citing Wolfgang Schneider

Trending Scientists